Event #15: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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2019 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Premiação
$1,052,800
Entries
112
Nível
83
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
0
$10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Kicks Off at 3 p.m.
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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.
Heads-Up Event Starting Soon
Registration numbers are being finalized and the random draw of matchups and byes will be revealed at about 3:30 p.m.
Faces in the Waiting Crowd
Among those who are in the area awaiting their potential play-in round matchup include Doug Polk, Chris Ferguson, Phil Hellmuth, Richie Sklar, Rainer Kempe, Jonathan Jaffe, Dominik Nitsche, Manig Loeser, Ole Schemion, Stefan Schillhabel, Olivier Busquet, Jeremy Wien, George Wolff, Aaron Mermelstein and John Smith.
A Few More Faces in the Crowd
Joe McKeehen, Joe Cada, Chance Kornuth, Brian Rast, Patrick Leonard and defending champion Justin Bonomo are also among those here in anticipation of the draw bring released, which should be in the next 10 minutes.
Play-In Round Matches
With 112 entries, 16 players have received byes into the Round of 64. Those who are playing in the "play-in" round are essentially playing in a $5,000 satellite. They will receive half of their $10,000 entry back.
Forty-eight play-in matches are now underway, and we'll have those listed shortly.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 0
Play-In Round Matches
Nível 1
: 200/300, 0 ante
Here are the "play-in" round matchups (these are not in bracket form).
The bracket will be determined once 64 players remain.
| Sam Higgs | vs. | Jimmy Guerrero |
| Anatoliy Duka | vs. | Ole Schemion |
| Michael Song | vs. | [Removed:321] Abedi |
| Zachary Clark | vs. | Yong Wang |
| Darren Elias | vs. | Lachezar Petkov |
| Branden Hampton | vs. | Paul Martino |
| Erik Seidel | vs. | Boris Kolev |
| Ivan Derya | vs. | Charles Furey |
| Peter Kelly | vs. | Jan Lakota |
| Rainer Kempe | vs. | Ben Yu |
| Ricky Guan | vs. | Lucas Reeves |
| Adrian Mateos | vs. | Matthias Eibinger |
| Marius Gierse | vs. | Pedro Waldburger |
| Doug Polk | vs. | Joe Cada |
| Thomas Boivin | vs. | Chance Kornuth |
| Keith Block | vs. | Richard Tuhrim |
| Sean Swingruber | vs. | Bill Klein |
| Ben Maya | vs. | Nick Schulman |
| Alex Foxen | vs. | Dario Sammartino |
| Conor Beresford | vs. | Thiago Nishijima |
| Scott Baumstein | vs. | Elias Talvitie |
| Layne Flack | vs. | Sean Perry |
| Basil Yaiche | vs. | Manig Loeser |
| Aaron Mermelstein | vs. | Michael Addamo |
| Warwick Mirzikinian | vs. | Caufman Talley |
| Timothy Tenpas | vs. | Patrick Leonard |
| Scott Seiver | vs. | John Smith |
| Richard Sklar | vs. | Joe McKeehen |
| Gregory Jensen | vs. | Dominik Nitsche |
| Cord Garcia | vs. | Brian Green |
| Jacob Daniels | vs. | James Dambrosio |
| Kevin Forte | vs. | Kane Kalas |
| David Peters | vs. | Jonathan Jaffe |
| Benjamin Jones | vs. | Manuel Saavedra |
| George Wolff | vs. | Yingui Li |
| Chris Ferguson | vs. | Johan Guilbert |
| Joel Micka | vs. | Sam Soverel |
| Joshua Heinzl | vs. | Olivier Busquet |
| Raul Martinez Gallego | vs. | Mark Burford |
| Anton Morgenstern | vs. | Matthew Gonzales |
| Joao Vieira | vs. | Ryan Hall |
| Brandon Steven | vs. | Vicent Bosca Ramon |
| Alex Epstein | vs. | Julien Martini |
| Brian Rast | vs. | Stefan Schillhabel |
| Cary Katz | vs. | Steven Sarmiento |
| Matthew Schrieber | vs. | Dimitar Danchev |
| Juan Pardo Dominguez | vs. | Danny Tang |
| Eric Wasserson | vs. | Gabor Szabo |
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
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60,000 | 60,000 |
Kempe Takes Down an Early Pot from Yu
Nível 1
: 200/300, 0 ante
Rainer Kempe raised to 700 on the button and Benjamin Yu three-bet to 3,500. Kempe called and the two players saw a flop of 
. Yu led out for 2,300 and Kempe stuck around to see the 
on the turn.
Yu tossed in another bet of 10,000 and Kempe still called. The 
paired the board on the river and Yu finally shut down with a check. Kempe checked it back and Yu turned over 
for a missed flush draw. Kempe tabled 
for two pair and collected the first pot of their match.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
75,800 | 15,800 |
|
44,200 | -15,800 |
Guilbert Takes on Ferguson
Nível 1
: 200/300, 0 ante
In one of the match ups with two well-known players, Johan Guilbert called a Chris Ferguson raise to 800. Both players opted to check down the board of 
and Guilbert announced ace-ten before rolling over the 
. Ferguson had that beat with the 
.
Other nearby match ups include Alex Foxen versus Dario Sammartino and Juan Pardo vs Danny Tang.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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61,000 | 1,000 |
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59,000 | -1,000 |