Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day 1 Started
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
Day 1 Started
Welcome back for another day at the 44th annual World Series of Poker. Today's noon event is Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed), and it is set to be one of the most exciting events of the summer. All the top no-limit hold'em wizards, whether it be online or live, tournament or cash, will be out in the mix, and one can expect an absolutely start-studded field of competitors.
Last year, Greg Merson defeated a field of 474 players to win the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) event for $1,136,197, but there was no $5,000 version on the schedule. Little did we all know that at the time, Merson's victory was just the beginning as he went on to win the WSOP Main Event for $8,531,853 and capture Player of the Year.
In 2011, Matt Jarvis won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) event with 732 players, and in 2010 it was Jeffrey Papola taking home the victory in a field of 568 players. It should be expected that a field of 500 players or more should come out in force today.
The cards are set to be in the air at 12 p.m. local Las Vegas time, so be sure to stick around for the action. In the meantime, let's see what's on tap for June 18 from PokerNews' very own Sarah Grant.
The cards are in the air for Day 1 of Event #32. Let's rock and roll!
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brian Rast |
15,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Amit Makhija |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Mike Leah | 15,000 | |
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Brian Hastings |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Vanessa Selbst |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
The following pros are playing in the Brasilia Room's Bronze section to start the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brock Parker | 15,000 | |
Dan Cates | 15,000 | |
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Stephen Chidwick | 15,000 | |
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David Vamplew | 15,000 | |
Matt Berkey | 15,000 | |
Manig Loeser | 15,000 | |
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Emil Patel | 15,000 | |
Eric Baldwin | 15,000 | |
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Max Steinberg | 15,000 | |
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Todd Terry | 15,000 | |
Micah Raskin | 15,000 | |
Jonathan Aguiar | 15,000 | |
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Cary Katz | 15,000 | |
Matt Stout |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Victor Ramdin |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Jennifer Tilly |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Gaelle Baumann |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Andy Frankenberger |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Bryn Kenney | 15,000 | |
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Mohsin Charania | 15,000 | |
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Ana Marquez | 15,000 | |
Matt Brady | 15,000 | |
Hans Winzeler | 15,000 | |
David Peters |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Here's a list of some of the early notable faces in the field. RIght now, many tables are playing with just two or three players as they wait for others to arrive. The board currently reads that 315 players have registered.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Brandon Meyers |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Joe Kuether |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Mike Sowers |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Sam Cohen |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Foster Hayes
|
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Michael Benvenuti |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Timothy Adams |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Naoya Kihara |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Hafiz Khan |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
AP Phahurat |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Dan Smith |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Galen Hall |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Blake Purvis |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Kevin MacPhee |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Matt Jarvis |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Christian Harder | 15,000 | |
Jonathan Jaffe | 15,000 | |
Joseph Cheong | 15,000 | |
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Roberto Romanello | 15,000 | |
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Steve O'Dwyer |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Chris Oliver |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Taylor Paur | 15,000 | |
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Mack Lee |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
The Brasilia Room's Silver section is home to the following players.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dan Kelly |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Phil Laak |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Antonio Esfandiari |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Shannon Shorr |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Luca Pagano | 15,000 | |
Erick Lindgren |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Eugene Katchalov |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Ludovic Lacay |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Olivier Busquet |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Josh Arieh |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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T.J. Cloutier |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Ben Lamb |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Tony Dunst |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Greg Merson |
15,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
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René Angélil
|
15,000 | |
Cherish Andrews | 15,000 | |
Eddy Sabat | 15,000 | |
Dan O'Brien | 15,000 | |
Konstantin Puchkov | 15,000 | |
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Artem Litvinov | 15,000 | |
Chris Moorman | 15,000 | |
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Isaac Baron | 15,000 | |
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Jeremy Ausmus | 15,000 | |
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Manuel Bevand | 15,000 | |
Fabrizio Gonzales
|
15,000 | |
Eugene Katchalov | 15,000 | |
Dominik Nitsche | 15,000 | |
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Amanda Musumeci | 15,000 | |
Justin Young | 15,000 | |
Joseph Elpayaa | 15,000 | |
Chance Kornuth | 15,000 | |
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Ben Lamb | 15,000 | |
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Ognjen Sekularac | 15,000 | |
Jeff Gross | 15,000 | |
Kevin Vandersmissen | 15,000 | |
Toby Lewis | 15,000 | |
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Kyle Bowker | 15,000 | |
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Sorel Mizzi | 15,000 | |
David Paredes | 15,000 |
With best friends Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari sitting one table apart, the conversation has been free flowing to begin this first day of six handed action.
During a recent hand involving Laak and an unknown opponent, the "Unabomber" three-bet to 425 from the button, after the other player opened for 175 in the cutoff. On the flop of , the opponent checked to Laak, and then called the longtime pro's bet of 625, bringing the to the table on the turn.
Around that time, Laak's partner in crime sauntered over to the table, ostensibly to ask how Laak was progressing in his binge watching sessions of HBO's hit series and pop culture sensation Game of Thrones.
"You made it to Season 3 yet?," he asked, while Laak contemplated a sudden lead out of 1,100 by his time wizened opponent. "It's the greatest show of all-time."
Thinking the two were talking about HBO's other critically acclaimed series, fellow pro Shannon Shorr chimed in, saying "The Wire is the best."
Perhaps distracted by pondering the similarities between Westeros and Baltimore, both places of extreme danger where the wrong choice can result in death, Laak elected to surrender the hand, his conversation with Esfandiari never skipping a beat even as he tossed his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Phil Laak |
13,475
-1,525
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-1,525 |
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By the looks of it, David Williams has come in gunning in today's tournament. We caught a hand with Williams heads up against an opponent. There was 7,000 already in the pot when the flop came .
After his opponent checked, Williams snap-shoved all in. His opponent thought about it for a second, quickly glanced at his chips, then folded. Williams didn't show the winner as he collected a nice pot in during the first level.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Williams |
20,000
20,000
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20,000 |