Event #23: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em Kicks off Today
The 53rd annual World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas continues today with Event #23: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em. Cards will be in the air at 3:00 p.m. PT today as this event kicks off.
Ryan Hansen is the current defending champion, having won $109,692 in last year's event as well as his first WSOP bracelet. Hansen bested a field of 162 entries that ended in an intense heads-up battle with Kosei Ichinose en route to victory.
Players will start the day with a stack of 40,000 chips and blinds will be 200/300 during Level 1. The levels will be 60-minutes, with a 15-min break after every two levels. Day 1 is set to play a total of ten levels before bagging up for the night and the late registration period will be open until the end of Level 8 (approximately 12:00 a.m.)
Stay tuned in to PokerNews at 3:00 p.m. today and over the rest of the tournament for all of the live updates on all of the action.