Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Dia 1 Começado
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Premiação
$691,200
Entries
256
Nível
24
Limites
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Starts at 3 p.m. Today
Today at 3 p.m. Event #53: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-handed is set to begin. Last year 245 players played this event, with Rafael Lebron the one to best the rest to win his first bracelet along with a $169,337 cash prize. Lebron has already cashed three times in the series, and will surely be looking forward to trying to defend his title in this one.
Players who enter the event will receive 15,000 in tournament chips. Levels will be 60 minutes long with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Ten levels of play are scheduled for today with registration open through the break after Level 8 till approximately midnight.
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Nível: 1
Limites: 150/300
Ante: 0
Christopher Vitch Back at It
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
After a long heads-up battle with Benny Glaser in which he captured his second WSOP gold bracelet, Christopher Vitch is back at it again today in Event #53: $3,000 6-Max Limit Hold'em.
Some of the tables are playing with only three players and currently Vitch is seated next to Tyler Bonkowski. Bonkowski already has one WSOP gold bracelet in a Limit Hold'em event .
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Names in the Field
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
More Names in the Field
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
WSOP: Special Obst
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
James Obst is in the field early having just busted the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight or Better.
He is currently sitting in fourth place on the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard. Ray Henson is currently in first and is still in Day 2 of the $10,000 PLO 8. Obst has four top-10 finishes this year, including a win in the $10,000 Razz Championship for his first WSOP bracelet.
There are likely to be more POY contenders joining the field after they bust from either the $10,000 PLO 8 or the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that also began earlier today. Below is the current top five of the WSOP POY race.
| Player | Points |
|---|---|
| Ray Henson | 531.22 |
| Ryan Hughes | 530.13 |
| John Racener | 527.75 |
| James Obst | 509.01 |
| Mike Leah | 508.24 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
Kenneth Shei Gets There
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
Frank Kassela raised under the gun and Kenneth Shei three-bet. Mark Gregorich made it four bets from the small blind and Kassela folded before Shei called.
The flop came 
and Gregorich bet. Shei called. The turn was the 
and Gregorich bet again. Shei called.
On the river, the 
came and Gregorich check-called. Shei showed 
and won the hand.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
16,400 | |
|
9,300 |
Updated Counts and New Entries
Nível 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
17,300 | 17,300 |
|
16,100 | 16,100 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
15,000 | 15,000 |
|
13,800 | 2,800 |