Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Starts at 2 PM
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Today sees the start of Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Last year’s event attracted 813 entries generating a prize pool of $3,739,800. The winner was Alex Keating who defeated Guoliang Wei heads up to win $701,688 and his first WSOP bracelet.
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 813 | Alex Keating | United States | $701,688 |
| 2022 | 573 | Michael Wang | United States | $541,604 |
| 2021 | 531 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | $511,184 |
| 2019 | 608 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | $606,526 |
| 2018 | 518 | Jeremy Wien | United States | $537,710 |
This two-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for 12 levels (~8:45 p.m.). This event allows for one reentry and there will be 15-minute breaks every four levels.
The starting stack is 50,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 20 30-minute levels. For the surviving players, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 10, and plays down to a winner.
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