Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
The first day of Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em is set to begin at 3 p.m. local time in the Miranda Room. Last year it was Danny Le who would win this event, topping a field of 665 players to earn $188,815 and his first WSOP bracelet. Joining him at the final table was Tyler Bonkowski, who is no stranger to limit tournaments as he captured his first WSOP gold in the $3,000 LHE event in 2011.
There are only two LHE events on the 2017 World Series of Poker schedule with the next event being the $10,000 Championship event, so for those limit hold'em specialists on a budget, this is the event for them. We do anticipate seeing some of the better players in the game taking part in this event. Last year, Max Silver, Michael Mizrachi, Mike Watson, Anthony Zinno and Joe McKeehen all took part in this event.
The cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. local time, and the plan is to play ten 60-minute levels before calling it a night. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of your live, up-to-the-minute updates straight from the tournament floor.
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Level: 1
Limits: 100/200
Ante: 0
Cards are in the air in Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em. The tournament clock showed 293 entries when play began.
WSOP bracelet winners Carol Fuchs, Brock Parker, Ylon Schwartz and James Woods have been spotted early, after an initial walk through the tournament floor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hal Lubarsky | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Carol Fuchs
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Brock Parker | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Ylon Schwartz
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
James Woods | 7,500 | 7,500 |
The action folded around to the small blind who called. James Woods checked from the big blind.
The flop came and the small blind checked. Woods bet. His opponent called.
The turn brought the and once again Woods bet after his opponent checked. The bet was called.
Both player then checked the on the river before the player in the small blind tables for two pair.
That was enough to take down the pot as Woods released his hand to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Woods | 6,800 | -700 |
2015 WSOP Main Event champion Joe McKeehen is here as well as bracelet winner's Ronnie Bardah and Rep Porter.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joe McKeehen
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Ronnie Bardah
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Rep Porter
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Jeff Shulman | 7,500 | 7,500 |
The tournament today has a group of tables set up across the hall in the Brasilia Room.
Amongst the players include bracelet winners Andrey Zaichenko and Tyler Bonkowski as well as 2007 Aussie Million Main Event runner-up Jimmy Fricke.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
J. J. Liu
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Jimmy Fricke | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Andrey Zaichenko
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Tyler Bonkowski
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Some more players have been spotted in the final stages of the first level including Aron Dermer.
Dermer has had a great start to the 2017 WSOP, cashing six times, including just missing out on the final tables of both the $1,500 and $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better events within the space of a few days.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Tryba
|
7,500 | |
Tony Nasr | 7,500 | |
Aron Dermer | 7,500 |
Level: 2
Limits: 150/300
Ante: 0