Over in the gold section, a three-way all in saw Stuart Graves at risk for 21,000 and the even-stacked Mary Sturges and Berg Gullapyan were in for their last 48,000.
Stuart Graves:
Berg Gullapyan:
Mary Sturges:
The board came and Graves tripled up, while Gullapyan was one of many early casualties on Day 4.
Sarkis Akopyan raised from middle position to 16,000, the action folded to Kyriakos Papadopouluos in the cutoff who made the call and the button and blinds got out of the way.
The flop came , Akopyan threw out a 25,000 chip and Papadopouluos wasted no time moving all-in for roughly 118,000, which Akopyan snap-called.
Sarkis Akopyan:
Kyriakos Papadopouluos:
Papadopouluos flopped top pair but had to avoid Akopyan's open-ended straight draw. The turn was safe when the came but it gave Akopyan more outs to a flush and the river was the completing Akopyan's flush and eliminating Papadopouluos from the tournament.
Shuichi Hiratsuka shoved from the early position for 62,000 and was called by David Jackson in the late position. Action folded to David Brookshire in the small blind who also called for the 33,000 he had behind.
David Brookshire:
Shuichi Hiratsuka;
David Jackson:
The board ran out for Brookshire to hit a set on the flop and improve to a full house on the turn to triple up. The remainder of Hiratsuka's stack was sent Jackson's way.
Maxime Chilaud raised to 13,000 and Abdulrahim Amer three-bet to 53,000. Jorge Rios then four-bet all in for 86,000 and Chilaud raised to force out Amer.
A player opened to 15,000 and Takao Shimizu three-bet all in for 109,000. Mike Matusow flat-called and Janet Hornung was all in for 13,000 from the small blind. The initial raiser thought about it before folding.
Mike Matusow:
Takao Shimizu:
Janet Hornung:
Hornung was calling for hearts and the flop gave her straight and flush draws. The turn gave her a pair as well and she dodged the dreaded "too many outs" curse as the river completed her flush draw and she tripled up.
"You can have that one," said Matusow. "I'll take the main." He sends Shimizu to the rail early on Day 4.
Before the start of Day 4, the 2019 World Series of Poker Dealer of the Year was announced and Heather Alcorn received the honors, then delivered the shuffle up and deal to get the cards in the air. Alcorn has been dealing at the WSOP for nine years and also won a WSOP Circuit Main Event in October 2018 to earn her seat in the upcoming WSOP Global Casino Championship.
It's money time in the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event! After three full days of grinding at the tables, players are finally getting paid for their efforts. Last night, an arduous bubble phase came to an end when Ryan Pochedly ultimately became the last player to leave the Main Event empty-handed. As a consolation prize, Vice President of the World Series of Poker Jack Effel handed him a free entry to the 2020 Main Event. With Pochedly's bustout, the remaining 1,286 out of a field of 8,569 players have all secured themselves a payday of $15,000 and will be looking for more when cards go back in the air at noon.
Leading the way is Norwegian player and high roller Preben Stokkan, who crafted a classic chip-and-a-chair story for himself by turning one single T-5,000 chip, left after a huge bluff went wrong, into the overnight chip lead of 2,184,000, making him the only player to cross the two million mark. Hot on Stokkan's heels is Andrew Brokos (leading picture), who once again will be wielding one of the biggest stacks in the room at the start of the day (1,906,000). Bracelet winner Galen Hall sits in fourth place with 1,658,000 in chips, while Chris "BigHuni" Hunichen is in sixth with 1,618,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Preben Stokkan
Norway
2,184,000
2
Andrew Brokos
United States
1,906,000
3
Ryan Dodge
United States
1,800,000
4
Galen Hall
United States
1,658,000
5
Cassio Pisapia
Brazil
1,640,000
6
Chris Hunichen
United States
1,618,000
7
Pavlo Veksler
Ukraine
1,594,000
8
Duytue Duong
United States
1,576,000
9
Jacob Daniels
United States
1,560,000
10
John Patgorski
United States
1,524,000
Plenty of notables will be adding another score to their already mouth-watering poker resumés, and Artur Koren (1,280,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (1,126,000), Joseph Cheong (1,068,000), Jack Salter (1,015,000), Matt Stout (1,011,000), Sasha "PokerSasha" Liu (996,000), Max Silver (978,000), and Adam Owen (950,000) are among those sporting the healthiest stacks when cards go back in the air.
On the flip side, those that squeaked into the money like Mike McDonald (66,000), Richard Dubini (46,000), Johnnie "JohnnyVibes" Moreno (40,000), Max Steinberg (33,000), and Molly Mossey (20,000) are forced into action right away, either to spin up their stacks or take the walk to the payout desk.
While defending champion John Cynn got eliminated late last night on Day 3, a trio of former World Champions are still in the hunt to accomplish the unimaginable again. Chris Moneymaker (681,000), Qui Nguyen (669,000), and Johnny Chan (498,000) will all return with healthy, above-average chip stacks for Day 4 and are among those to watch for.
2003 Main Event Champion Chris Moneymaker, who won three awards earlier this series during the First Fifty Awards show, will be back on Day 4
Day 4 Schedule
The cards will be back at noon with 6:26 minutes remaining in Level 15 at blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a big blind ante of 6,000. After that, five levels of 120-minutes each are on tap, with a 20-minute break after each level. An 85-minute dinner break is scheduled around 7.30 p.m. or 30 minutes into Level 19. Live streaming on ESPN will be from 4-8 p.m.
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
15
6 minutes
3,000
6,000
6,000
16
120 minutes
4,000
8,000
8,000
20-minute break
17
120 minutes
5,000
10,000
10,000
20-minute break
18
120 minutes
6,000
12,000
12,000
20-minute break
19
30 minutes
8,000
16,000
16,000
85-minute dinner break
19
90 minutes
8,000
16,000
16,000
20-minute break
20
120 minutes
10,000
20,000
20,000
The 2019 WSOP Main Event in Numbers
Day
Players Starting
Players Late Regging
Players Total for Day
Players Total Cumulative
Players Surviving
1a
1,334
-
1,334
1,334
962
1b
1,914
-
1,914
3,248
1,421
1c
4,877
-
4,877
8,125
3,664
2ab
2,383
100
2,483
8,225
1,087
2c
3,664
344
4,008
8,569
1,793
3
2,880
-
2,880
8,569
1,286
Payouts
The 1,286 remaining players have all guaranteed themselves at least $15,000 for their efforts. Here's what's being paid out today and in the upcoming days. The new world champion, crowned on Tuesday, July 16, will walk away $10 million richer.
Place
Payout
Place
Payout
Place
Payout
Place
Payout
1
$10,000,000
10-11
$800,000
64-72
$117,710
415-477
$30,780
2
$6,000,000
12-13
$600,000
73-81
$98,120
478-540
$27,390
3
$4,000,000
14-15
$500,000
82-90
$82,365
541-603
$24,560
4
$3,000,000
16-18
$400,000
91-99
$69,636
604-666
$22,190
5
$2,200,000
19-27
$324,650
100-162
$59,295
667-765
$20,200
6
$1,850,000
28-36
$261,430
163-225
$50,855
766-864
$18,535
7
$1,525,000
37-45
$211,945
226-288
$43,935
865-963
$17,135
8
$1,250,000
46-54
$173,015
289-351
$38,240
964-1062
$15,970
9
$1,000,000
55-63
$142,215
352-414
$34,845
1063-1286
$15,000
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and Graves tripled up, while Gullapyan was one of many early casualties on Day 4.
, Akopyan threw out a 25,000 chip and Papadopouluos wasted no time moving all-in for roughly 118,000, which Akopyan snap-called.
came but it gave Akopyan more outs to a flush and the river was the 
completing Akopyan's flush and eliminating Papadopouluos from the tournament.
for Brookshire to hit a set on the flop and improve to a full house on the turn to triple up. The remainder of Hiratsuka's stack was sent Jackson's way.
gave her a pair as well and she dodged the dreaded "too many outs" curse as the 
