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

06-03-2019 20:33 UTC-8

Chaput Takes One Down

Hill Kerby

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

A player raised from under the gun to 400 and was called by Cory Chaput in the hijack. Each player drew one card and Chaput's opponent checked. Chaput bet 700 and his opponent called, leading to the second draw of one and pat. Chaput's opponent again check-called a bet of 1,000. The final draw went one and pat and both players checked to showdown.

Cory Chaput:
Opponent:

Chaput's eight was good to take down the pot as his opponent failed to improve on the final draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cory Chaput	18,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Cory Chaput

06-03-2019 20:39 UTC-8

Take 15

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Hill Kerby

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Players are on their third 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 7

Limit Flop / Draw: 200/400
Stud Games: 100-ante, 100 bring-in, 400 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 100/200/200-big blind ante/ 300-ante

06-03-2019 20:59 UTC-8

Total Number of Runners Over 400

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

The tournament clock now reads 403 entrants and looks to surpass last year's total of 406 very soon with two one-hour levels of play still left in the registration period. The largest field size for this tournament was in its inaugural year, 2014, when it got 409 runners, and it looks as if this year could break that mark as well.

06-03-2019 21:02 UTC-8

Photos: 2019 WSOP Event #10 Day 1

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Photos by Katerina Lukina

06-03-2019 21:23 UTC-8

O'Dell Wins a Couple

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

No Limit 5-Card Draw

Frankie O'Dell raised to 700 from the cutoff and was called by the player on the button. O'Dell drew two cards and his opponent drew three. Both players checked post-draw.

O'Dell tabled and his pair of aces was good as his opponent mucked his hand.

On the very next hand, a player raised from under the gun to 600 and O'Dell called from the hijack. The players in the cutoff and big blind called as well and the four players drew one, one, three, three. After the draw, the big blind checked and the player under the gun bet 1,500.

O'Dell was the only caller and tabled to win the pot with aces up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frankie O'Dell	16,525 9,125	9,125

Tags: Frankie O'Dell

06-03-2019 21:51 UTC-8

No Limit Hold'em Fun at Table 477

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

No Limit Hold'em

A few consecutive pots went to showdown at Table 477 while an interesting discussion occurred. Adam Friedman raised preflop to 400 from the cutoff while four-handed, with the player in the big blind defending. The two players checked through the board and Friedman took down the pot with , good for a jack-high flush.

Two hands later, Friedman defended his small blind to a button min-raise preflop and the two went heads up to the flop. Friedman check-called a continuation-bet of 300 on a board as well as a second barrel of 1,600 on the turn. The river was the and both players checked.

"Eight high," Friedman exclaimed much to the delight of his opponent who turned over and took down the pot with nothing more than a ten.

Meanwhile, Julien Martini had sat down during this set of hands after having just registered the tournament. Some discussion occurred asking where he was from and when it came out that he was French, a tablemate asked him if he could do an American accent. With a smile on his face, he drawled out, "I want to eat potatoes," and everybody rejoiced in some laughter.

This led to the discussion of his word choice for potatoes rather than French fries, and ultimately to the fact that French fries are Belgian. However, Martini took it upon himself at this point to educate his audience further. It turns out that the reason they are called French fries has nothing to do with their origin, but rather the style of cut made on the potato. Interesting, but most players prefer chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	21,600 21,600	21,600

Julien Martini	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Julien Martini

06-03-2019 21:53 UTC-8

Round 2 of Photos: 2019 WSOP Event #10 Day 1

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Hill Kerby

Photos by Katerina Lukina

Level: 8

Limit Flop / Draw: 300/500
Stud Games: 100-ante, 200 bring-in, 500 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 100/200/200-big blind ante/ 300-ante

06-03-2019 22:28 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

It's time for another round of chip counts from the Amazon room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Noam	77,100
Keith Kiyomura	46,500 8,500	8,500
Scott Bohlman	28,800 14,200	14,200

David Bach	28,300 1,725	1,725

Matt Smith	27,100 8,700	8,700
Tom Schneider	25,500 9,900	9,900

Barry Greenstein	23,000 6,500	6,500

Frankie O'Dell	22,000 5,475	5,475

Adam Friedman	21,000 600	600

Vanessa Selbst	18,400 8,400	8,400

Tim Marsters	17,800 4,600	4,600
Varun Sah	16,800 2,125	2,125
Dzmitry Urbanovich	14,500 5,300	5,300
Allen Kessler	12,500 7,100	7,100
Daniel Ospina	12,000 3,000	3,000

Shaun Deeb	10,600 4,950	4,950

Julien Martini	9,600 400	400

Jeremy Harkin	9,500 1,200	1,200

Mike Matusow	7,400 3,600	3,600

Matthew Smith	5,450 4,750	4,750
Jeff Lisandro	Busted

Greg Raymer	Busted

Robbie Strazynski	Busted