Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #8: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
The age-old saying 'Less is more' will be put to the test later today with the first ever $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em Championship getting underway. This four-day event is a new addition to the WSOP schedule for 2019, with the format growing in popularity amongst poker fans over the last six months.
WSOP Vice President of Corporate Communication Seth Palansky told PokerNews earlier in the year that the WSOP is "never afraid to try something."
"Every year we look to the schedule of events and determine what is growing in popularity and what is waning," Palansky said. "At one time, limit hold’em and five-card draw dominated our offerings. We are cognizant of our need to adapt and meet the current market demands.
"Some seem to last, like dealer’s choice, and some don’t, like ante-only no-limit hold’em."
For the uninitiated, short deck hold'em (also called Six Plus Hold'em) sees every card deuce through five removed, leaving just 36 of the 52 card deck remaining. As a result, strategies change and everything players thought they knew about hold'em is thrown out the window as they adjust to the new format.
One important thing to know before jumping into the short deck streets is that flushes beat full houses. This is the hand rankings the WSOP will use:
Hand Rankings |
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Royal Flush |
Straight Flush |
Four of a Kind |
Flush |
Full House |
Straight |
Three of a Kind |
Two Pair |
One Pair |
High Card |
Players will start with 30,000 chips and will be allowed a free add-on for another 30,000 at any point until the end of registration. There will also be a single re-entry for the first ten levels, with late registration closing after ten levels (~5:15 pm on Day 2).
Eight levels are scheduled for Day 1, with a 15-minute break after every two levels. The tournament will play six-handed, with each player putting in a single ante, with the player on the button putting in a double ante.
The new format will be sure to attract a crowd of interested spectators, but it remains to be seen what kind of field size will greet WSOP organizers.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the coverage of this brand new bracelet event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 100
Short deck regular Jason Koon is one of 13 players seated in the tournament so far. He is joined by Eric Kurtzman who has a string of WSOP cashes including two top-three finishes, and 2015 bracelet-winner Anthony Zinno.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Koon | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Anthony Zinno
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Eric Kurtzman | 30,000 | 30,000 |
On a flop of , action checked to Anothony Zinno, in the hijack , who bet bet 400. Jason Koon, on the cutoff, folded. The player in first-to-act called.
The turn brought the and was checked through to the river. The player in first-to-act threw in a bet of 1,200. Zinno raised to 4,100. His opponent gave up his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Zinno
|
32,000 | -28,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anson Tsang
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Cary Katz | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Ben Lamb
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
The player in first-to-act limped. Anthony Zinno, next to act, raised to 400. Jason Koon called from middle position, along with Ben Lamb on the cutoff, and the player on the button. The player in first-to-act added the remainder to call as well.
A flop reading was dealt and checked through to the turn. Action checked again to the player on the button who bet 1,200. Zinno was the only caller.
The completed the board. Both players opted to check. Zinno turned over for trips and his opponent threw his hand in the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Zinno
|
46,000 | 14,000 |
With 8,000 chips in the middle, both Cary Katz and Jason Koon checked a turn and the river was the . Katz checked and Koon bet 2,000.
Katz then check-raised to 7,000.
"You don't have a queen," said Koon. "Ever. But you very well could have ace-king or nine-eight."
He turned to look at his opponent.
"I'm going to look at you because I have a very good hand," he continued, before calling.
Katz showed and Koon took down the pot with
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jason Koon | 46,000 | 16,000 |
Cary Katz | 19,000 | -11,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Eldridge | 30,000 | |
Katherine Fleck | 30,000 | |
Matthew Gonzales | 30,000 | |
Bill Perkins | 30,000 | |
Eric Wasserson | 30,000 | |
Michael O'Grady | 30,000 | |
Sam Higgs
|
30,000 |
A player opened and got two calls including Australian Sam Higgs before Bill Perkins raised to 2,200 on the button. The initial raiser and Higgs both called and they both checked the flop to Perkins.
Perkins bet 3,500 and Higgs was the only caller. The turn was the . Higgs check-called 10,000 from Perkins and both checked the river.
Higgs showed for two pair, but Perkins had rivered a straight with to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bill Perkins | 53,000 | 23,000 |
Sam Higgs
|
14,000 | -16,000 |