Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,043
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Good morning and welcome to PokerNews' coverage of another 2014 World Series of Poker event. Today, Event #21 kicks off at noon local time, and it's expected to be a huge field for this $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Right around 2,000 entrants ponied up the cash for the first two $1,000 NLHE events this summer, so it would be a surprise if we didn't get a similar number here.
Last year, Taylor Paur topped a field of 2,071 runners to take home a first-place prize of $340,260. He's off to another solid start to this year's WSOP, already cashing for $55,000 in a six-max event where he made the final table, bowing out in sixth. We'll see if he returns to defend his title.
Blinds will start at 25/25, and each player will begin with 3,000 chips in the race to get them all. Levels will last 60 minutes, as always, and the plan is to play 11 levels today. Breaks will be given every two levels, and they'll be 20 minute apiece. Don't go away, as we'll have all of the relevant live updates right here on PokerNews.
Riess Makes The Call
WSOP Director Ty Stewart took to the stage before play to introduce reigning WSOP Main Event Champion Ryan Riess and unveil the banner commemorating the win inside the Amazon Room's Gallery of Champions.
Riess said he was honored to have banner unveiled, made the call to shuffle up and deal and off we go.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante:
Some Notables
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
|
3,000 |
Notoriously Big Field
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Below are a selection of some of the more notable names in the field today:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,450 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 |
Tough Tables?
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
With the affordable buy in the sheer size of these $1k fields at the World Series of Poker dictate that one won't usually see a ton of top pros at the same table right from the get go.
Yet the luck of the draw always eludes a few players and they end up beginning the day at a tougher table than most.
This is Mike Sowers' story. Just a few days removed from his runner-up finish in the $1,500 Six-Handed event he's sat at Red 78 just a few seats over from inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champ Annette Obrestad. The loose-aggressive style of these two should ensure we see some chips fly over their today.
But there appears to be one table in Brasilia even tougher, with no less than two-time bracelet winner Erick Lindgren, one-time bracelet winner Steve Gross and Thayer Rasmussen, who has 18 WSOP cashes for better than $200,000 in his career, all sat together.
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,400 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
|
2,800 |
Harris Still Hot
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Lance Harris, fresh off a fourth-place finish in Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Six Handed for just under $120,000, is keeping it rolling here at Event #21.
According to Harris, he opened in late position and got three-bet by a player in the blinds. Harris then flopped trips with 
on a flop with two jacks, and he raised and bet the turn. When the fourth in the deck hit the river, Harris got it all in against an opponent holding . Rough beat for Harris' opponent, but great fortune for Harris, who has a nice early stack now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,000 |
Wells' Boat Busts Karakikov
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Larry Wells just sent Pavlin Karakikov packing with 
on a board of 
. The dealer had already mucked Karakikov's hand by the time we arrived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
|
Busted |