LAS VEGAS -- John Cynn defeated Tony Miles heads-up to win the 2018 World Series of Poker main event early Sunday morning, claiming poker's world championship and $8.8 million.
Cynn, 33, of Indianapolis, played 10 full days of poker over the past two weeks at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino to turn his $10,000 buy-in into one of the richest prizes in poker, triumphing over a field of 7,874 players.
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Though he was still wrapped up in the emotion of his victory, Cynn made it clear that while the money will change his life, he doesn't want to change who he is as a person.
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- With four World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, including one earlier this year, the understated Las Vegas resident remains well positioned going into the final table.
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- The World Series of Poker is always the biggest event of the year for poker players and this year's edition — the 50th anniversary, no less — is no exception. The 2019 WSOP, which kicks off tomorrow, will offer a total of 80 different tournaments, including the spectacular $10,000 buy.
'The money is very significant, but I do like to think that I don't need the money to be happy,' said Cynn. 'But at the same time, practically, it's going to make things a lot easier -- things I want to do in life .. even to my parents, this is money that they never could've imagined. It's definitely going to be life-changing.'
The heads-up battle between Cynn and Miles lasted almost 10½ hours, with records set for the most hands played heads-up to close out a WSOP main event (199) and the most total hands at a WSOP main event final table (442).
On the final hand, Cynn raised to 9 million with Kc-Jc before the flop, Miles reraised to 34 million with Qc-8h, and Cynn called. After a flop of Kh-Kd-5h, Miles bet 32 million and Cynn called. On the 8d turn, Miles went all-in for 114 million. After thinking for a minute, Cynn dropped in his chips to indicate a call, and it was all over.
Miles, who entered the day as the chip leader, earned $5 million for his second-place finish. Though he was clearly disappointed with the result, he already had some perspective of how special a moment he had just been involved in.
'We've been playing on little to no sleep -- the nerves and the angst that you feel at night, it's almost impossible to get a good night's rest,' he said. 'Then you come in here and you have to battle for 12 hours heads-up. It was a war, and it was amazing. I'm sure it'll go down and be chronicled in history as one of the best heads-up matches ever. I have a ton of respect for him. He's going to be a great champion, and I'm really happy for him.'
Cynn was similarly exhausted, and in the final hours, he said he really started to feel the effects of having to push through the latter stages of the 10-day poker marathon and an intense final day.
'I'm pretty beat. I'm pretty exhausted,' he admitted. 'I think every day, somehow you get more exhausted but also a little bit sharper just because your adrenaline keeps you going.'
Cynn entered this tournament with just shy of $1 million in career poker tournament earnings -- the bulk of which came from his 11th-place finish in the 2016 main event, for which he earned $650,000.
The final day of play began with three players, but it took just 18 hands for Michael Dyer to have his all-in bet called. His Ah-Td failed to catch up to Miles' As-Jh, and Dyer took home $3.75 million for his third-place finish.
From there, it became a battle of wills between Cynn and Miles. They traded the lead back and forth numerous times over the course of 199 hands of heads-up play, but even though Cynn found himself at a significant disadvantage several times during the match, Miles was the player at risk in all three hands in which there was an all-in and call.
The first was a river call by Cynn, who had two pair against Miles' three of a kind. The second all-in was a battle of draws that ended in an unlikely chopped pot. Online gambling massachusetts.
The third all-in call sealed the title for Cynn.
The 2015 WSOP Main Event will pay out at least 1,000 players, and every final table member will win at least $1 million. (Image: pokerstarsblog.com)
The World Series of Poker has made a change to the payout structure of the 2015 Main Event, guaranteeing payouts to far more players but removing the $10 million guarantee that existed last year for the winner.
That announcement is a change from the initial plan that was released last month, in which the $10 million guarantee that was offered to last year's champion was to be extended to this year's Main Event.
Why did the WSOP change its mind? It may have been because of the overwhelmingly negative reaction that the $10 million guarantee received upon its announcement.
Many players immediately took to Twitter to point out that such a guarantee made the payouts in poker's biggest event very top-heavy, potentially consolidating a large portion of the poker economy in the hands of just a few players. Online betting sites us.
With much of the field made up of amateur, recreational players who barely dream of winning the tournament as a possibility, they said, the $10 million guarantee didn't really create buzz, but paying more players certainly would.
While WSOP officials initially argued against these points, they eventually decided to send a survey to members of the poker community to get their opinions.
It seems as though the broader poker world agreed with the players who were against the big top prize, as the WSOP decided this week to scrap it and put into place two other promotional ideas instead.
Top Thousand Players Will Cash in Main Event
First, the WSOP Main Event will now guarantee that a minimum of 1,000 players will make the money, allowing more players to walk away saying they were winners in the most prestigious poker tournament in the world.
Last year, just 693 players made the money, meaning that about 44 percent more players will make money in 2015.
- This article is a list of results of the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) with statistics, final table results and payouts. The total money paid out in the 2006 events was $156,409,974. citation needed Results Event 1: $500 No Limit Hold 'em-Casino Employees. This event kicked off the 2006 WSOP.
- With four World Series of Poker bracelets to his name, including one earlier this year, the understated Las Vegas resident remains well positioned going into the final table.
- 2019 World Series of Poker final table results, payouts: 1. Hossein Ensan, $10 million 2. Sario Sammartino, $6 million 3. Alex Livingston – $4 million 4. Garry Gates – $3 million 5.
- The World Series of Poker is always the biggest event of the year for poker players and this year's edition — the 50th anniversary, no less — is no exception. The 2019 WSOP, which kicks off tomorrow, will offer a total of 80 different tournaments, including the spectacular $10,000 buy.
'The money is very significant, but I do like to think that I don't need the money to be happy,' said Cynn. 'But at the same time, practically, it's going to make things a lot easier -- things I want to do in life .. even to my parents, this is money that they never could've imagined. It's definitely going to be life-changing.'
The heads-up battle between Cynn and Miles lasted almost 10½ hours, with records set for the most hands played heads-up to close out a WSOP main event (199) and the most total hands at a WSOP main event final table (442).
On the final hand, Cynn raised to 9 million with Kc-Jc before the flop, Miles reraised to 34 million with Qc-8h, and Cynn called. After a flop of Kh-Kd-5h, Miles bet 32 million and Cynn called. On the 8d turn, Miles went all-in for 114 million. After thinking for a minute, Cynn dropped in his chips to indicate a call, and it was all over.
Miles, who entered the day as the chip leader, earned $5 million for his second-place finish. Though he was clearly disappointed with the result, he already had some perspective of how special a moment he had just been involved in.
'We've been playing on little to no sleep -- the nerves and the angst that you feel at night, it's almost impossible to get a good night's rest,' he said. 'Then you come in here and you have to battle for 12 hours heads-up. It was a war, and it was amazing. I'm sure it'll go down and be chronicled in history as one of the best heads-up matches ever. I have a ton of respect for him. He's going to be a great champion, and I'm really happy for him.'
Cynn was similarly exhausted, and in the final hours, he said he really started to feel the effects of having to push through the latter stages of the 10-day poker marathon and an intense final day.
'I'm pretty beat. I'm pretty exhausted,' he admitted. 'I think every day, somehow you get more exhausted but also a little bit sharper just because your adrenaline keeps you going.'
Cynn entered this tournament with just shy of $1 million in career poker tournament earnings -- the bulk of which came from his 11th-place finish in the 2016 main event, for which he earned $650,000.
The final day of play began with three players, but it took just 18 hands for Michael Dyer to have his all-in bet called. His Ah-Td failed to catch up to Miles' As-Jh, and Dyer took home $3.75 million for his third-place finish.
From there, it became a battle of wills between Cynn and Miles. They traded the lead back and forth numerous times over the course of 199 hands of heads-up play, but even though Cynn found himself at a significant disadvantage several times during the match, Miles was the player at risk in all three hands in which there was an all-in and call.
The first was a river call by Cynn, who had two pair against Miles' three of a kind. The second all-in was a battle of draws that ended in an unlikely chopped pot. Online gambling massachusetts.
The third all-in call sealed the title for Cynn.
The 2015 WSOP Main Event will pay out at least 1,000 players, and every final table member will win at least $1 million. (Image: pokerstarsblog.com)
The World Series of Poker has made a change to the payout structure of the 2015 Main Event, guaranteeing payouts to far more players but removing the $10 million guarantee that existed last year for the winner.
That announcement is a change from the initial plan that was released last month, in which the $10 million guarantee that was offered to last year's champion was to be extended to this year's Main Event.
Why did the WSOP change its mind? It may have been because of the overwhelmingly negative reaction that the $10 million guarantee received upon its announcement.
Many players immediately took to Twitter to point out that such a guarantee made the payouts in poker's biggest event very top-heavy, potentially consolidating a large portion of the poker economy in the hands of just a few players. Online betting sites us.
With much of the field made up of amateur, recreational players who barely dream of winning the tournament as a possibility, they said, the $10 million guarantee didn't really create buzz, but paying more players certainly would.
While WSOP officials initially argued against these points, they eventually decided to send a survey to members of the poker community to get their opinions.
It seems as though the broader poker world agreed with the players who were against the big top prize, as the WSOP decided this week to scrap it and put into place two other promotional ideas instead.
Top Thousand Players Will Cash in Main Event
First, the WSOP Main Event will now guarantee that a minimum of 1,000 players will make the money, allowing more players to walk away saying they were winners in the most prestigious poker tournament in the world.
Last year, just 693 players made the money, meaning that about 44 percent more players will make money in 2015.
The 1,000 payouts are contingent on a field of at least 5,000 players, but that's essentially a guarantee: every WSOP since 2005 has hit that mark, and the last nine have seen over 6,000 runners.
'The dream of life-changing money is core to the DNA of the WSOP Main Event and we also want to make it easier to experience playing in poker's Big Show,' said Ty Stewart, WSOP Executive Director. 'Our players understand numbers, and 2015 now presents the best odds ever to leave the Main Event a winner.'
With so many people to pay out, however, some winners will have to be content with taking home a little less cash.
The minimum payout will be just $15,000: still significant when compared to the $10,000 buy-in, but less than the $18,406 that those who just barely squeezed into the money made last year.
Many other prizes will have to be reduced slightly as well, and if the 2015 Main Event draws the same field as last year's tournament, the winner will 'only' take home $8 million.
Top Nine Players Will Win $1 Million
The other change will add a little more glory to reaching the November Nine.
In 2015, every player who makes it to the final table will be guaranteed a prize of at least $1 million, setting them clearly apart from the rest of the field.
Last year, Mark Newhouse earned $730,725 for his ninth place finish.
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The WSOP Main Event will begin on July 5 with the first of three Day 1 flights.
The tournament will continue through July 14, when the final table will be determined, and then pick up again in November to crown poker's 2015 World Champion.
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