Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack About to Begin!
Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack is just about ready to begin at the 2019 World Series of Poker, with Day 1 of this event scheduled to start at 11 a.m. Players receive 30,000 starting chips and will play 30 minutes levels on Day 1 of this two-day event, with one re-entry available per player, and late registration open until the end of the dinner break after Level 12 (estimated to be around 6:55 p.m.).
Twenty levels of play are scheduled for Day 1 of this tournament, which could draw a huge field with the affordable buy-in and the incentive of televised coverage for the latter stages of Day 2. The tournament restarts for Day 2 at Noon Tuesday and plays down to a winner.
The $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack is the first of seven “Deepstack” tournaments on the 2019 WSOP schedule. This series of low buy-in bracelet events is new to the WSOP for 2019, and the entire schedule of Deepstack events is as follows:
- June 3 - Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack
- June 10 - Event #25: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack
- June 16 - Event #37: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack ($750,000 Guaranteed)
- June 18 - Event #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/ Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 8-Handed ($500,000 Guaranteed)
- June 19 - Event #46: $500 WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack
- June 23 - Event #53: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 8-Handed ($750,000 Guaranteed)
- June 25 - Event #59: $600 No-Limit Hold’em DEEPSTACK CHAMPIONSHIP ($500,000 Guaranteed)
The series culminates with Event #59: $600 No-Limit Hold’em DEEPSTACK CHAMPIONSHIP ($500,000 Guaranteed), and four of these seven tournaments feature guaranteed prize pools.
Stay right here to follow along with the PokerNews Live Reporting team throughout the day, as Event #9: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack is set to begin!
. Nixon fired a 700 continuation bet and got a call from the player two seats to his left, and the other two opponents folded.
came on the turn, and Nixon bet again for 2,500 and his opponent once again called. The river came the 
, Nixon put in a pot-sized bet, his opponent raised to 20,000, and Nixon three-bet shoved for the rest of his stack. 
for quads, and his opponent saw the bad news that his 
, also quads, were on the losing end.
. An opponent in the small blind called, and the 15-time WSOP bracelet winner showed 
for a flopped straight.
. Hawkins made the call, and the river came the 
.
for the full house.
and the former Main Event champ is out.