WSOP 2019 coverage hub

PokerStars Blog has been at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for the past 15 years — and we’re back again for the 2019 renewal too. Here’s where you’ll find all the key info for what’s happening here in Las Vegas.

2019 WSOP Main Event Official Numbers:

8,569 entries
$80,548,600 prize pool
1,286 places paid
Winner: $10 million
Min-Cash: $15,000

Entries breakdown:
1A: 1,334, 1B: 1,914 1C: 4,877 2AB:100 2C: 344

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TODAY’S SCHEDULE – JULY 7

Main Event Day 2C
Start: 11am
Levels: 5 x 120-minute levels
Dinner (90 mins): 5.40pm (End Level 8)
Finish: 11:30pm (approx)

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Blinds:
Level 6: 400/800 (ante 800)
Level 7: 500/1,000 (ante 1,000)
Level 8: 600/1,200 (ante 1,200)
Level 9: 800/1,600 (ante 1,600)
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (ante 2,000)

DAY 2AB RECAP

Around 1,087 players found a bag at the end of Day 2AB, the day on which survivors from the opening two flights combined. The biggest stack sat with Timothy Su, who crammed 791,000 into his bag, but two very familiar other faces are also near the top. One is Anton Morgenstern, who led the Main Event in 2013 while playing with a PokerStars passport, and the other is the 2017 champion Qui Nguyen, who did the ceremonial “Shuffle up and deal!” yesterday, before bagging 602,400.

Top 10 Day 2AB stacks:

End of Day 2AB chip counts
Day 1C survivors list
Day 1B survivors list
Day 1A survivors list

POKERSTARS AMBASSADORS’ PROGRESS

Andre Akkari 467,400 (from Day 2AB)
Igor Kurganov 330,000 (from Day 2AB)
Kalidou Sow 245,000 (from Day 2AB)
Chris Moneymaker 56,000 (from Day 2AB)

Playing Day 2C:

Maria Konnikova
Aditya Agarwal

Kalidou Sow

Leo Fernandez eliminated on Day 2C
Arlie Shaban eliminated on Day 2AB
Jennifer Shahade eliminated on Day 2AB
Liv Boeree eliminated on Day 1A
Muskan Sethi eliminated on Day 1A
Ramon Colillas eliminated on Day 1C
Jason Somerville eliminated on Day 1C

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2019 WSOP Main Event Schedule:
July 3-5 – Days 1A-1C
July 6 – Day 2AB (survivors from Days 1A&1B)
July 7 – Day 2C (survivors from Day 1C)
July 8 – Day 3
July 9 – Day 4
July 10 – Day 5
July 11 – Day 6
July 12 – Day 7 (play to last 9)
July 13 – rest day
July 14 – Day 8 (play to last 6)
July 15 – Day 9 (play to last 3)
July 16 – Day 10 (play to a champion)

All days begin at 12 noon except Day 2AB (11am) and Days 8-10 (6.30pm)

Also at the WSOP today:
Event #75: $1,000+111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold’em – Day 1B

Tournament table are spread across the Rio Convention Center

Previous Main Event winners/coverage

WSOP photos by Poker Photo Archive