Six-Max Specialists Set to Descend on Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
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Today sees the kickoff for Event #31: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas. The event starts at 12 p.m. local time with 30-minute levels. There will be a 15-minute break every four levels.
Starting stacks are 40,000 and players may reenter once, provided they do so before the end of late registration at the conclusion of Level 11 (about 6:30 p.m.).
Day 1 is set to end after Level 21 and Day 2 will resume at 12 p.m. on July 12 with 40-minute blind levels. Day 2 will be the final day, with play continuing until a winner is declared.
Last year's edition of this event went to Mark Ioli. Ioli beat out a field of 1,241 entries to win his first bracelet and $558,266 of the $3,313,470 prize pool.
Although it was his first bracelet, it wasn't his first try. “Two previous times I got heads up for a bracelet," Ioli said in his post-game interview. "I was a card away from winning. So it feels good to finally win. It’s the one accolade in poker you want no matter what.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,241 | Mark Ioli | United States | $558,266 |
| 2022 | 1,348 | Nino Ullmann | Germany | $594,079 |
| 2021 | 997 | Brian Rast | United States | $474,102 |
| 2020 | - | Not Held | - | - |
| 2019 | 754 | Thomas Cazayous | France | $414,766 |
| 2018 | 868 | Gal Yifrach | United States | $461,798 |
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