Get Ready! The $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shuffles Up and Deals at Noon
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Today will see the start of Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas with starting stacks of 40,000 chips. Each player is allowed one reentry before registration closes at the start of Level 13 on Day 2 (≈ 2:15 p.m. Thursday).
Day 1 is slated to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 6, which should be right about 6:40 p.m.
This bracelet event is scheduled to last four consecutive days. Day 2 on Thursday begins at noon, and there will be 10 additional levels of play. The Day 3 restart, a session that will not conclude until five players remain, kicks off at noon on Friday. On Saturday, the final table begins at a yet-to-be-determined time.
Paolo Boi came from behind to win this event last year for $676,900. He defeated a field of 1,773 entries to capture the bracelet.
2024 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Boi | Italy | $676,900 |
| 2 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | $451,299 |
| 3 | Juan Vecino | Spain | $326,883 |
| 4 | Brandon Mitchell | United States | $239,451 |
| 5 | Justin Belforti | United States | $177,416 |
| 6 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | $132,978 |
| 7 | Victor Paredes | United States | $100,840 |
| 8 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | $77,378 |
| 9 | Benjamin Gold | United States | $60,088 |
Winner's Reaction
"I still don't realize it. It's been very hard for four days," Boi said while waiting to take his winner's photos with his bracelet in his hands. He explained that he "didn't think about the bracelet" because he "was short-stacked during the whole tournament."
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