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Half a month have passed in the WSOP and 31 events out of 89 have started. 6 tournaments are still in play and 3 other have finished yesterday. Amongst them:

Event #26: $2,620 NLHE Marathon

Day 3 has come to an end with 52 marathon runners left fighting the win (188 players started Day 3). Matt Russell takes the overnight chip lead with 1,260,000 in chips behind.

Event #19: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker

Huge performance of John Gorsuch who wins the million after falling to two big blinds at the final table. He finally managed to win the tournament for $1,344,930 and his first gold bracelet.

Event #23: $1,500 8-Game Mix

Rami Boukai captured his second career World Series of Poker gold bracelet, closing out the heads-up battle against John Evans. Boukai, whose previous bracelet win came at the 2009 WSOP in the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha/Hold’em event, said the money is the most important thing to him.

Event #25: $600 PLO DeepStack

With 2,577 players registered at the start of this event in Pot Limit Omaha, it was necessary to have the patience and know how to hold his four cards. This is obviously the case for the American Andrew Donabedian who won the bracelet and $205,605. This is the first bracelet of this PLO fan.

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
19	$1,500	Millionaire Maker – No-Limit Hold’em	🇺🇸 John Gorsuch	$1,344,930
23	$1,500	Eight Game Mix	🇺🇸 Rami Boukai	$177,294
25	$600	Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	🇺🇸 Andrew Donabedian	$205,605

Phil Hellmuth didn’t win a gold bracelet yet but he already cashed in 5 tournaments in these 2019 WSOP:

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth	59th	$2,453	23	$1,500 Eight Game Mix
🇺🇸 Joe McKeehen	65th	$17,416	19	$1,500 Millionaire Maker – No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb	82nd	$2,257	23	$1,500 Eight Game Mix
🇺🇸 Alex Foxen	89th	$2,257	23	$1,500 Eight Game Mix
🇺🇸 Olivier Busquet	93rd	$10,399	19	$1,500 Millionaire Maker – No-Limit Hold’em

Event #29: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

This high stakes tournament attracted many top regs as Brian Hastings, Justin Bonomo and Phil Galfond who are still in at 20 left with $425,347 for the winner.

Who is the most consistent player in these WSOP?

Ismael Bojang (more than $3,200,000 in total live earnings) is the player who cashed the most in these WSOP (8 times) for a little $25,637:

Name	Total Earnings	Cashes
🇦🇹 Ismael Bojang	$25,637	8
🇺🇸 Ben Yu	$165,785	6
🇷🇺 Andrey Zaichenko	$35,286	6
🇺🇸 David “ODB” Baker	$20,875	6
🇺🇸 Steven Wolansky	$19,340	6

Tomorrow will see the day 4 of the Event #26: $2,620 NLHE Marathon and the winner will be awarded $477,401 during Day 5.

Yesterday has seen two new 2019 world champions of poker in the Event #21 and #22 and 2 other events were launched.

Event #21: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Twenty-six years after he shipped the $10,000 1993 Main Event for $1,000,000 (231 entrants), Jim Bechtel won over a field of 91 players for his second piece of WSOP gold and $253,817. Jean-Robert Bellande didn’t manage to keep his chiplead until the end and finished 5th for $55,693.

Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em

Jorden Fox conquered a 3,253 player field for more than 420 buy-ins! The soon-to-be father received $420,693 for his accomplishment, overcoming a final table that included the bracelet holder Jeffrey Smith.

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
21	$10,000	No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	🇺🇸 Jim Bechtel	$253,817
22	$1,000	Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em	🇺🇸 Jorden Fox	$420,693

Prahlad Friedman as well as Paul Volpe also both made final table in the Event #21:

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇺🇸 Prahlad Friedman	4th	$78,157	21	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
🇺🇸 Jean-Robert Bellande	5th	$56,693	21	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
🇺🇸 Paul Volpe	7th	$31,556	21	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
🇫🇷 Julien Martini	11th	$18,979	21	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Millionaire Maker

They are only six players left out of the 8809 at the start, guaranteed to win at least $266,771. Ana Marquez (10th – $95,720), WCOOP winner Steven van Zadelhoff (11th – $95,720) and Joao Simao (16th – $59,83) all failed at the door of a lucrative final table in which the Japanese Kazuki Ikeuchi will be the chip leader with 60,750,000 chips.

Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix

No winner in this tournament yet. The last two survivors Rami Boukai (4.5M chips) and John Evan (1.5M chips) will have to return tomorrow to fight for the bracelet and $177,294 for the winner.

Event #25: $600 PLO DeepStack

Corey Wright leads the last 12 survivors of a tournament with Captain Tom Franklin as the only professional left.

Event # 26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold’em Marathon

At the end of day 2, they are 188 players still competing for the bracelet out of 1083 entrants initially. David Coleman is leading the way with 651,200 chips.

See you tomorrow for another exciting day at the WSOP!

The last 13 days, 27 Events have been taking place in the Rio for the 50th World Series Of Poker and 20 bracelets were awarded to the best player in every event!

Event #19: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker

They are 34 players left (out of 8,809 initially) to still dream about a bracelet with Josh Reichard leading the remaining players with 20,645,000 chips. Among the survivors, Ana Marquez, Steven van Zadelhoff, Joao Simao and Calvin Anderson are still in.

Event #20: $1,500 Seven Card Stud

An amazing heads-up between the experienced Eli Elezra and talented Anthony Zinno eventually turned to the advantage of the veteran who wins his fourth bracelet for $93,766.

Event #21: $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship 

Seven players will compete tomorrow for the bracelet and the title of Deuce to Seven World Champion. Amongst them: Jean-Robert Bellande, Prahlad Friedman, Paul Volpe and Jim Brechtel all fighting for $253,817 for 1st place.

Event #22: $1,000 Double Stack NLHE 

After two complete days of what was originally scheduled as a two-day tournament, the remaining 11 players will be returning for a third and final day to play down to a winner. Coming into Day 2 Jorden Fox sat near the top of the chip counts and he now sits atop the leaderboard heading into the final day of play. 

Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix

The second day of Event #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix has come to an end after ten levels. 28 players are left with Alexander Livingston coming out as the player to beat with 587,000 chips.

Event #24: $600 WSOP.com Online PLO Six-Handed

An event that saw top players compete for victory, finally won by Josh “loofa” Pollock ($139,740) against Jason “TheBigGift” Gooch ($85,560) in head’s up while Jared Bleznick finished third ($59,163). Note that the 5th place came for Phil “HeyGuys” Galfond who won $29,680. 652 players had taken part on this online PLO tournament.

Yesterday’s bracelet winners :

#	Buy-in	Event	Player	Prize
20	$1,500	Seven-Card Stud	🇺🇸 Eli Elezra	$93,766
24	$600	WSOP.com ONLINE Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed	🇺🇸 Josh Pollock	$139,470

The notable pros results of the day with a great performance for Scott Seiver in Event #20 as well as Shaun Deeb in Event #24 :

Player	Place	Earnings	#	Event
🇺🇸 Anthony Zinno	2nd	$57,951	20	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud
🇺🇸 Phil Galfond	5th	$29,680	24	$600 WSOP.com ONLINE Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Scott Seiver	8th	$8,337	20	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb	13th	$5,647	24	$600 WSOP.com ONLINE Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Barry Greenstein	14th	$4,254	20	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud

Will Jean-Robert Bellande be able to win Event #21: $10,000 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship to recover from his big loss at Triton Poker Cash Game Jeju? See you tomorrow for the answer!