Event 4 - $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-02-2008 17:24 UTC-7

And More

Shamus

Daniel Negreanu, Chris Vaughn, Michael Mizrachi, Hasan Habib, Doug Lee, Ray Henson, Ted Lawson, Daniel Alaei, Chris Bell, Robert Williamson III, Jeff Madsen, Victor Ramdin, David Williams, and Event No. 1 winner Nenad Medic are also playing today.

06-02-2008 17:16 UTC-7

And More

Shamus

Vanessa Rousso, Andy Bloch, Jennifer Harman, Michael Binger, Lee Markholdt, David Grey, Jason Lester, Mark Sowers, Maria Ho, Sam Grizzle, Phil Galfond, Rolf Slotboom.

06-02-2008 17:12 UTC-7

A Few More

Shamus

Eric Lynch, Bill Chen, Mark Seif, Joe Sebok, Justin Bonomo, Dario Minieri.

06-02-2008 17:07 UTC-7

A Star-Studded Field

Shamus

Just a few of those in today's field: Greg Raymer, Freddy Deeb, Chad Brown, Barry Greenstein, Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, and Joe Lisandro.

Tags: Brunson Elezra

06-02-2008 17:03 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

Shamus

Cards are in the air for the first hand of Event No. 4. We are beginning Level 1 with 30 minutes of Limit hold'em, with blinds at 50/100. There are a number familiar faces in today's field. We'll share some names shortly.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

06-02-2008 03:55 UTC-7

Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) Set for 5pm Start

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Event #4 of the 2008 World Series of Poker, Mixed Hold'em, combines split levels of limit and no-limit hold'em into a unique format designed to force players to move back and forth between drastic different formats of the hold'em game.

Each level in this event lasts for 60 minutes, and during the first 30 minutes of any given level, the game will be (fixed-) limit hold'em, with the blinds being those listed in the "Betting Structure" listings at right. For the second 30 minutes of each level, however, the format switches over to no-limit hold'em, and the blinds drop to half of the level of the first half of each hour, to compensate in part for the much higher pots that a no-limit collision can produce.

For instance, in Level 1 of this event, the blinds will be 50/100 for the first 30 minutes, while limit hold'em is played. For the second 30 minutes of Level 1, when the game shifts to no-limit, the blinds drop down to 25/50. When the start of Level 2, the game goes back to limit hold'em for another 30 minutes, the blinds rise again, and in this manner the tournament zigzags toward its conclusion.

The buy-in for this event is $5,000, and last year the event drew 451 entrants. The tourney was won by 21-year-old Steve Billirakis, who became the youngest-ever winner of a WSOP bracelet within the United States, the series' traditional home.

Action gets underway at 5pm from the Amazon Room at the Rio. Join us here for the latest updates.