Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day 1c Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$300
Prize Pool
$3,603,162
Entries
23,088
Level
47
Blinds
6,000,000 / 12,000,000
Ante
12,000,000
Entries
6,110
Players Left
227
So far, Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas has been a massive success. Could it be the largest field in WSOP history? Only time will tell.
Day 1a saw 3,940 runners take their shot at the massive $3,000,000 prize pool, while Day 1b had even more participants at 4,571. Today will likely see even more runners, and if the turnout of the Saturday flight from the Mystery Millions is any indication, we will see one of the largest single flights of any tournament in history on Day 1d this Saturday. All of this will hopefully culminate in the largest $300 buy-in event ever.
The current chip leader is Patrick White from Day 1a with a staggering 3,450,000 chips but the door is wide open for any player to walk into Day 2 with more than White. Players who do bag a Day 1 flight will return on Sunday, June 11 for their chance at glory and to be named the first-ever Gladiators of Poker champion.
Cards will be in the air at 10 a.m. local time, and players begin Day 1c with 30,000 chips. Levels for all opening flights are 30 minutes, with a 20-minute break at the conclusion of every four levels. A 75-minute dinner break is also on the schedule after Level 15 and is expected to be around 6:30 p.m.
The day consists of 22 levels of play, or until 15% of the field remains, whichever is later, (payouts will start on Day 1), and late registration closes after Level 11 (around 4:30 p.m.). As mentioned above, there will be one more starting flight tomorrow, Saturday, June 10 at 10 a.m.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor of Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Tournament officials have given the order to shuffle up and deal. The tournament clock shows 3,055, while more players continue to register.
Level 1
: 100/100, 100 ante
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Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
With the board showing 10♥8♦J♣7♣5♥ and a pot of nearly 20,000, Wei Chen checked from early position. His opponent, in the cutoff, went all in.
Chen considered for a couple of minutes, staring at the board. After about two minutes of thought, he called, putting himself at risk for his last 19,100.
"You win," said his opponent. Chen turned over J♥8♥ and took down the huge early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,900
54,900
|
54,900 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
And here we go! Game on #wsop https://t.co/azOfrRBZ7H
— k hill (@kevinjo96854657)
Level 2
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
With the board showing A♠2♠5♥3♦, the small blind bet 7,200. Yuke Zheng then raised to 20,000 from the button. His opponent threw in 23,000, his remaining stack.
"He's all in, right?" Zheng confirmed with the dealer before throwing in the call.
Small Blind: A♥Q♣
Yuke Zheng: 3♣3♥
The J♣ did nothing to disturb Zheng's set as he took down the pot and his opponent left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,400
71,400
|
71,400 |