Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 1 Started
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,237,950
Entries
917
Level
46
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Welcome to Event #17, the $1,500 NLHE Shootout
Today is the start of Event #17: $1500 NLHE Shootout and play gets underway at 11.00 a.m. with the 2000-player maximum registration closing after level 3.
Preston Lee, a 32-year-old poker pro from Millbrae, California, is the 2018 defending champion of this event, winning $236,498 and the WSOP bracelet in last year's corresponding event. Other familiar gunslingers who played the event last year and cashed included Phil Hellmuth and Martin Jacobson. The tournament is a very special one, and is expected to attract some of the world's top players once again, with many well-known faces flocking to the felt for their share of the prize pool.
Both Days 2 and 3 are expected to start at 11.00 a.m. across the next two days, but today is the day cards are in the air and each table will play to a winner to see who progresses to the next shootout table. It's one of the most popular events of the World Series of Poker, and action kicks off at 11.00 a.m local time.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 0
Cards are Now in the Air
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
Cards are now in the air for Day 1 of the $1,500 WSOP shootout
Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
More Big Names
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Parker Wins a Nice Pot Early
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
On a board of 
Kyle Parker led with a bet of 4,000 from the small blind and the cutoff tanked before finally making the call.
Kyle Parker: 
Opponent: mucked
More importantly Parker has an early chip lead on table 41and is off to a good start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Hughes Takes From Berkey
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
The player in mid-position raised to 300. The cutoff called. Ryan Hughes, on the button, three-bet to 1,000. Matt Berkey, in the small blind, called. The player in middle position and the player on the cutoff added the remainder to call as well.
The dealer spread a flop of 
. Berkey bet 1,800. The player in mid-position and the cutoff folded. Hughes called.
The turn brought the 
. Berkey continued with another bet of 2,800. Hughes called.
The 
filled up the river. Berkey fired 5,600. Hughes moved all in for about 19,400. Berkey went deep into the tank for a few minutes and eventually Hughes called the clock on him. Within 2 seconds left to act before his hand was declared dead, Berkey threw in his chips in the middle, to call. Hughes turned over 
for a set and Berkey sent his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
5,000 | 5,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 1
: 100/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 38,000 |
|
34,000 | |
|
26,000 | 26,000 |
|
26,000 | |
|
|
25,000 | |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0