Event #45: Big Blind Antes $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day 1 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #45: Big Blind Antes $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,540,800
Entries
1,712
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #45: Big Blind Antes $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
Day 1 of Event $45: Big Blind Antes $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) starts at 11 a.m. This is a two-day event and a new event on the 2018 WSOP calendar. The tournament will implement a Big Blind Ante Structure, which means that the ante will come from the big blind and will speed up the game.
Players will begin with 5,000 in chips and will play twenty 30-minute levels. There will be a 20-minute break every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12, at approximately 5:40 p.m.. Late registration will close after the first 8 levels, which will be around 3.40 p.m. local time.
Players who find a bag at the end of the day, will continue to battle it out on Saturday, June 23 at 12:00 p.m. until a winner is crowned.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial ''shuffle up and deal'' and cards are in the air.
Early Risers
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament has just started but a lot of familiar faces have already been spotted including WSOP bracelet winners Nipun Java and James Mackey, as well as Antoine Saout, Ari Engel, and Kelly Minkin.
Mackey has a WSOP bracelet and $1,949,586 in total earnings at the WSOP. He has already secured two cashes this summer, including a second-place finish in Event #28: 3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed. He will be looking to earn his second career bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
Faces From the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
More Notables
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000 | |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
More Players Join, Field Over 1,000
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
McManus Chops it Up
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Final tablist and fifth-place finisher of the 2000 World Series of Poker Main Event Jim McManus limped into a pot from the button, joining five players who saw a flop of 
. Three players checked to a fourth who bet 200. McManus raised to 575 and it folded round to the first bettor who called.
The turn was the 
. McManus' opponent check-called a bet of 1,075 and the river was the 
. Both players checked.
McManus showed 
for a pair of kings, and his opponent looked mildly inconvenienced only to be chopping having missed his flush draw with 
. The pair spit the pot midway through the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500 | 4,500 |