Online poker is coming back, and WSOP.com is giving out $500 each day in the $500 hotseat giveaway. Each day, one tournament player is selected at random for the $500 prize, which is awarded to the winner's account once WSOP.com goes live.
Congratulations to today's winner, Kelly Williams. Kelly is among 1,779 players so far competing in today's tournament.
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Jack Effel explained the rules, explained that if people want free money they need to be signing up for WSOP.com and explained that there will be eleven levels played today. After that he left us with these famous words in poker: "Shuffle Up and Deal!"
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
Cards are about to fly in thirty minutes, and Event #30 already has over 1,300 registrants. Today's event is on-track to be a big one, so stay with PokerNews for live updates and chip counts throughout the tournament.
The World Series of Poker is in full swing and today there's another $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament on the schedule. This will be event 30 of 62 and it will be the fourth open no-limit hold'em tournament with a buy-in of $1,000. All three of them were big ones with massive fields spread out over several rooms.
| Event | Completed | Players | Winner | First Prize |
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| 3 | June 1st | 3,164 | Charles Sylvestre | $491,360 |
| 7 | June 4th | 1,837 | Matt Waxman | $305,952 |
| 18 | June 11th | 2,071 | Taylor Paur | $340,260 |
Day 1 starts at noon and the players will be playing eleven one-hour levels. After the sixth level there will be a 90-minute dinner break. The first five levels will be without an ante but starting with level six every player will have to contribute every hand if they want to receive cards. As per usual during the series, players will start with three times the amount of the buy-in as the starting stack: 3,000.
PokerNews will take care of updates all day long, focussing on the familiar faces and players who are off to a good start. So set your alarm for 12 p.m. and don't miss any update from this tournament which promises to be another big one.
Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
