Event #5: $25,000 Dealers Choice Championship Day 2 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

12-10-2024 17:56 UTC-5

Racener Takes Out Moncek in Largest Pot of Tournament

Brett Slezak

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Daniel Negreanu opened the button to 25,000 and John Racener called in the small blind. In the big blind, Michael Moncek potted to 100,000. Negreanu quickly folded before Racener went deep into the tank. He eventually decided to four-bet to 325,000, and Moncek called.

On the 7♥5♣3♠ flop, Racener jammed as the slightly covering stack and Moncek called off for 230,000.

Michael Moncek: A♦Q♠5♦2♦ All in
John Racener: A♥K♥K♦10♠

Moncek flopped a five but was behind the kings of Racener. The board ran out 8♥7♦ and Moncek was eliminated in a massive pot as Racener took the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	1,750,000 1,510,000	1,510,000

Michael Moncek	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu John Racener Michael Moncek

12-10-2024 17:40 UTC-5

Arieh Over-Flushes Hellmuth

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Connor Richards

Level 12

Limit Flop/Draw: 8,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 15,000 Completion, 15,000-30,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 8,000/12,000 Ante, 4,000-8,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Phil Hellmuth opened to 16,000 in the hijack and Josh Arieh and Aaron Kupin both called in the blinds.

Arieh led out for 22,000 on the flop of 5♣4♥J♣ and both opponents called. The 7♥ turn then checked through and all three players checked again on the Q♣ river.

Arieh showed a king-high flush with K♣10♦4♦2♣ to pip the Q♠J♥9♣8♣ of Hellmuth, who kept his composure after losing the minimum. "I thought I had the nuts," Hellmuth said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	700,000 10,000	10,000
Phil Hellmuth	420,000 215,000	215,000

Aaron Kupin	110,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Aaron Kupin Josh Arieh Phil Hellmuth

12-10-2024 17:16 UTC-5

Auzoux Doubles with Broadway

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Connor Richards

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

In a heads-up pot on a board of Q♠8♥10♣, Gregoire Auzoux moved all in for 64,000 and Chris Klodnicki called.

Gregoire Auzoux: A♥J♠10♥6♠ All in
Chris Klodnicki: A♣9♥7♦5♣

The board finished out 4♥K♦ and Auzoux made Broadway to double through Klodnicki.

"How I end up with ace-high at the end?" asked Klodnicki.

"You called the flop with ace-high," replied Benny Glaser.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregoire Auzoux	240,000 45,000	45,000
Chris Klodnicki	170,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Gregoire Auzoux Benny Glaser

12-10-2024 17:15 UTC-5

Prize Pool Announced

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

The top seven players will be paid, with a minimum cash of $60,040 and the eventual winner to receive $353,340.

There are currently 21 players remaining with an average stack of 350,000.

Place	Prize
1	$353,340
2	$262,090
3	$194,430
4	$144,230
5	$107,000
6	$79,370
7	$60,040

12-10-2024 16:40 UTC-5

"You're Just Lighting Chips on Fire"

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Brett Slezak

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

Badugi

Jared Bleznick raised from the hijack and was called by Jason Mercier in the cutoff and Nacho Barbero on the button.

Bleznick stood pat, Mercier took one, and Barbero took two. Bleznick bet and both opponents called.

On the second draw all players did the same. Bleznick led again, Mercier raised, and Barbero folded. After some deliberation, Bleznick tossed out a three-bet and Mercier opted to let it go.

Bleznick showed a nine-eight badugi to the table.

"That's an insane three-bet," Mercier elaborated. "You're just lighting chips on fire."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	360,000 230,000	230,000

Jason Mercier	120,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Jared Bleznick Jason Mercier Nacho Barbero

12-10-2024 16:34 UTC-5

Glaser Check-Jams on Watson

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Connor Richards

Level 11

Limit Flop/Draw: 6,000-12,000, 12,000-24,000 Limit
Stud Games: 3,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 12,000 Completion, 12,000-24,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 6,000/9,000 Ante, 3,000-6,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 10♣5♥9♠, Benny Glaser checked from the big blind and Mike Watson bet 25,000 from the hijack. Glaser called. Both players then checked on the 7♦ turn.

Glaser checked again on the Q♦ river and Watson bet 45,000. Glaser check-jammed a stack of around 200,000 and Watson slid his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	500,000 110,000	110,000

Benny Glaser	320,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Mike Watson

12-10-2024 15:50 UTC-5

Texas Mike is Back

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Connor Richards

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limit
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Michael Moncek sat down and was quickly eliminated by Daniel Negreanu but wasted no time buying back in to be situated in between Shaun Deeb and Josh Arieh.

"Texas Mike" had a rough summer but is coming off a ninth-place finish in Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million for $1,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	400,000 250,000	250,000

Michael Moncek	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Josh Arieh Michael Moncek Shaun Deeb

12-10-2024 15:21 UTC-5

Sternheimer Peels a Four to Double Through Deeb

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Connor Richards

Level 10

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limit
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

2-7 Triple Draw

Philip Sternheimer was all in against Shaun Deeb and drew two as Deeb stood pat. Sternheimer again drew two as Deeb stood pat and Sternheimer drew one on the final draw as Deeb kept his hand and showed 8x7x6x5x2x.

Sternheimer showed 7x6x5x2x and slowly peeled his final card, announcing "fifty-fifty" as he then turned over 4x to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	350,000

Philip Sternheimer	40,000 144,000	144,000

Tags: Philip Sternheimer Shaun Deeb

12-10-2024 14:41 UTC-5

Seiver Goes Runner-Runner to Crack Negreanu's Aces

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Connor Richards

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limit
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Daniel Negreanu was all in for around 200,000 against Scott Seiver in a heads-up hand of Pot-Limit Omaha and he brought the selfie stick out.

Daniel Negreanu: A♠A♦9♣3♠ All in
Scott Seiver: A♥A♣8♦4♦

Both players had aces but it looked like Negreanu could freeroll his way to victory as the flop of 2♥Q♠7♠ gave him a flush draw while giving Seiver a whole lot of nothing.

However, the board proceeded to run out 4♥8♥ and Negreanu gasped in disbelief as he saw Seiver had made runner-runner two pair to mark his elimination. Negreanu rushed to tell Eric Wasserson what had happened and quickly bought back into the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	400,000 200,000	200,000

Daniel Negreanu	150,000 10,000	10,000

Eric Wasserson	150,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Eric Wasserson Scott Seiver

12-10-2024 14:26 UTC-5

Team Lucky on Team Lucky Violence

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Brett Slezak

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limit
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Shaun Deeb opened the cutoff and fellow Team Lucky member Josh Arieh defended his big blind.

Both players took one and Arieh checked to Deeb who cut out a bet of 28,000. Arieh was in clear bluff-catching scenario after catching a bad card but ultimately decided to lay it down.

Deeb flinged his cards in the direction of Arieh who revealed Jx6x6x4x2x for a pair as Deeb's bluff got through.

"Did you really think I could beat you in a flip?" joked Deeb.