Level: 2
Limits: 600/1,200
Ante: 0
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,128,000
Entries
120
Level
29
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Ian Johns Bets Twice
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
David Benyamine raised in early position and Ian Johns made it three bets in the cutoff. The small blind made it four bets and Benyamine and Johns called.
The flop was 
and the small blind checked. Benyamine checked and Johns bet. Both opponents called and the turn was the 
. It checked to Johns again and he bet, prompting folds from the small blind and Benyamine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | 3,000 |
|
51,500 | 1,500 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000 |
Leforbes Gets His Wish Against Parker
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Brock Parker opened from under the gun, Damien Leforbes three-bet from the cutoff, Oleg Chebotarev made it four bets from the button, Parker called, Leforbes capped the betting, and was called by both opponents.
On the 
flop, Parker checked to Leforbes who bet. Chebotarev folded and Parker called.
Parker then check-called the 
turn.
Before the river came out, Leforbes said, "Pair the board," and true to his word, the 
fell. Parker checked-called Leforbes' bet for the third time.
Leforbes turned over 
for kings up and took down the pot as Parker mucked.
Brock Parker Among Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
The field is still pretty small, but many successful limit hold'em players are already here. Michael Moore has a bracelet from $5,000 Limit Hold'em in 2013, Kenny Hsiung won the $3,000 Limit Hold'em event in 2012, Todd Witteles won the $3,000 Limit Hold'em in 2005, and Kevin Song has a bracelet from the $2,000 Limit Hold'em in 1997. Brock Parker has three bracelets including one in $1,500 Limit Hold'em Six-Handed in 2009. And let's not forget Ian Johns, who has three bracelets and is the defending champion of this event.
Other bracelet winners in the field include Christopher Vitch and 2015 WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen. Sean Berrios has run deep in many WSOP events and placed second in this event last year. He also finished in fourth place in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event in 2014, and is looking to improve on those finishes.
Christopher Vitch, Jameson Painter, Aron Dermer, and Matthew Davidow are also in the field to battle for WSOP gold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 4,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Cards in the Air!
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
With 32 entries at the start of play, cards are in the air in Event #38!
Level: 1
Limits: 500/1,000
Ante: 0
Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship Gets Underway at 3 p.m.!
Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship is set to begin at 3 p.m. today. Last year, the 110-player field for this event generated a prize pool of just over $1 million. Ian Johns won his second WSOP bracelet in that event, along with a $290,635 cash prize. Johns already has four cashes in the series so far, including an 18th-place finish in Event #24: $1,500 Limit Hold'em.
Players who enter the three-day event will receive 50,000 in tournament chips for their $10,000 buy-in. Levels will be 60 minutes long with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Ten levels of play are scheduled today with registration open through the break after Level 8, at approximately midnight.
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Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
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