Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #54: Big Blind Antes $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,000
Entries
1,020
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left 1 / 1,020
Filter
(1)
Less than a week away from the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, no-limit hold’em players will filter into the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino once again this afternoon for one of their last tune-ups before the big show with Day 1 of Event #54: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em kicking off at 3 p.m.
The event features big blind antes and a 15,000 chip starting stack. Blinds will increase every 60 minutes with a 15-minute break every two levels. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break following Level 8, approximately 12 a.m.
This is the third $3,000 NLHE event of the 2018 series. Joe Cada took down the shootout version that attracted 363 entries for $226,218, then Gal Yifrach bested a field of 868 entries in the six-handed variant for $461,798.
Some talented players have captured their first bracelets in this event over the years including the most recent victor, Harrison Gimbel. in 2017, Gimbel defeated Chance Kornuth heads-up to win his first bracelet and more impressively, the third piece of the poker triple crown. Gimbel joined Andrew Lichtenberger, Thiago Nishijima, and Sean Dempsey as the most recent champions.
Past Results:
| Year | Champion | Entries | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Harrison Gimbel | 1,349 | $645,922 |
| 2016 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 1,125 | $569,158 |
| 2015 | Thiago Nishijima | 989 | $456,843 |
| 2014 | Sean Dempsey | 992 | $548,460 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Norm Macdonald just sat down at the table with Anton Wigg and Pierre Neuville. Macdonald won a bit pot right away and started the tournament off well.
The board was already complete with 
laying on the table. The pot had 9,000 in it and Macdonald put out a bet of 5,000, which is 100 big blinds at this point of the tournament.
His opponent ended up calling after a while and Macdonald opened up 
for a flopped set of sevens, while his opponent mucked his hand while saying he had pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,000
21,000
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21,000 |
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
With about 9,000 already piled up in the middle on the flop of a 
board, Brian Green moved all in for 10,050 and his heads-up opponent, Stefan Ivanov, was in the tank.
A few moments went by before Ivanov made the call and saw the bad news.
Brian Green: 
Stefan Ivanov: 
Ivanov found no help from a 
run out and was forced to move the majority of his stack to his right.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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29,500
14,500
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14,500 |
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2,000
13,000
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13,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
