Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Started

06-20-2018 08:50 UTC-8

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

Frank Op de Woerd

Day 1 of Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold'em of the 2018 World Series of Poker is set to get underway at 11 a.m. today. Last year in this event, it was Shane Buchwald who beat a 616-player field to earn $177,985 as well as his first WSOP bracelet.

Players will start with 7,500 in chips and play 10 hour-long levels with a 20-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6 at around 5:40 p.m. Late registration will be closed after level 8.

There are only three limit Hold'em events on the 2018 World Series of Poker schedule with the next event being Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship on June 25. So for those limit hold'em specialists who are looking for a more affordable tournament, this is the event for you.

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Tags: Shane Buchwald

Level: 1

Limits: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-20-2018 10:05 UTC-8

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Cards are now in the air in Brasilia room.

06-20-2018 10:12 UTC-8

Luske in the Limit

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Aaron McBride

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Among the initial 370 players who have taken their seats from the off is Dutch professional Marcel Luske.

Luske boasts $4,969,472 in live recorded cashes and is currently ranked #1 in the Netherlands all-time money list. "The Flying Dutchman" will be looking for his first cash of this year's WSOP here in Event #41.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Marcel Luske

06-20-2018 10:20 UTC-8

Joe McKeehen Takes a Seat

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

The 2015 Main Event champion Joe McKeehen has just sat down at his table. McKeehen picked up his second WSOP bracelet last year in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	7,500 7,500	7,500

06-20-2018 10:39 UTC-8

In the Field

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Aaron McBride

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Craig Repoz	7,500 7,500	7,500
Michael Johnson	7,500 7,500	7,500
Ken Dang	7,500 7,500	7,500
Jim Kim	7,500 7,500	7,500
Steven Shapiro	7,500 7,500	7,500
Matthew Elsby	7,500 7,500	7,500

Michael Snow	7,500 7,500	7,500
William Harper	7,500 7,500	7,500
Louis Ampola	7,500 7,500	7,500
Brennan Kennedy	7,500 7,500	7,500
Todd Hansen	7,500 7,500	7,500
Phillip Hayes	7,500 7,500	7,500
Michael McGrath	7,500 7,500	7,500
Scott Brown	7,500 7,500	7,500
Christopher Cook	7,500 7,500	7,500
Robert Ferdinand	7,500 7,500	7,500
Dominzo Love	7,500 7,500	7,500
Karen Longfellow	7,500 7,500	7,500
Hope Williams	7,500 7,500	7,500

06-20-2018 10:45 UTC-8

Todd Witteles Among the Players

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Todd Witteles, who cashed yesterday the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em where he finished 33rd, has taken a seat in this event.

In 2005, Witteles won a bracelet in a $3,000 limit hold'em event, and he will be looking for a second bracelet in a limit event here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Witteles	7,500 650	650

06-20-2018 10:47 UTC-8

Notables in the Field

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	7,500 7,500	7,500
Xavier Kyablue	7,500 7,500	7,500

Michael Ross	7,500
Ari Engel	7,500 7,500	7,500

Jameson Painter	7,500 7,500	7,500
Gerald Ringe	7,500

Paul Sokoloff	7,500
Justin Pechie	7,500 7,500	7,500

Louise Francoeur	7,500 7,500	7,500

06-20-2018 10:48 UTC-8

Hansen Starts Well

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Aaron McBride

Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Joshua Lindberg raised from the hijack and Todd Hansen three-bet on the button, and after the rest of the table folded Lindberg made the call to see a flop. Lindberg then check-called a bet from Hansen, before he check-folded to another bet on the turn.

Hansen has started well and is up to 9,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Hansen	9,200 1,700	1,700
Joshua Lindberg	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Joshua Lindberg Todd Hansen