Event #4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Welcome back to the 2014 World Series of Poker! It’s the third day of action this summer, and today will see the start of the first $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em event of the summer. Yesterday Event #3 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted a massive 1,128 players, and if history is any indication, Event #4 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em should draw quite a bit more than that; in fact, right now there are more than 1,300 players registered for the tournament.
Last year, the first $1,000 no-limit event of the summer (a re-entry event) saw 3,164 total entries, and after three days of intense play, it was Canada’s Charles Sylvestre that emerged victorious to capture the $491,360 first-place prize.
Other $1,000 NLHE winners from last summer include Matt Waxman, who defeated Eric Baldwin heads up in Event #7 to win $305,952; Taylor Paur, who took down Event #18 for $340,260 after overcoming the unconventional Roy Weiss, who was moving all in every hand to neutralize his more experienced opponent; Chris Drombrowski, who topped a field of 2,108 players to win Event #30 for $346,332; Michael Gathy, who captured the Event #34 $1,000 NLHE Turbo title for $278,613; Norbert Szecsi, who defeated one of the quickest final table (132 hands in less than five hours) to win Event #42 for $345,037; and Dana Castaneda, who added her name to the short list of women to win an open event by taking down the Event #54 title for $454,207.
If you look at all of those winners you will see one thing in common — they all ponied up $1,000 and turned it into a big six-figure payday. The winner of this event will do the same. Action will kick off at 12 noon local time, which is just over an hour from now. Join us then as we bring you all the action from Day 1 of the summer's first $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament.
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WSOP Circuit star Rex Clinkscales is fresh off winning the Colorado State Poker Championship, and today he'll play in his first WSOP event of the summer. Find out about his strategy coming in.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Amanda Musumeci | 3,000 | |
Dwyte Pilgrim | 3,000 | |
Rex Clinkscales | 3,000 | |
Robert Cheung
|
3,000 | |
Mark "Pegasus" Smith | 3,000 | |
Doug Carli | 3,000 | |
Jeff Madsen
|
3,000 | |
Faraz Jaka
|
3,000 | |
Ari Engel
|
3,000 | |
Jake Balsiger | 3,000 | |
Dominik Nitsche
|
3,000 | |
Kevin Saul | 3,000 | |
Pete Kaemmerlen | 3,000 | |
Ronnie Bardah
|
3,000 | |
Ryan Tepen | 3,000 | |
Jonathan Little | 3,000 | |
Brock Parker | 3,000 | |
Shannon Shorr
|
3,000 | |
Konstantin Puchkov
|
3,000 | |
Mike Leah
|
3,000 | |
Joe Kuether | 3,000 | |
Ryan Laplante
|
3,000 | |
Kathy Liebert
|
3,000 |
Less than a week ago, WSOP bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche took down the 2014 WSOP National Championship in Atlantic City for $352,800 and his second gold bracelet.
Nitsche, whose first bracelet came in a $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event, is in action today looking for more success; however, he has an early speed bump in the form of Kevin Haff.
We caught the action on the river with 500 in the pot and a board reading . Haff had bet 225 from the small blind and Nitsche raised him to 550 from the hijack. Haff thought for a bit before announcing that he was all in, and Nitsche thought for about ten seconds before folding.
"Six?" Nitsche asked his opponent. Haff then table the for the nuts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dominik Nitsche
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2,300 | -700 |
Out in first half hour...utg R I call 88 mp raises.We both call. Flop KQ8dd. Utg checks I bet,reraiser folds,UTG check raises 2x,I shove...Follow @AdventuresPoker
He tanks forever and finally calls w 7Tdd.No help for me but that's poker!On to the shootout tmrw!Follow @AdventuresPoker
got it in with qq on j755. i table my hand guy looks really sad taps the table and shows KK. #ggFollow @DominikNitsche
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rachel Kranz | Busted | |
Dominik Nitsche
|
Busted |
After the cutoff put in a small raise, 2012 WSOP Main Event third-place finisher Jake Balsiger called from the small blind and it was heads-up action to the flop. Balsiger checked, his opponent bet 150, and Balsiger sprung to life with a check-raise to 425.
His opponent made the call and then watched Balsiger fire out 675 on the turn. Again the cutoff called, and Balsiger opted to keep the pressure on by moving all in on the river. His opponent mumbled something about the third heart and then slid his cards to the dealer.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jake Balsiger | 4,250 | 1,250 |