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We’re expecting a packed field today at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegasas Event #89: $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship No-Limit Hold’em kicks off at 2 p.m. local time with the first of two opening flights.
This four-day tournament gives players 40,000 in starting chips and features 60-minute levels throughout. Players are allowed one reentry per flight. Late registration is open until the start of Level 12, at around 2:15 p.m. on Day 2.
Flight A begins today, Wednesday, July 9. Flight B follows on Thursday, July 10. Each flight will play ten levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Surviving players will combine for Day 2 on Friday, July 11, at 1 p.m., where another ten levels are scheduled. Day 3 continues at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, with ten more levels. The final day will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 13, when the remaining players return to play down to a winner.
The aptly-named Clement Richez is the reigning champion after taking down 2024’s 3,177 runner event for a massive first-place prize of $1,041,989. It marked Richez’s first bracelet, although he had previously cashed in the WSOP-E Main Event.
“I’m shaking all over,” Richez said afterward to French media as he described the emotion of his win, “I didn’t think this would give me so many emotions. I was on the verge of crying during the winner’s photo, and I’ll probably cry after this because I need to release all the pressure.”
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