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Today sees the start of Event #83: $1,500 Eight Game Mixed (6-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 12 p.m. local time, with late registration open for nine levels. This event allows for one reentry. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9 (~6:30 p.m.)
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play fifteen 40-minute levels. Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. on Monday, July 8, where another ten levels of 60 minutes each will play out ahead of the champion being crowned on Day 3.
Last year’s event attracted a field of 789 entries generating a prize pool of $1,053,315.
The winner was Shaun Deeb, who defeated Aloisio Dourado heads-up to win $198,854 and his sixth WSOP bracelet.
“There’s a ton of variance in these tournaments. Anything can happen. You can lose a flip,” Deeb said. “Obviously, the winning hand, I got super lucky. I beat a pair of queens with king-ten in a spot where he would only call off if it came ten-ten. I was going to lose a big pot a lot of the time there.”
| Year | Winner | Country | First prize | Entries |
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| 2023 | Shaun Deeb | United States | $198,854 | 789 |
| 2022 | Menikos Panagiotou | Cyprus | $180,783 | 695 |
| 2021 | Ryan Leng | United States | $137,969 | 484 |
| 2019 | Rami Boukai | United States | $177,294 | 612 |
| 2018 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | $147,348 | 481 |
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What Else is Happening at the 2024 WSOP?
- Phil Hellmuth is in the house! He arrived late on Day 1c of the Main Event. You can read about it or watch the video of his martial arts-themed entrance above.
- It is Main Event time, catch up on the latest live reporting on the most prestigious event of the poker year and the second biggest Main Event field ever (and counting).
- You can also check out the summary of yesterday's action at the World Series of Poker.
- Or read this collection of smaller, personal stories from players who have entered the Main Event. See what the tournament means to them.
