Event #12: $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-05-2018 02:16 UTC-7

John Hennigan Sets Sights on Dealer's Choice Title After Strong Day 1

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The players were more in control of their destiny than any normal event Monday at the 2018 World Series of Poker with Day 1 of Event #12: $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed. A total of 406 entries gathered to test their luck in 20 different poker variants.

From Big-O to Badacey and all the way down to 5-Card Draw, each player at the tables got to choose their favorite games across ten 60-minute levels. Just 120 runners had what it took to master the various disciplines en route to securing a seat for Day 2.

The field generated a prize pool worth $548,100 that will pay the top 61 spots at least $2,263. Awaiting the eventual champion is a top prize worth $129,882 and of course a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet.

The man with the best shot thus far is John Hennigan. Hennigan claimed the chip lead in a huge Pot-Limit Omaha pot during the final moments of the night where he flopped a set and got paid on two streets. Hennigan will return for Day 2 with 89,800.

Joining Hennigan at the top of the counts are Andrey Zhigalov (85,275), Xunen Zheng (69,950), Luke Saltus (61,875), Joey Couden (59,325), and Jeff Lisandro (58,025). Craig Chait (50,825), David Funkhouser (50,825), Shirley Rosario (46,550), Chris Vitch (42,025), and Layne Flack (23,175) are just a few of the notables also moving on to Day 2.

Defending champion, David Bach, fired two barrels, missing the target with each to relinquish the title. Former champs, Carol Fuchs and Larry Berg also busted joining the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Frank Kassela, Shaun Deeb, Shaun Buchanan, James Obst, and Jeff Madsen as casualties seeing their stacks dispersed among the survivors.

Play resumes on Tuesday with Day 2 action kicking off with a 2pm restart. Another ten levels are scheduled with a 60-minute dinner break interrupting play around 8:30pm The third and final day of play is set for Wednesday afternoon and the PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the action as it happens.

Tags: Chris Vitch Daniel Negreanu John Hennigan Joseph Couden Lawrence Berg Layne Flack Phil Hellmuth Shawn Buchanan Shirley Rosario

06-05-2018 01:12 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payout Structure Released

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Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Event #12 received a total of 406 entries generating a prize pool worth $548,100. The top 61 spots will get paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $2,263.

Awaiting the eventual champion is of course a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize worth $129,882.

Here's how the rest of the prizes will be distributed:

Place	Prize	POY Pts
1st	$129,882	927.59
2nd	$80,256	463.80
3rd	$52,130	417.42
4th	$34,700	371.04
5th	$23,686	347.85
6th	$16,589	324.66
7th	$11,930	278.28
8th	$11,930	255.09
9th	$8,815	231.90
10th	$8,815	185.52
11th-12th	$6,698	185.52
13th-18th	$5,238	185.52
19th-20th	$4,219	185.52
21st-24th	$4,219	92.76
25th-30th	$3,503	92.76
31st-35th	$3,002	92.76
36th	$3,002	46.38
37th-42nd	$2,657	46.38
43rd-48th	$2,432	46.38
49th-54th	$2,304	46.38
55th-61st	$2,263	46.38

06-05-2018 00:52 UTC-7

No 15th Bracelet for Hellmuth

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

The greatest player of the World Series of Poker will have to wait for bracelet number 15. With the action folded around to Hellmuth on the button, he raised to 900, having just a couple of chips behind. Daniel Ospina offered Hellmuth some luck putting a min-raise out, enough to put Hellmuth all in, and the 'Poker Brat' slid the rest in the middle.

Daniel Ospina:
Phil Hellmuth:

Hellmuth was racing with a slight advantage as the dealer fanned out a board. Ospina spiked an eight on the turn and Hellmuth departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Ospina	28,000	-6,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-05-2018 00:38 UTC-7

Ramdin Straightens Out Soulier

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Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

5-Card Draw High

Three players including Fabrice Soulier and Victor Ramdin paid 2,500 predraw and each drew one card. The first player to act checked and then Soulier bet 5,500. Ramdin raised all in having Soulier covered and after their neighbor folded, Soulier called off for his tournament life.

"Straight," announced Ramdin as he tabled the and a disgusted Soulier tossed his cards in the muck before exiting the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ramdin	46,600	30,600
Fabrice Soulier	Busted

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Victor Ramdin

06-04-2018 18:18 UTC-7

Woods Climbs in 2-7 Triple Draw

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Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Action started with an under-the-gun limp before Christopher Sensoli raised to 400 in the cutoff. Matthew Schreiber three-bet to 600 from the button as James Woods called in the small blind, as did the limper and Sensoli.

Woods and Sensoli drew one, Schreiber drew two, and the limper drew three.

Woods led out for 200 before the limper raised to 400. Sensoli and Schreiber called, as did Woods before he stood pat and the limper and Sensoli drew one as Schreiber drew two.

Woods bet, and his three opponents called and drew one as Woods stood pat again.

After the final draw was complete, Woods led out for 400, and his three opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	15,000	-75
Christopher Sensoli	6,000	-2,000
Matthew Schreiber	1,750	1,750

Tags: Christopher Sensoli James Woods Matthew Schreiber

06-04-2018 15:02 UTC-7

Structure of the Tournament

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Level 1 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players will begin with 7,500 in starting chips and will be playing ten 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every two levels.

Late registration is open for eight levels; approximately 12 a.m. PDT, and players are allowed one reentry.

As for the tournament, it will be played six-handed with players able to chose from this list of games:

Flop Games	Stud Games	Draw Games
No-Limit Hold'em	Razz	No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Limit Hold'em	Seven Card Stud	Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Pot-Limit Hold'em	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	Limit 2-7 Tiple Draw
Pot-Limit Omaha	Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular	Ace to 5 Lowball Triple Draw
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better		Badugi
Big O		Badeucy
Limit Omaha High		Badacey
Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better		No-Limit 5-Card Draw High

06-04-2018 10:31 UTC-7

Pick a Game, Any Game! Time to Play Some Dealer's Choice!

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Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2018 World Series of Poker for Day 1 of Event #12: $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed!

Whether it be in the cash games, or on the WSOP tournament schedule, mixed games are here to stay as their popularity has been on the rise over the past few years. There's not a tournament schedule in the city that doesn't have some mixed games sprinkled in-between all the Hold'em and Omaha tournaments, but here at the WSOP is where it's at as an elusive gold bracelet awaits whoever can navigate these treacherous fields featuring savvy veterans and cash game regulars.

The WSOP has always featured tournaments with multiple games such as H.O.R.S.E. and 8-Game, but four years ago saw the inaugural Dealer's Choice tournament won by Robert Mizrachi when he bested the 419-player field to capture his second (at the time) WSOP gold bracelet. The following year in 2015 saw Carol Fuchs win her first WSOP gold bracelet when she topped a 357-player field and a final table that featured the defending champion.

In 2016, Lawrence Berg outlasted the 389-player field to capture his first WSOP gold bracelet, while last year David Bach added to his WSOP gold bracelet collection that at the time included just the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (now the Poker Players Championship), before he collected another in this event, and then one more in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship just 10 days later.

$1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Past Results

Year	Winner	Country	Players	Prize Pool	First Prize
2014	Robert Mizrachi	USA	419	$565,650	$147,092
2015	Carol Fuchs	USA	357	$481,950	$127,735
2016	Lawrence Berg	USA	389	$525,150	$125,466
2017	David Bach	USA	364	$491,400	$119,399

Like in previous years, this tournament carries with it a $1,500 buy-in, but for the first time it gives players the option of one re-entry. Consequently, a bigger then ever prize pool is expected with 2014's $565,650 prize pool, and $147,092 first prize likely to be broken.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand to provide continuous live updates of every wheel, scoop and outdraw live from Event #12: $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed. Action is underway from 3:00 p.m. (PDT), so stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all your live reporting needs.

06-04-2018 10:30 UTC-7

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