2014 World Series of Poker

Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$670,041
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,481,600
Entries
264
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Buckle Up for Short-Handed, Fast-Paced, Big Buy-In Poker!

Short-handed poker is all the rave these days, especially the six-handed form. Doyle Brunson once called no-limit Texas hold'em the "Cadillac of Poker" because of the game's ability to emphasize the highest level of strategy and skill. If that's the case, then the six-handed variant is a CTS-V coupe — aggressive and shifty with a wide-open throttle.

Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship is special. Not only does it feature an adrenaline-pumping form of big-bet poker, but it also garners a pricy $10,000 buy-in, and that combination will no doubt get everyone's blood pumping.

With the $10,000 championship events returning to the 2014 WSOP schedule, this event is back after a one-year hiatus in which a $5,000 and $25,000 six-handed hold'em event were held. In 2011 and 2012, there was a $10,000 six-handed hold'em event and the first-place prize topped $1.1 million each time. In 2011, Joe Ebanks won the event, and in 2012, Greg Merson was victorious before going straight through to win the Main Event.

Let's take a look at all of the big buy-in ($5,000+) six-handed hold'em events held at the WSOP since 2005:

YearBuy-inEntrantsWinnerFirst-Place Prize
2013$25,000175Steve Sung$1,205,324
 $5,000516Erick Lindgren$606,317
2012$10,000474Greg Merson$1,136,197
2011$10,000474Joe Ebanks$1,158,481
 $5,000732Matt Jarvis$808,538
2010$25,000191Dan Kelly$1,315,518
 $5,000568Jeff Papola$667, 443
2009$5,000928Matt Hawrilenko$1,003,163
2008$5,000805Joe Commisso$911,855
2007$5,000728Bill Edler$904,672
2006$5,000183Jeff Madsen$643,381
2005$5,000301Doyle Brunson$367,800

As you can see, that list of winners is full of big-time players, including none other than Mr. Brunson himself. With the way the WSOP schedule is set up this year, not much will get in the way of all of the big names coming out for this one. Some of the top no-limit hold'em players may still be deep in Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, but other than that, the field should be jam packed full of elite players and notable faces.

As for numbers, one could expect somewhere in the range of 400-500 entrants for this event, although a field as small as 300 or as large as 600 wouldn't come as a complete surprise. That should create a nice, juicy prize pool for the event, and our thoughts are that the field size will lean towards the larger side rather than the smaller one.

Play is scheduled to kick off promptly at 4 p.m. PT, so buckle up and get ready for some high-intensity poker action. The big buy-in six-handed hold'em events have never failed to impress in the past, and this one surely won't, either.

For now, while you wait, check out the second episode of Ivey Stories where Richard Sklar gives us some insight to Ivey's golf game and the large sums of money often bet on the course:

Event #32: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship

Day 1 Started