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Gaming GuruCasino City’s Friday Five: 50th WSOP edition19 July 2019
4. Moneymaker falls short in Main Event Winning the Main Event of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker after gaining entry via an $80 online satellite tournament was too much for even Chris Moneymaker to pull off. The 2003 Main Event champion was bounced on Day 4 in 687th place for $20,200. Even though Moneymaker was eliminated, the 43-year-old was happy with his performance, and the fact that he made his deepest run in a WSOP event since 2007 wasn't an accident. “I’ve been working hard on my game,” he told Casino City during a brief chat in the hallways of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. “I’ve been an ambassador for the game for a long, long time, but I want to be remembered as a pretty good poker player, as well.” It's pretty certain that Moneymaker won't have to worry about being remembered as a "pretty good poker player." Just a few days after Trask spoke to Moneymaker, it was announced that he had been elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. 3. Top 10 news items and nuggets from the WSOP Main Event final table The Main Event final table kicked off with the final nine players on Sunday night, and there was a lot going on both on and away from the table. Trask recapped the evening and captured some of the buzz, including a rash of tanking and a dealer-error controversy involving Dario Sammartino. As for the tanking, from the very start of the action on Sunday night, Kevin Maahs' play was slow, deliberate and difficult to watch. He was continuously asking the dealer for chip counts and tanking before folding rags. Even though he knew what he was doing, he must’ve known there would be some consequences for tanking. On Saturday night, with 11 players remaining in the Main Event, a major controversy arose when a dealer error ignited Sammartino. Sammartino was second to act and raised to 1.7 million with pocket 10s. Marchington re-raised all-in from the small blind, and Sammartino asked for a count on the raise. The dealer announced it was 17.2 million when, in fact, it was 22.2 million. Sammartino moved a stack of chips to signal a call before the correct amount was announced. WSOP VP Jack Effel told Sammartino that he is responsible for his action and must play the hand out since he called. Obviously, Sammartino wasn’t thrilled with the decision, but couldn’t do anything about it. 2. Young millionaires Su and Marchington show class and dignity in defeat at Main Event Both Timothy Su and Nick Marchington were among the first three to bust at the WSOP Main Event final table. Each player commented about their immediate plans following the tournament exit. “The celebration tonight is going to be some sleep,” said the 21-year-old Marchington, who fell short in a bid to become the youngest player to win the Main Event when he bowed out in eighth place, good for $1.25 million. “And after that I’m not sure. Maybe I’ll go and get something nice to eat with my family. But, yeah, for now it’s a good night’s rest.” “I haven’t really thought that far ahead,” the 25-year-old Su said when asked what the first thing he will buy once he cashes the $1.525 million he earned by finishing in seventh place out of a massive field of 8,569. “The plan right now is to fly back to Boston and go back to work on Wednesday or Thursday.” After winning over $1 million, it’s pretty surprising one of the first things on his mind was heading into work this week. Trask pointed out that the manner in which the two handled themselves last week at and, more notably, away from the table was quite impressive. Polite and wise beyond their years. Let’s hope we see more of “kids” like Su and Marchington on the big stage soon. Poker will be a better game for it. That’s for sure. 1. The 2019 Main Event champion is crowned Hossein Ensan won the Main Event of the 2019 World Series of Poker late Tuesday night, earning $10,000,000 and poker's most prestigious prize: the WSOP Main Event bracelet. Ensan is the second German champion in WSOP history (the first was Pius Heinz, who won the 2011 Main Event) and the first non-U.S. player to win since Sweden's Martin Jacobson prevailed in 2014. He is also the third Iranian-born Main Event winner, after Monsour Matloubi (1990) and Hamid Dastmalchi (1992). The 55-year old Ensan is the oldest player to win the Main Event in 20 years. Noel Furlong was 61 years old when he won in 1999. "This is the best feeling in my life," Ensan said after the event with a huge smile. "Unbelievable! I am so happy I’m here with the bracelet in hand. What can I say?" This was the second-largest Main Event of all time, with 8,569 players. (The all-time record is 8,773 in 2006.) The massive field created a prize pool worth $80,548,600, and the eventual winner would earn $10,000,000.
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