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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!

Read more » 2019 WSOP Event #73: $10,000 Main Event won by Hossein Ensan for $10 Million

On Monday, July 15, Day 9 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: 3

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

Read more » 2019 WSOP: $10,000 Main Event Day 8 sees Five Players Remaining

On Friday, July 12, Day 7 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: 9

Hossein Ensan, 51, was unknown to most people in the poker world before winning an EPT Seniors Event in Barcelona last year. He used some of his winnings to a live satellite that eventually took him to the EPT Barcelona Main Event in which he finished in third place. Then he finished 6th in the EPT Malta Main Event a few months later.

Read more » Hossein Ensan Wins EPT Prague Main Event

A big congratulations to Andre Lettau, the winner of the richest Main Event (100th) in European Poker Tour history! Lettau, a 27-year-old online pro from Germany, entered the final table in the middle of the chip counts. After several hours of play, he the other two remaining players struck a deal (Hossein Ensan €652,667, Lettau €704,058 and Sam Phillips €1,021,275) that left €90,000 and the title to play for.

Read more » EPT Barcelona: German's Andre Lettau Wins The 100th Main Event

The recording-breaking field of 1,496 players has been narrowed down to a final table of eight after five intensive days of play. Out front is a German named Hossein Ensan who won Event #3 of this festival 10 days ago for €4,535, the biggest live cash of his career.

Read more » EPT Barcelona: The Main Event Final Table Is Set; German In The Lead