2018 World Series of Poker

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

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
310105qqa
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

Merivirta Finds a Low Against Foxen's Badugi

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Badacey

From the button, Alex Foxen raised to 1,600 and Jyri Merivirta called in the big blind and both players drew two.

Merivirta checked, Foxen bet 800, and Merivirta called and drew two ahead of Foxen drawing one.

Merivirta checked again, and Foxen bet out 1,600 with Merivirta calling. Merivirta drew two again, and Foxen now stood pat.

Both players checked after the final draw, and Merivirta tabled his {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} to take the low against Foxen's {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} for a nine-dugi.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
75,300 4,300
Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
53,200 3,200

Tags: Alex FoxenJyri Merivirta

Turner Takes from Bleznick

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Jon Turner raised to 1,600 from under the gun before Jared Bleznick made it three bets to go from the cutoff.

Turner called, and drew two, as Bleznick drew one. Turner checked, Bleznick bet 800, and Turner called and both players drew one.

Turner checked, Bleznick bet 1,600, and Turner called and drew one as Bleznick stood pat.

Turner bet out, and Bleznick called. Turner fanned his {8-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}, and Bleznick mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
68,000 7,100
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
48,000 -7,600

Tags: Jared BleznickJon Turner

Bender's Blunder Benefits Loube

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Razz

Steven Loube, Yarron Bender and Nam Le built a huge pot of about 15,000 and were on seventh street when we arrived.

Steven Loube: {x-}{x-}/{8-}{j-}{2-}{2-}/{x-}
Yarron Bender: {x-}{x-}/{9-}{4-}{k-}{a-}/{x-}
Nam Le: {x-}{x-}/{6-}{10-}{4-}{9-}/{x-}

Loube bet the end and Bender announced a raise. Le mucked. Loube seemed pained but called.

"Flush," announced Bender confidently, rolling over some spades and pushing them forward.

"We're playing razz, dude," Loube said, showing {a-}{3-}{6-}. "I have an eighty-six. Man, you scared the f*** out of me when you raised."

"I was playing eight-or-better!" Bender exclaimed.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Loube us
Steven Loube
WSOP 1X Winner
85,000 19,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
39,000 2,850
Yarron Bendor us
Yarron Bendor
31,900 31,900

Tags: Steven LoubeYarron Bender

Level: 3

Limit Flop / Draw: 400/800
Stud Games: 200-ante, 200 bring-in, 800 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/400/100-ante

Zhukov Folds to Benson

Level 2 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Big O

Viacheslav Zhukov and Gary Benson each committed 650 preflop as the flop landed {Q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

From under the gun, Zhukov bet 1,500 before Benson raised pot to 6,250. Zhukov called, and then checked the {7-Spades} on the turn.

Benson announced a bet of pot for 14,750, and Zhukov mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
61,000 11,000
Viacheslav Zhukov ru
Viacheslav Zhukov
17,300 -32,700

Tags: Viacheslav ZhukovGary Benson