Action started with a raise to 400 from the hijack, the cutoff called, and Victor Lemos put in another raise to 600 from the button.
The big blind called, and the hijack put in another raise 800. The cutoff called and Lemos bumped it up to 1,000. All players called and went four ways to a flop.
That flop was 2♦K♣5♦ and Lemos fired out 200 which the hijack and cutoff both called.
The 6♣ came on the turn, and Lemos put out 400 this time and only the hijack made the call.
The 6♠ was the river, and Lemos bet 400 again which the hijack called. Lemos flipped over A♣K♥ and it was the winner.
The WSOP is well-staffed and dealers are lined up as players continue to take seats in Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold'em. Those who are in their seats have buckled up for a long day. It can be expected that many notables will be late registering for this event when the blinds have increased significantly.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #9: $1,500 Limit Hold'em (8-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 levels. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Saturday when levels increase to 60 minutes.
Last year's event saw 527 players generate a prize pool of $703,545. The winner was Vadim Shlez, who defeated Rostyslav Sabishchenko heads up in a Ukrainian one-two. Shlez took home $146,835 and his first WSOP bracelet.
“I’ve been working on it for pretty much my whole life,” Shlez told PokerNews. “I started poker pretty much with the World Series of Poker [...] I didn’t expect to win in this discipline, even though it was my favorite game when I started.”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2023
527
Vadim Shlez
Ukraine
$146,835
2022
522
Michael Moncek
United States
$145,856
2021
422
Yuval Bronshtein
Israel
$124,374
2019
541
David Baker
United States
$161,139
2018
596
Robert Nehorayan
United States
$173,568
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