The first bracelet of the 50th WSOP has finally been awarded, along with a sweet cash prize of $345,669!
On May 30 (Thursday), 2019 WSOP’s Event #2 ended with two friends battling it out for the top spot.
2019 WSOP Event #2: $10,000 NLHE Super Turbo Bounty
Buy-in: $10,000
Date: May 29-30, 2019
Entries: 204
Prize pool: $1,917,600
Brian Green outlasted a player field of 204 to win Event #2: $10,000 NLHE Super Turbo Bounty for $345,669 along with his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet. To become number one in this event he had to beat his good friend, Ali Imsirovic, who was last year’s Global Poker Award winner for “Breakout Player of the Year”.
After learning the game from his dad, Green began playing professional poker in 1984. His best live cash was when he got 5th place in the 2016 WSOP $111,111 NLHE High Roller for One Drop for $ 1,117,923. Thanks to his most recent win (which is his second biggest cash), Green now has a total live earnings of $3,371,366, according to The Hendon Mob.
Green relocated from Texas to Las Vegas just three months ago, and it proved to be a good move for him so far. He said, “I've been coming out here for at least 100 days a year for probably 20 years and it gets expensive. I figured why not buy a place and not have the pressure of having to pay for [hotel] rooms. Plus, now homecourt advantage, it looks like it’s working. Sleeping in my own bed and all that, I thought that might be an advantage this summer.”
Final Table Action
The top six contenders returned on May 30, Thursday, for what was considered to be the first live stream event of the 2019 WSOP at PokerGO.
Asher Conniff started the final table as the chip leader, with Brian Green being the shortest stack.
At the ninth hand of play, 6-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu moved all-in but was defeated by Loren Klein.
After 10 more hands, Klein knocked out Ping Liu as well. However, Klein settled in 4th place when Conniff’s A-10 suited beat his A-9.
A little while later, Conniff lost with A-9 to Green’s Q-K all-in preflop after a K popped on the flop. Green then had a 2:1 chip lead going into heads-up play against his good friend Ali Imsirovic.
Green said after he won, “It kind of gets the monkey off my back. Now I can play poker without having that on my mind. I tend to do well when I play pro-heavy fields... I know most of the guys who play $10ks are pretty good players. In a turbo, though, there's a lot of flipping too, not a lot of postflop poker. Still, a win's a win, it's hard to win a poker tournament.”
2019 WSOP Event #2: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty Final Table Results
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Player
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Country
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Prize (USD)
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1
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Brian Green
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USA
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$345,669
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2
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Ali Imsirovic
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USA
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$213,644
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3
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Asher Conniff
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USA
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$145,097
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4
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Loren Klein
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USA
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$100,775
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5
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Ping Liu
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USA
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$71,614
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6
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Daniel Negreanu
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Canada
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$52,099
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7
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Martijn Gerrits
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The Netherlands
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$38,823
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8
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Zachary Clark
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USA
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$29,650
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9
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Cary Katz
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USA
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$23,224
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Second event after the dealer's one.
