Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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
Assorted Chip Counts
Level 10
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
110,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
95,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Dempsey Sits Down in Time for Dinner Break
Level 10
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
James Dempsey avoided the height of the queue by simply leaving when he saw it, playing golf, and coming back now. He's based in the Pavilion Room where he's busy chopping pots with ace-high.
On a 
board which had not generated a pot larger than 8,000 all the way through, he led out for 5,000, called by an opponent who tabled 
, while Dempsey showed down 
saying something about how he wanted a call with king high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
Ho Back In Action
Level 10
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
After quickly busting on her first buy in, Maria Ho has re-entered the Big 50 and has been seated at the same table as Mark Hodge who has a large stack of roughly 175,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
Rivier's Rockets Bust a Player and Decimate Another
Level 10
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Daniel Rivier was in the midst of every poker player's dream as he was all in against two players, holding the 
.
One of his opponents, who had Rivier covered, held the 
. What was already a dire situation for the queens became worse when the shortest stack of the all ins revealed that he held 
, thus eliminating one of the outs for the ladies.
The board stayed clean for Rivier's aces when it ran out 
to give him the huge pot, while busting a player and leaving another with crumbs (who busted soon afterwards).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
Day 1d Goes on Dinner Break - Back in 75 Minutes
Level 10
: 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
The final flight of the Big 50 is heading on dinner break; back at 20:15 local time.
Level: 11
Blinds: 2,000/3,000
Ante: 3,000
End of Dinner Break
Level 11
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
The thousands of Big 50 dreamers have returned to their seats after dinner and will now contest three more levels of poker in their quest to make it to Day 2d on Tuesday.
Double Duty for Foxen
Level 11
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Still a long way to go to get to the money for Alex Foxen in the Big 50 event, as he just took his seat after the dinner break, but he is nearing the money in Event #7: $400 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold-em Event.
Foxen appears to be playing two WSOP events simultaneously with his laptop out at the table as he tries to break the approaching money bubble online while balancing the early stages of the Big 50 offline.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Hinkle, Kern and Cutler Still Chatting
Level 11
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Table 513 has been affable and full of banter throughout Day 1d, 13 levels or no 13 levels, and a number of its original occupants are still in their seats. Since our last round in the Amazon room, Hinkle's stack has dropped to 31000 (in three chips) but he's still talking away. Most recently overheard object of discussion with Seat 9: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
"The previous species wasn't technically a chicken," said Hinkle, arguing emphatically and persuasively for the "egg" side.
Meanwhile, Alan Cutler just busted a player, adding 34,000 to his stack in an all-in preflop confrontation. Cutler's 
out-flopped the 
of his opponent and he joins the elite 200,000+ club in Level 11.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
105,000
64,600
|
64,600 |
|
31,000
-73,500
|
-73,500 |
|
|
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