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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.

Read more » 2019 WSOP: $10,000 Main Event Day 5 Chops Down Players to 106

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.

Read more » 2019 WSOP: $10,000 Main Event Day 3 sees 1,286 Players Survive, Ryan Pochedly as Bubble Boy

After three grueling days of high-stakes poker gaming, the 30-year-old Canadian poker pro Sam Greenwood managed to outlast a player field of 61 to win the trophy and a sweet first place cash prize worth $1,775,460.

Since introducing the tournament back in 2011, the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) hosted the Super High Roller NLHE event with a $100,000 buy-in and this year it attracted a total of 61 entrants, which accumulated a $5,918,220 prize pool. The biggest player field for this particular event was 66 entries back in 2015, so this makes it the second-biggest turnout in PCA history.

Read more » 2019 PCA $100,000 Super High Roller won by Sam Greenwood for $1,775,460

Have an hour to spare? This video will definitely get your adrenaline pumping as you binge watch on Triton Poker's Main Event of the SHR Jeju 2018 - HKD$2 Million NLHE.

Read more » Incredible Poker Action at Triton Poker HKD2 Million Main Event

The year 2018 is definitely an incredible one when it comes to the live tournament circuit for the likes of poker pro Sam Greenwood, as he has managed to get four 7-figure live tourney scores in his career, and three of them have just come in the past 6 months!

Read more » EPT Monte Carlo €100k SHR won by Sam Greenwood for €1,520,000

Toronto-based Sam Greenwood topped a huge field of 1,915 players in Event #22 $1,000 No Limit Hold 'em to become the first Canadian gold bracelet winner at this year's World Series of Poker. In addition to the gold bracelet, he received $318,977 out of the total prize pool of $1,723,500.

Read more » 2015 WSOP: Sam Greenwood Wins Event #22 $1,000 No Limit Hold 'em