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Hossein Ensan Wins the 2019 WSOP Main Event

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The 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event is officially in the books. Three players returned to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday in hopes of becoming the World Champion of Poker.

Hossein Ensan came into the final day with a massive chip lead and looking to cap a remarkable run. Alex Livingston made the most of his second career deep run in the Main Event and looked to win it all this time around. High Roller Dario Sammartino was looking to win the richest prize of his poker career.

In the end, it was Ensan that would come out on top to take home the 50th Anniversary WSOP bracelet along with $10 million in prize money.

Alex Livingston Eliminated in Third

At the start of three-handed play, Alex Livingston was second in chips with 120.4 million but quickly went to work building his stack. Incredibly, Livingston was able to close the gap and even took the chip lead briefly.

Just as it seemed that Livingston might be able to make a run at the title, he suffered a horrific beat to drop to the short stack. Livingston raised pre-flop with pocket kings and Dario Sammartino called with 10s-6d. The flop fell Qc-6h-4h and Sammartino checked. Livingston bet 5 million and was called.

The turn fell the 10c and Sammartino now had two pair. Sammartino again checked and Sammartino bet 23 million. Sammartino then shoved and Livingston made the call. He then saw the bad news and needed a king, queen, or four to hit the river. The river fell the Jc and Sammartino doubled to 182.6 million. This left Livingston with 114 million.

Livingston’s stack nosedived after the Sammartino double and prior to his final hand, he had just 41.1 million. He looked down to Ac-Jd and moved all-in. While a good hand, it was dominated by the As-Qd of Hossein Ensan who made the call. Both players hit their kicker on the flop, leaving Ensan in the lead. The turn and river bricked both players and Alex Livingston was out in third.

Livingston finished 13th in the 2013 WSOP Main Event and improved on that finish in a big way this year. This time around, he earned $4 million for his amazing Main Event run.

Hossein Ensan Wins the 2019 WSOP Main Event

At the start of heads-up play, Hossein Ensan had 279.8 million to 235 million for Dario Sammartino. Sammartino quickly took the chip lead in a big two pair vs two pair confrontation. This gave Sammartino over 300 million in chips for the first time and what looked like the clear advantage early.

Ensan did not roll over for Sammartino and started grinding. Soon, he found himself back in the chip lead and it appeared clear that heads-up play was going to take a while. Play did continue for another three hours or so, but once Ensan took a 2 to 1 chip lead again, it was never really close. Sammartino would pick up a few pots, but never enough to make a serious threat to take over the chip lead again.

Eventually, Sammartino decided to gamble for his tournament life on a big draw. The board was 10s-6s-2d-9c at the turn and Ensan bet 33 million. Sammartino shoved for his remaining 140 million and Ensan made the easy call with pocket kings.

Sammartino showed 8s-4s for both a straight draw and a flush draw. The river fell the Qc and Dario Sammartino finished runner-up in the 2019 WSOP Main Event. For his amazing run, Sammartino earned $6 million.

EPT Champion Hossein Hassan can now call himself a Main Event Champion. The German navigated his way through the second-largest field in WSOP Main Event history to win the 50th Anniversary WSOP bracelet along with an amazing $10 million top prize.

Congratulations to Hossein Hassan, poker’s newest World Champion.

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