Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Começado
Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 1 Começado
Today sees another tournament get out of the starting blocks, Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Last year 1,086 hopefuls generated a prize pool of $2,443,500. After four days of play (including one that had been unscheduled), one man was left standing: Gaurav Raina. Raina took home a WSOP bracelet and $456,822 in prize money. Raina overcame a final table including bracelet-winner Asi Moshe, Eddy Sabat, and Giuseppe Pantaleo.
Play will begin at 11:00 a.m. today and will conclude after 10 levels have played out. Levels last 60 minutes, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. There is also a 75-minute dinner break after the sixth level (at 5:40 p.m.). Players will start with 12,500 in chips with 25/50 as the first blind level.
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Nível: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
The Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em players have taken their seats in the Brasilia room. The cards are now in the air and PokerNews will be bringing you all of the live tournament updates.
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Michael Gagliano and Andy Hills were just involved in a battle of the blinds. We picked up the tail end of the preflop action just as Hills was putting out a reraise to 1,750. Gagliano called and they went heads up to the flop. Gagliano checked and Hills tossed out a bet of 1,400. Gagliano called, then both players checked the turn card.
The river was the and Gagliano checked. Hills bet 5,350 and after thinking it over for about 20 seconds Gagliano released his hand into the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Andy Hills |
16,500
16,500
|
16,500 |
Michael Gagliano |
9,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
There are a bunch of notable names already in the field. Among them is the "Robin Hood of Poker," philanthropist and Poker Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein. Greenstein has three bracelets and 99 WSOP and circuit cashes. Could this tournament be his 100th?
Joe Cada, the 2009 WSOP Main Event champion, has also taken a seat, Like Greenstein, Cada will have his sights set on earning a fourth career bracelet.
Those two are not the only bracelet winners in the room, as Niall Farrell and Michael Gagliano are also in the running. Meanwhile, Thomas Boivin and Cole Jackson are both here, too, looking to win their first.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Barry Greenstein |
12,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
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Joe Cada |
12,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
||
Niall Farrell |
12,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
||
Cole Jackson |
12,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
Thomas Boivin |
12,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
With the board reading , John Finton bet 1,700 and one opponent called. The turn then brought a and Finton moved all in. His opponent was the shorter stack with 4,500 left, and after thinking for a few moments, he made the call.
John Finton:
Opponent:
Finton had top set versus a pair, and the hand was over even before the river was dealt.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
John Finton
|
24,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
Bracelet winner Shankar Pillai has just taken down a pot and has built up to double starting stack in the process.
Picking up action on the turn with the board showing , Pillai checked and another player bet 2,000 in position. When the action came back to him, Pillai shoved all in for 12,300 and the move won him the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Shankar Pillai |
20,300
20,300
|
20,300 |
|
Nível: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0