Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$2,443,500
Entries
1,086
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Day 1 of Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Begins Today
Welcome to Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em. Beginning at 11:00 a.m. players will have yet another chance at a bracelet in this three-day event.
Last year’s champion was Michael Gagliano from the United States. He took home his first WSOP gold bracelet and the biggest live win of his career, collecting $448,463 for his victory.
Day 1 will begin in just one short hour with play scheduled to last 10 levels. The $2,500 buy-in gets players 12,500 chips with which to start. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6. Late registration is expected to close after 8 levels, around 9.30 p.m.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards Are in the Air!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament director has announced "Shuffle up and deal." Players have taken their seats and play is underway!
Six-Time WSOP Champion TJ Cloutier Among Bracelet Winners in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Event 29 is well underway, and as expected, there are a ton of notables in the field already.
Six-time World Series of Poker champion TJ Cloutier is among the bracelet winners in the field. Some of the others include Barry Greenstein, Barny Boatman, Ken Aldridge, Michael Moore and Arkadiy Tsinis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Only 30 minutes into Day 1 of the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em event, and the field is already packed with notables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
Some Early Photos
By Jayne Furman.
2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe McKeehen Takes His Seat
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
While earning an elusive World Series of Poker bracelet is at the top every poker player's list of career goals, the biggest dream of all is to win the Main Event.
Joe McKeehen — part of today's field — did just that in 2015 for a whopping $7,683,346, and already has an impressive career to go with that bracelet win.
Although his Main Event score was huge, it still made up a little more than half of his career earnings, which McKeehen has built up to a total of $13,287,067 so far. Since his impressive performance in 2015, he has won the $25,000 Bay 101 High Roller ($156,966), a $2,200 event at Seminole Hard Rock ($104,608), a $1,500 Wynn Fall Classic event ($90,125) and a $1,200 event at Parx ($106,126). In addition to this, he has final-tabled a ton of high roller events throughout the poker circuit for impressive scores.
Look for McKeehen to continue to put his head down and go to work as he tries to collect more hardware to add to his already-impressive poker résumé.
Here is a look at some more players who have trickled in:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
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12,500 | 12,500 |
|
12,500 | 12,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Everybody Loves a Chopped Pot!
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The player under the gun opened to 275. Maria Konnikova called from the hijack as did the player on the button.
The dealer spread the 
flop. The player under the gun bet 350 and Konnikova called. The button folded. The dealer burned and turned the 
and the player under the gun bet 500. Konnikova called again.
The river was the 
, and this time the under-the-gun player bet 1,000. Konnikova called again.
The initial aggressor tabled 
and Konnikova showed 
for the chop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,300 | 11,300 |