Double Board Bomb Pot Madness Hits the WSOP at 12 p.m. PT
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Today at 12 p.m. local time sees the start of a brand new event at the WSOP, Event #41: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em & Pot-Limit Omaha Double Board Bomb Pot (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The first-of-its-kind eight-handed event draws influence from cash game bomb pots — where each player puts in a set amount and sees a flop — made popular by poker streams.
The Double Board Bomb Pots occur on the first hand of every game change, which takes place every eight hands. All players must ante for the bomb pot. A separate button will be used, and move one position every eight hands to determine who has the button for each bomb pot. The main button will freeze during the bomb pot and resume after the bomb pot is complete.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play fifteen 40-minute levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later. There will be a 15-minute break after the completion of every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 9. After the dinner break, late registration will close (approx. 7:30 p.m.). Each player is permitted two re-entries.
Day 2 resumes at 12 p.m. Sunday for the surviving players, ending when five remain. Level duration increases to 60 minutes on Day 2, and a winner will be crowned on Day 3.
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