Event 51 $1.5K NLHE – Carsten Joh Takes a Bracelet Home to Germany
When one looks at the entire WSOP schedule and sees so many $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournaments, it may seem like overkill and something that would be unable to draw interest after awhile. But it is exactly the opposite; as the Series goes on, the events become more popular. This was announced as sold out before the noon start time on Saturday, June 27, and there were players still angling to buy a seat. There was no shortage of interest in the relatively cheap buy-in NLHE events.
The final number of players in the field was 2,781, and the resulting prize pool was $3,796,065, which would be reserved for the last 297 players in the field. D Read the full post …


