2019 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
3♠2♠
Prize
$71,580
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$277,500
Entries
185
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Left 1 / 185
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End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Jan Kores
Jan Kores
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nikita Luther in
Nikita Luther 		538,500
36,500
 36,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano 		354,000
79,000
 79,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein 		277,000
28,000
 28,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Haixia Zhang us
Haixia Zhang 		264,500
264,500
 264,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle 		259,000
106,000
 106,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai 		242,000
74,000
 74,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Ferguson us
Chris Ferguson 		224,500
130,500
 130,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Ben Ponzio us
Ben Ponzio 		224,000
118,000
 118,000
Profile photo of James Mackey us
James Mackey 		220,000
127,000
 127,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fred Berger us
Fred Berger 		204,500
204,500
 204,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Cada us
Joe Cada 		195,000
5,000
 5,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Smith Sirisakorn us
Smith Sirisakorn 		190,000
190,000
 190,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joshua Tieman us
Joshua Tieman 		183,000
111,000
 111,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman 		177,500
73,000
 73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Di Rosa ve
Joseph Di Rosa
170,000
62,500
 62,500
Profile photo of Kevin Gerhart us
Kevin Gerhart 		165,500
165,500
 165,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Kirk Caldwell ca
Kirk Caldwell 		161,500
161,500
 161,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen 		157,500
12,500
 12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT Global
Profile photo of Loni Harwood us
Loni Harwood 		153,500
6,500
 6,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jeremy Wien us
Jeremy Wien 		144,500
77,500
 77,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christian Pham us
Christian Pham 		141,000
12,500
 12,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin 		136,000
41,000
 41,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tommy Nguyen ca
Tommy Nguyen 		131,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Thomas Cazayous fr
Thomas Cazayous 		128,000
128,000
 128,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
121,500
73,500
 73,500

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Seat Draw Day 2 Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em

Frank Op de Woerd
Frank Op de Woerd
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
Amazon4121Giuseppe PantaleoGermany22,0009
Amazon4122William KakonMarocco105,00042
Amazon4125Thom WerthmannUnited States103,50041
Amazon4126Philip TomUnited States117,50047
Amazon4127Nikita LutherIndia538,500215
Amazon4128Robert SlezakUnited States101,00040
       
Amazon4132Chris FergusonUnited States224,50090
Amazon4135Tyler GrothUnited States82,00033
Amazon4136Kevin GerhartUnited States165,50066
Amazon4137Yuval BronshteinIsrael277,000111
Amazon4138Anson TsangHong Kong103,50041
Amazon4139Joseph Di RosaVenezuela170,00068
       
Amazon4141Sean GetzwillerUnited States94,00038
Amazon4142Blair HinkleUnited States259,000104
Amazon4143Ben PonzioUnited States224,00090
Amazon4144Thomas CazayousFrance128,00051
Amazon4148Smith SirisakornUnited States190,00076
Amazon4149Marcel VonkNetherlands118,50047
       
Amazon4202Christopher VitchUnited States121,50049
Amazon4203James MackeyUnited States220,00088
Amazon4205Michael GaglianoUnited States354,000142
Amazon4206Courtney KennedyUnited States67,50027
Amazon4209Martin FingerAustria84,50034
       
Amazon4211Humberto BrenesCosta Rica112,00045
Amazon4213Christian PhamVietnam141,00056
Amazon4216Jiyoung KimSouth Korea72,50029
Amazon4218Andreas KlattGermany76,50031
Amazon4219Ray FoleyUnited States87,00035
       
Amazon4221Kirk CaldwellCanada161,50065
Amazon4223Jeremy WienUnited States144,50058
Amazon4224Liv BoereeUnited Kingdom61,50025
Amazon4225Haixia ZhangUnited States264,500106
Amazon4227Loni HarwoodUnited States153,50061
       
Amazon4283Michael GathyBelgium36,00014
Amazon4284Shankar PillaiUnited States242,00097
Amazon4285Joshua TiemanUnited States183,00073
Amazon4287Joe CadaUnited States195,00078
Amazon4288Martin KabrhelCzech Republic77,50031
Amazon4289Fred BergerUnited States204,50082
       
Amazon4291Brian WilsonUnited States69,50028
Amazon4292Scott BohlmanUnited States177,50071
Amazon4293Steve GrossUnited States92,00037
Amazon4296Michael CordellUnited States113,50045
Amazon4298Alexander ZiskinUnited States67,00027
Amazon4299Anatolii ZyrinRussia136,00054
       
Amazon4301Tommy NguyenCanada131,00052
Amazon4302Perry FriedmanUnited States31,00012
Amazon4303Ylon SchwartzUnited States48,60019
Amazon4306Tony MaUnited States26,00010
Amazon4308Brett ApterUnited States49,00020
Amazon4309Angel GuillenMexico157,50063

Nikita Luther Storms Through Day 1 of Bracelet Winners Event

Jan Kores
Jan Kores
Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Nikita Luther
Nikita Luther

The opening day of the $1,500 Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em Event drew a field of 143 players. With the tournament dedicated to those who have already been decorated at the World Series of Poker, the lineup was guaranteed to feature some of the sharpest players across decades and game varieties.

Among those who entered the contest were about two dozen female players, and one of them took the spotlight as Nikita Luther dominated the first day, presenting herself with a fiercely aggressive approach. Luther finished the day with an outstanding 538,500, leading the 51 survivors into the next stage.

Luther wasn't scared to put her chips in the middle. She was seen jamming on her opponents left and right, and it looked to be a race between her, Michael Gagliano (354,000) and Yuval Bronshtein (277,000) for the pole position.

But Luther seized the outright lead when she prevailed in a gigantic preflop confrontation which saw her six-bet shove with kings and hold against ace-king. Luther was able to add a further 60 big blinds to her stack thereafter, mainly thanks to dragging a hefty pot in a hand against Scott Bohlman.

Gagliano arrived early and he quickly extended his stack, staying near the top of the chip counts for the rest of the day. Chris Ferguson opted for a different strategy, hopping into the tournament only for the final stretch of today's play. Still, Ferguson was able to spin his stack up to 224,500.

Along with Ferguson, another former Main Event champion thrived on Day 1; Joe Cada, who had a tough start to the tournament, but it's the strong finish that counts. Cada proved that he's still one of the best no-limit players in the world. He vaulted to 195,000, mostly thanks to a successful bluff-catch with ace-high in an inflated pot against Perry Friedman.

Day 2 starts on Thursday, July 11, at 2 p.m. local time and the late registration remains open until then. It is likely that the field will be increased by some last-minute entrants, with the 50,000-starting stack worth 20 big blinds as the play resumes at 1,000/2,500/2,500.

PokerNews will be again on the ground to provide live updates from the encounters of the decorated field, so come back then for the coverage.

Tags: Chris FergusonJoe CadaMichael GaglianoNikita LutherPerry FriedmanScott BohlmanYuval Bronshtein

Event #81: $1,500 50th Annual Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold'em

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