Welcome to Day 1 of Event #16: $10,000 Limit Hold'em
The first day of Event #16: $10,000 Limit Hold'em is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m local time.
This is a three-day event. Day 1 will start off with 60,000 in tournament chips and play 10 levels at 60 minutes each with a 15-minute break every 2 levels. There is no dinner break scheduled for Day 1 and late registration ends at the start of Day 2. The blinds will start at 300-500 with limits of 500-1,000.
In 2019 reigning champion Juha Helppi defeated a field of 118 players and won $306,622 and the coveted gold bracelet. A few other notable players who played at this event in 2019 were Eli Elezra, Tong G, Josh Arieh, Dan Shak, and Shaun Deeb.
Like all other $10,000 championship events at the WSOP you can expect to see some of the world's best players battling it out for piles of cash and the coveted gold bracelet.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor to provide you with the action from start to finish.