All the Big Bets Under One Tent - Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Comes to Town
The big bets will be flying when Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet, comes to town Saturday, July 1st 4:00 p.m. at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas . A full menu of no-limit and pot-limit varietals will lure a field of the biggest names in big-bet games, and will require a Swiss Army knife of skills to triumph.
Players will navigate a rotation of big bet flop or draw games Big O, No-Limit Hold’em, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better, No-Limit Five Card Draw High, Pot-Limit Omaha, and Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, over three days of action.
Last year’s event was won by 22-year-old Lok Chan. He battled through a record field of 281 to capture his first WSOP bracelet and the top prize of $144,338.
“When I turned 17 or 18, I would go to Taiwan and play live tournaments and I would play cash online,” Chan said after the event. “This is my first time coming to Las Vegas for the WSOP. I was lucky enough to stay alive and have a chance to get a bracelet.”
With four cashes already in 2023, Chan should be in great form to defend his title. In addition to Chan, last year's field boasted bracelet winners Rami Boukai, Galen Hall, Patrick Leonard, Renan Bruschi, Richard Ashby, Scott Bohlman, Keith Lehr, Michael Savakinas, and Naoya Kihara all finishing in the top 20, so whoever hoists the bracelet will have survived a top-level gauntlet of big-bet masters.
$2,500 Mixed Big Bet History
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 281 | Lok Chan | Hong Kong | $144,338 |
| 2021 | 212 | Denis Strebkov | Russia | $117,898 |
| 2019 | 218 | Loren Klein | United States | $127,808 |
| 2018 | 205 | Scott Bohlman | United States | $122,138 |
| 2017 | 179 | Jens Lakemeier | Germany | $112,232 |
Players will begin 4:00 p.m. local time with 35,000 chips and play ten 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Two re-entries will be available to players should they bust before registration closes at the end of Level 8.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of this inaugural event as we begin the road to the crowning of another champion at the 2023 World Series Of Poker.