Monday, June 3, 2019 6:57 PM Local Time
Saya Ono Leads Day 2c in The Big 50 - the Largest Ever Live Event
Day 2c of Event #3: The Big 50 $500 No Limit Hold'em is over. A total of 404 players from a starting field of 7,183 now pause until 11 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, when Day 3 will intermingle them with survivors of the other three Big 50 flights. This record-breaking event has attracted over 25,000 entries, all hoping to turn $500 into a bracelet and million dollar first prize.
Day 1a entries: 6,095
Day 1a unique players: 5,159
Day 1a prize pool: $2,986,660
Day 1b entries: 5,972
Day 1b unique players: 3,784
Day 1b prize pool: $2,843,780
Day 1c entries: 7,183
Day 1c unique players: 3,861
Day 1c prize pool: $3,375,570
Thanks to a triple bust-out, hand-for-hand play on the money bubble did not last long. All three of those eliminated on the bubble suffered the same fate: getting it in good and falling victim to bad runouts. The most brutal involved a two-outer while holding the best starting hand in poker; the other two bubbling players, Shmuel Mama and Dmitry Levin, suffered similar fates.
Everyone from 1,078th onwards received at least $750 for their efforts, with the cash prizes rising throughout the day. The last player eliminated on 1c received $1,220.
Leading this flight's survivors is Saya Ono with 3,810,000 chips. Ono was all-in for her tournament life on the pure bubble today (albeit with the second nut straight), but from that dangerous point, she accumulated chips throughout and now lies behind only Day 2b's leader Jerald Williamson (4,105,000) overall, with Day 2d left to play. Second in chips lies British player Ben Dobson, who bagged up 3,560,000.
After winning a huge three-way pot early in the day, Nelson Rose steadily chipped up to 2,915,000. A disciplined fold pre-flop with queens late in the day (vs aces and kings) was correct but would have resulted in a suck-out and 6 million chip stack had he called.
Also returning on day 3 will be Asher Conniff (1,650,000), David Inselberg (785,000), Ari Engel (725,000), Eric Baldwin (480,000) and Matt Stout (480,000), while Cat Valdes (2,430,000), Anna Wroblewski (1,200,000) and Daphne Turner (500,000), among others, continue to represent the strong female contingent at this year's WSOP.
Day 2d will round off the fourth flight, and the tournament from then on will combine. Coverage begins right here on PokerNews at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4.
Monday, June 3, 2019 6:02 PM Local Time
End of Day 2c Chip Counts
| Saya Ono | 3,810,000 | 0  |
| Benjamin Dobson | 3,560,000 | 3,215,000  |
| Nelson Rose | 2,915,000 | 0 |
| Ubaid Habib | 2,600,000 | 0 |
| Danny Ehrenberger | 2,440,000 | 1,892,000 |
| Catherine Valdes | 2,430,000 | 2,178,000 |
| Renato Manalo | 2,360,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Samuel Welbourne | 2,275,000 | 2,010,000 |
| Janae Pham | 2,250,000 | 1,783,000 |
| Jiehao Zhu | 2,230,000 | 2,149,000 |
| Klint Tevaearai | 2,210,000 | 0 |
| Dimitrios Bergos | 2,210,000 | 1,966,000 |
| Anthony Gugliuzza | 2,200,000 | 1,689,000 |
| Jarod Einsohn | 2,200,000 | 1,250,000 |
| Andrei Konopelko | 2,150,000 | 1,506,000 |
| Patrick Lacey | 2,145,000 | 2,057,000 |
| Gerson Gomez | 2,100,010 | 1,746,010 |
| Morten Christensen | 2,060,000 | 360,000 |
| Rolando Yagin | 2,055,000 | 2,054,999 |
| Glenn Kaplan | 2,055,000 | 1,471,000 |
| Joshua Suyat | 2,040,000 | 1,285,000 |
| Ming Hong Jian | 2,025,000 | 2,025,000 |
| Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 2,015,000 | -90,000 |
| Michael Needle | 1,980,000 | 1,701,000 |
| Darrel Daniels | 1,935,000 | 1,045,000 |
| Aldring Gomez | 1,920,000 | 1,020,000 |
| Scott Adaska | 1,900,000 | 1,388,000 |
| John Utley | 1,900,000 | -500,000 |
| Michael Carter | 1,875,000 | 1,467,000 |
| Nicholas Howard | 1,850,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Isaac Baron | 1,835,000 | 1,688,000 |
| John Richards | 1,825,000 | 525,000 |
| Joanne Baldwin | 1,825,000 | 1,228,000 |
| Jill Bryant | 1,765,000 | 0 |
| Lang Lee | 1,735,000 | 1,517,000 |
| Claudio Poggi | 1,690,000 | 1,556,000 |
| Wei Hsun Chen | 1,685,000 | 1,509,000 |
| Caryn Percifield | 1,680,000 | 1,148,000 |
| David Miscikowski | 1,670,000 | -230,000 |
| Asher Conniff | 1,650,000 | -400,000 |
| Alberto Silva | 1,615,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Robert Gentile | 1,615,000 | 1,260,000 |
| Keith Jones | 1,600,000 | 865,000 |
| Michael Coxwell | 1,560,000 | 1,429,000 |
| Timothy Carter | 1,550,000 | 1,190,000 |
| Spencer Brooks | 1,535,000 | 1,188,000 |
| Sean Small | 1,530,000 | 716,000 |
| Simone Mazzarolo | 1,510,000 | 1,154,000 |
| Amine Loueslati | 1,480,000 | 1,127,000 |
| David Gelley | 1,460,000 | 1,137,000 |
| Heath Johnson | 1,455,000 | 1,173,000 |
| Ken Evanowski | 1,450,000 | 1,089,000 |
| Kristan Mackiewicz | 1,445,000 | 1,043,000 |
| Tonya Baltazar | 1,435,000 | 1,158,000 |
| Brian Taylor | 1,435,000 | 35,000 |
| Daniel Savas | 1,425,000 | 1,167,000 |
| Jared Ingles | 1,420,000 | 994,000 |
| Kevin Littles | 1,405,000 | 1,207,000 |
| Dylan Hortin | 1,405,000 | 0 |
| Finian Anuforo | 1,400,020 | -295,980 |
| Jeremy Perrin | 1,400,000 | 952,000 |
| Timothy Dorzweiler | 1,400,000 | 895,000 |
| Anthony Utnage | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Jeffrey Santarelli | 1,385,000 | 980,000 |
| Martin Perez | 1,375,000 | 590,000 |
| David Lopez | 1,370,000 | 1,298,000 |
| Andrew Johnson | 1,360,000 | 1,086,000 |
| Calvin Wan | 1,335,000 | 1,029,000 |
| Jaymie Holland | 1,330,000 | 1,069,000 |
| Richard Chevalier | 1,301,000 | 1,022,000 |
| Shea Jones | 1,275,000 | 869,000 |
| Eric Hershler | 1,275,000 | 1,040,000 |
| Robert Dukes | 1,275,000 | 961,000 |
| Robert Lenhart | 1,270,000 | 808,000 |
| Brandon Eisen | 1,260,000 | 1,069,000 |
| Justin Harvell | 1,255,000 | 951,000 |
| Maury Solano | 1,250,000 | 1,195,000 |
| Derrick Huang | 1,250,000 | 1,250,000 |
| Anna Wroblewski | 1,250,000 | 50,000 |
| Matthew Peters | 1,245,000 | 1,092,000 |
| Lonny Kelp | 1,245,000 | 1,033,000 |
| Jay Mcmahon | 1,240,000 | 1,135,000 |
| Evan Johnson | 1,230,000 | 1,230,000 |
| Phuo Nguyen | 1,225,000 | 1,225,000 |
| Sergi Reixach | 1,220,000 | 890,000 |
| Paul Cullen | 1,215,000 | 920,000 |
| Thomas Wein | 1,215,000 | 563,000 |
| Jack Shea | 1,210,000 | 0 |
| Nagui Yassa | 1,205,000 | 1,021,000 |
| Hien Tieu | 1,200,000 | 1,057,000 |
| Mario Mosbock | 1,200,000 | 862,000 |
| Ladislav Cerveny | 1,200,000 | 1,098,000 |
| Wernnie Saechao | 1,175,000 | 769,000 |
| Katharina Windisch | 1,170,000 | 965,000 |
| Sridhar Natarajan | 1,170,000 | 837,000 |
| James Goodson | 1,160,000 | 1,006,000 |
| Solaim Aomon | 1,150,000 | 897,000 |
| Jeffrey Coffey | 1,150,000 | 725,000 |
| Kartik Ved | 1,150,000 | 903,000 |
| Rodrigo Garcia | 1,145,000 | 943,000 |
| Joshua Zucchet | 1,140,000 | 776,000 |
| Men Nguyen | 1,135,000 | 235,000 |
| Vincent Roux | 1,135,000 | 0 |
| Anton Michlmayr | 1,125,000 | 579,000 |
| Cody Borders | 1,120,000 | 918,000 |
| Jeffrey Arruda | 1,120,000 | 797,000 |
| Chih-Hao Chung | 1,115,000 | 85,000 |
| Glen Mcdowell | 1,110,000 | -90,000 |
| Robert Geith | 1,105,000 | 405,000 |
| Rex Clinkscales | 1,100,000 | 471,000 |
| Corey Zorb | 1,100,000 | -280,000 |
| Michael Souza | 1,100,000 | 879,000 |
| Randy Chable | 1,095,000 | 669,000 |
| Michael Roe | 1,090,000 | 190,000 |
| Fletcher Parkin | 1,090,000 | 895,000 |
| Jose Sanabria | 1,090,000 | 361,000 |
| Andrew Mckenzie | 1,085,000 | 758,000 |
| Cameron Rezaie | 1,080,000 | 614,000 |
| Mario Donoso | 1,080,000 | 676,000 |
| Kathy Mckay | 1,080,000 | 975,000 |
| Jakub Frankowicz | 1,080,000 | 706,000 |
| Anthony Ezman | 1,070,000 | 820,000 |
| Jheron Nunez | 1,070,000 | 1,070,000 |
| Sulabh Choudhury | 1,060,000 | 850,000 |
| Christopher Kay | 1,055,000 | 417,000 |
| Gregory Fishberg | 1,050,000 | 264,000 |
| Levi Espeseth | 1,045,000 | 839,000 |
| Giuseppe Vassallo | 1,045,000 | 731,000 |
| Wayne Lee | 1,045,000 | 838,000 |
| Tyler Zielinski | 1,040,000 | 907,000 |
| Daniel Bowman | 1,040,000 | 735,000 |
| Eli Frenkel | 1,040,000 | 876,000 |
| Miroslav Semanisin | 1,035,000 | 805,000 |
| Khang Pham | 1,030,000 | 552,000 |
| Oscar Ortiz | 1,015,000 | -385,000 |
| David Chen | 1,015,000 | 542,000 |
| Alfredo Sousa | 1,000,065 | 315,065 |
| Howard Feingold | 1,000,060 | 853,060 |
| Johnny Huynh | 1,000,045 | 911,045 |
| Danny Wong | 1,000,000 | 580,000 |
| Bin Weng | 990,000 | 588,000 |
| John Simonian | 990,000 | 990,000 |
| Easton Oreman | 985,000 | 826,000 |
| Samuel Robison | 985,000 | 622,000 |
| David Shifrel | 985,000 | 882,000 |
| Jean Fontaine | 980,000 | 907,000 |
| Joseph Walior | 975,000 | 778,000 |
| Eran Cohen | 975,000 | 790,000 |
| David Matsumoto | 970,000 | 0 |
| Chad Dubik | 965,000 | 0 |
| Travis Lutes | 955,000 | 796,000 |
| Jerry Giroir | 950,000 | 803,000 |
| Noam Kashanian | 950,000 | 788,000 |
| Femi Fashakin | 950,000 | 600,000 |
| William Collins | 950,000 | 622,000 |
| Robert Reiter | 940,000 | 620,000 |
| Brad Thome | 905,000 | 855,000 |
| Yasin Ahmady | 900,000 | 856,000 |
| Richard Frei | 900,000 | 465,000 |
| Johanne Glyn-Jones | 900,000 | 717,000 |
| Carlos Ordonez | 895,000 | 626,000 |
| Aaron Jacques | 890,000 | 637,000 |
| Gary Mcglothlin | 885,000 | 620,000 |
| Justin Fattorosi | 885,000 | 682,000 |
| Javier Icaza | 875,000 | 609,000 |
| Christopher Lachawicz | 875,000 | 457,000 |
| Karapet Galstyan | 865,000 | 692,000 |
| Shane Martin | 865,000 | 685,000 |
| Jackson Laskey | 865,000 | 865,000 |
| Ren Lin | 865,000 | 743,000 |
| John Tabago | 855,000 | 375,000 |
| Andrew Foss | 855,000 | 689,000 |
| Richard Zhang | 855,000 | 753,000 |
| Roberto Macatangay | 850,000 | 686,000 |
| Paulo Gini | 850,000 | 656,000 |
| Giovani Torre | 850,000 | 358,000 |
| Luke Nguyen | 845,000 | 845,000 |
| Lian Liu | 840,000 | 627,000 |
| Bruce Olson | 840,000 | 427,000 |
| Dustin Lee | 840,000 | 498,000 |
| Steve Koerner | 835,000 | 605,000 |
| Tommy Bishop | 830,000 | -250,000 |
| Mark Fink | 830,000 | 534,000 |
| Irene Carey | 830,000 | -520,000 |
| Kenny Tran | 830,000 | 500,000 |
| Thomas Larson | 825,000 | 399,000 |
| Mike Burke | 825,000 | 668,000 |
| Eric Von Guttenberg | 820,000 | 383,000 |
| Derek Shoemaker | 815,000 | 385,000 |
| James Scott | 815,000 | 815,000 |
| Gintautas Putinas | 815,000 | 464,000 |
| Joseph Bergh | 815,000 | 337,000 |
| Christopher Roth | 810,000 | 593,000 |
| Michael Joe | 800,000 | 531,000 |
| Hien Ly | 800,000 | 672,000 |
| Carl Felten | 790,000 | 479,000 |
| Vladimir Medvinsky | 790,000 | 50,000 |
| David Inselberg | 785,000 | 394,000 |
| Francis Zhang | 780,000 | 780,000 |
| Frank Nero | 780,000 | 514,000 |
| Yotam Shmuelov | 775,000 | 516,000 |
| Kevin Houghton | 760,000 | 439,000 |
| Paul Maes | 760,000 | 558,000 |
| Idan Pikelny | 755,000 | 205,000 |
| Ryan Christopherson | 740,000 | 430,000 |
| Claudio Kalili | 740,000 | 539,000 |
| Jeremy Felicetti | 735,000 | 243,000 |
| Anne Bui | 735,000 | 735,000 |
| Dustin Cristos | 735,000 | 663,000 |
| Ari Engel | 725,000 | 185,000 |
| Francisco Fabregas | 725,000 | 600,000 |
| Bradley Rogoff | 725,000 | 294,000 |
| Mitchell Gottlieb | 720,000 | 619,000 |
| Jaron Bailey | 720,000 | 413,000 |
| Seth Evans | 720,000 | 20,000 |
| Jeffrey Milman | 720,000 | 494,000 |
| Exequiel Fernando | 720,000 | 299,000 |
| Brandon Rogers | 715,000 | 272,000 |
| Vadim Baranovsky | 715,000 | 477,000 |
| Scott Manion | 705,000 | 705,000 |
| Armando Gutierrez | 705,000 | 300,000 |
| Daniel Wallach | 705,000 | 443,000 |
| Rahul Bhave | 705,000 | 120,000 |
| Aaron Frei | 700,000 | -161,000 |
| Ben Chen | 700,000 | 319,000 |
| Ryan Teves | 690,000 | 690,000 |
| Steven Huynh | 690,000 | 360,000 |
| Timothy Herek | 680,000 | 394,000 |
| Robert Shaffer | 680,000 | 99,000 |
| Kyle Dempsey | 680,000 | -520,000 |
| Roger Taieb | 675,000 | 559,000 |
| Paul Berger | 675,000 | 351,000 |
| Edward Milman | 675,000 | 518,000 |
| Jonathan Hanson | 670,000 | 344,000 |
| Barbara Blechinger | 665,000 | 545,000 |
| DID NOT REPORT 1 | 665,000 | 465,000 |
| Steven Wolansky | 660,000 | 10,000 |
| Oreanna Cheater | 660,000 | 0 |
| Marc Rangel | 660,000 | 0 |
| Laurence Humler | 660,000 | 345,000 |
| Miguel Reyes | 660,000 | 545,000 |
| Nesly Jean-Baptiste | 655,000 | 219,000 |
| Todd Witteles | 655,000 | 0 |
| Dong Kim | 655,000 | 356,000 |
| Pedro Rios | 650,000 | 401,000 |
| Matthew Tomlin | 645,000 | 324,000 |
| Kim Bohnet | 630,000 | 396,000 |
| Larry Neal | 630,000 | 379,000 |
| Rudy Steele | 630,000 | 395,000 |
| Steven Bufano | 625,000 | 155,000 |
| Robert Harford | 625,000 | 461,000 |
| Carter Devault | 620,000 | 577,000 |
| Adam Demersseman | 620,000 | 0 |
| Robert Kuhn | 620,000 | 343,000 |
| Eric Estoque | 615,000 | 301,000 |
| Millard Sowers | 615,000 | 493,000 |
| Juan Sanchez | 610,000 | 541,000 |
| Robert Stevanovski | 610,000 | 434,000 |
| Christopher Noblemolnar | 605,000 | -128,000 |
| Maurice Leap | 600,000 | 92,000 |
| Brock Wilson | 600,000 | 403,000 |
| James Kelley [Jim Kelley] | 600,000 | 422,000 |
| Paxton Hall | 595,000 | 377,000 |
| Ryan Stoker | 590,000 | 447,000 |
| Benjamin Herman | 580,000 | 357,000 |
| George Lewkowski | 570,000 | -30,000 |
| Ahmed Taleb | 555,000 | 483,000 |
| Leandro Padilla | 555,000 | -425,000 |
| Jose Acovski | 550,000 | 550,000 |
| Scott Moses | 545,000 | -175,000 |
| Gary Lansford | 540,000 | 292,000 |
| Kenneth Broad | 540,000 | 276,000 |
| John Teufel | 540,000 | 0 |
| Rajappa Chidambaram | 535,000 | 420,000 |
| Thomas Dykema | 530,000 | 124,000 |
| Daling Li | 530,000 | 216,000 |
| Francisco Lao | 525,000 | 24,000 |
| James Little | 520,000 | 355,000 |
| Andrew Glauberg | 510,000 | 244,000 |
| Karthik Ramakrishnan | 510,000 | 122,000 |
| Quan Ngo | 505,000 | 505,000 |
| Gregory Bender | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Daphne Turner | 500,000 | 263,000 |
| Martin Noland | 495,000 | 145,000 |
| Michael Rowe | 495,000 | 65,000 |
| Michael Dolle | 495,000 | 29,000 |
| Pernell El Swahili | 495,000 | 495,000 |
| Michael Hamdar | 490,000 | 490,000 |
| Daniel Parshall | 485,000 | 323,000 |
| Michael Guzzardi | 485,000 | 0 |
| Jonathan Rosenthal | 485,000 | 309,000 |
| Jeffrey Lutes | 485,000 | 446,000 |
| Diego Margalef Vergara | 485,000 | 299,000 |
| Eric Baldwin | 480,000 | 387,000 |
| John Jenkins | 480,000 | 338,000 |
| Sergey Klementiev | 480,000 | 372,000 |
| Jon Lindquist | 480,000 | 333,000 |
| Matt Stout | 480,000 | -285,000 |
| David Thurston | 470,000 | 204,000 |
| Perry Johnston | 465,000 | -394,000 |
| Jarred Gabin | 460,000 | -41,000 |
| Oscar Mendoza | 460,000 | -38,000 |
| Shengjun Han | 460,000 | 341,000 |
| Bryan Ackah | 450,000 | 255,000 |
| Makram Merhom | 450,000 | -263,000 |
| Mark Wiser | 445,000 | 297,000 |
| William Monie | 440,000 | 355,000 |
| Jason Thomas | 430,000 | 118,000 |
| Rex Mendoza | 430,000 | 118,000 |
| James Basham | 425,000 | -158,000 |
| Jason Vanstrom | 420,000 | 175,000 |
| Cody Paulson | 415,000 | 283,000 |
| Juan Aguirre | 415,000 | 82,000 |
| Matthew Beier | 415,000 | 335,000 |
| Brett Murray | 410,000 | 63,000 |
| Kou Vang | 410,000 | 210,000 |
| Molly Mossey | 410,000 | 124,000 |
| Daniel Moravec | 405,000 | 31,000 |
| Au Ho | 400,000 | 160,000 |
| Ray Hughes | 400,000 | -46,000 |
| James Morrison | 400,000 | -193,000 |
| Jason Marshman | 400,000 | 400,000 |
| Kam Chin | 400,000 | 123,000 |
| Anthony Ramos | 400,000 | 91,000 |
| Deepak Bothra | 400,000 | -1,200,000 |
| In Park | 400,000 | 232,000 |
| Joseph Webster | 395,000 | 112,000 |
| Angel Ruiz | 395,000 | 124,000 |
| James Pete | 395,000 | -615,000 |
| Yinglin Chua | 390,000 | -182,000 |
| Junxing Meng | 390,000 | -130,000 |
| Artaporn Chatkoo | 390,000 | 200,000 |
| Jared Griener | 385,000 | -153,000 |
| David Soutter | 385,000 | 232,000 |
| Jarred Oliver | 385,000 | 228,000 |
| Bryan Frankovis | 385,000 | 217,000 |
| Brian Nordin | 380,000 | 262,000 |
| Tj Amhaz | 375,000 | 153,000 |
| Steven Queen | 375,000 | -170,000 |
| Joseph Mcfall | 370,000 | 193,000 |
| Bruce Littlefield | 365,000 | 205,000 |
| Taylor Wilson | 365,000 | 164,000 |
| Brantzen Wong | 365,000 | -21,000 |
| Michael Ferguson | 365,000 | 146,000 |
| Michael Quinn | 360,000 | 131,000 |
| Scott Levitt | 360,000 | 100,000 |
| Rush Smith | 355,000 | 42,000 |
| Chunhui Ji | 350,000 | 96,000 |
| Antoine Maurice | 350,000 | 350,000 |
| Marc Robinson | 350,000 | 110,000 |
| Jonathan Brock | 345,000 | 257,000 |
| Bhushan Arolkar | 345,000 | -195,000 |
| Baoyin Fu | 340,000 | 162,000 |
| Corey Hickman | 335,000 | 97,000 |
| Robert Reddell | 335,000 | 52,000 |
| Jason Schroeder | 335,000 | 136,000 |
| Michael Zulker | 330,000 | 190,000 |
| Dan Kremer | 330,000 | -18,000 |
| Keith Gould | 330,000 | -266,000 |
| Samad Razavi | 325,000 | 183,000 |
| Domyo Aqmelli | 320,000 | -37,000 |
| James Batten | 310,000 | 209,000 |
| Christopher Akin | 310,000 | 110,000 |
| Brian Majcher | 305,000 | 5,000 |
| Glyn Banks | 305,000 | -10,000 |
| Jerry Zickert | 305,000 | 150,000 |
| Pfizer Jordan | 290,000 | 79,000 |
| Ryan Quail | 290,000 | 290,000 |
| Brent Egan | 290,000 | 178,000 |
| Mindy Ritchie | 285,000 | 165,000 |
| Ciprian Fiastru | 280,000 | 227,000 |
| John Erickson | 280,000 | 143,000 |
| Fredric Saflor | 270,000 | 115,000 |
| Simkha Blank | 270,000 | -200,000 |
| Casey Long | 265,000 | -379,000 |
| Matthew Sloand | 260,800 | 44,800 |
| Steven Martin | 260,000 | 101,000 |
| Andrew Dosser | 255,000 | 58,000 |
| Roger Nahum | 250,000 | -239,000 |
| Michael Newman | 250,000 | -30,000 |
| Derek Crooks | 250,000 | -284,000 |
| Geoffrey Bowlsby | 250,000 | 102,000 |
| Ryan Hohner | 245,000 | -187,000 |
| Juan Ruiz | 240,000 | -113,000 |
| Joyce Maybank | 240,000 | 108,000 |
| Isabella Kok | 240,000 | 160,000 |
| Adrian Gallardo | 230,000 | 109,000 |
| Steven Rutter | 230,000 | -13,000 |
| Hwa Wu | 225,000 | 177,000 |
| Michael Jones | 215,000 | -201,000 |
| Zachary Moore | 215,000 | -92,000 |
| Yoon Cheon | 195,000 | -55,000 |
| Jacob Wilson | 190,000 | -54,000 |
| Andrew Gordon | 185,000 | -1,555,000 |
| Jesse Ercillo | 175,000 | 75,000 |
| Garth Fudens | 170,000 | 55,000 |
| Tadrick Kite | 150,000 | -14,000 |
| William Higgins | 130,000 | -11,000 |
| Jonathan Delmundo | 125,000 | 0 |
| Jiawei Liu | 96,000 | -380,000 |
| Kurt Lichtman | 94,500 | -187,500 |
| Yobrahin Larez | 85,000 | 1,000 |
| Dylan Mougel | 80,000 | -195,000 |
| Matt Baier | 10,000 | -195,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 5:58 PM Local Time
Day 2c Players Have Bagged, Tagged and Exited
At the eleventh hour, Saya Ono has overtaken Ben Dobson for the probable chip lead in the Big 50's third Day 2. A recap of the day will follow, as will full chip counts when they have been recorded.
| Saya Ono | 3,810,000 | 2,130,000 |
| Ben Dobson | 3,560,000 | -90,000 |
| Nelson Rose | 2,915,000 | 515,000 |
| Ubaid Habib | 2,600,000 | 2,345,000 |
| Cat Valdes | 2,430,000 | 30,000 |
| Jay Zhu | 2,230,000 | |
| Klint Tevaearai | 2,210,000 | 1,843,000 |
| Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 2,105,000 | 5,000 |
| Anna Wroblewski | 1,200,000 | 0 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 5:27 PM Local Time
Late Stage Chip Leader Likely Ben Dobson
While there are dozens of stacks around the 2 million chip mark, it appears that Ben Dobson has pulled away from the pack of would-be end-of-day leaders and is now sitting with 3,650,000. The last hands have been called, the clock is paused and Day 2c will soon be at an end.
| Ben Dobson | 3,650,000 | 2,150,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 5:11 PM Local Time
Perfect Time for Rockets
Action folded around to the button, and he raised to 50,000.
Andre Butler then three-bet shoved from the small blind, only to be met by a four-bet shove from David Miscikowski in the big blind.
The button got out of the way and the blinds tabled their hands.
Butler:
Miscikowski:
Unfortunately the board was no help to Butler and he made his way to the payout desk.
| David Miscikowski | 1,900,000 | 1,738,000 |
| Andre Butler | 0 | -492,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 5:07 PM Local Time
Medvinsky Cracks Aces Twice in the Same Hand
An unlikely hand just saved Vladimir Medvinsky from the rail in the final level of the day. With just over 200,000, he got it in preflop and found two other larger stacks also happy to put their tournament lives on the line. Both held pocket aces (one , one ), while Medvinsky showed down .
Flop:
Turn:
River: - at which point the table let out a collective "whooooah" while they congratulated Medvinsky and both players with aces paid him off.
| Vladimir Medvinsky | 740,000 | 615,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:52 PM Local Time
Final Level of Big 50 Day 1c
Blinds have risen for the final time today, as 490/7,183 players start their final level. Prize money has risen to $1,220.
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:47 PM Local Time
Level 20 started
Level: 20
Blinds: 10000/25000
Ante: 25000
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:46 PM Local Time
More Counts from Level 19
Ben Dobson rose to his current stack eliminating a player by spiking his underpair: under-the-gun, a player limped in for 20,000 and Dobson raised in late position (between 50,000 and 60,000).
He was called by neighbor Ioannis Angelou Konstas and then raised all-in (for 245,000) when it got back to the original under-the-gun limper.
Dobson thought for a while before calling with while Angelou Konstas folded; his opponent held . Straight away the flop brought Dobson a full house: and there was no queen on the turn or river.
| Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 2,100,000 | 100,000 |
| Andrew Gordon | 1,740,000 | 992,000 |
| Deepak Bothra | 1,600,000 | 1,452,000 |
| Ben Dobson | 1,500,000 | 100,000 |
| Oscar Ortiz | 1,400,000 | 684,000 |
| Brian Taylor | 1,400,000 | 200,000 |
| Phuoc Nguyen | 1,350,000 | -70,000 |
| Todd Witteles | 1,290,000 | 79,000 |
| Anna Wroblewski | 1,200,000 | -7,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:41 PM Local Time
Same Hand, Better Result for Engel
Less than ten minutes after losing a huge pot with kings versus kings, Ari Engel found himself all in.
After the under-the-gun player raised to 50,000, Engel three-bet shoved his remaining stack.
The next player to act made the call and the original raiser folded.
The players tabled their hands, and Engel had two kings again, but they were way ahead of the other player's pocket fours.
Engel:
Seat 6:
The board ran out , which secured the double-up for Engel.
| Ari Engel | 540,000 | 400,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:25 PM Local Time
Ari Engel Gets Four-flushed
On a board reading , Tim Carter, in seat 4, and Ari Engel, right next to him in seat 5, are both all in, with Carter at risk.
Engel:
Carter:
It looked to be a chopped pot until the dealer fanned the on the river and sent the huge pot to Carter, which left Engel with just 140,000.
A player at the tabled relayed that Carter went all in on the flop and Engel called.
| Tim Carter | 1,700,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Ari Engel | 140,000 | 4,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:19 PM Local Time
Big Stacks from High Numbered Tables
Half of the room counted, it looks like a stack of 2.5 million is the one to beat. A table move saw Cat Valdes take a seat to the right of Saya Ono (who survived an all-in on the bubble earlier to start a healthy Day 2 stack), taking the table leader position from her. Valdes still said she was reluctant to tangle with her, although there are still nearly two levels left to play.
| John Utley | 2,400,000 | -500,000 |
| Cat Valdes | 2,400,000 | 2,400,000 |
| Morten Christensen | 1,700,000 | 1,556,000 |
| Saya Ono | 1,680,000 | 830,000 |
| Irene Carey | 1,350,000 | 1,108,000 |
| Prashray Rai | 1,300,000 | 970,000 |
| Glen Mcdowell | 1,200,000 | 1,010,000 |
| Ezequiel Waigel | 400,000 | -640,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 4:00 PM Local Time
Final Two Levels of the Day
The remaining 582 players have returned from the last break of the day.
There are just two more scheduled levels before play concludes, and those lucky (and skilled) enough to still be seated will bag and tag and return on Wednesday.
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:55 PM Local Time
Level 19 started
Level: 19
Blinds: 10000/20000
Ante: 20000
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:43 PM Local Time
A Few Updated Chip Counts at the Final Break
| Nelson Rose | 2,400,000 | 1,360,000 |
| Asher Conniff | 2,050,000 | 1,775,000 |
| Finian Anuforo | 1,696,000 | 1,548,000 |
| Anna Wroblewski | 1,207,000 | 892,000 |
| Matt Stout | 765,000 | 577,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:35 PM Local Time
Last Break of Day 2c
Players are heading off on the final 20-minute break of the day. On their return, they'll play two more levels, and survivors will move on to Day 3, Wednesday, June 5, at 11am.
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:28 PM Local Time
Meng Out-Flips Roe To Stay in the Tournament
Under the gun Junxing Meng moved all in for 257,000. It folded to mid-position Michael Roe who called swiftly. The rest of their table got out of the way just as swiftly, and a pair-v-overs situation was revealed:
Roe:
Meng:
The flop was ace-free, but the turn was the and the river the securing Meng a double through. Roe's stack had, according to tablemates, been on the rise in the recent past, and this dent set him back a ways. Meng said that "you need luck [in tournaments] - just make the right decision."
| Michael Roe | 900,000 | 627,000 |
| Junxing Meng | 520,000 | -67,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:09 PM Local Time
More Players Top the Million Mark
Ben Dobson and Ioannis Angelou Konstas are sat next to each other on Table 182 (Angelou Konstas in position) forming a wall of chips for the rest of their table to navigate past every hand. It looks like the two of them are having a bit of rivalrous banter: while Dobson's stack was being counted he pointed at Angelou Konstas and said, "It's his stack you should be counting."
There was speculation that Konstas might be in the chip lead and when it was discovered that this was not the case, Konstas quipped, "Come back in half an hour. I'll have his chips," nodding at Dobson.
| Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 2,000,000 | 1,420,000 |
| Ben Dobson | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 3:03 PM Local Time
Top Pair Good for Geith
Robert Geith took his time to make a final river call that won him a pot of over 400,000. On the turn, the board standing Geith checked and his opponent on the button bet 61,000. Geith called to see a river before checking again, and his opponent bet 135,000, just under a third of her remaining chips.
Geith stared her down while she kept her eyes on the table impassively. He played with some chips (the call would leave him very short stacked if he lost the pot) and apologized for taking a lot of time. Finally he threw in the call; she tabled for a bluff and his took the pot.
| Robert Geith | 700,000 | 389,000 |
Monday, June 3, 2019 2:59 PM Local Time
Barbosa Wins His Race
Juan Barbosa shoved his remaining 113,000 from early position and was called by Maurizio Cola in the cutoff.
The players tabled their hands, Barbosa saw that he was behind and racing for his tournament life, but he did have two live cards.
Barbosa:
Cola:
After hitting one of those live cards on the flop, he then had safe runout on the turn and .
| Maurizio Cola | 556,000 | 174,000 |
| Juan Barbosa | 266,000 | -29,000 |