2019 - This Year in WSOP History

2019

January 14

Gavin Smith d. 2019 [age 50] (b. 9/4/1968)
Won 2010 $2,500 Mixed Hold 'Em ($268,238). WPT Player of the Year 2005-06 (Season 4).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

January 23

Big Blind Ante Standardized for All No-Limit Hold 'Em Events
After being introduced last year in eight events, big blind antes, where the player in the big blind puts in a single ante in lieu of every player contributing a smaller ante, are officially here to stay. Also, starting stacks are being increased, ranging from six times the buyin in the most expensive events to 100 times the buyin in the $400 Colossus.

May 30

$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 2 days [5/29 start])

Winner: Brian Green ($345,669 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 204 (31 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 31

$500 Casino Employees - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 3 days [5/29 start])

Winner: Nicholas Haynes ($62,345 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 686 (103 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 2

Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em Debuts
The $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em draws 114 entries for the 32-card Texas Hold 'Em variant in which straights are rarer and thus worth more than flushes. [Alex Epstein would win $296,227 and first bracelet.]

$1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #4, 4 days [5/30 start])

Winner: Derek McMaster ($228,228 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 853 (128 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Yong Kwon ($165,263 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,825 (333 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 3

$50,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 4 days [5/31 start])

Winner: Ben Heath ($1,484,085 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 110 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw (Event #6, 3 days [6/1 start])

Winner: Daniel Zack ($160,447 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 296 (45 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 4

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 2 days [6/3 start])

Winner: Jeremy Pekarek ($398,281 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,151 (923 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 1 day)

Winner: Daniel Park ($226,243 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,452 (368 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 5

No-Limit Hold 'Em Big 50 Smashes Records With 28,371 Players and 4,154 Paid
Femi Fashakin turns $500 buyin into $1,147,449 and first bracelet.

$500 Big 50 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 7 days [5/30 start])

Winner: Femi Fashakin ($1,147,449 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 28,371 (4,154 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 4 days [6/2 start])

Winner: Alex Epstein ($296,227 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 114 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Dealers Choice (Event #10, 3 days [6/3 start])

Winner: Scott Clements ($144,957 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 470 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 6

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 4 days [6/3 start])

Winner: Daniel Strelitz ($442,385 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 400 (60 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 7

$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #14, 3 days [6/5 start])

Winner: Murilo Souza ($207,003 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 751 (113 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #16, 3 days [6/5 start])

Winner: Isaac Baron ($407,739 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,832 (275 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 8

$1,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Draw (Event #13, 5 days [6/4 start])

Winner: Yuval Bronshtein ($96,278 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 296 (44 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 4 days [6/5 start])

Winner: Sean Swingrubert ($186,356 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 112 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #17, 3 days [6/6 start])

Winner: Brett Apter ($238,824 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 917 (100 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 9

$10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #18, 4 days [6/6 start])

Winner: Frankie O'Dell ($443,641 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 183 (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $600 WSOP.com Online Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #24, 1 day)

Winner: Joshua Pollock ($139,740 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,216 (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 10

Eli Elezra Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 285, including Anthony Zinno heads up, for $93,766.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #20, 4 days [6/7 start])

Winner: Eli Elezra ($93,766 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 285 (43 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 2 days [6/9 start])

Winner: Jorden Fox ($420,693 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,253 (489 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 11

$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 5 days [6/7 start])

Winner: John Gorsuch ($1,344,930 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 8,809 (1,322 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Draw (Event #21, 4 days [6/8 start])

Winner: Jim Bechtel ($253,817 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 91 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 DeepStack Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #25, 2 days [6/10 start])

Winner: Andrew Donabedian ($205,605 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,577 (387 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Jim Bechtel Wins Second Bracelet After Record 26-Year Gap
1993 Main Event winner defeats field of 93 in $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for $253,817. The 1983 Main Event champ set a new WSOP for his 26 years between bracelets. Bechtel had finished fourth in the 2006 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. when Chip Reese set the previous record of 24 years.

June 12

$1,500 Eight Game Mix (Event #23, 4 days [6/9 start])

Winner: Rami Boukai ($177,294 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 612 (92 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 13

Michael Mizrachi Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 460 for $142,801 and his decade-leading fifth bracelets of the 2010s. [Eleven players, including Phil Hellmuth, would end the 2010s one behind him with four bracelets.]

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #27, 4 days [6/10 start])

Winner: Michael Mizrachi ($142,801 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 460 (69 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #28, 3 days [6/11 start])

Winner: Stephen Song ($341,854 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,477 (372 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 14

$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #29, 4 days [6/11 start])

Winner: Greg Mueller ($425,347 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 172 (26 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 15

$2,620 Marathon No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 6 days [6/10 start])

Winner: Roman Korenev ($477,401 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,083 (163 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #30, 4 days [6/12 start])

Winner: Luis Zedan ($236,673 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,526 (229 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Triple Draw (Event #33, 3 days [6/13 start])

Winner: Robert Campbell ($144,027 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 467 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Luis Zedan Wins $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for El Salvador's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 1,526 for $236,673.

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #31, 4 days [6/12 start])

Winner: Thomas Cazayous ($414,766 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 754 (114 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 16

$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #32, 4 days [6/13 start])

Winner: Howard Mash ($662,594 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,916 (888 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 17

Adam Friedman Wins Second Straight $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Max for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 122, including Shaun Deeb heads up, for $312,417.

$10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Max (Event #35, 4 days [6/14 start])

Winner: Adam Friedman ($312,417 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 122 (19 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Shootout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #36, 3 days [6/15 start])

Winner: David Lambard ($207,193 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 313 (40 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 18

$1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #34, 5 days [6/14 start])

Winner: Joseph Cheong ($687,782 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,214 (932 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #37, 3 days [6/16 start])

Winner: Robert Mitchell ($297,537 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,808 (421 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $600 WSOP.com Online Knockout Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #38, 3 days [6/16 start])

Winner: Upeshka De Silva ($98,263 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 1,224 (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 19

$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #39, 3 days [6/17 start])

Winner: Michael Blake ($359,863 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,650 (398 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #42, 2 days [6/18 start])

Winner: Aristeidis Moschonas ($194,759 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,403 (362 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 WSOP.com Online Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #46, 1 day)

Winner: Daniel Lupo ($145,273 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,181 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #40, 3 days [6/17 start])

Winner: Ismael Bojang ($298,507 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,216 (183 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 20

John Hennigan Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 88 for $245,451 to tie Daniel Negreanu whom he beat heads up.

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #41, 4 days [6/17 start])

Winner: John Hennigan ($245,451 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 88 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 21

Mike Sexton Cashes for Record 32nd Straight Year
Finishes 7th in $2,500 Mixed Big Bet for $12,240 to continue streak that began in 1988 with a 27th place finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $1,500.

Loren Klein Wins $2,500 Mixed Big Bet for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 218 for $127,808 for record-tying fourth straight year with bracelet to match Bill Boyd (1971-74) and Doyle Brunson (1976-79).

$2,500 Mixed Big Bet (Event #43, 4 days [6/18 start])

Winner: Loren Klein ($127,808 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 218 (33 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Asi Moshe Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Bounty for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 1,807 for $253,933.

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Bounty (Event #44, 3 days [6/19 start])

Winner: Asi Moshe ($253,933 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 1,807 (272 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 22

$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #45, 4 days [6/19 start])

Winner: Stephen Chidwick ($1,618,417 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 278 (42 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 23

Jiyoung Kim Wins Ladies Championship for South Korea's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 968 for $167,308.

$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #47, 4 days [6/20 start])

Winner: Jiyoung Kim ($167,308 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 968 (146 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB / Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #51, 3 days [6/21 start])

Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski ($213,750 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 401 (61 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 WSOP.com Online DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #55, 1 day)

Winner: Jason Gooch ($241,492 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,333 (153 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #48, 4 days [6/20 start])

Winner: Ari Engel ($427,399 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 996 (150 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball Triple Draw (Event #49, 4 days [6/20 start])

Winner: Luke Schwartz ($273,336 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 100 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 24

$800 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #53, 2 days [6/23 start])

Winner: Santiago Soriano ($371,203 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,759 (564 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #56, 1 day)

Winner: Jonas Lauck ($260,335 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,867 (284 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 25

$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #50, 5 days [6/21 start])

Winner: Kainalu McCue-Unciano ($1,008,850 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,035 (905 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #52, 4 days [6/22 start])

Winner: Dash Dudley ($1,086,967 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 518 (78 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 26

Kevin Gerhart Wins $1,500 Razz for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 363 for $119,054.

$1,500 Razz (Event #54, 3 days [6/23 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Kevin Gerhart ($119,054 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 363 (55 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #57, 3 days [6/24 start])

Winner: Ohad Geiger & Barak Wisbrod & Daniel Dayan ($168,395 & 1st bracelets)

Entries: 976 (378 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

First Three-Person Team Wins $1,000 Tag Team
After five Mixed Doubles events from 1979 to 1983 and four Tag Team events from 2016 to 2018 were all won by pairs, Barak Wisbord, Daniel Dayan, and Ohad Geiger break through a field of 976 teams for the $168,395 first prize.

June 27

WSOP Hosts First Fifty Gala
Celebrates fifty years of the World Series of Poker by honoring the top 50 players in WSOP history.

Anthony Zinno Wins Second Bracelet
Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for $279,920.

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8/OB (Event #60, 3 days [6/25 start])

Winner: Anthony Zinno ($279,920 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,117 (168 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 28

$50,000 Poker Players Championship (Event #58, 5 days [6/24 start])

Winner: Phillip Hui ($1,099,311 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 74 (12 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Razz (Event #62, 3 days [6/26 start])

Winner: Scott Seiver ($301,421 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 116 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #59, 4 days [6/25 start])

Winner: Joe Foresman ($397,903 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,140 (921 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Scott Seiver Wins $10,000 Razz for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 116 for $301,421.

June 30

Sejin Park Wins $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em for South Korea's First Open Bracelet
Defeats field of 13,109 for $451,272 just one week after Jiyoung Kim had won the country's first bracelet.

$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #61, 5 days [6/26 start])

Winner: Sejin Park ($451,272 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 13,109 (1,965 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Omaha Mix (Event #63, 4 days [6/27 start])

Winner: Anatolii Zyrin ($199,838 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 717 (108 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #68, 1 day)

Winner: Nicholas Baris ($303,739 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,750 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 1

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #65, 4 days [6/28 start])

Winner: Nick Schulman ($463,670 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 193 (29 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 2

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #66, 4 days [6/29 start])

Winner: David 'ODB' Baker ($161,139 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 541 (82 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #69, 2 days [7/1 start])

Winner: Jeremy Saderne ($628,654 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,521 (828 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 3

$888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #64, 6 days [6/28 start])

Winner: Rick Alvarado ($888,888 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 10,185 (1,497 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #67, 4 days [6/30 start])

Winner: Robert Campbell ($385,763 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 151 (23 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $3,200 WSOP.com Online High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #74, 1 day)

Winner: Brandon Adams ($411,561 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 593 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Robert Campbell Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Second Bracelet of Year
Australian defeats field of 151 for $385,763 less than three weeks after capturing 467-player $1,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw for $144,027.

July 4

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #70, 4 days [7/1 start])

Winner: Joao Vieira ($758,011 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 815 (123 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 5

Susan Faber Wins $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Salute to Warriors to Become Oldest Female to Win Open Event
71 years old, two decades older than the previous record holder, Vera Richmond, who was the first woman to win an open bracelet in 1982.

$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #71, 3 days [7/2 start])

Winner: Sue Faber ($121,161 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,723 (259 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #72, 3 days [7/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Juha Helppi ($306,622 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 118 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 7

WSOP.com $800 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #76, 1 day)

Winner: Shawn Buchanan ($233,119 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,560 (153 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 8

Kathy Liebert Becomes First Woman to Cash in Main Event Five Times
Makes the money after finishing 17th in 1998 for $30,000, 17th in 2000 for $39,120, 275th in 2006 for $38,759, and 251st in 2017 for $40,181. [Liebert would exit the next day in 652nd for $22,190.]

July 9

Roland Israelashvili Becomes First Player With 100 WSOP Cashes and 100 WSOP Circuit Cashes
Finishes 664th in $1,000 Little One for One Drop for $1,822.

July 10

Qui Nguyen Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Exits in 455th place for $30,780.

$50,000 Final Fifty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #78, 3 days [7/8 start])

Winner: Danny Tang ($1,608,406 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 123 (19 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 11

Stephanie Dao Becomes Second Woman to Win Open Event at 2019 WSOP
Wins $3,000 Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for $133,189, just six days after Sue Faber's takedown of the Salute to Warriors.

$3,000 Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #77, 4 days [7/8 start])

Winner: Tu Dao ($133,189 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 193 (29 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #79, 3 days [7/9 start])

Winner: Maximilian Klostermeier ($117,823 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,130 (170 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Richard Seymour Last Celebrity Standing in WSOP Main Event
The former NFL defensive lineman reaches Day 4 to finish 131st and earn $59,295. He was also the Last Celebrity Standing in 2017 but didn't cash.

Jill Bryant Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Finishes 116th for $59,295.

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #80, 3 days [7/9 start])

Winner: Ivan Deyra ($380,090 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 671 (101 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 12

$1,111 Little One for One Drop - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #75, 7 days [7/6 start])

Winner: James Anderson ($690,686 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,248 (937 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #81, 3 days [7/10 start])

Winner: Jerry Odeen ($304,793 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,250 (188 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #83, 2 days [7/11 start])

Winner: Thomas Koral ($530,164 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 2,589 (389 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 13

$1,500 Bracelet Winners Only No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #82, 4 days [7/10 start])

Winner: Shankar Pillai ($71,580 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 185 (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$100,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #84, 3 days [7/11 start])

Winner: Keith Tilston ($2,792,406 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 99 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 14

WSOP.com $500 WSOP.com Online Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #89, 1 day)

Winner: Taylor Paur ($149,241 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,859 (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 15

Chris Moneymaker and David Oppenheim Join Poker Hall of Fame
Moneymaker won the 2003 Main Event after qualifying online to help spark the poker boom, while Oppenheim is a high-stakes cash game player who has reached the final table of the Poker Players Championship three times.

$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #86, 4 days [7/12 start])

Winner: Alan Sternberg ($448,392 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 835 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 16

$10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #87, 4 days [7/13 start])

Winner: Anuj Agarwal ($630,747 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 355 (41 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #90, 2 days [7/15 start])

Winner: Carl Shaw ($606,562 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 608 (92 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #88, 3 days [7/14 start])

Winner: Denis Strebkov ($206,173 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 301 (46 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 17

Hossein Ensan Wins 2019 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 8,569, including Dario Sammartino heads up, for $10,000,000. Germany becomes the first country besides the United States with two Main Event winners (Pius Heinz, 2011).

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #73, 10 days [7/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Hossein Ensan ($10,000,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 8,569 (1,286 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #85, 6 days [7/12 start])

Winner: Abhinav Iyer ($565,346 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,800 (393 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 8

Ryan Eriquezzo Wins Global Casino Championship Again
Defeats field of 129 for $279,431 and second bracelet in event known as the WSOP National Championship when he won it in 2012.

$10,000 Global Casino Championship - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 3 days [8/6 start])

Winner: Ryan Eriquezzo ($279,431 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 129 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 23

Al Alvarez d. 2019 [age 90] (b. 8/5/1929)
Wrote The Biggest Game in Town (1983), which covers the 1981 WSOP Main Event in depth and popularized the Nick Dandolas-Johnny Moss match myth, and Poker Bets, Bluffs, & Bad Beats (2001), which covers the author's 1994 WSOP and displays historical poker memorabilia.
Obituary | Wikipedia

October 16

WSOPE €350 Opener No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 4 days [10/13 start])

Winner: Renat Bohdanov ($59,546 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,011 (152 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 17

WSOPE €550 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #2, 4 days [10/14 start])

Winner: Dash Dudley ($56,961 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 476 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 18

James Chen Wins WSOP Europe €250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em for Taiwan's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 30 for $3,157,079.

WSOPE €250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 3 days [10/16 start])

Winner: James Chen ($3,157,079 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 30 (5 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €2,500 Eight Game Mix (Event #5, 2 days [10/17 start])

Winner: Espen Sandvik ($83,764 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 71 (11 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 19

WSOPE €1,350 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 4 days [10/16 start])

Winner: Vangelis Kaimakamis ($184,596 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 766 (115 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €25,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 2 days [10/18 start])

Winner: Siamak Tooran ($828,085 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 111 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €1,100 Turbo Bounty Hunter (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Tomas Fara ($66,945 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 377 (57 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 21

WSOPE €25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 2 days [10/20 start])

Winner: Kahle Burns ($667,035 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 83 (13 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Asi Moshe Wins WSOP Europe €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold 'Em Mix for Fourth Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 279 for $108,920 to become the first player with multiple bracelets in both the U.S. and Europe.

WSOPE €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold 'Em Mix (Event #9, 2 days [10/20 start])

Winner: Asi Moshe ($108,920 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 279 (42 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 23

Daniel Negreanu Reaches Decade-High 23rd Final Table of 2010s
Finishes 6th in WSOP Europe €25,500 Mixed Games Championship for $60,655. [Negreanu would end the decade three ahead of Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb.]

WSOPE €25,500 Mixed Games Championship (Event #10, 3 days [10/21 start])

Winner: Besim Hot ($431,181 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 45 (7 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 24

Ron Rose d. 2019 [age 75] (b. 9/4/1944)
Won 2001 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($130,060). Featured in Poker's Most Wanted playing card deck (2006).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #11, 3 days [10/22 start])

Winner: Tomas Ribeiro ($143,163 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 271 (41 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 25

WSOPE €100,000 Diamond High Roller (Event #12, 3 days [10/23 start])

Winner: Chin Wei Lim ($2,416,241 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 72 (11 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 2 days [10/24 start])

Winner: Kahle Burns ($113,263 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 179 (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 30

Alexandros Kolonias Wins WSOP Europe Main Event
Defeats field of 541 for $1,260,917 to become Greece's WSOP money leader.

WSOPE €10,350 Main Event - NLHE (Event #14, 6 days [10/25 start])

Winner: Alexandros Kolonias ($1,260,917 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 541 (82 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 4

WSOPE €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 6 days [10/28 start])

Winner: Bertrand Grospellier ($211,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 2,177 [561 rebuys] (397 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 8

Robert Campbell Is WSOP Player of the Year
Reaches a POY-record 6 final tables to upend Daniel Negreanu, who had been incorrectly deemed the winner due to a data entry error. Last year's winner, Shaun Deeb, actually finishes second.

November 18

John Gale d. 2019 [age 65] (b. 12/13/1953)
Won 2006 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($374,849) & 2015 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Turbo ($298,290). 1 WPT title.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon