Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

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06-29-2010 11:42 UTC-7

One, Two, Three Strikes You're Out

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Welcome to the Pavilion Room at the Rio Convention Center for Event 51 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em. It's hard to believe that we're already starting the 51st of 57 events at this year's World Series.

The "triple chance" format of this tournament means that each player will be given a starting stack of 3,000 chips and two "rebuy lammers". The rebuy lammers are each worth an additional 3,000 chips and can be taken before the start of any hand at any point through the first four levels. At the end of Level 4, all unredeemed rebuy lammers are automatically swapped for tournament chips. Some players will choose to cash in their lammers before the first hand of the tournament; others will hold off and keep the lammers as a safety net in case they should go broke during the first four levels.

Last year 854 players registered for this event. The last player standing was Germany's Jorg Peisert, who pocketed just more than half a million dollars for his three days of poker-playing. Most likely a similar number of players will show up for the event this year, which means two days from now we'll be creating a new half-millionaire.

Play will be underway in about twenty minutes. Keep your browser pointed to PokerNews for exclusive live updates.

Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em

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