Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Iniciado
Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Iniciado
Almost five weeks into the 2014 World Series of Poker and Event #56 of the 65 scheduled tournaments this year gets underway shortly.
This is the last $1,000 event the summer at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, and with last year’s winner, Matt Waxman, walking away with $305,952 it is one of the few remaining chances for a bank roll booster before the Main Event begins les then a week away.
The fields have been consistently large so far this year with a few record breakers, and there is expected to be another decent turn out looking to top last year’s 1,837 entrants.
You should know the drill by now; cards are in the air at 12 p.m. for a scheduled eleven levels of one-hour play with a 90 minute dinner break after level six. Players receive 3,000 in Tournament Chips with blinds starting at 25-25.
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Nível: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante:
Registration is open until approximately 8:10 p.m. today, just after the dinner break.
Here are some players who have got in nice and early.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Shannon Shorr
|
3,000 | |
Alan Kessler
|
3,000 | |
Matt Affleck | 3,000 | |
Phil Collins | 3,000 | |
Steve Chacha
|
3,000 | |
Matt Stout | 3,000 | |
Phil Laak
|
3,000 | |
James Dempsey
|
3,000 | |
Davind Peters
|
3,000 | |
Dutch Boyd
|
3,000 | |
Yann Dion | 3,000 |
We arrived at the table to see an all-in and a call on the turn of a board showing .
The player who moved all in asked Frank Patti, “You got a flush?” and turned over .
“No.” Patti told him and turned over .
The river was the and Patti made a higher flush leading his opponent to say, “Wow. One hand.”
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Frank Patti | 6,350 |
There was a raise from under the gun to 75 and Jonathan Little and the two blinds called. Four players went to a flop of . The blinds checked and the original raiser bet 150.
Little three-bet to 475 and when the blinds folded he got a call and they went to the turn card . The raiser check-called a bet of 800 from Little and the river was the . Checked to Little he moved all in.
After a few moments of staring at the board Little’s opponent folded and pot was pushed his way.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Little | 4,500 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante:
At the end of the first level of play there are 2,031 entrants, breaking the 1,837 set last year.
Jennifer Tilly is in the field and we spotted her three-betting to 600 from the big blind to take it down.
David Peters looks like he lost some chips but got a little back with a well-disguised prompting his opponent to give and admiring, “Well played.”
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Maurice VerStandig | 3,000 | |
Mick McCloskey | 3,000 | |
Randy Lew | 3,000 | |
Jennifer Tilly
|
3,000 | |
Pok Kim | 3,000 | |
Govert Metaal | 3,000 | |
David Peters
|
2,000 |
Ryan Riess has taken his seat as people are still flooding in.
There have also been a fair few people heading for the exits too.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Dwyte Pilgrim | 3,000 | |
Gabriel Nassif | 3,000 | |
Faraz Jaka
|
3,000 | |
Ryan Riess
|
3,000 |
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