Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em BOUNTY
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,601,450
Entries
1,927
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Welcome to Event #50: $1,500 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Welcome back for another "bounty" event at the 2017 World Series of Poker as Event #50: $1,500 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em gets underway today.
The reigning champion in this event is Kristen Bicknell from Canada. Last year she took home her second WSOP gold bracelet and collected $290,768 for topping a field of 2,158 players. Bicknell has two WSOP gold bracelets, 10 WSOP cashes and $604,236 in WSOP earnings. She already has five cashes this summer and one final table, getting sixth in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship.
This is a three-day event. Day 1 will begin at 11 a.m. with play scheduled to last 10 levels. The $1,500 buy-in will get players 7,500 chips to try to run up. Players will receive $500 from the prize pool for every player they eliminate. Bounties cannot be redeemed until 7:30 p.m. on Day 1. 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 6 levels, around 7:10 p.m.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Play is Underway
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament director has told the dealers to shuffle up and deal and cards are in the air!
Players Seated in Level 1, Brits in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
British players Louis Salter and Sam Grafton are both in the field, as well as Scottish pro Niall Farrell who we last saw bagging a rather large stack in the Giant event a few days ago. Farrell said then that he was going to take the day off and come back fresh in time for the Bounty.
Also in the field from yesterday's $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo is three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein, as well as Adam Hendrix who took runner-up in that event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
Kenny Hallaert in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Kenny Hallaert from Belgium has been having a fantastic summer. He already has five cashes locked up and one final table, getting third in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed for a total of $238,855. He also made the final two tables of the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker.
Hallaert is mostly famous for being a member of the 2016 WSOP November Nine. He will be looking to reach his second final table of the summer and pick up his first WSOP gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Rocco Palumbo Eliminates Two Players Early On
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
One player opened to 300 and got two callers. Rocco Palumbo three-bet and got one caller. A second player moved all in for slightly more. Palumbo and the other player both called.
The flop was 
and both remaining players checked. Palumbo and his opponent then got it in on the turn 
and the cards of all three players were turned over.
Palumbo:
Player 1 (all in preflop):
Player 2 (all in on the turn): 
The river was a brick, and Palumbo scooped the pot along with two bounties with just over half the first level gone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000 | 23,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
More Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field has been joined by more familiar players including Melissa Gillett and Gina Bacon.
Melissa Gillett of Australia has two deep runs this summer. She made the final table of Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em before being eliminated in fourth place for a cash of $127,180. She also made the final two tables of Event #33: 1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Gina Bacon from the United States is running hot as well. She made one final table this summer, getting sixth in the $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. She collected $118,923 for her run, the best live cash of her career.
They will both be looking to make their second final table of the summer and to get closer to the WSOP bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
Bracelet Winners, November Niners, Main Event Champions - All in the Field
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
November Niners Griffin Benger (7th - 2016) and Pierre Neuville (7th - 2015) have joined Kenny Hallaert (6th - 2016) in the field. The 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson is also in attendance.
2017 bracelet winner Chris Moorman, who won his first bracelet just under two weeks ago in the $3,000 6-Max, is also seated in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |
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7,500 | 7,500 |