Tuesday, July 9, 2019 4:02 PM Local Time
Heidorn Busts Maistri
Brett Maistri raised to 23,000 from mid-position and Robert Heidorn three-bet to 61,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Maistri who shoved for around 277,000 and Heidorn snap-called.
Brett Maistri:
Robert Heidorn:
The board ran out to not bring Maistri much help as he was eliminated.
Just as Maistri made his way out of the tournament area, Joseph Cheong made his way in as he was moved from another section into the Amazon room.
Robert Heidorn | 1,910,000 | 330,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 900,000 | 365,000 |
Camilla Reventlow | 510,000 | 180,000 |
Brett Maistri | 0 | -511,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 4:00 PM Local Time
842nd - 864th Place Finishers
These players collected $18,535 for their respective showings.
Brandon Cantu | 0 | 0 |
Robert Schulz | 0 | -328,000 |
Aditya Agarwal | 0 | -136,000 |
Michael Holm | 0 | -367,000 |
Allen Lu | 0 | -803,000 |
Scott Bain | 0 | -255,000 |
Champie Douglas | 0 | -375,000 |
Samuel Vizza | 0 | -581,000 |
Ziran Xiao | 0 | -214,000 |
A Paleatsos | 0 | -198,000 |
Jean-Pierre Besancon | 0 | -270,000 |
Eric Barnes (WI) | 0 | -294,000 |
Nicola Bracchi | 0 | -661,000 |
Bobby Zhang | 0 | -150,000 |
Christopher Herrin | 0 | -332,000 |
Martin Stoller | 0 | -640,000 |
Ryan Dersch | 0 | -47,000 |
Michael Monaco | 0 | -100,000 |
Robert Stan | 0 | -383,000 |
Robert Cheung | 0 | -330,000 |
Anuj Kwatra | 0 | -339,000 |
Jeffrey Outlaw | 0 | -391,000 |
Ashish Kasaraneni | 0 | -399,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:59 PM Local Time
#WSOP50 Demographic Breakdown
The average age of 2019 WSOP Main Event participants is 41.46. For males, the average is 41.34 and for females, 44.30. Here is a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year's participants.
Total Field Demographics
Age Range | Total | Male | Female |
21-25 | 332 | 327 | 5 |
26-30 | 1,351 | 1,312 | 39 |
31-35 | 1,894 | 1,828 | 66 |
36-40 | 1,305 | 1,245 | 60 |
41-45 | 891 | 861 | 30 |
46-50 | 900 | 856 | 44 |
51-55 | 703 | 666 | 37 |
>56 | 1,193 | 1,124 | 69 |
Total | 8,569 | 8,219 | 350 |
United States Demographics
Age Range | Total | Male | Female |
21-25 | 177 | 174 | 3 |
26-30 | 685 | 666 | 19 |
31-35 | 1,272 | 1,227 | 45 |
36-40 | 948 | 904 | 44 |
41-45 | 670 | 650 | 20 |
46-50 | 729 | 692 | 37 |
51-55 | 582 | 552 | 30 |
>56 | 1,047 | 985 | 62 |
Total | 6,110 | 5,850 | 260 |
International Demographics
Age Range | Total | Male | Female |
21-25 | 155 | 153 | 2 |
26-30 | 666 | 646 | 20 |
31-35 | 622 | 601 | 21 |
36-40 | 357 | 341 | 16 |
41-45 | 221 | 211 | 10 |
46-50 | 171 | 164 | 7 |
51-55 | 121 | 114 | 7 |
>56 | 146 | 139 | 7 |
Total | 2,459 | 2,369 | 90 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:58 PM Local Time
Rudelitz Wins With Four-Bet
Enrico Rudelitz opened to 21,000 from middle position and was three-bet by the player on the button to 67,000. After around 40 seconds, Rudelitz put in a four-bet to 207,000. His opponent asked for confirmation of the bet size and thought for a few moments before relinquishing his hand.
Enrico Rudelitz | 1,560,000 | 954,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:57 PM Local Time
865th - 887th Place Finishers
The is the final group of players who earned $17,135 for their finishes in the Main Event.
Hamid Nourafchan | 0 | -624,000 |
Guillermo Sanchez | 0 | -121,000 |
Clifton Temm Ii | 0 | -77,000 |
Gary Benson | 0 | -85,000 |
Mike Wattel | 0 | -287,000 |
Farzad Tafti | 0 | -230,000 |
Ben Myers | 0 | -247,000 |
Mark Wahba | 0 | -335,000 |
Paul DeGiulio | 0 | -602,000 |
Radoslav Stoyanov | 0 | -415,000 |
Harrison Gimbel | 0 | -842,000 |
Alen Patatanyan | 0 | -455,000 |
Andrew Nguyen (Milpitas) | 0 | -319,000 |
Brad Anderson | 0 | -211,000 |
Harley Thrower | 0 | -261,000 |
David "ODB" Baker | 0 | 0 |
Fernando Pedro Tavares Barroso | 0 | -349,000 |
Aleksa Pavicevic | 0 | -455,000 |
Nasaharu Tomita | 0 | -403,000 |
Jameson Painter | 0 | 0 |
Lisa Pickell | 0 | -137,000 |
Andreas Boelling | 0 | -396,000 |
Marios Savvides | 0 | -158,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:56 PM Local Time
Yifrach and Stokkan Clash Again
Gal Yifrach completed his small blind and Preben Stokkan raised to 38,000 in the big blind which Yifrach called.
The flop came , Yifrach check-called the 35,000 continuation-bet of Stokkan.
They both checked through the n the turn to the on the river. Yifrach checked for the last time and Stokkan barreled a bet of 85,000 over the line for Yifrach to snap-fold.
Preben Stokkan | 2,090,000 | -110,000 |
Gal Yifrach | 710,000 | 123,000 |
Keith Lehr | 555,000 | -40,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:55 PM Local Time
Stratmeyer Cracks Jacks
Ernst Stratmeyer opened and called off a shove from an opponent for his last 255,000.
Ernst Stratemeyer:
All-in Player:
The flop was safe for the jacks, but the turn gave Stratmeyer top pair and he held on the river to move up to 1.5 million in chips.
Ernst Stratmeyer | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:50 PM Local Time
Schulz Departs
Robert Schulz jammed for the last 12 big blinds with pocket sevens and Joseph Saad looked him up with queens on the third feature table.
"It is always coming seven" for the Germans didn't apply this time, and Schulz also recalled a feature table hand at the EPT a few years ago where he also busted with sevens.
Below are some additions to the nearby Amazon Gold section.
Sergei Petrushevskii | 630,000 | -3,000 |
Mitchell Johnson | 600,000 | 255,000 |
Daniel Neilson | 450,000 | -170,000 |
Joseph Saad | 410,000 | 69,000 |
Alex Foxen | 265,000 | 9,000 |
Robert Schulz | 0 | -328,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:46 PM Local Time
Selection of Amazon Purple Chip Counts
Andrey Pateychuk | 1,970,000 | 270,000 |
Tobias Duthweiler | 1,593,000 | 213,000 |
Barny Boatman | 1,315,000 | 14,980 |
Sosia Jiang | 1,210,000 | 140,000 |
Jacqueline Burkhart | 1,110,000 | 110,000 |
Max Greenwood | 1,060,000 | 160,000 |
Mike Matusow | 801,000 | 207,000 |
Jon Turner | 560,000 | 104,000 |
Lyudmil Ivanov | 355,000 | 4,400 |
Cary Katz | 332,000 | -88,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 220,000 | -870,000 |
Dong Guo | 0 | -240,000 |
Pieter Aerts | 0 | -464,000 |
Pavel Plesuv | 0 | -607,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:44 PM Local Time
Hachem Balancing Out His Limping Range
The action folded to Daniel Hachem on the button who decided to just limp in. The small blind raised to 45,000 which got the big blind to fold and Hachem also laid his hand down.
In the next hand, Hachem limped in from the cutoff again and Louis Hillman made it 50,000 from the small blind. Hachem changed it up this time and dropped in a stack of 25,000 chips to cover Hillman.
After a couple of minutes thinking and talking to himself, Hillman finally sent his cards to the muck. "Use those chips as a weapon," Hillman made a point of Hachem's stack.
"Big weapon. Big, big weapons," Hachem replied.
Daniel Hachem | 1,430,000 | 127,000 |
Louis Hillman | 186,000 | 102,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:43 PM Local Time
O'Rourke Eliminated by Lynn
After losing with against , Gavin O'Rourke got his last 47,000 chips in with against the of Joel Lynn.
The flop gave O'Rourke a set against Lynn's two pair. The turn was the but the river gave Lynn the bigger of two full houses to send O'Rourke to the rail.
"Nice sweat for just a flip," said someone at his table.
Joel Lynn | 150,000 | 68,000 |
Gavin O'Rourke | 0 | -183,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:43 PM Local Time
888th - 914th Place Finishers
These players collected $17,135 for their respective showings.
Sergei Kislinskii | 0 | -561,000 |
Kyle Burnside | 0 | -169,000 |
Armand Matti | 0 | -258,000 |
Sangjun Lee | 0 | -287,000 |
David Nardella | 0 | -380,000 |
Peter Chen | 0 | 0 |
Sami El Dein | 0 | -179,000 |
Bartlomiej Machon | 0 | 0 |
Adam Johnson | 0 | -65,000 |
Paul Sharpe | 0 | -144,000 |
Martin Pineiro | 0 | -321,000 |
Iverson Snuffer | 0 | -326,000 |
Rachid Amamou | 0 | 0 |
Jason Loehrs | 0 | 0 |
Adam Krizbai | 0 | -312,000 |
Niklas Ã…stedt | 0 | 0 |
John Mcnulty | 0 | -194,000 |
Paul Duyvejonck | 0 | -60,000 |
Andy Finkelberg | 0 | -464,000 |
Sebastian Dornbracht | 0 | -233,000 |
Tom Vogelsang | 0 | -121,000 |
Eddie Blumenthal | 0 | -45,500 |
Evan Krentzman | 0 | -564,000 |
Denys Shafikov | 0 | -730,000 |
Robert Render | 0 | -276,000 |
Alexander Farahi | 0 | -270,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:43 PM Local Time
Schiavone Shoves with Aces
Xixiang Luo raised in early position to 22,000 and Donald Schiavone three-bet to 75,000, the action folded back around to Luo who made the call.
The flop came Luo checked and Schiavone announced all-in instantly without putting the chips in the middle. Luo went into the tank for about 20 seconds before mucking his hand. Schiavone showed his before giving the cards back to the dealer.
Xixiang Luo | 952,000 | -228,000 |
Donald Schiavone | 465,000 | 222,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:40 PM Local Time
Dollins Chipping Up
Michael Dollins raised it up from early position and the hijack shipped all in for around 225,000. The action folded back to Dollins who made the call without any hesitation.
Michael Dollins:
Opponent:
Dollins held the larger of the two pocket pairs and the flop of was hardly any sweat. The on the turn left his opponent drawing to just out and the on the river was not one of them.
Michael Dollins | 1,400,000 | 270,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:34 PM Local Time
Double Elimination for Lu
Henry Lu opened and Yevgeniy Fidchuk three-bet from late position. Jarod Minghini four-bet all in from the big blind for around 200,000 and Lu called.
Fidchuk then moved all in for slightly less and all three turned over their cards.
Henry Lu:
Yevgeniy Fidchuk:
Jarod Minghini:
The flop and turn didn't help anyone, although it did give Lu a flush draw and the chance of knocking out two players. The river was the and Minghini momentarily was excited to hit his pair, but it gave Lu his flush and he knocked out both players.
Henry Lu | 1,950,000 | 1,054,000 |
Yevgeniy Fidchuk | 0 | -386,000 |
Jarod Minghini | 0 | -352,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:32 PM Local Time
Duta Bags a Knockout Before Bagging
The dealer was heard calling for another payout on Pavilion Black Table 184 as a second player was eliminated in a short period of time. Florian Duta was collecting chips with his winning hand of on a board of versus his opponent's .
No sooner had he stacked his chips before the floor had arrived at the table with a set of bags and instructions for the table about moving into the Amazon room to take their new seats for the rest of play on Day 4.
Florian Duta | 900,000 | 681,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:31 PM Local Time
915th - 938th Place Finishers
These players collected paydays of $17,135 for their finishes.
Kalidou Sow | 0 | 0 |
Miguel Capriles | 0 | -225,000 |
Femi Fashakin | 0 | -593,000 |
Matthew Reeser | 0 | -50,000 |
Veselin Dimitrov | 0 | -155,000 |
William Courtade | 0 | -418,000 |
William Harrell | 0 | -53,000 |
Joseph Moore | 0 | -305,000 |
Mark Schoenberg | 0 | -276,000 |
Michael Kuney | 0 | -350,000 |
Christopher Decarlo | 0 | -250,000 |
Brandon Gale | 0 | -78,000 |
Kazuki Sasaki | 0 | -116,000 |
Ky Badgley | 0 | -338,000 |
Camille Mikhael | 0 | -313,000 |
Jeremy Joseph | 0 | -426,000 |
Pal Zagreda | 0 | -470,000 |
James Nahikian | 0 | -132,000 |
Gediminas Garmus | 0 | -86,000 |
Nichlaus Staker | 0 | -125,000 |
Will Jaffe | 0 | -113,000 |
Preston McEwen | 0 | -185,000 |
Charles Thompson | 0 | -121,000 |
David Len Ashby | 0 | -148,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:28 PM Local Time
Hunichen Just Shy of 3 Million
Alex Foxen raised to 33,000 from the small blind and Chris Hunichen called from the big blind.
The flop was , Foxen continued for 25,000 and Hunichen called.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the , Foxen checked, Hunichen bet 80,000 and Foxen tanked for a bit before he called.
Hunichen tabled for trip aces, Foxen mucked and Hunichen won the pot.
Chris Hunichen | 2,970,000 | 220,000 |
Alex Foxen | 256,000 | -224,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:26 PM Local Time
Pope Wins With Turn Check-Raise
In a three-bet pot, Alexander Pope bet 70,000 on a flop and Kane Lai called. Pope checked the turn to his opponent who bet 190,000.
Pope check-raised to 475,000 and after a tank, Lai folded.
Alexander Pope | 1,350,000 | 222,000 |
Kane Lai | 880,000 | -410,000 |
Tuesday, July 9, 2019 3:26 PM Local Time
Nakanowatari Doubles With Aces
A player in early position had limped in and been raised from a middle position player to 35,000. Junichi Nakanowatari had then shoved all in and action was back on the limper. He asked for a count and in total took about 30 seconds before folding. The raiser then confirmed the count and took another 20 seconds or so before tossing in chips to call. Nakanowatari quickly tabled his hand.
"Oh, man!" exclaimed his opponent.
Junichi Nakanowatari:
Opponent:
"Okay, maybe it was a good fold then. Tens," said the player to Nakanowatari's left who had also apparently thought for some time before folding preflop.
The board ran out and was no sweat for Nakanowatari en route to a double.
Junichi Nakanowatari | 386,000 | 136,000 |