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.
flop, the cutoff continued for 300. Bassaly raised to 600, getting a call from his opponent.
turn for 600, again getting a call.
river resulted in the same bet from Bassaly and yet another call.
, after which his opponent mucked his hand, giving Bassaly the pot.
flop, the big blind led out for 500. Amarapu call while the cutoff got out of the way.
turn, which Amarapu called. 
river it was Amarapu who fired the big bet, and the big blind made the call. Amarapu turned over 
, good for two pair, and the pot.
flop. Amarapu raised to 1,000. The small blind called.
river, the small blind again fired for 1,000. Amarapu raised to 2,000 before his opponent made the quick call. Amarapu turned over 
, giving him a full house and the pot.
and Liu continued with a bet, called by Campbell. The same action happened on the 
turn. The river was the 
.
in a three-way pot and around 10,000 already in the middle. A first player bet and the cutoff called. Matt Woodward, on the button, responded with a raise to 2,500 and his two opponents called. 
river was checked to Woodward who made another bet, and only the cutoff called. Woodward tabled 
and his opponent mucked his cards.
which Baker bet and the cutoff folded. Baker flipped his cards as he stacked the pot to show that his 
caught him a pair on the river.
showed up and Smith bet before calling a raise from Rocco. When the turn brought the 
and Badawi bet, called again by Pan and Schulman. The turn was the 
hit the river and this time Badawi checked. Pan sent a bet and Schulman raised it. Badawi let it go but Pan made the call, only to muck his cards after Schulman tabled 
for the flush.
. Campbell checked to Liu who bet and Campbell called. 
came on the turn and the same action occurred as on the flop.
showed up on the river and once again, Campbell check-called Liu. Liu showed 
for king-high and Campbell had