Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-03-2019 15:40 UTC-8

Leng Finds Double

Hill Kerby

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

No-Limit 5-Card Draw

Action folded to Jim Brundige in the cutoff, who put in a raise to 500. Ryan Leng announced he was all in from the small blind for his remaining 4,700. After confirming that Leng was all in, Brundige announced a call.

Leng stood pat on the draw and Brundige drew three.

Ryan Leng:
Jim Brundige:

Brundige was unable to improve to beat Leng's pat straight and despite losing chips early, Leng now finds himself with new blood.`

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Leng	9,500 500	500

Jim Brundige	7,900 7,900	7,900

Tags: Jim Brundige Ryan Leng

06-03-2019 15:46 UTC-8

A Few More Arrivals

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Hill Kerby

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

A few more familiar faces have been seen taking their seats within the last couple of minutes and chips are beginning to exchange hands throughout the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	10,000 10,000	10,000

Dzmitry Urbanovich	10,000 10,000	10,000
Roland Israelashvili	10,000 10,000	10,000

06-03-2019 16:06 UTC-8

A Round of Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Play is nearing the first break and action is abundant as the field has surpassed 260 entrants.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	18,000 8,000	8,000

Varun Sah	17,000 6,200	6,200
Chris Vitch	14,000
Michael Trivett	13,200 3,200	3,200

Barry Greenstein	12,300 2,700	2,700

Cory Zeidman	12,200 2,200	2,200

Sorel Mizzi	12,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Ospina	10,400 400	400

Chris Tryba	10,400 400	400

Shirley Rosario	10,300 300	300
Mike Wattel	10,000

Andrey Zaichenko	9,800 200	200

Dzmitry Urbanovich	9,800 200	200
Greg Raymer	9,600 400	400

Layne Flack	9,200 6,800	6,800

Ryan Leng	8,800 700	700

Frankie O'Dell	8,000 1,500	1,500

Robbie Straczynski	7,550 2,450	2,450
Chip Jett	7,200 2,800	2,800
David Benyamine	6,600 3,400	3,400

Jim Brundige	5,800 2,100	2,100
Allen Kessler	5,500 4,500	4,500
James Woods	5,500 3,100	3,100
Roland Israelashvili	5,200 4,800	4,800

Brandon Shack-Harris	3,700 6,500	6,500

06-03-2019 16:07 UTC-8

Break Time

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Hill Kerby

Level 2 : 150/300, 0 ante

Players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 3

Limit Flop / Draw: 100/200
Stud Games: 50-ante, 50 bring-in, 200 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 50/100/100-big blind ante/ 150-ante

06-03-2019 16:30 UTC-8

One Re-Entry Allowed

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

Despite no mention of a re-entry on the tournament sheet, an announcement has just been made that players who are unfortunate enough to bust out of the tournament will be allowed to re-enter one time.

06-03-2019 16:56 UTC-8

Craney Gets Two Folds

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

There were three players in a raised pot pre-draw including Daniel Ospina in the small blind, Steve Craney in the big blind, and a third player in the hijack.

The first draw went one, one, three and Ospina bet. Craney put in a raise and the hijack confirmed before making the call.

Ospina called and draws went one, pat, one. Ospina checked and Craney bet, causing both remaining players to fold and Craney took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Craney	8,100 8,100	8,100
Daniel Ospina	2,550 7,850	7,850

Tags: Daniel Ospina Steve Craney

06-03-2019 17:07 UTC-8

New Arrivals

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

A few more players have entered the tournament as the total number of runners is fast approaching 300.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	10,000 10,000	10,000

Vanessa Selbst	10,000 10,000	10,000

James Obst	10,000 10,000	10,000

Keith Kiyomura	10,000 10,000	10,000
Shaun Deeb	10,000 10,000	10,000

Dylan Linde	10,000 10,000	10,000

Benny Glaser	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tom Schneider	10,000 10,000	10,000

06-03-2019 17:15 UTC-8

Over $4,000,000 in Prize Pool Guarantees at the Merit Poker RETRO (September 3-16)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

The Merit Poker RETRO Cup has over $4,000,000 in guarantees and runs September 3-16. It features a $5,000 Main Event with $2,000,000 guaranteed!

The Merit Poker Room offers some unique amenities:

The best professional staff in the world
Free 24/7 amazing food, fresh fruit, deserts, spirits, and beverages
Lots of recreational players; making the game even more entertaining

Taking place in beautiful Cyprus, you can count on plenty of sunshine, the cleanest sea, a magnificent private beach, an all-inclusive 5-star hotel, and various activities to keep the players, their friends, and families busy.

Get ready for the real poker experience and royal holiday on the Mediterranean coast! Check out all the information about the event at meritpoker.com.

06-03-2019 17:22 UTC-8

Strazynski Battles Obst

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Hill Kerby

Level 3 : 200/400, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo Regular

James Obst: /
Robbie Strazynski: /

The was the bring in and action folded to Robbie Strazynski, who called. James Obst completed to 200 and Strazynski was the only caller. Strazynski proceeded to check-call every street as the board ran out.

After calling on seventh street, Strazynski tabled his pair of nines with a nine-low and Obst turned over a pair of threes with an eight-low for the two to chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	10,400 400	400

Robbie Strazynski	6,475 6,475	6,475

Tags: James Obst Robbie Strazynski