Mixed Game Specialists Gear Up for $3,000 Nine Game Mixed
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Today sees the start of Event #53: $3,000 Nine Game Mixed (7-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
This tournament requires a mastery of nine different poker variants—Limit Hold'em, Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud, Razz, No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw, No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration open for eight levels (approx. 8:45 p.m.) There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play. There is only one reentry in this event.
The starting stack is 40,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 12 levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Friday and closes after another ten levels of play. A winner will crowned the following day.
The first six levels will be 40 minutes in length and the duration increases to 60 minutes from Level 7 onwards.
Last year’s event saw 361 entries, generating a prize pool of $963,870. The winner was Ryutaro Suzuki who defeated Walter Chambers heads-up to win $221,124 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“I’m not so long experienced in mixed games. But in 2022, I experienced mixed games and it was really fun for me." Suzuki told PokerNews. "So I targeted this year for mixed game events. I practiced a lot. Luckily, I won. I’m not a master. I tried and had some luck.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 361 | Ryutaro Suzuki | Japan | $221,124 |
| 2022 | 456 | Kijoon Park | United States | $219,799 |
| 2021 | 319 | Nicholas Julia | United States | $168,808 |
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