Event #66: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #66: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
The first day of Event #66: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is set to begin at 3 p.m. local time. Last year, Robert Nehorayan took down this event after topping a field of 596 players to earn $173,568 and his first WSOP bracelet.
There are only three limit hold'em events on the 2019 World Series of Poker schedule, with the next event being the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship event (Event #72). Last year many notables took a shot at this event including former WSOP bracelet event champions Daniel Negreanu, Ari Engel, Joe McKeehen, Phil Hui, Chris Ferguson and Ryan Laplante.
This is a three-day event and the plan today is to play ten levels of 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break every two levels. Late registration will be available through the first eight levels.
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As usual, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor to provide you with all the action from start to finish, with play beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 29th.
Level: 1
Limits: 200/400
Ante: 0
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
The player in the hijack raised to 400 and Michael Donigan three-bet to 600 from the big blind. The hijack added the remainder to call.
The dealer spread a flop of and Donigan bet 200. His opponent called. The turn brought the and was checked through to the river. Donigan fired 400 and his opponent let it go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Donigan
|
12,900
12,900
|
12,900 |
Three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein has taken a seat in the tournament. Greenstein has already secured seven cashes this summer and will be looking to add another score to his resume, and more gold to his collection.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Barry Greenstein |
12,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
The player on the cutoff raised to 400 and Nghia Le called from the big blind.
A flop reading was dealt and Le checked. Nghia bet 200 and Le check-called. The turn came the and both players opted to check to the turn. Le threw in a bet of 400 and his opponent called. Le revealed for trips and his opponent tossed his cards in the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nghia Le | 12,600 |
The player in middle position raised to 400 and Diego Cordovez three-bet to 600 from the hijack. Action folded back the player in mid-position who added the remainder to call.
The flop fell and the player in mid-position checked. Cordovez bet 200 and his opponent check-called.
The turn was the and the player in mid-position check-called another bet of 400 from Cordovez.
The completed the board and the player in middle position checked for a third time. Cordovez bet 400 and his opponent check-called. Cordovez tabled for sixes full of nines and his opponent mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Diego Cordovez |
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
The playeer in middle position raised to 400 and the button called along with Jeffrey Werner in the big blind.
The flop came and Werner bet 200. The player in middle position and the button called.
The dealer burned and turned the and Werner bet 400. The player in middle position folded and the button raised to 800. Werner stuck around with a call.
The filled up the board and Werner threw in a bet of 400 that his opponent called. Werner showed for fours full of threes and his opponent sent his hand to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Werner | 19,000 |
Level: 2
Limits: 200/400
Ante: 0