Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Begins at 11:00 AM
The 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas kicks off today at 11 a.m. PDT. with Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold'em.
The 2021 version of this event attracted an unbelievable 4,527 entrants to create a $2,309,280 prize pool. Emerging as the winner was Zhi Wu of Boston, Massachusetts, who won $281,604 and the gold bracelet for the victory, which was Wu’s first-career WSOP cash.
680 players were paid for their efforts, though just 216 players bagged chips in order to play Day 2.
It’s worth remembering that 6,150 players competed in the 2019 version of the tournament. If the beginning of the 2022 WSOP is any indication, the field could reach 7,000 runners or more.
What to Expect
The players will start off with a massive stack equal to 300 big blinds, with 22 30-minute levels scheduled for Day 1 and 20-minute breaks slotted in after every four levels. The players will be given a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level 15.
The event will allow players to rebuy just once, and the field will begin with 30,000 chips with late registration open until level 12.
The remaining players will come back at noon on Tuesday and play down to a winner. Each level will remain at 30 minutes but this time the players will only have a 15-minute breaks every four levels, with a hour-long dinner break at level 34.
Action kicks off at 11 a.m. local time in the Paris Ballroom and the PokerNews live reporting team will have all the action from this and every event from the WSOP’s new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.