Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Jour 1a a débuté
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Jour 1a a débuté
The second Saturday in July brings about the biggest tournament in poker: the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event. The first starting flight gets underway at 11 a.m. with players from around the world converging on the Rio for a shot at the most coveted title in poker. Over the next three days, names like Hellmuth, Moneymaker, Chan, Raymer, Brunson, and Nguyen will bring about a bit of nostalgia in rounders from all walks of life.
The Main Event began as an idea hatched in Texas gambler Benny Binion’s mind to promote his casino. In 1970, a small group of Texas rounders gathered at Binion’s for 10 days playing for high stakes in games like five-card draw, 2-7 lowball, seven-card stud, razz, and no-limit hold’em. Players voted on the winner at the end — Texan and future Poker Hall of Fame member Johnny Moss. By 1972, no-limit hold’em became the premier game and the $10,000 buy-in tournament that players now know as the Main Event was introduced.
In the intervening 47 years, the event has grown to mammoth proportions with numerous preliminary events. The championship bracelet was introduced by Binion in 1976 and has become the ultimate trophy in poker. Owning one has become the litmus test for poker greatness. The series has even expanded beyond Las Vegas with numerous circuit and bracelet events around the country and the world.
Binion surely couldn’t have imagined the scope that the game would become since his showcase began in 1970. In 2016, the WSOP drew 107,833 total entrants in 69 total events — the most in its history. The 2016 series awarded $221 million in prize money too, and the events brought in players from 107 countries — a sign of the international growth the game has undergone, fueled by the growth of internet poker and its popularity on television.
The venue has changed and numerous games and tournaments added, but the history remains. In recent years, some of those original games played in 1970 have even been worked back into the WSOP festivities in games like dealer’s choice and some of the mixed-games events. And the foundation of that remains the Main Event.
When players take their seats beginning today in those first starting flights, they are not just attempting to win a poker tournament; they are attempting to become part of the game’s history — a history that traces its roots from the Revolutionary War to Civil War battlefields to 19th Century steamboats floating on the Mississippi River to scorching Las Vegas summers. Win that bracelet and your name becomes synonymous with some of the best in the game. Thousands will try, but only one will raise that shiny gold bracelet in victory.
At 11 a.m., players start with 50,000 in chips. Levels are 120 minutes long throughout. After every level, players have a 20-minute break. The dinner break, 90 minutes long, takes place after Level 3, which should be around 5:40 p.m. Late registration for Day 1a of the 2017 WSOP Main Event is open until the end of the dinner break, registration closes around 7:10 p.m. If you're too late, there's always tomorrow (Day 1b) and Monday (Day 1c). Day 1a wraps up around 11:40 p.m.
Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
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1 | 120 minutes | 75 | 150 | - |
20-minute break | ||||
2 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | - |
20-minute break | ||||
3 | 120 minutes | 150 | 300 | 25 |
90-minute break | ||||
4 | 120 minutes | 200 | 400 | 50 |
20-minute break | ||||
5 | 120 minutes | 250 | 500 | 75 |
Players to survive today return to the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino Tuesday, July 11, 2017, to play another five levels.
Today's action starts at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be there the entire day with live updates from around the convention center of the Rio All Suite Hotel& Casino. Besides live updates, you can follow along via ESPN2 and PokerGo.
Start time | End time | Where to watch |
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11 a.m. | 1 p.m. | PokerGo |
1 p.m. | 5 p.m. | ESPN2 |
5 p.m. | 6:15 p.m. | PokerGo |
While the Main Event is just about to get underway, a plethora of events are already in the books. The 2017 WSOP kicked off May 31st with the $565 Employees Event and $10,000 Tag Team Event. Bryan Hollis took down the first event, and popular poker duo Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree received the second bracelet of the summer. Since then, dozens of events have been played, and PokerNews.com was there for each and every one of them. Millions in prize money has been rewarded, hundreds of thousands of hands have been dealt. Take a look at all the results up until now:
As the Main Event gets the cards in the air on today, a few events will still be wrapping up and continuing into the weekend with several big names still looking to bag a bracelet. In Event #69: $1,500 Razz, 14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth returns for Day 3 on a short stack, and Daniel Negreanu returns with a healthy chip stack in Event #68: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em. An extra 4th day was needed for Event #66: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em with Emile Schiff and Chris Klodnicki returning to battle for the bracelet. 85 ladies remain in the Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship, 29 players return for Day 2 of Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Last, but certainly not least, Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 gets underway today after 5 starting flights scattered through out the Fridays this summer. PokerNews will be following every tournament to its conclusion this weekend.
Year | Entries | Champion | Country | Winning Hand | Prize | |
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1970 | 7 | Johnny Moss | United States | - | - | |
1971 | 6 | Johnny Moss | United States | - | $30,000 | |
1972 | 8 | Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston | United States | $80,000 | ||
1973 | 13 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson | United States | $130,000 | ||
1974 | 16 | Johnny Moss | United States | $160,000 | ||
1975 | 21 | Brian "Sailor" Roberts | United States | $210,000 | ||
1976 | 22 | Doyle Brunson | United States | $220,000 | ||
1977 | 34 | Doyle Brunson | United States | $340,000 | ||
1978 | 42 | Bobby Baldwin | United States | $210,000 | ||
1979 | 54 | Hal Fowler | United States | $270,000 | ||
1980 | 73 | Stu Ungar | United States | $385,000 | ||
1981 | 75 | Stu Ungar | United States | $375,000 | ||
1982 | 104 | Jack Straus | United States | $520,000 | ||
1983 | 108 | Tom McEvoy | United States | $540,000 | ||
1984 | 132 | Jack Keller | United States | $660,000 | ||
1985 | 140 | Bill Smith | United States | $700,000 | ||
1986 | 141 | Berry Johnston | United States | $570,000 | ||
1987 | 152 | Johnny Chan | United States | (born in China) | $625,000 | |
1988 | 167 | Johnny Chan | United States | (born in China) | $700,000 | |
1989 | 178 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | $755,000 | ||
1990 | 194 | Mansour Matloubi | Iran | $895,000 | ||
1991 | 215 | Brad Daugherty | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1992 | 201 | Hamid Dastmalchi | Iran | $1,000,000 | ||
1993 | 220 | Jim Bechtel | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1994 | 268 | Russ Hamilton | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1995 | 273 | Dan Harrington | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1996 | 295 | Huck Seed | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1997 | 312 | Stu Ungar | United States | $1,000,000 | ||
1998 | 350 | Scotty Nguyen | United States | (born in Vietnam) | $1,000,000 | |
1999 | 393 | Noel Furlong | Ireland | $1,000,000 | ||
2000 | 512 | Chris Ferguson | United States | $1,500,000 | ||
2001 | 613 | Carlos Mortensen | Spain | (born in Ecuador) | $1,500,000 | |
2002 | 631 | Robert Varkonyi | United States | $2,000,000 | ||
2003 | 839 | Chris Moneymaker | United States | $2,500,000 | ||
2004 | 2,576 | Greg Raymer | United States | $5,000,000 | ||
2005 | 5,619 | Joe Hachem | Australia | $7,500,000 | ||
2006 | 8,773 | Jamie Gold | United States | $12,000,000 | ||
2007 | 6,358 | Jerry Yang | United States | (born in Laos) | $8,250,000 | |
2008 | 6,844 | Peter Eastgate | Denmark | $9,152,416 | ||
2009 | 6,494 | Joe Cada | United States | $8,547,042 | ||
2010 | 7,319 | Jonathan Duhamel | Canada | $8,944,310 | ||
2011 | 6,865 | Pius Heinz | Germany | $8,715,638 | ||
2012 | 6,598 | Greg Merson | United States | $8,531,853 | ||
2013 | 6,352 | Ryan Riess | United States | $8,361,570 | ||
2014 | 6,683 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | $10,000,000 | ||
2015 | 6,420 | Joe McKeehen | United States | $7,683,346 | ||
2016 | 6,737 | Qui Nguyen | United States | (born in Vietnam) | $8,005,310 |
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
The order has been given to shuffle up and deal, the clock is running, and the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event is underway.
Over on the main feature table are Richard Seymour and Anton Morgenstern while Hank Sitton is on the third feature table and Phil Laak on the secondary feature.
Other notables in the Brasilia room include Barny Boatman, Iraj Parvizi, Donnacha O'Dea, Chris George, Matthew Ashton, Emil Ekvardt, and Zorlu Er.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Anton Morgenstern | 52,800 | 52,800 |
Hank Sitton | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Zorlu Er | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Chris George | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Matthew Ashton
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Emil Ekvardt | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Barny Boatman
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Iraj Parvizi | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Donnacha O'Dea
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Richard Seymour | 49,770 | 49,770 |
Phil Laak
|
49,200 | 49,200 |
It's Day 1a of the Main Event and while 11 a.m. is early for most poker players, there will be plenty of familiar faces up and ready to go.
Among those is Jonathan Little and Steven van Zadelhoff. The two pros have taken their seats in Amazon Gold and look to get a head start on the 48th Annual World Series of Poker.
Little has already gotten off to a fast start this series with five cashes, including a ninth-place finish in Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $21,360. He has yet to capture his first WSOP bracelet, but has amassed over $6.5 million in earnings and will certainly keep trying.
Van Zadelhoff has booked two cashes so far and looks to add to his $1.4 million in earnings by locking up a win in Las Vegas to add a gold bracelet to his handful of wins from Prague, France, Spain, and his home country of the Netherlands.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Little | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Steven van Zadelhoff | 50,000 | 50,000 |
One of the players seated in Amazon Purple is 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson. The Swede won $10 million for topping poker's biggest event, and he'll be looking to put together a strong Day 1 here as he did when he won this, when he bagged the chip lead on his starting day.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Matt Reed
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Jeff Bryan | 50,000 | |
Barry Shulman
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Sergi Reixach | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Jared Griener | 50,000 | 50,000 |
David Swanson | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Mike Schneider | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Mark Radoja
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Chad Eveslage
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Brian Altman | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Martin Jacobson
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Seth Berger | 50,000 | 50,000 |
David Paredes | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Jen Shahade | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Tom Schneider
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Pascal Lefrancois
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
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In one of the far corners of Brasilia sits 2007 Main Event winner Jerry Yang. Yang won $8,250,000 for winning the 38th WSOP Main Event, besting Tuan Lam heads up.
On a board, Yang bet 675 and his opponent to his left made it 1,500. Yang thought for a while before folding his hand.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Jerry Yang
|
48,500 | 48,500 |
Among the recently seated in Amazon Purple: four-time bracelet winner Mike Matusow and seven-time bracelet winner Billy Baxter. Matusow drew a seat on the immediate left of Pratyush Buddiga.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
John Beauprez
|
50,000 | |
Anthony Spinella
|
50,000 | |
Mark Johnson | 50,000 | |
Simon Despres
|
50,000 | |
Billy Baxter
|
50,000 | |
Mike Matusow
|
50,000 |