Survivor South Pacific’s Jim Rice busts WSOP 2019 Main Event on Day 5
Jim Rice of Survivor: South Pacific made it through more than 98% of the WSOP 2019 Main Event field, finishing between 145 and 155 out of 8,569.
Survivor has cast plenty of poker players throughout the years of casts. Jean-Robert Bellande was a highlight in China, Garrett Adelstein had a short, fiery run before burning out; the less said about Anna Khait, the better. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see more poker players cast in the future, especially since former players turned into semi-professional poker players after the show.
Despite being billed as a medicinal marijuana dispenser in South Pacific, Jim Rice had already cashed at 40 poker tournaments according to his CBS bio, so it only made sense that he tried to spin it up at the World Series of Poker Main Event this year. He surpassed every other Survivor player and most of the field at large, but after five grueling days of play, the dream came to a close.
PokerNews reported late last night that Survivor South Pacific’s Jim Rice busted in 145th place out of 8,569. Though the final table players will receive at least a million dollars at the minimum, he will leave the tournament with $59,295; a fair return on investment compared to both his fellow Survivor and poker player, Jean-Robert Bellande, and other former castaways who bust before min-cashing.
Jim Rice even gave the poker site an interview a couple of days ago, revealing that unlike most people who play the entire series, he competed in just two events; an $800 buy-in and the $10,000 WSOP 2019 Main Event. Not only that, he sold only one percent of his stake to three of his friends, meaning he will be taking home 97% of the $59,295 he made. That’s a rarity among regulars!
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Not only did he make a fairly deep run as a first-time Main Event participant, one of those percentage swaps was with fellow South Pacific castaway and finalist Albert Destrade, who’s been grinding cash games in Florida ever since. With Jim Rice knocked out, that’s it for Survivor castaways in the Super Bowl of poker.