Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day 1b Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,960,100
Entries
3,289
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Day 1b Almost Here!
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The third $1,000 "stimulus special" of the series kicked off yesterday with 1,931 players taking a shot at what is likely to be close to a million dollar payday. Today we begin the second of the start days. If things go as they have the past few weeks we're likely to see a much smaller field come out today than yesterday.
Although the entry fee may be (relatively) small, that does not mean that we can't expect to catch some big names hitting the felt. Just last week we saw David Baker make the final table along with Jared Hamby. It'll be tough for any player, pro or not, to slog through what is likely to be a 3,000 person field, but it's certainly worth the effort.
Stay with us from kickoff at noon local time as we bring you every flop, turn and suckout on the river!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Dealers have just been given the classic instruction to "shuffle up and deal."
Familiar Faces
As always there are some familiar faces in action today. We've already spotted Shaun Deeb (in men's clothing), Shawn Buchanan, Matt Graham, Maria Ho and New York Knicks center Earl Barron is splashing into another event here at the 2010 WSOP.
Slipping and Sliding Shamseddin
We got to the action to see a flop of 
with Soheil Shamseddin calling a bet of 250 from the player in the small blind.
When the 
came on the turn the small blind bet 500 and Shamseddin raised to 1,225. At that point the small blind moved all in.
With 2,300 in the pot, Shamseddin folded, saying "Too early, I'll wait." He's now down to just 1,200 in chips, less than half his starting stack.
More Notables!
There is a recent bracelet winner in the house today and his name is Jason Dewitt. He took down Event #17: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $818,959 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
He's not the only bracelet winner in the field today though. Joining him are Humberto Brenes (2), Blair Hinkle (1), Brandon Cantu (2), Vitaly Lunkin (2) and Josh Arieh (2).
Who knows, there may be a few other bracelets floating around as well!
The Controversy!
The controversy that erupted when a number of men signed up for the Ladies' Event still hasn't died. The World Series of Poker organizers haven't let on with what, if any, punishment they have in store for entrants who carried a Y chromosome into the event with them.
The players at Table 43 are currently conducting a survey of the females at the table, asking whether they feel there should be any punishment for the men who played the event, and if so, what it should be.
The Barron Struck Down
Craig Marquis has amassed a big stack early on and is sitting with over 9,000 chips. In a recent hand he flat-called a raise from Earl Barron.
The flop came down 
and both players opted to check. However when a 
came on the turn, all the money went into the middle.
Marquis: 
Barron:
The river bricked, leaving Marquis' straight as the best hand. Barron, meanwhile, was off to an early lunch.
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0