The 53rd annual World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas continues with Event #34: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em. This is a three-day event that will kick off today at 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Chad Himmelspach is the current defending champion, having won $207,877 in last year's event along with his first WSOP bracelet. HImmelspach bested a field of 1,191 entries that ended in an intense three-hour heads-up battle against Stefan Reiser before being crowned as champion.
Players will start the day with a stack of 25,000 in chips and Level 1 blinds will be 100/100 with 100 big blind ante. For Day 1, levels will be 40 minutes, with a 20-minute break every three levels. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 9, at approximately 5:40 p.m. and the players will complete 17 levels before they call it a night and bag their chips for Day 2.
Late registration will be open until the end of the dinner break after Level 9 which should be around 6:55 p.m. if things kick off in time. As this event is a freezeout, reentries will not be possible for players who fail to win their final all-in.
Stay tuned in to PokerNews at 11:00 a.m. today and throughout the rest of the tournament for all of the live updates on the action.
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and Daigle continued for 2,200 which was enough to fold out Platt and take down the early pot.
