He, however, had to wager $50,000 and take on some of the best players in the world as his bracelet came in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Phillip Hui took home a comparably sized $1,099,311, but he 'only' had to defeat 73 others to take home the gold. He beat a field of 28,371 players to take home $1,147,449 in the BIG 50, a $500 no-limit hold'em event the biggest live tournament in the history of the game.

John Hennigan, Eli Elezra, Scott Clements, Michael Mizrachi, Scott Seiver, Greg Mueller, Anthony Zinno, Nick Schulman, and David 'ODB' Baker are just some of the players from a sizable list that added another bracelet to their prize cabinet this summer.Īrticle continues below the following promotionįemi Fashakin had to overcome the biggest field to win his bracelet. He won $144,027 in the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw defeating a field of 467 players, and yesterday added $385,763 and another gold bracelet triumphing over 150 others in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship.īen Heath, Stephen Chidwick, Daniel Strelitz, Isaac Baron, Roman Korenev, Joseph Cheong, Ismael Bojang, Luke Schwartz, and Ari Engel are amongst the familiar names that won their first bracelet. Robert Campbell was the only two-time winner this year. There were actually 90, and not 89, events this year with Event #90, a $50,000 High Roller added to the schedule when the WSOP was already underway. The 2019 World Series of Poker kicked off May 29 with the $500 Employees Event and the poker circus only left town July 16 with the crowning of Carl Shaw winning Event #89: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

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