Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
The first Six-Handed No-Limit event of The World Series of Poker 2021 will start today at 11:00 am.
This three-day event will see players on Day 1 each begin with a starting stack of 25,000 chips. They will play 17 levels with a duration of 40 minutes. There will be a 20-minute break every three levels. The players will have a 75-minute dinner break after level 9 (≈ 5:40 p.m) where registration will end (≈ 6:55 p.m.) before they return.
Isaac Baron is the reigning champion from 2019 where he took home his first WSOP bracelet and a cash prize of $407,739. Baron bested a field size of 1,832 entrants making the prize pool a whopping $2,473,200.
In this format, there is a maximum of six players at the table as opposed to nine, or sometimes ten in the more traditional multi-table poker tournament. The table positions in order of post-flop action are small blind, big blind, under the gun, hijack, cutoff, and the button. In a 6-handed structure, you will generally see a higher percentage of players seeing a flop, more hands being played per hour, and a lot less folding. The most significant adjustments for players in a 6-handed format are the loosening of pre-flop hand selection and increased aggression.
These adjustments make for a lot of action so be sure to follow along at PokerNews for all the live updates from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
The tournament has begun!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Lexy Gavin | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Daniel Buzgon | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Justin Ligeri | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Steven Snyder | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Ashley Sleeth | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Anthony Cass | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Anatolii Zyrin
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Robert Mather | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Frank Funaro
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Jesse Sylvia | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Matt Stout | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Ken Aldridge
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Chris Moorman
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Allen Kessler | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Ori Hasson
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Kenneth Cleeton | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Brian Altman | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Florian Duta | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Antoine Sankari | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Justin Arnwine | 25,000 | 25,000 |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Barak Wisbrod
|
25,000 | |
Brad Albrinck | 25,000 | |
Craig Varnell
|
25,000 | |
Matthew Wantman | 25,000 | |
Nick Palma | 25,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
On a board of there was roughly 1,000 in the middle. The small blind and Nika Futterman both checked to the player on the button who put in a bet of 600. Both Futterman and the small blind made the call.
The river was the and all three players checked. Nobody seemed too interested in showing as the small blind eventually showed the for ten-high and Futterman showed for ace-high which was good enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Nika Futterman | 24,500 | 24,500 |
With roughly 9,500 in the middle the board read and Taylor Howard lead out for a bet of 10,000. His opponent stared him down and went into the tank for about 30-seconds before throwing in two 5,000 chips to make the call.
Howard tabled the for nines full of threes and his opponent mucked her hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Taylor Howard | 44,100 |