Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Started
Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Started
It's time for another championship event as Event #52: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship gets underway at 3 p.m. local time. Last year the tournament attracted 120 players with the hopes of winning a World Series of Poker bracelet. WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen took the tournament down for $311,817 last year securing his second WSOP bracelet.
Players in the tournament start with a 50,000-chip stack in 500/1,000 limits. The tournament will run for three days and Day 1 will have ten 60-minute levels. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and the day will end at approximately 2 a.m. Late registration will be open until the start of Day 2 on Tuesday at 2 p.m. local time.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
The floor just announced the wonderful "shuffle up and deal" and we're off!
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu
|
50,000 | |
Chris Hunichen | 50,000 | |
David Benyamine
|
50,000 | |
Juha Helppi
|
50,000 |
Daniel Negreanu raised and the player in the small blind called. They went heads up to the flop and the small blind bet. Negreanu called and both players checked the turn card.
The river was the and the small blind checked, Negreanu bet, and his opponent called. Negreanu tabled his for sevens full of kings and the player mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu
|
53,000 | 3,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ian Johns
|
50,000 | |
James Obst
|
50,000 | |
Michael Moore | 50,000 | |
Ashish Gupta | 50,000 | |
Todd Witteles
|
41,100 |
David "ODB" Baker raised under the gun and Brock Parker called from the cutoff. The button called and Daniel Negreanu called from the small blind. They went four-handed to the flop and it checked to Parker who bet.
The button folded and Negreanu and Baker called. The turn was the and it checked to Parker who bet again. Both players quickly folded and Parker took the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brock Parker | 52,000 | 52,000 |
Daniel Negreanu
|
51,500 | -1,500 |
David "ODB" Baker
|
49,000 | 49,000 |
The flop was and Chris Vitch checked to Greg Debora. Debora put out a bet and Vitch raised. Debora called and the turn was the . Vitch continued with another bet and Debora called him again. The river completed the board and Vitch opted for a check this time.
Debora bet and Vitch thought about it and ended up calling. Debora opened up for two pair and took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Debora | 52,000 | |
Chris Vitch | 42,000 | 42,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Limits: 600/1,200