Players Get One Shot When Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em Begins at 11 a.m. PST
The massive field that gathers at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino today for Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em will take their seats knowing one thing: they have only one chance to fulfill their dreams of winning a WSOP bracelet.
This is a freezeout event, so once a player loses their 25,000 starting stack, they won’t get the opportunity to re-enter. For information about how to play freezeout tournaments, check out the PokerNews freezeout portal.
The schedule calls for 22 30-minute levels when play begins at 11 a.m. PST. Late registration is open until the end of dinner break, which is expected to come around 6:55 p.m. Players who survive the day will return tomorrow to play down to a champion.
Last week’s $1,000 Freezeout event attracted 1,358 players and was won by Dalibor Dula of the Czech Republic. Maxx Coleman and Maurice Hawkins made runs to the final table. With a lower buy-in, expect an even larger field today.
Dula is still alive in the Monster Stack event, so it remains to be seen whether he will enter this event and take another shot at repeating that performance. He had just $4,700 in WSOP earnings before his bracelet. The field today is sure to attract a fair mix of established pros and players just like Dula who are looking to make a name for themselves by overcoming the odds and winning the bracelet.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will be here throughout the day providing live updates and chip counts as the field is whittled down past the money bubble and toward crowning a champion tomorrow.