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

Volpe Vanquished by Negreanu's Eight-Six

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Catching the action on the draw with roughly 8,500 in the middle, Paul Volpe drew two from the cutoff, and Daniel Negreanu drew one on the button.

Volpe led out for 12,000 before Negreanu moved all in for 43,100.

Volpe went deep into the tank for several minutes before he eventually called all in for his last 41,800.

Negreanu fanned his {8-}{6-}{5-}{4-}{2-} and Volpe flashed his {9-}{7-}{6-}{4-}{2-} and made an exit from the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
94,000 59,000
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Daniel NegreanuPaul Volpe

Triple Figures

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Scott Seiver has just taken a seat here in Event #12, and with his entrance, it means that the tournament is now up to 100 players.

Last year saw 102 players take to the felt, while the previous two years saw 118 in 2016 and 108 in 2015.

As a reminder, registration is open until the start of Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
50,000

Wong Finished Off

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Jerry Wong got his last 5,600 in there before the draw, and Todd Brunson isolated all in from the small blind and showed {8-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}. Wong flicked in two and turned over {8-}{3-}{2-}. He looked at his first down card and immediately grabbed his stuff and wished everyone good luck. The dealer turned over both: {a-} and {6-}.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
86,000 14,000
Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jerry WongTodd Brunson

Yu Drawing Dead as Obst Doubles

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
James Obst
James Obst

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

From the button, Ben Yu raised to 2,500 before James Obst three-bet to 8,500 from the small blind.

Yu looked at Obst's chip stack and then pushed out 60,000. Obst called all in for 30,500 and drew two cards as Yu drew one.

On the second draw, both players drew one.

The final draw saw Obst stand pat, and Yu draw one.

Obst: {8-}{7-}{4-}{3-}{2-}
Yu: {8-}{7-}{5-}{2-}

Yu was drawing dead and caught the {K-} to double Obst back over starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
James Obst au
James Obst
WSOP 1X Winner
62,000 26,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
44,800 -5,200

Tags: James ObstBen Yu

O'Dell Trying New Things

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Timothy Batow opened for the second straight hand in deuce and got a call from Frank Kassela on the button. Frankie O'Dell shoved all in for about 30,000 in the small blind and that got everyone to fold.

"I'm trying new things, guys," he said.

Player Chips Progress
Frankie O'Dell us
Frankie O'Dell
WSOP 3X Winner
37,000 6,200

Tags: Frankie O'Dell

Brunson Doubles with Eight-Smooth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

The action folded to Eli Elezra in the small blind, and he raised to 4,500. Todd Brunson bumped it up to 15,300 from the big blind, and Elezra immediately slid out a stack of pink 5,000-denomination chips to effectively put Brunson all in.

Brunson obliged for his 35,300 total, and Elezra immediately stood pat.

Brunson fanned his {8-}{5-}{4-}{3-}{2-} for an eight-smooth, and Elezra mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
72,000 22,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
37,400 -39,600

Tags: Todd BrunsonEli Elezra

Volpe Gets There

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Shawn Buchanan bet with a T5,000 chip — the pot looked to be around 4,500 — and Paul Volpe made the call going into the last draw. Each player took a card and Buchanan checked. Volpe bet 10,000 and Buchanan splashed in a call.

"I got it," Volpe said, opening {7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}{2-}.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
72,200 -12,800
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
39,900 -6,300

Tags: Shawn BuchananPaul Volpe