The 2019 WSOP was the 50th annual tournament, and it took place from May 28 to July 16 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were 90 bracelet events, which was a record number at the time.

One of the most prestigious events, the Main Event, began on July 3 with the final table being reached on July 12. The winner of the 2019 WSOP Main Event was Hossein Ensan, a poker player from Germany. He earned the top prize of $10,000,000. Ensan was the second Iranian-born player to win the Main Event, following Mansour Matloubi, who won in 1990.

The final table of the main event consisted of the following players:

  1. Hossein Ensan – $10,000,000
  2. Dario Sammartino – $6,000,000
  3. Alex Livingston – $4,000,000
  4. Garry Gates – $3,000,000
  5. Kevin Maahs – $2,200,000
  6. Zhen Cai – $1,850,000
  7. Nick Marchington – $1,525,000
  8. Timothy Su – $1,250,000
  9. Milos Skrbic – $1,000,000

Other notable events included the Big 50, a $500 no-limit hold ’em event with a guaranteed first prize of $1 million and the largest live tournament in history with 28,371 players.

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last updated 27.07.2023