Over the next two weeks, WSOP.com is giving players in Nevada the chance to turn small tournament buy-ins into large cash prizes with the Mini Fest tournament series. With 16 events offering $40,000 in guaranteed prize money, you don't want to miss a second of the action when the cards go in the air at 5:30 p.m. each day from June 22 though July 7.
Today's tournament is Event #4: $22 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout with a $1,200 guarantee. The tournament kicks off in a little more than an hour, so don't miss out!
Here's a full look at the WSOP.com Mini Fest schedule:
Event
Date
Time
Tournament
Buy-in
Guarantee
1
June 22
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$16.50
$2,500
2
June 23
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,500
3
June 24
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$1,000
4
June 25
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
5
June 26
5:30 p.m.
Omaha 8 or Better - Re-Entry
$33
$750
6
June 27
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
7
June 28
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$55
$5,000
8
June 29
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$109
$7,500
9
June 30
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$1,500
10
July 1
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Freezeout
$22
$1,200
11
July 2
5:30 p.m.
Pot-Limit Omaha - Rebuy & Add On
$5.50
$600
12
July 3
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Knockout
$7.70 + $7
$750
13
July 4
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Rebuy & Add On
$11
$2,000
14
July 5
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$55
$4,500
15
July 6
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Rebuy & Add On
$27.50
$5,500
16
July 7
5:30 p.m.
No-Limit Hold 'Em - Six Max - Re-Entry
$33
$3,000
For complete information regarding WSOP.com's Mini Fest series, please click here.
Todd Brunson opened for 30,000 from middle position and then called when James Obst three-bet to 100,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and then both players checked the flop. Brunson proceeded to bet 155,000 on the turn but folded when Obst raised the pot to 683,000.
Elior Sion raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, Brandon Shack-Harris called from the big blind, and the flop fell . Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and Shack-Harris bet 50,000. Sion raised to 180,000, Shack-Harris three-bet it to 700,000 or so, and Sion folded.
Everyone knows limit hold'em is poker's most exciting game, right? Nothing gets the juices flowing like a bunch of constrained bets from players holding two cards with no antes being involved. That said, here's a look into a full round of limit hold'em from one of the three remaining tables in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, Table 353.
Hand #1: Action folded to Matt Glantz in the small blind, and he raised. Melissa Burr folded in the big blind, and Glantz won the pot.
Hand #2: Action folded to Glantz once again, but this time he was on the button. He raised, Burr folded from the small blind and Robert Mizrachi folded from the big blind.
Hand #3: On the third hand of the rotation, John Hennigan received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #4: Glantz raised from under the gun, and Jesse Martin called from the big blind before the dealer spread the flop. Martin checked, Glantz bet, and Martin check-raised. Glantz folded.
Hand #5: Hennigan raised from the button after play folded to him, and Martin and Glantz folded from the two blinds.
Hand #6: Action folded to Glantz in the small blind, and he raised. Burr called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked, and the was added on fourth street. Glantz checked, Burr bet, and Glantz folded.
Hand #7: On the seventh and final hand of the limit hold'em round, action folded to Glantz on the button, and he raised. Mizrachi called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Mizrachi checked, Glantz bet, and Mizrachi check-raised. Glantz called. The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Mizrachi checked, Glantz bet, and Mizrachi tank-folded.
Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion raised under the gun and then called when Chun Lei Zhou three-bet from the hijack. Sion checked the flop, Zhou bet, and Sion check-raised. Zhou made the call and then Sion check-called a bet on the turn. That action repeated itself on the river and Zhou tabled the for the win.
Mizrachi called out of the small blind, Hennigan raised, and Mizrachi called. Mizrachi fired out bets on all three draws, and Hennigan opted to raise after the last.