Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
Day 1 Started
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$800
Prize Pool
$3,331,328
Entries
4,732
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
4,735
Players Left
310
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #17: $800 No-Limit Hold'em DeepStack here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This two-day event gets underway at 10 a.m. local time with late registration open for 12 levels. There will be 20-minute breaks every four levels, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 16.
The starting stack is 40,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 22 30-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 11 a.m. Thursday.
Last year's event saw a field of 4,747 entries generate a prize pool of $3,341,888. The winner was Renji Mao, who defeated Matthew Elsby heads-up to win $402,588 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“I did a lot of homework last night and I think it’s great to have a break, luckily,” Mao told PokerNews moments after his victory. “I changed my strategy completely today to be on a more aggressive end."
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,747 | Renji Mao | China | $402,588 |
| 2022 | 4,062 | Rajaee Wazwaz | United States | $358,346 |
| 2021 | 2,778 | Ran Koller | Israel | $269,478 |
| 2019 | 2,808 | Robert Mitchell | $297,537 |
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What Else is Happening at the World Series of Poker?
- The big names are out in force in Event #13: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship, where only 11 players remain, including Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey.
- Scott Seiver became a five-time WSOP bracelet winner and has surely staked a claim for a place in the Poker Hall of Fame.
- Event #19: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off on June 5 and should see some of the world's best players take to the felt.
Cards are in the air for Event #17. Players started the day with 40,000 chips and the day has commenced in Level 1 with 100/100 blinds and 100 big blind ante.
Players will have 20-minute breaks every four levels. Late registration is open until the end of Level 12.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
44,500
Table 471Seat 2
64,500
Table 289Seat 1
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Four players at the table saw a 6♠Q♦10♦9♣ board when the opponent in the hijack bet out 3,000 into David Johnson's check in late position.
Johnson quickly called and the dealer brought the Q♠ on the river. Both players checked it down and Johnson showed 7♦8♦ for a straight, against the opponent's K♦Q♥ who hit trips on the river.
Johnson got an early chip up to start the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
While most tables here at the Horseshoe are playing mostly small pots during the first two levels of play, there is one table in particular where players are battling early.
PokerNews caught the tail end of a hand where Joey Gargiulo was seen dragging in a large pot after doubling up. Gargiulo and the players at the table helped recap the action, where they explained that all the money went in on the flop of 3x5x4x.
Joey Gargiulo: 3x6x 
Opponent: 9x9x
Nines were in the lead on the Ax turn, but Gargiulo improved to trips on the 3x river, giving him the double up.
Players at the table shared that this was the fourth all in that took place, despite being very early in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Players were already at a board of 6♠10♣K♣9♥4♦ when Yoshinori Funayama bet small from the big blind. Ryan Conner from a late position made a call and the players flipped their hands.
Both players had a pair, Funayama sat with 8♠8♥ for pocket eights, missing the board and Conner had J♣10♠ for a pair of tens.
Conner took the pot and went straight into the next hand as the hijack. Conner raised preflop to 400 getting a call only from an opponent in the cutoff.
The flop brought A♠4♣K♥ and Conner continuation-bet for 700, getting a fold from the cutoff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Good luck everyone, nice start for the PolerNews kid!