World Championship Main Event
Day 1 Started
World Championship Main Event
Day 1 Started
Welcome to the Free Poker Network $100,000 World Championship Main Event at Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 10 a.m. for this unique championship event.
The championship is open to qualifiers only, and players have been winning their way in throughout 2023 and throughout the last week in Las Vegas. They also had the opportunity to win 20,000 extra bonus chips in each of the five qualifiers in Las Vegas. Joel Smith is in pole position, and he earned $500 for starting with the largest chip stack of 100,000.
Hundreds of qualifiers are expected, including Phil Wilburn and Darren Creed, who won the Tag Team Championship on Saturday night. Also qualifying in the Tag Team event were Connor Richards and Chad Holloway of the PokerNews Podcast. They made a run to sixth place to punch their ticket to the championship.
Cards go in the air at 10 a.m. and levels will increase every 30 minutes throughout the day until a winner is crowned. Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor in the Grand Ballroom at Golden Nugget.
The tournament is in a short delay. Cards are expected to go in the air soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Cards are now in the air for Free Poker Network's $100,000 Vegas World Championship in the Grand Ballroom at Golden Nugget. A total of 387 players are in their seats.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joel Smith |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mike Yoder
|
90,000 | |
Al Buhr
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Boyd Brandsrud |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Jack Lippert
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Matt Miller
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Sahil Mullick
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Christopher Nelson |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Michael Mejia
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Nikki Smith
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Barb Hein
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Chad Rohloff
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Earl Robb
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jack Black
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Jeff Flaten
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Ken Maertins
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Lester Hauglid |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Phillip Doerr | 60,000 | |
Russ Neil |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Aaron Bennett
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Becca Brinkman
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Christopher Graves
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Cyndi Morales
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Darren Sneed
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Fred Morales
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Action was heads up with around 10,000 in the middle and 2♣5♥A♣ on the flop. Donna Parrino tossed out 4,000 and Elisabeth Hurlbert went all in for around 13,000.
Parrino shook her head and followed her instincts with a face-up fold of K♥K♠. Hurtbert dragged the pot in and turned over A♥A♠ to confirm Parrino's cooler suspicions.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Elisabeth Hurlbert | 28,000 | |
Donna Parrino
|
22,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
After a series of limpers, Anna Kimball made it 1,200 from the small blind. Kody Krantz responded with a shove of 4,400 from early position and a player on the cutoff was the only other player to come along. Both remaining players checked down the board of J♦8♥8♠3♥8♦ and the cutoff turned over 7♠7♥, but Kimball had 9♥9♣ for a better full house. Krantz turned over the losing A♦10♦ and gathered his things to head for the door.
A moment later, Chad Holloway faced a series of limpers in the small blind at the same table. Holloway raised to 1,300 and three other players came along. The flop was J♦6♦5♠ and Holloway tossed out 2,000 — enough to get three folds and take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anna Kimball
|
24,000 | |
Chad Holloway | 18,500 | |
|
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Kody Krantz
|
Busted |