Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
136
Level
4
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Here are the matches for the first round of Event #40. Please note that the bracket has not yet been determined. Once these eight matches have winners, the 128-player bracket will be set.
| Name | vs | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Olivier Busquet | - | Steven Saris |
| Faraz Jaka | - | Cary Katz |
| Igor Kurganov | - | Serkan Kurnaz |
| Don Nguyen | - | Brian Rast |
| Zach Hyman | - | Daniel Steinberg |
| Joe Cada | - | Ashton Griffin |
| Brock Parker | - | Jacob Baumgartner |
| Paul Volpe | - | David Peters |
With 136 entrants, there will be eight matches in the first round. The winners of those eight matches will then join the 120 players who are receiving byes.
The 16 players who drew matches in the first round will get half of their buy-in back. In essence, they are each playing a $5,000 satellite to reach the second round.
We will have those matches for you shortly.
The first round matches are set to start at 1:00 p.m. We will post the matches and those who have byes as soon as we are given that information.
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 1 coverage of the Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
Heads-up poker is a format with which the best players in the world are intimately familiar, having often spent hours honing their games against fellow elites online in both cash and sit-n-go formats. Additionally, they've all made plenty of deep runs in tournaments and often found themselves heads up for championships.
Plenty of heavy hitters are expected to enter the field, and last year, some big names found themselves going far in the event. Online legends Randy "nanonoko" Lew, Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky, Phil Galfond, and Justin Bonomo all made deep runs into the money, as did the one and only Phil Hellmuth. However, it was bracelet winner Mark Radoja topping the 162-player field and claiming the $331,190 first-place prize by beating Don Nguyen who then followed that performance up by also taking second in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
The plan for Day 1 is to play four rounds, leaving only 16 players left by the end of the night. Be sure to tune in as we bring you all of the live updates right here on PokerNews.
Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
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