Right now, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 through July 7.
Today's tournament is $109 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout with a $7,500 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in about an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
Earl Merritt shoved for 460,000 from under the gun with and Paul Mattioda looked him up from the next seat over with . The board ran out as Mattioda faded Merritt's flopped flush draw to score the elimination.
The following hand saw Neville Endo Costa shove from early postion for about 600,000 with and Mattioda called from the big blind with . The board rolled out as Mattioda faded another flopped flush draw to win the pot.
From the hijack, Evgeny Taranyuk moved all in for 710,000 and Raymond Padgett followed suit for his last 650,000 from the button.
Taranyuk:
Padgett:
The flop gave Taranyuk a plethora of outs with any king, queen or club, however when the and completed the board on the turn and river, he was crippled to just 60,000 in chips.
The following hand Taranyuk was eliminated in 44th place.
Thayer Rasmussen opened to 160,000 from early position and Matthew Haugen called next to act before Tom Alner three-bet shoved all in for 1,120,000. Rasmussen responded by moving all in for roughly 4 million and Haugen quickly folded.
Alner:
Rasmussen:
The board ran out and Alner hit the rail as Rasmussen climbed to 5.61 million in chips.
Vladimir Bozinovic was all in preflop for about 1.6 million with against Hugo Pingray's . The board ran out , no help to Bozinovic, locking up the pot for Pingray.
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On a flop of , Sean Drake bet out 625,000 only to have Gary Chau move all in for 3,765,000. After a few moments of consideration, Drake made the call to Chau at risk.
Chau:
Drake:
With Chau needing to spike a two-outer, the turn and river landed the and to end his run in a gallant 39th place as Drake soared to 11.65 million in chips.
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and Paul Mattioda looked him up from the next seat over with 
. The board ran out 
as Mattioda faded Merritt's flopped flush draw to score the elimination.
and Mattioda called from the big blind with 
. The board rolled out 
as Mattioda faded another flopped flush draw to win the pot.
flop gave Taranyuk a plethora of outs with any king, queen or club, however when the 
and 
against Hugo Pingray's 
, no help to Bozinovic, locking up the pot for Pingray.
and 
to end his run in a gallant 39th place as Drake soared to 11.65 million in chips.