Event #68: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Kicks Off Today at Noon
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Today sees the start of Event #68: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em at 12 p.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with starting stacks of 35,000 and blinds of 100/100/100. Levels will be 40 minutes on Day 1 and 60 minutes on Days 2 and 3.
Day 1 will play for 15 levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later, with 20-minute breaks every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 9 around 6:40 p.m. local time.
Day 2 will pick back up at noon and will play ten levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 23 around 6:30 p.m. local time. Day 3 will play down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a to-be-determined dinner break.
Last year's event drew 2,068 entries for a prize pool of $4,601,300 as Spain's Samuel Bernabeu defeated heads-up opponent James Anderson to win his first bracelet and $682,432 after a long hiatus from poker.
“I used to play a lot in Spain, but when I moved to Mexico, I took a lot of time off, but I felt like something was missing in my life being away for so long. It just feels amazing to actually win one after everything that has happened,” Bernabeu told PokerNews with tears in his eyes.
2023 $2,500 No-Limit Holdem Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Bernabeu | Spain | $682,432 |
| 2 | James Anderson | United States | $421,761 |
| 3 | Zlatin Penev | Italy | $310,528 |
| 4 | Seth Davies | United States | $310,528 |
| 5 | Diego Vaz Sorgatto | Brazil | $230,772 |
| 6 | Justin Kindred | United States | $137,121 |
| 7 | Ramon Fernandez | Spain | $100,252 |
| 8 | Derek Normand | United States | $77,401 |
| 9 | Daniel Schill | United States | $60,346 |
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What Else is Happening at the 2024 WSOP?
- Dario Sammartino finally became a WSOP champion, ridding himself of the "Best Players Without a Bracelet" tag.
- Only five players remain in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, including Daniel Negreanu, hoping to end an 11-year bracelet drought.
- We are not far away from crowning the first-ever PokerNews Deepstack Championship champion, with only 60 players heading into the penultimate day's play.