Short Deck Debuts, Big 50 Biggest Ever

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Another Chance for Chance

A day after playing three hands at the $50,000 NLH High Roller final table, Chance Kornuth gets another shot at World Series of Poker gold. Kornuth bagged the $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold’em chip lead and he’ll be in pole position when play resumes at 6 PM ET. Seven players remain, including high stakes cash game professional Andrew Robl.

Robl only makes a handful of World Series appearances each year, but he was never likely to miss this one. The former online sensation is widely regarded as one of the best Short Deck players on earth. If Robl can play his best game today, with some luck on his side, he could walk away with his first WSOP bracelet.

🚨 Schedule change! 🚨
The $10K Short Deck final table will stream LIVE today exclusively on @PokerGO at 6 PM ET. #WSOP50
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— Poker Central (@PokerCentral) June 4, 2019

The final table streams exclusively on PokerGO at 4 PM ET.

More Than $13 Million

If you experienced the first Colossus at the World Series of Poker in 2015, you’d think the 22,000 record-breaking player mark would have stood for a long time. The Rio was packed and massive payouts were up for grabs for a microscopic buy-in.

The biggest live tournament in poker history? $13 million prize pool?@jeffplatt answers all your Big 50 questions and breaks down the record-breaking #WSOP50 field! pic.twitter.com/PwcAofhC2m

— Poker Central (@PokerCentral) June 3, 2019

Apparently, the WSOP wanted to break that record a few years later. After yesterday’s flights and some calculations, the $500 buy-in Big 50 NLH event total came in just over 24,000 players. That means an over $13,000,000 prize pool is up for grabs, with $1 million guaranteed for the winner. The Big 50 final table will stream live on Friday.

Don’t Miss This Summer’s Live Streams

World Series of Poker live streams return to PokerGO this summer! Sign up now to watch final table coverage from the summer’s biggest events. Over 40 WSOP Bracelet Event final tables will stream live from May 30 to July 16. Check out the full streaming schedule and then sign up for non-stop summer action.