Day 1 of Event #77: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed starts at 3 p.m.
Today at 3 p.m. Event #77: $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-handed is set to begin in the Miranda Ballroom. Yaser Al-Keliddar is the reigning champion of the event; he bested a field of 580 players to win his first gold bracelet and the $154,338 first-place prize in last year's WSOP.
Juha Helppi finished at the second place of the podium but took his revenge last week by winning the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship to take home the coveted bracelet and $306,622. Barry Greenstein also took part at the final table but finished in sixth place for $20,358
Players who enter the event will receive 20,000 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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