Event #18: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-07-2018 23:33 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	245,000 25,000	25,000

Lawrence Berg	225,000 25,000	25,000

Schuyler Thornton	200,000 20,000	20,000
Chris Klodnicki	150,000 79,300	79,300

Timothy Batow	140,000 48,000	48,000
Adam Friedman	120,000 10,000	10,000

Noah Bronstein	120,000 57,000	57,000

Sampo Ryynanen	100,000 10,000	10,000
Stuart Rutter	90,000 90,000	90,000
James Obst	85,000 23,000	23,000

Alberto Attie	62,000 21,000	21,000
Roland Israelashvili	40,000 13,000	13,000

Yueqi Zhu	40,000 9,000	9,000

Jyri Merivirta	35,000 80,000	80,000
Anthony Zinno	29,000 29,000	29,000

Scott Bohlman	19,000 20,700	20,700

Scott Horowitz	8,500 200	200

Bigger Field Then 2017

Tim Duckworth

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Nikolai Yakovenko has just taken a seat in today's tournament, and in doing so it has taken the tournament entrants to 103 which is one more then last year.

With registration open until the beginning of Day 2 (approximately 2:00 p.m. on Friday June 8th), a few more numbers are expected to trickle into the field.

However the record number of 118 set in 2016 when the event was won by Jean Gaspard is probably out of question.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Yakovenko	50,000

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06-07-2018 23:46 UTC-8

"Smart Man" is Horowitz

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Big O

Four players built a pot of 20,000 preflop and everyone checked to . Bryce Yockey fired 12,000 after two more checks and only Scott Horowitz, on the button, called. They saw a pair the board and Yockey bet 28,000.

"Good card for you, huh?" Horowitz asked. "I don't want to be like everyone else so I guess, I'll just let you have it."

"Smart man," Yockey replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	268,000 23,000	23,000

Scott Horowitz	90,000 81,500	81,500

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06-07-2018 23:54 UTC-8

Friedman Climbing Late

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Friedman and Schuyler Thornton built a pot of about 55,000 and both were pat on the last draw. Thornton checked and Friedman bet 25,000. Thornton shook his head but quickly called, mucking to .

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	220,000 100,000	100,000

Schuyler Thornton	185,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Schuyler Thornton

06-07-2018 23:56 UTC-8

Anderson and Abdalla Chop Up Kassela

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Tim Duckworth

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Badeucey

Catching the action on the second draw, Frank Kassela was all in for his last 6,400 with Calvin Anderson and Jake Abdalla creating a side pot.

Abdalla and Kassela drew two, while Anderson drew one on the button.

Abdalla checked from the big blind, and Anderson bet. Abdalla called and drew one as Kassela drew one, and Anderson stood pat.

Abdalla checked, Anderson bet, and Abdalla called.

Abdalla:
Anderson:
Kassela:

With Abdalla making a rough-eight, and Anderson making an eight-dugi, they split the side pot, and the main pot when Kassela's hand of a pair and a nine-dugi wasn't enough to keep him in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	90,000

Jake Abdalla	80,000 10,000	10,000
Frank Kassela	Busted

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06-08-2018 00:04 UTC-8

Benyamine Fades Negreanu's Two Backdoor Flush Draws

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Tim Duckworth

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

David Benyamine opened from under the gun to 3,500 and Daniel Negreanu called on the button, as did Shawn Buchanan in the big blind.

The flop landed and Buchanan checked to Benyamine who bet 7,000. Negreanu called and Buchanan folded, as the landed on the turn.

Benyamine bet out 20,000, and Negreanu immediately quipped, "I had two backdoor flush draws, but that one wasn't it!"

Negreanu folded, and Benyamine collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	150,000 30,000	30,000

Daniel Negreanu	120,000 24,000	24,000

Shawn Buchanan	85,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu David Benyamine Shawn Buchanan

06-08-2018 00:04 UTC-8

Matusow Doubles Through Welsh

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Big O

Mike Matusow was in the big blind against Kyle Welsh on the button and they saw a flop. Matusow checked, faced a bet, and potted it. Welsh repotted and they got stacks in with Matusow at risk for 86,400. "The Mouth" was extremely excited to get his chips in and he soon revealed why.

Matusow:
Welsh:

Matusow had top set and the nut low draw against a flush draw, top pair and the nut low draw. The turn locked up the high half for Matusow and he asked for paint. Instead, it was the , but that still gave him a sweeper playing a seven-three for low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	173,000 129,000	129,000

Kyle Welsh	8,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Kyle Welsh Mike Matusow

Level: 10

Limit Flop / Draw: 1500/3000
Stud Games: 700-ante, 1000 bring-in, 3000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 800/1600/400-ante

06-08-2018 00:08 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 10 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	255,000 13,000	13,000

Dylan Linde	220,000 20,000	20,000

Joey Couden	205,000 28,000	28,000

Mike Matusow	170,000 3,000	3,000

Chris Klodnicki	160,000 10,000	10,000

James Obst	140,000 55,000	55,000

Timothy Batow	80,000 60,000	60,000
Matt Kelly	40,000 35,000	35,000
Mike Wattel	14,000 1,000	1,000