WSOP 2019 Daily Spotlight – July 5

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  • Attreyee Khasnabis July 6, 2019
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In this daily feature, we will bring you the key highlights of the 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) to keep you abreast with the ongoings at the ‘World’s Biggest Poker Festival.’

The last and final starting flight of the 2019 WSOP $10K No-Limit Hold ‘em Main Event World Championship is now in the books and as expected it registered the largest number of entries in comparison to the first two starting flights. Day 1C pulled in 4,879 entries, with the overall player pool now standing tall at 8,129 entries. With late registrations open till the start of play on Day 2, the number of entries is expected to increase and may even surpass the current record of 8,773 entries that was set at the 2006 WSOP Main Event.

In a day that had all the ingredients of a Bollywood masala flick, a total of 23 Indians carried their stacks forward from Day 1C, with Vivek Rughani leading the group with 171,300 (214 big blinds) in chips. The group of Indians heading to Day 2C comprises of an ideal amalgamation of established names like Raghav Bansal (96,900 – 121 big blinds), Abhishek Rathod (83,200 – 104 big blinds) and PokerStars India Team pro Aditya Agarwal (41,300 – 52 big blinds), along with emerging talents like Akshay Nasa (166,900 – 209 big blinds), Sriharsha Doddapaneni (134,200 – 168 big blinds) and PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved (81,500 – 102 big blinds).

Team India Chip Counts For Day 2C

Player Chip Count
Vivek Rughani171,300
Akshay Nasa 166,900
Tarun Goyal147,600
Sriharsha Doddapaneni134,200
Ankush Agarwala 134,000
Shravan Chhabria114,800
Kunal Punjwani 112,300
Jaideep Sajwan111,600
Madhav Gupta99,200
Raghav Bansal96,900
Naresh Veeravalli 89,600
Abhishek Rathod 83,200
Kartik Ved 81,500
Siddharth Mundada 80,100
Sajal Gupta78,900
Shashank Jain 77,600
Aditya Sushant47,000
Akash Malik42,400
Aditya Agarwal41,300
Dhaval Mudgal39,800
Goonjan Mall37,000
Gokul Parvathaneni36,500
Paawan Bansal27,400

 

While these 23 Indians will be returning to play Day 2C on July 7, a group of Indians led by Yudhishter Jaswal (193,400 – 242 big blinds) will be seen in action on Day 2AB which will commence 11 AM (Pacific Time Zone) on July 6.

Team India Chip Counts For Day 2AB

PlayerStarting FlightChip Count
Yudhishter JaswalDay 1B193,400
Aditya SystlaDay 1B162,700
Siddharth KariaDay 1B123,300
Ankit AhujaDay 1B111,100
Minissha LambaDay 1B83,500
Abhinav Iyer Day 1A79,500
Kunal PatniDay 1B66,500
Satchit KapurDay 1A59,100
Vikram Kumar Day 1A45,300
Rohan DhawanDay 1A23,000
Jasven SaigalDay 1A18,600

 

James Henson (316,100 – 396 big blinds) emerged as the chip leader on Day 1C and will be leading the 3,665 survivors to Day 2C.

The only bracelet event to crown a winner on July 5 was Event #71: $500 SALUTE TO WARRIORS No-Limit Hold’em which was taken down by Susan Faber, who claimed her first-ever WSOP bracelet, along with a career-best score of $121,161.

 

Event #73: $10,000 Main Event Championship – Day 1C

Smashing the single-day attendance record of the WSOP Main Event, the third and final starting flight, Day 1C, pulled in 4,879 entries, registering an overall 8,129 entries at the Main Event so far. Following five levels of play, the field was whittled down to 3,664 participants and among them were a group of 23 Indians.

Topping the list of 23 Indian challengers was Vivek Rughani who amassed an impressive stack of 171,300 (214 big blinds).

Vivek Rughani
Vivek Rughani

Other notable stacks include Shravan Chhabria (114,800 – 144 big blinds), PokerGuru Staking’s Madhav Gupta (99,200 – 124 big blinds), Raghav Bansal (96,900 – 121 big blinds), PokerGuru Ambassador Kartik Ved (81,500 – 102 big blinds), Aditya Sushant (47,000 – 59 big blinds), PokerStars India Team pro Aditya Agarwal (41,300 – 52 big blinds), Dhaval Mudgal (39,800 – 50 big blinds) and Paawan Bansal (27,400 – 24 big blinds).

James Henson (316,100 – 396 big blinds) bagged the Day 1C chip lead and will be headlining the 3,665 survivors at the start of Day 2C on July 7.

James Henson
James Henson

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Event #71: SALUTE TO WARRIORS – $500 No-Limit Hold’em – Day 3

The final eight players of the 1,723-strong field got back to the felts on Day 3 and emerging as the winner was Susan Faber who pocketed her career-best score of $121,161. Faber, who is the wife of an army veteran and a WSOP circuit regular, defeated Rob Stark heads-up to capture her maiden live title.

Susan Faber
Susan Faber With Her Husband

Two Indians – Aditya Systla (14th for $5,819 – ₹4 Lakhs) and Sachidananda Sivakumar (141st for $865 (~₹59,552) had posted scores on Day 2.

Aditya Systla

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