Event #15: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Dia 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-06-05 18:18 UTC-7

Wasserson Over Szabo

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Nível 7 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Gabor Szabo raised to 3,500 from the button, Eric Wasserson reraised all in for effectively 25,000-ish from the big blind and Szabo called all in.

Wasserson tabled , leading Szabo's .

The board came down , giving Wasserson jacks up to advance to the Round of 64.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Eric Wasserson	120,000 60,000	60,000
Gabor Szabo	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 18:06 UTC-7

Surprise, Surprise...Smith Moves On

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Nível 7 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

John Smith has a knack for defeating some of the greats in this WSOP Heads-Up tournament and he had another tough battle on his hands against Scott Seiver. Smith wrestled away the chip lead from Seiver and the two players clashed in one final hand.

Smith limped in on the button and Seiver made it 4,500 from the big blind. Smith called and the flop came . Seiver continued for another 4,500 and Smith called to see the on the turn. Seiver jammed all in for 24,600 and Smith snapped him off.

John Smith:
Scott Seiver:

Seiver flopped top pair but it was no match for Smith's two pair. The river was the and Smith did it again, moving on to the next round by defeating Seiver.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
John Smith	120,000 36,400	36,400
Scott Seiver	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 17:34 UTC-7

Flack Defeats Perry

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Nível 5 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Sean Perry raised to 2,500 and Layne Flack called to see a flop of . Flack led for 2,000 and Perry called.

After the turn, Flack check-shoved into a bet of 7,500 by Perry, and tabled when he received the call. Perry was drawing dead with and the river was a blank.

"We have a winner on 421," Perry announced to get the attention of floor staff and then wished Flack good luck in the next round.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Layne Flack	120,000 60,000	60,000

Sean Perry	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 17:16 UTC-7

Polk Traps Cada for All of the Chips

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Nível 4 : 400/800, 0 ante

A completed board of was spread across the table with just under 20,000 in the middle. Doug Polk checked to Joe Cada who tanked for a minute before shoving all in for 25,600. Polk snap-called and turned over for a full house.

Cada had a look of surprise on his face as he flashed the . "I was betting for value," Cada said. Polk will be moving on to the next round while Cada will have to look for another bracelet on another day.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Doug Polk	120,000 51,300	51,300

Joe Cada	Eliminado

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2019-06-05 12:05 UTC-7

$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Kicks Off at 3 p.m.

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Justin Bonomo - 2018 $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Winner

Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2019 World Series of Poker.

Kicking off this afternoon is Event #15: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. The only event of its kind on the WSOP schedule, many poker players around the world wait year round for this specific event to showcase their heads-up prowess, as a plethora of familiar faces and online heads-up specialists take part in this unique bracket-style event. Last year, Justin Bonomo won the first of his two 2018 WSOP bracelets, besting a field of 114 to capture what was then his second bracelet. He later went onto to win his third in The Big One For One Drop.

Here is a breakdown of the heads-up tournaments over the years at the WSOP:

Year	Buy-in	Entries	Champion	Earnings	Runner-Up
2007	$5,000	392	Dan Schreiber	$425,594	Mark Muchnik
2008	$10,000	256	Kenny Tran	$539,056	Alec Torelli
2009	$10,000	256	Leo Wolpert	$625,682	John Duthie
2010	$10,000	256	Ayaz Mahmood	$625,682	Ernst Schmejkal
2011	$25,000	128	Jake Cody	$851,192	Yevgeniy Timoshenko
2012	$10,000	152	Brian Hastings	$371,498	Jason Mo
2013	$10,000	162	Mark Radoja	$331,190	Don Nguyen
2014	$10,000	136	Davide Suriano	$335,553	Sam Stein
2015	$10,000	143	Keith Lehr	$334,440	Paul Volpe
2016	$10,000	153	Alan Percal	$320,574	John Smith
2017	$10,000	129	Adrian Mateos	$336,656	John Smith
2018	$10,000	114	Justin Bonomo	$185,965	Jason McConnon

Since this is a bracket-style event, an even perfect bracket number (for example 32, 64, 128 or 256) is needed for the bracket to be completed. When the number of players in the event is a non-perfect bracket number, then a "play-in" round takes place. A random drawing occurs to see which players will partake in that "play-in" round, and which players will receive a bye into the bracket. Anyone who plays in the "play-in" round will receive half of their buy-in back and is, in essence, playing a $5,000 satellite to get into the bracket.

Registration closes at 3 p.m. PT, and at that point, it will be determined whether the bracket is set or if a play-in round will take place. PokerNews will be on hand to provide all of the details and updates.

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