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:
- Hossein Ensan – $10,000,000
- Dario Sammartino – $6,000,000
- Alex Livingston – $4,000,000
- Garry Gates – $3,000,000
- Kevin Maahs – $2,200,000
- Zhen Cai – $1,850,000
- Nick Marchington – $1,525,000
- Timothy Su – $1,250,000
- 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.
