Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$13,509,435
Entries
28,371
Level
51
Blinds
15,000,000 / 30,000,000
Ante
30,000,000
Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1d Completed
Andrei Khosh Bags Just Under a Million Chips as Max-Capacity Day 1d Ends
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The final flight of the record-breaking Event #3: The Big 50 - $500 No Limit Hold'em saw over 8,000 entrants take part in a tournament that put even the capacious conference centre at the Rio to the test. Late registrants patiently waited to fill the gaps left by those busted from the sell-out Day 1d and eventually everyone keen for a shot at a WSOP bracelet and a piece of a truly phenomenal prize pool had their chance to play. With the final numbers still being tallied, it is definitely safe to say that this sell-out final Day 1 puts the total number of entrants well over 25,000.
Tonight’s chip leader is Andrei Khosh, who bagged a huge 970,000 chips, in front of other notables such as Kevin O’Donnell (773,000), Rick Trigg (663,000), Max Brown (496,000) and James Dempsey (350,000). With thousands of players’ chips to log, full counts have been announced as available later this morning. Other players making a bid for the unique Big 50 title who fell before the final whistle were John Phan, Maria Konnikova, Blair Hinkle and a valiantly double late-registering Maria Ho.
The next step for today’s chip-baggers on the way to claiming the $1,000,000 guaranteed first prize is to conquer Day 2d, beginning at 10:00 on Tuesday, June 4. Tomorrow we’ll be covering Day 2c, also beginning at 10:00.
Bagging
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Players have begun the bagging process after the completion of play on Day 1d of the record breaking Big 50 event.
Last Seven Hands
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The clock is paused as hundreds of tables complete their last seven hands of Day 1d. A recap of the day will follow, with full counts and player numbers confirmed once the mammoth bagging process is complete.
End-of-Day 1d Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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970,000 | 190,000 |
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963,000 | |
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944,000 | |
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860,000 | |
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860,000 | |
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823,000 | |
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811,000 | |
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805,000 | |
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800,000 | |
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779,000 | |
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779,000 | -5,000 |
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773,000 | 773,000 |
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768,000 | 768,000 |
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754,000 | 754,000 |
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747,000 | |
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733,000 | |
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720,000 | 720,000 |
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719,000 | |
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707,000 | -3,000 |
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707,000 | 77,000 |
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698,000 | 698,000 |
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692,000 | 692,000 |
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687,000 | 687,000 |
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686,000 | |
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680,000 | |
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Chip Lead Contender Discovered in Amazon Room
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Though Day 1d of the Big 50 has seemed to stay the same mammoth size over 13 50-minute levels, there is ample proof that players have been and gone in the stack of Andrei Khosh. He has nearly 800,000 in chips, which would put him in the ballpark of prior start days' leaders with half an hour of play left to go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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780,000 | |
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Where Are They Now?
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Several of these players started out strongly in the first half of the day, but how have they fared in the second?
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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330,000 | 120,000 |
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135,000 | 104,900 |
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125,000 | 75,000 |
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100,000 | -100,000 |
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88,000 | -72,000 |
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83,000 | |
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65,000 | -31,000 |
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38,000 | -160,000 |
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Busted | |
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Last Break of the Night
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Players are now on a 15 minute break, the last of the night. After the break, they will return to play level 13 before bagging for the night.
Rascar Eliminates Opponent
Level 12
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
From early position a player moved all in for his remaining 45,000 and was met with a call by Yohan Rascar in the big blind.
Rascar was behind with the 
vs his opponent's 
. But the flop for fortuitous for Rascar as it came 
. The turn was the 
and the 
on the river put the stranglehold on the hand to give Rascar a chunk of chips from his eliminated opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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285,000 | 125,000 |
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