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This is the Prize Awaiting the Winner of Event #45 (Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em)
Today marks the second iteration of one of the World Series of Poker's most innovative tournaments: Event #45 ($1,500 Ante Only No-Limit Hold'em). Last year, Greg Hobson captured the title as this groundbreaking format debuted on poker's premier stage, taking home $256,691 in prize money after emerging from the 939 runner field.
In this second hurrah for the ante-only tournament, which forgoes the traditional small blind/big blind + ante structure typical to NLH play, requiring every player to contribute an ante on every hand from the first deal onward, we expect a star-studded field to make their way to the Brasilia Room. Last year Daniel Negreanu, Barry Shulman, Joe Cada, Matt Glantz, Dennis Phillips, David Williams, Jennifer Tilly, Christian Harder, Phil Hellmuth, Randy Lew, Dan O'Brien and Erick Lindgren were just some of the notable names to try their hand at this unique structure.
Professional poker players are known for their willingness to try new games, variants, and strategies, and today's ante-only tournament provides the perfect venue to test their skills against one another in a relatively novel venue. The $1,500 buy-in, however, gives recreational players the opportunity to dive right in and try this action packed game out for themselves, so we expect to see another field approaching 1,000 runners by the time registration ends.
To get ready for all of the exciting action on the felt today, take a peek at the PokerNews Daily Update video, featuring the fabulous Lynn Gilmartin, and then keep it here throughout the day for continuous coverage of Event #45 ($1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em), live from the Rio in Las Vegas.
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