Welcome to Day 1 of Event 79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em
The Main Event may be getting most of the attention, but there is still plenty of other No-Limit Hold'em tournament action taking place at the WSOP. One of those tournaments, Event 79: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em, starts today at 3 p.m. local time and is scheduled as a four-day event.
In 2018, Diogo Veiga outlasted 1,029 entrants to take home the $522,715 top prize, the second largest of his tournament career, and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Veiga was also the first-ever champion in this event, which was called Event #54: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Big Blind Ante when it made its debut at the 2018 WSOP.
Players taking their seats today will start with 20,000 in chips, a moderate increase over last year’s starting stack of 15,000 chips. The schedule for Day 1 consists of 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with a 15-minute break after every two levels of play and there is no dinner break on Day 1. This tournament also features a freezeout format, so registration is open through the end of Level 8 (approximately 12 a.m. local time). Those players lucky enough to find a bag at the end of play will return on Wednesday, July 10th at 2 p.m. local time.
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Play kicks off at 3 p.m. local time, and the PokerNews team will be on hand to report all the action from when the first card is dealt until the last card hits the felt.