Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-04-2019 22:12 UTC-7

Franklin Likes What He Sees

mnuwwarah

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

There was a mountain of chips, at least 70,000, in the middle when Frankie O'Dell and Mike Ross checked on the end. Tom Franklin squeezed out his cards.

"Whoo whoo!" he shouted, tossing in a bit.

O'Dell called and Ross snap-folded. Franklin showed an eight-perfect and swept up the massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Franklin	116,000	22,000
Mike Ross	107,000	7,000
Frankie O'Dell	77,000	-28,000

Tags: Frankie O'Dell Mike Ross Tom Franklin

06-04-2019 22:10 UTC-7

Kassela Hits His Outs

GeoffFisk

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Single Draw

With the smallest of stacks in front of him, Frank Kassela picked No-limit 2-7 Single Draw as the game and went all in for his last 9,000 chips on the first hand. All other players folded, and Kassela took down the blinds.

On the very next hand, Kassela shoved once again from the hijack and got a call in the big blind from Scott Clements. Both players tabled their hands, and Clements drew one.

Frank Kassela:
Scott Clements:

Kassela saw that he only needed to avoid drawing a ten to come away with the win, and ended up picking up the to win the pot. Kassela's massage therapist cheered enthusiastically, and Kassela doubled up for the second straight hand.

"I like having 49 clean outs," Kassela said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	28,000	-8,000

Tags: Frank Kassela Scott Clements

06-04-2019 21:58 UTC-7

McDermott Eliminates Two

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Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Single Draw

Timothy McDermott opened for 5,500 in middle position and was called by the player on the button, Steven Friedlander. Ben Yu shoved all in for 59,700 in the big blind and McDermott tanked a long time then called. Friedlander called off for less, just over 50,000.

Yu and McDermott patted and Friedlander took a card. Yu showed and was out of the tournament when McDermott rolled over .

Friedlander had a live draw with but bricked when the arrived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim McDermott	223,000	186,500
Ben Yu	Busted
Steven Friedlander	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Steven Friedlander Timothy McDermott

Level: 17

Limit Flop / Draw: 2,000/4,000
Stud Games: 1,000-ante, 1,000 bring-in, 4,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,000/2,000/2,000-big blind ante/ 3,000-ante

06-04-2019 20:49 UTC-7

Dinner Break

GeoffFisk

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Players are now off to a 60-minute dinner break.

06-04-2019 20:47 UTC-7

Martin Hits the Flush

GeoffFisk

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

A big pot had accumulated by the time Jesse Martin and Jim Collopy got to the river. With the board reading , Martin put in a bet for 17,000 and Collopy went into the tank for several minutes.

Collopy eventually made the call, looking agonized when Martin turned over for the rivered flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	120,000	14,000
Jim Collopy	91,000	-79,000

Tags: Jesse Martin Jim Collopy

06-04-2019 20:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Campbell	230,000	31,000
Scott Clements	164,000	44,000
David "ODB" Baker	150,000	65,000
Christopher Claassen	132,000	79,600
Frankie O'Dell	105,000	38,900
Mike Ross	100,000	9,000
Josh Arieh	96,000	-21,000
Tom Franklin	94,000	19,000
James Pritchard	93,000	-17,000
Wes Self	84,000	57,000
Jorge Walker	81,000	44,100
Ryan Leng	74,500	-6,500
Naoya Kihara	70,000	-34,000
Quinn Do	58,000	26,200
Ben Yu	52,000	-113,000
Tim Frazin	50,000	-1,200
James Hoeppner	35,000	20,100
Andrey Zaichenko	6,200	-81,800

06-04-2019 20:34 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Stockfish	187,000	12,000
Jim Collopy	170,000	83,000
John Monnette	140,000	51,000
Robert Mizrachi	135,000	5,000
Mike Watson	128,500	67,500
John Cernuto	126,000	-7,000
Andrew Barber	125,000	-15,000
Peter Kelly	120,000	39,000
Jesse Martin	106,000	-5,000
Greg Mueller	101,000	68,000
Pawel Andrzejewski	100,000	20,000
Andrey Zhigalov	100,000	-2,000
Dan Matsuzuki	80,000	44,800
Frank Kassela	36,000	9,000

06-04-2019 20:32 UTC-7

Uccio Busted in Badacey

GeoffFisk

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Badacey

Steven Uccio put in a bet for the last of his chips after the second draw, with Ben Yu and Steven Friedlander both calling.

Uccio drew two, with both Yu and Friedlander drawing one. Yu put in a bet for a side pot with Friedlander and got the call.

Steven Uccio:
Ben Yu:
Steven Friedlander:

Uccio was out of luck on this hand, as Yu's seven-badugi chopped with Friedlander's six-high , which was the winning A-5 low hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	165,000	134,000
Steven Friedlander	32,000	-300
Steven Uccio	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Steven Friedlander Steven Uccio

06-04-2019 20:22 UTC-7

Yakovenko Peels the Last Card and Wins

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Five-Card Draw

There was about 10,000 in the pot and Nikolai Yakovenko was all in from under the gun. His opponent in the big blind threw away two and Yakovenko thought awhile and mucked four.

The big blind showed but didn't improve with .

Yakovenko rolled over the and peeled one by one: , , . That left him needing another pair or a deuce on the river. He squeezed out something he said was paint.