It was a little after a month has passed since we last heard about the latest skit on the longest-running "poker-drama series" that is, Borgata and their quest to retrieve what they lost from Phil Ivey's edge sorting case, and now two poker players have voiced their complaints as they want their share of Ivey's 2019 WSOP win that Borgata took away unscrupulously.
Nick Marchington, who was a final tablist in the 2019 WSOP Main Event, can now finally take home his prize money (worth $152,000) with him back to England, thanks to a Nevada judge clearing the way for him.
According to a report from Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday, a Las Vegas judge lifted an injunction that froze 10% of the $1.525 million winnings that Marchington earned in July at the WSOP Main Event for finishing 7th place.
After 10 grueling days of around 12 hours per day of play, a winner has now emerged in Event #73: $10,000 NLHE Main Event - World Championship of the 2019 WSOP at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
With a buy-in of $10,000 and the player entries reaching 8,569 in total, the entire prizepool built up $80,548,600, with the last man standing to get the lion's share of a whopping $10 million!
The 2019 WSOP is scheduled to end on July 16, 2019, but most of Team partypoker members are already heading their way home after a fruitful poker quest in Las Vegas. A total of 69 cashes had been made amongst them, worth $1,456,500 in total.
On Sunday, July 14, Day 8 of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 6:30pm local time.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019 Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000 Prizepool: $80,548,600 Total Entries: 8,569 Remaining: 5
On Wednesday, July 10, Day 5 of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 12 noon local time.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT
Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $80,548,600
Total Entries: 8,569
Remaining: 106
Timothy Su once again the Chip Leader on Day 5 Timothy Su, who was chip leader in Day 2ab of the event, is once again the chip leader with 19,235,000 chips at the end of Day 5, considered to be the longest day so far in this tournament as it concluded around 2am on Thursday.
At the final hour, Su defeated 3-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon when his top pair of kings were no match against Su's bullets.
On Tuesday, July 9, Day 4 of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 12 noon local time.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT
Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Prizepool: $80,548,600
Total Entries: 8,569
Remaining: 354
Before Day 3 ended, Ryan Pochedly became the bubble boy of the Main Event, which caused excitement to well up among the remaining 1,286 players, because it meant they have now secured themselves a $15,000 payday from then on.
On Monday, July 8, Day 3 of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 12 noon local time. Day 3 is composed of all the survivors of Days 2ab and Day 2c in a combined field.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT
Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Remaining: 1,286
A total of 2,880 players returned but only 1,286 survived when Day 3 ended.
On Sunday, July 7, Day 2c of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 11am local time. Day 2c is composed of players who survived Day 1c.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT
Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Day 2c saw Julian Milliard as the chip leader of the pack who bagged 947,900 - an incredible feat for someone who started the day with only around 20 big blinds. He said, "I've had two crazy days. On Day 1, I was down to 4,000 chips and tripled with ace-nine vs ace-jack, and started today with 16,000. I then had ace-nine beat pocket tens and ran it up from there!"
On Saturday, July 6, Day 2ab of the 2019 WSOP $10,000 Main Event kicked off at 11am local time. Day 2ab is composed of all the survivors of Days 1a and 1b in a combined field.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT
Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019
Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas
Buy-in: $10,000
Day 2ab saw Timothy Su as the chip leader with 791,900 chips in his bag, followed by Tony Blanchandin (744,500), Anton Morgenstern (735,000), Florian Duta (731,500), and Galen Hall (705,900).
On July 3, Wednesday, the 2019 WSOP Main Event kicked off smoothly with over 1,300 players duking it out on Day 1a. This breaks the record from last year's Day 1a of 925 participants.
WSOP bracelet winner Bryan Campanello was the Day 1a chip leader with 417,500 in his bag, subsequently followed by Raymond Travis Rice (335,000), Timothy Su (297,300), Quentin Roussey (266,400), and Takehiro Kato (259,200).
The much-awaited $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT (Event #73) kicked off on Wednesday, July 3, with more than 1,300 entrants participating on flight Day 1a.
2019 WSOP: Event #73: $10,000 NLHE MAIN EVENT Schedule: July 3 to July 16, 2019 Venue: Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000
As per tradition, the reigning Main Event champ, John Cynn, made his appearance on the first day, with Jack Effel making his opening announcement to start off the Main Event.
A poker player who had just finished playing a game at the Rio Hotel & Casino says as he was about to leave the casino hotel's parking lot on Monday morning, July 1, he was shocked to find a man pointing a gun to his face.
While in the early stages it was poker legend Phil Ivey leading the pack, on Day 4 the 10-time WSOP bracelet winner suddenly lost his grip on the goal as he took a beat after beat, which made his stack plummet down to zero, thus making way for another hopeful to take the ultimate prize.
On June 29 (Saturday) a former pro golfer from Texas was able to snag his second gold bracelet after winning Event #58 of the 2019 WSOP.
2019 WSOP Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Buy-in: $50,000 Date: June 24 to 28, 2019 Entries: 74 Prize pool: $3,552,000
Phillip Hui outlasted a player field of 74 to take home the prize money worth $1,099,311. Also, his name will be engraved on the Chip Reese Trophy.
As of this writing, Phil Ivey is the chip leader amongst the remaining 38 players going into Day 3 out of 5 in Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship at this year's World Series of Poker.
WSOP 2019 Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Prizepool: $3,552,000 Schedule: June 24 to June 28, 2019 (5 days of play) Entrants: 74 Remaining: 38
Jeopardy! Champion James Holzhauer has made his WSOP debut this Monday in Las Vegas.
A pro sports gambler for over a decade, Holzhauer played in two events at the Rio Convention Center: Event #56: $1,500 No-Limit-Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty Event #57: $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em (with Mike Sexton as his partner)
Both events were scheduled on June 24, Monday.
Holzhauer said, "I decided to enter because [Poker Hall of Famer] Mike Sexton contacted me and offered to sponsor my buy-ins. I don't have any plans to enter another WSOP event beyond those two. I played online poker semi-professionally in the early 2000s, but I don't intend to make a career of it now, as I'm sure I wouldn't be good enough at it to justify forgoing other opportunities."
On June 6, Thursday, an Israeli poker player was finally able to snatch that elusive golden bracelet, the very first one in his poker career, after winning Event #13 of the 2019 WSOP. This memorable win comes after making his 10th WSOP final table appearance.
Buy-in: $1,500 Date: June 4 to June 6, 2019 Entries: 296 Prize pool: $399,600
Yuval Bronshtein outlasted a player field of 296, the largest field ever seen in this variant and buy-in at the WSOP, to take home the prize money worth $399,600.
On June 4, Tuesday, a South Korean native living in New York was able to make an incredible one-chip comeback to capture his very first gold bracelet after winning Event #12 of the 2019 WSOP.
2019 WSOP Event #12: $1,000 NLHE Super Turbo Bounty: Buy-in: $1,000 Date: June 4, 2019 Entries: 2,452 Prize pool: $1,471,200
Daniel Park outlasted a player field of 2,452 to take home the prize money worth $226,243.
Born in South Korea but currently living as a US citizen of Bayside, New York since he was nine, the 38-year-old Park said after he won, "I can't believe it right now. It's so unreal."
On June 6, Thursday, a poker pro has caught the third WSOP gold bracelet of his career after winning Event #10 of the 2019 WSOP. He won bracelets back in 2006 and 2007, however he had to endure and wait for almost 12 years to be able to win another.
2019 WSOP Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice
Buy-in: $1,500 Date: June 3 to June 5, 2019 Entries: 470 Prize pool: $634,500
Scott Clements outlasted a player field of 470 to take home the prize money worth $144,957.
On June 5, Wednesday, an American poker player was able to take home his very first gold bracelet after winning Event #9 of the 2019 WSOP, emerging victorious amongst a player field of 6,150 entrants and after enduring 6 hours of tough play on the final day.
2019 WSOP Event #9: $600 NLHE Deepstack
Buy-in: $600 Date: June 3 to June 4, 2019 (extended one more day, June 5) Entries: 6,150 Prize pool: $3,228,750
Jeremy Pekarek outlasted a vast player field of 6,150 to take home the prize money worth $398,281!
A total of 4 days of play was scheduled for this event, but it unexpectedly ended one day early when a Californian poker pro bested his remaining three opponents at the final table to earn his very first gold bracelet after winning Event #8 of the 2019 WSOP.
2019 WSOP Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck NLHE
Buy-in: $10,000 Date: June 2 to June 5, 2019 (ended June 4) Entries: 114 Prize pool: $1,071,600
Alex Epstein outlasted a player field of 114 to take home the prize money worth $296,227! This is also his very first score at the WSOP.
It is a truly memorable Monday for one poker player - he has always managed to get into numerous WSOP final tables already, but never fortunate enough to finish the race on top - until now.
2019 WSOP Event #6: $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw Buy-in: $2,500 Date: June 1 to June 3, 2019 Entries: 296 Prize pool: $666,000
Daniel Zack outlasted a player field of 296, claiming his very first WSOP bracelet after a fantastic comeback to bring home the bacon worth $160,447.
This Monday, June 3, a British poker pro managed to come out top after winning Event #5 of the 2019 WSOP, securing his very first gold bracelet after defeating some notable faces at the final table.
2019 WSOP Event #5: High Roller - $50,000 NLHE for the 50th Annual Buy-in: $50,000 Date: May 31 to June 3, 2019 Entries: 110 Prize pool: $5,280,000
Ben Heath outlasted a player field of 110 to take home the prize money worth a whopping $1,484,085!
The golden moment that every poker player and fan has been waiting for, has finally started.
The 50th Annual WSOP is back once more to the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino with a record 89 gold bracelet events which include Daily Deepstacks, Monster Stacks as well as exciting online tournaments.
As per tradition, the WSOP kicked off its 2019 tournament schedule with the $500 Casino Employees Event on May 29 (Wednesday), to give thanks to the people who serve the casino industry: casino dealers, pit bosses, cage employees, bartenders, and practically anyone who has a job related to the casino or poker rooms. These people have a shot at winning a WSOP gold bracelet with just a $500 buy-in.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is considered to be the richest, biggest and most prestigious poker gaming event in the world, having already given away over $2.99 billion in prize money. The WSOP is also well known for its prestigious gold bracelet since it is recognized worldwide as the game's ultimate prize.
From 16/5 - 26/5/2019, 888poker has 11 days of big tournaments leading to the series highlight: the $500,000 Main Event. In total, $1,440,000 in guaranteed prize pools are up for grabs in tournaments with buy-ins for players of all bankrolls.
American poker pro Phil Hellmuth has shared his poker-related goals for 2019 Twitter on Sunday, March 3.
The 54-year-old poker player has an impressive portfolio: 15 WSOP gold bracelets, 136 career cashes and almost $23 million in total earnings. Despite letting his achievements do the talking at most times, he obviously loves doing self-promotion, and a lot at that.
This year's World Series of Poker is the celebration of their 50th anniversary, and they have formulated a poker festival jam-packed with the usual favorites as well as many additions such as nine online bracelet events, more affordable buy-in tournaments, and there's even a Short Deck Championship.
Oh, and there's one more thing for this year's WSOP, they have added more value which means more chips!
888poker is proud to offer an amazing treat to their players - get to join in the 2019 WSOP Main Event by participating in qualifiers to their $12,600 prize package in as little as 1 cent!
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is considered as one of the most prestigious series of poker tournaments in the world. Many people, especially the amateur poker players, dream of getting a seat to this event as it is often the place where amazing poker dreams come true.
Christmas has come once more this year, and while it is the norm that family members would give various gifts to each other, this one very thoughtful wife has given her husband a Christmas gift that he would definitely cherish for all time
Many poker players can't wait for the World Series of Poker next year since it marks its 50th anniversary, and so they anticipate the release of its 2019 schedule - what golden opportunities lie in wait for them?
As of this writing, Phil Ivey is the chip leader amongst the remaining 38 players going into Day 3 out of 5 in Event #58: $50,000 Poker Players Championship at this year's World Series of Poker.
Christmas has come once more this year, and while it is the norm that family members would give various gifts to each other, this one very thoughtful wife has given her husband a Christmas gift that he would definitely cherish for all time
