Right now, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 through July 7.
Today's tournament is $5.50 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On with a $1,500 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in about an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
We get to the table with a flop of and a bet of 975 in front of Maurice Hawkins who was in the big blind. His lone opponent is Scott Montgomery, best known for his fifth place finish in the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Mongtomery moves all in and Hawkins makes the call and is at risk with . Montgomery is on a draw with but Hawkins has two of his outs. The turn is the and the river is the and Hawkins scored the much needed double up to 8,100 in chips.
And with that double up, the talking started. Nothing unusual for Hawkins, who had a ninth place finish in the Millionaire Maker for $128,150.
With 900 in the pot and the board showing , Shannon Shorr made a bet of 575. His opponent, bobbing his head in rhythm to music, made the call. The river was the and this time Shorr led out for 1,600.
His opponent's head continued bouncing and he casually tossed the rest of his chips into the middle as if he didn't have a care in the world for a total of 3,175. Shorr thought for a few seconds and made the call. His opponent sat there for a moment, oblivious, and then seeming surprised that Shorr had called turned over for ace high. Shorr had flopped the nut straight with and his straight was still good.
As Shorr was stacking chips, his now eliminated opponent walked out of the tournament room, his head still bobbing side to side, almost as if he were one of the Butabi brothers from Night at the Roxbury.