2018 World Series of Poker

Event #18: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
3♠10♣10♥5♠q♥q♠a♥
Prize
$293,275
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,043,400
Entries
111
Level Info
Level
32
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1

Bracelet Winners Yockey and Friedman Jockey for Top Spot

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mnuwwarah
Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Bryce Yockey
Bryce Yockey

The true test of poker versatility has begun at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, as Day 1 of $10,000 Dealer's Choice wrapped up just past 2 a.m. Friday morning with 41 players, less than half of the field, remaining.

Dealer's Choice gives players a unique opportunity to play some games at a high-stakes level that are never ordinarily present in tournament poker. The format appears to have a solid following of about 100 loyal players, as 103 turned out so far with registration still open until the first cards come off the deck on Friday afternoon. That's already one better than last year's total.

World Series of Poker bracelet winners Bryce Yockey and Adam Friedman led the way when the plaques were finally done being shuffled for the night. Yockey finished with 328,500 and Friedman narrowly behind with 316,700.

Friedman said he wasn't playing much of a tournament schedule this summer but couldn't resist firing this event, one he has said he looks forward to every year. He showed up a few hours in and got the ball rolling early with a big bluff holding blockers against Chris Vitch in Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo. He rocketed from 50,000 to 240,000 in about 40 minutes in the latter stages of the day.

Yockey, who grabbed his first bracelet just last year in the $10,000 PLO8 Championship, had a huge stack from start to finish. He knocked out defending champ John Racener in Limit Omaha, flopping a set of eights and taking Racener's last few crumbs to ensure there wouldn't be a repeat winner.

Dylan Linde (224,700), Marco Johnson (204,700), Ray Dehkharghani (148,500) and Daniel Negreanu (125,500) also bagged solid stacks.

The field was significantly trimmed as despite a chunk of the games having limit formats and split pots, plenty of big-bet action took place in games like No-Limit Hold'em, PLO and especially Pot-Limit 2-7 triple draw. The graveyard reads like a list of poker's most accomplished, including Mike Leah, Stephen Chidwick, Phil Galfond, Paul Volpe and John Hennigan.

Play resumes at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 8, so come back PokerNews to continue following updates of this event.

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon4301Viacheslav ZhukovRussia21,200
Amazon4302Alberto AttieMexico49,000
Amazon4304Jake AbdallaUnited States46,300
Amazon4305Alexey MakarovRussia192,600
Amazon4306Joseph CoudenUnited States196,200
      
Amazon4311David BenyamineUnited States160,100
Amazon4312Adam FriedmanUnited States316,700
Amazon4313Jyri MerivirtaFinland52,900
Amazon4314Steven LoubeUnited States99,200
Amazon4315Randy OhelUnited States67,800
      
Amazon4372Chris KlodnickiUnited States174,000
Amazon4373Quinn DoUnited States171,700
Amazon4374Ray DehkharghaniUnited States148,500
Amazon4375Bryce YockeyUnited States328,500
Amazon4376Lawrence BergUnited States167,900
      
Amazon4381Ben YuUnited States48,300
Amazon4383Daniel NegreanuCanada125,500
Amazon4384Mike MatusowUnited States163,600
Amazon4385Timothy BatowUnited States166,960
Amazon4386Dylan LindeUnited States224,700
      
Amazon4392Yueqi ZhuChina29,300
Amazon4393Marco JohnsonUnited States204,700
Amazon4394Jon TurnerUnited States240,700
Amazon4395Anthony ZinnoUnited States48,500
Amazon4396Gavin SmithCanada64,700
      
Amazon4451Aditya PrasetyoUnited States188,400
Amazon4452Noah BronsteinUnited States137,500
Amazon4453Shawn BuchananCanada42,900
Amazon4454David MoskowitzUnited States86,700
Amazon4455Jordan SiegelUnited States159,600
Amazon4456Schuyler ThorntonUnited States183,300
      
Amazon4461Stuart RutterUnited Kingdom99,900
Amazon4462David "ODB" BakerUnited States108,800
Amazon4463Mikko HirvonenUnited Kingdom131,001
Amazon4465David BachUnited States110,900
Amazon4466James ObstAustralia69,100
      
Amazon4471Jesse MartinUnited States71,500
Amazon4472Carol FuchsUnited States43,800
Amazon4473Nikolai YakovenkoRussia80,000
Amazon4474James WoodsUnited States92,800
Amazon4476Calvin AndersonUnited States33,700