2019 World Series of Poker

Event #3: BIG 50 - $500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1d
Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
$1,147,449
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$13,509,435
Total Entries
28,371
Level Info
Level
51
Blinds
15,000,000 / 30,000,000
Ante
30,000,000
Players Left 1 / 28,371
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Pavilion Room Counts

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Below: the recently located Pavilion Room players' chip counts. Barbara Enright, in particular, is having a productive mid-day period, winning several small pots without showdown in the five minutes it took to count the area's notable stacks. With over $1.7 million in live earnings, this poker Hall of Famer was the first woman to win an open WSOP event and the only female player to make the final table of the $10,000 Main Event. She already holds three bracelets and looks to have started Level 7 in high gear.

Tags: Barbara Enright

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Kinnibrew Busts Oh in Three Way Pot

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Edward Kinnibrew raised to 2,800 from early position and picked up a caller to his immediate left. The action folded around the Je Wook Oh in the big blind who moved all in for his remaining 21,000.

Kinnibrew thought for a good while before deciding to call. The third player in the hand also went into the tank to consider the situation before throwing in 21,000 for the call. There was a lengthy discussion between the dealer and the players as it was not abundantly clear whether Oh had shoved for 21,500 or 21,000 before eventually 21,000 was decided upon.

The flop came {3-Spades}{4-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Kinnibrew swiftly declared all in which forced the third player to reluctantly fold his hand.

Oh's stack was at stake and he turned over the {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} which trailed Kinnibrew's pocket pair of {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}. The turn was the {3-Hearts} and the river was the {4-Clubs} which was not enough to save Oh from busting while Kinnibrew added a significant chunk of chips to his stack to put him in a healthy position.

Tags: Edward KinnibrewJe Wook Oh

Spotted in Level 6

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Big 50
Big 50

While the queue for late or re-registration continues to snake through the corridors of the Rio Convention Centre, offering tantalising glimpses into the Amazon, Brazilia and Pavilion Rooms on the way, players take seats as soon as they’re vacated in an impressively smooth process. In fact, the mood of the late entrants is good; all credit to the staff dealing with such an unprecedented field.

With thanks to Chad Holloway’s player radar, here are a few more notables battling through the mid-stages of Day 1d. Chip count updates following next round of the Pavilion and Amazon Rooms.

Blumenfield Chipping Up

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

2015 WSOP Main Event 3rd place finisher Neil Blumenfield has been having a steady day thus far, accumulating chips little by little.

This trend continued when his 3,000 continuation bet on a {j-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts} flop was enough to garner a fold from his opponent.

Tags: Neil Blumenfield

Plisco Makes Call to Eliminate Opponent

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop of {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} Seat 5 moved all in for his remaining 26,700. The decision was on David Plisco who had his opponent covered easily. After thinking for about half a minute Plisco made the call.

Seat 5 turned over the {j-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for top pair but he was behind Plisco's {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. No help would come as the board ran out {6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} to give Plisco a substantial boost to his stack.

Tags: David Plisco

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Counts, Plus a Few New Ones

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante
Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

Maria Konnikova, author and poker player, has been on a tear for the last two years, winning over $270,000 in live tournaments including a first place finish in the PCA National in 2018 worth $84,600. She has looked relaxed at the table all day, her stack drifting above and below starting level. We've not seen any major pots she has been involved in, although while her stack was being counted she tangled with the big blind briefly. She had raised under the gun, seeing a {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Hearts} flop. She checked back when the big blind checked, but bet 2,000 when the {k-Spades} came down on the turn. The big blind called and led for 5,100 on the {9-Hearts} river; she let her hand go.

Meanwhile elsehere Steven Storwick eliminated his right hand side neighbour to raise his stack to 120,000.

Tags: Maria KonnikovaSteven Storwick

Perkins Busts Umerova

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

WSOP Bracelet winner Safiya Umerova's slow start to the day did not improve as she was seen getting up from the table as her {10-}{10-} fell to the {q-}{q-} of Randy Perkins in a pre-flop all in situation. The board ran out clean for the Queens and Perkins hauled in all of Umerova's chips.

Tags: Randy PerkinsSafiya Umerova