Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dia 1 Iniciado
Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dia 1 Iniciado
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 1 coverage of the Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
Heads-up poker is a format with which the best players in the world are intimately familiar, having often spent hours honing their games against fellow elites online in both cash and sit-n-go formats. Additionally, they've all made plenty of deep runs in tournaments and often found themselves heads up for championships.
Plenty of heavy hitters are expected to enter the field, and last year, some big names found themselves going far in the event. Online legends Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky, Phil Galfond, and Justin Bonomo all made deep runs into the money, as did the one and only Phil Hellmuth. However, it was bracelet winner Mark Radoja topping the 162-player field and claiming the $331,190 first-place prize by beating Don Nguyen who then followed that performance up by also taking second in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
The plan for Day 1 is to play four rounds, leaving only 16 players left by the end of the night. Be sure to tune in as we bring you all of the live updates right here on PokerNews.
The first round matches are set to start at 1:00 p.m. We will post the matches and those who have byes as soon as we are given that information.
With 136 entrants, there will be eight matches in the first round. The winners of those eight matches will then join the 120 players who are receiving byes.
The 16 players who drew matches in the first round will get half of their buy-in back. In essence, they are each playing a $5,000 satellite to reach the second round.
We will have those matches for you shortly.
Here are the matches for the first round of Event #40. Please note that the bracket has not yet been determined. Once these eight matches have winners, the 128-player bracket will be set.
Name | vs | Name |
---|---|---|
Olivier Busquet | - | Steven Saris |
Faraz Jaka | - | Cary Katz |
Igor Kurganov | - | Serkan Kurnaz |
Don Nguyen | - | Brian Rast |
Zach Hyman | - | Daniel Steinberg |
Joe Cada | - | Ashton Griffin |
Brock Parker | - | Jacob Baumgartner |
Paul Volpe | - | David Peters |
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Paul Volpe raised to 500 on the button and David Peters three-bet to 1,600 from the big blind. Volpe called and the flop came down .
Peters continued for 1,500, Volpe called, and the hit the turn. Both checked to see the river. Peters bet 5,200 and after a few moments Volpe folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
David Peters
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
Paul Volpe
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
In a three-bet pot, Faraz Jaka bet 1,400 and was called by Cary Katz on a flop. Both players then checked the turn, and Jaka bet 2,400 on the river. Katz quickly folded, commenting that Jaka was "certainly expecting a call."
A few hands later, Jaka raised a Katz river bet to 5,200 with the board reading . Katz called, and Jaka showed for a straight, leaving Katz shaking his head.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka
|
42,500 | 12,500 |
Cary Katz | 17,500 | -12,500 |
Cary Katz raised to 400 on the button, Faraz Jaka three-bet to 1,300, and Katz called.
The flop came . Jaka continued for 1,000, Katz called, and the fell on the turn. Jaka bet 2,000 this time and again Katz called. The river then brought the , and Jaka bet 3,800. Katz mulled it over for about 30 seconds before he called, but mucked when Jaka tabled .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Faraz Jaka
|
49,500 | 7,000 |
Cary Katz | 10,500 | -7,000 |
Jacob Baumgartner has been the first player eliminated from the heads-up championship.
With the board reading , Baumgartner raised a Brock Parker bet to 5,500. Parker came back with 10,400, and Baumgartner pushed all in. Parker quickly called.
Parker:
Baumgartner:
Baumgartner had flopped trips with two unders, but the turn gave Parker a nearly-unbeatable boat.
"Three," Baumgartner called hopefully, but the dealer peeled off the . "Nice hand."
Baumgartner bumped fists with Parker after the dealer counted out about 26,000 in Baumgartner's stack, meaning Parker had him covered.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Brock Parker | 60,000 | 30,000 |
Jacob Baumgartner | Eliminado |