2019 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day: 2
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Event Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
$312,417
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,146,800
Total Entries
122
Level Info
Level
23
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 122
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Owen Takes From Hui

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Adam Owen
Adam Owen

Razz

Phillip Hui: {x-}{x-} / {a-}{2-}{q-}{k-} / {x-}
Adam Owen: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{2-}{j-}{4-} / {x-}

Phillip Hui completed on third street, Adam Owen raised and Hui called.

Hui led out on fourth, Owen called and Owen check-called a bet from Hui on fifth. Owen's on-board lead improved on sixth and he bet, Hui called and both checked on seventh.

Owen tabled {9-}{7-}{3-} for a seven-five, Hui mucked and Owen won the pot.

Tags: Adam OwenPhillip Hui

Sternheimer Above a Million

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Picking up the action on the turn of a {10-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{3-Clubs} board, Philip Sternheimer (small blind) check-called 50,000 from Majid Yahyaei (big blind).

The river was the {a-Diamonds}, Sternheimer checked, Yahyaei bet 125,000 and Sternheimer called.

Yahyaei showed a missed flush draw, while Sternheimer tabled {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for a wheel to win the pot.

Tags: Majid YahyaeiPhilip Sternheimer

Sternheimer Keeps Climbing

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Philip Sternheimer was in the big blind, betting into the pot when the action was picked up on the {5-Spades}{6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} turn. Phil Hui called from the cutoff and the {9-Clubs} completed the board.

Sternheimer announced a pot-sized bet of 54,500 and Hui needed only a few seconds to throw in a calling chip. Sternheimer showed {k-Spades}{q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for the best hand as Hui sent his cards towards the muck.

Tags: Phil HuiPhilip Sternheimer

Friedman Bets Out Buchalter

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Adam Friedman raised on the button and Yehuda Buchalter called in the big blind. Friedman fired on every street of the {4-Hearts}{q-Spades}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds} board and Buchalter check-called the flop and turn. However, he wasn't willing to invest more chips into the pot when the board double paired on the river and he let Friedman take it down without showdown.

Tags: Adam FriedmanYehuda Buchalter

Schreiber on the Right Side of a Cooler

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Catching the very end of the hand, the board read {6-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Chris Klodnicki (button) called 148,000-ish from Matthew Schreiber (big blind).

Schreiber tabled {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for nines full of treys, Klodnicki showed {7-}{7-} and Schreiber won the pot.

Tags: Chris KlodnickiMatthew Schreiber

Xunen Zheng Eliminated in 17th Place ($14,818)

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Xunen Zheng
Xunen Zheng

Big O

In a preflop three-bet pot, Xunen Zheng and Michael McKenna went to a {5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop. Zheng slid forward a tower of chips and McKenna raised to put him all in for about 150,000 total or so. Zheng called.

McKenna had {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Zheng's hand was mucked as soon as the rest of the board ran out {2-Diamonds} and {9-Diamonds}. Zheng bricked his flopped nut low draw with {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{2-Spades}{x-} and McKenna scooped the whole pot with a flush to solidify his chip lead.

Tags: Xunen ZhengMichael McKenna

McKenna Take a Ton From Zheng

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Big O

Following the turn of a {k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} board with about 80,000 in the pot, Xunen Zheng checked from the big blind and Michael McKenna bet 61,000 from the cutoff. Zheng called after a few moments.

The river was the {10-Spades}, Zheng checked, McKenna bet the pot of 202,500 and Zheng tanked for a while before he called.

McKenna tabled {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} for the nut flush, Zheng mucked and McKenna won the pot.

Tags: Michael McKennaXunen Zheng

Friedman Squeezes Better Seven

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Chris Klodnicki raised in the cutoff, Adam Friedman reraised on the button, Yehuda Buchalter called in the big blind, and Klodnicki called as well.

Buchalter and Klodnicki took two while Friedman changed one. Friedman bet and both of his opponents stuck around for the second draw where they took one. Friedman stood pat and he barrelled. Buchalter check-raised, getting rid of Klodnicki but Friedman called.

The last draw went pat-pat and Buchalter bet. Friedman raised and he received one more call. Friedman turned over {7-}{6-}{4-}{3-}{2-} for number two and Buchalter was a hair behind as he revealed {7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}{2-} for number three.

Tags: Adam FriedmanChris KlodnickiYehuda Buchalter

Sternheimer Chipping Up

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Philip Sternheimer
Philip Sternheimer

Omaha-8

Matt Glantz raised from under the gun, Adam Owen three-bet from the button, Philip Sternheimer called from the small blind and Glantz called.

The flop was {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and action checked to Owen who bet. Both Sternheimer and Glantz check-called.

The turn was the {7-Hearts} and action checked to Owen again who bet. Only Sternheimer stuck around.

The river was the {q-Hearts} and both players checked.

Sternheimer showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for a flush, Owen mucked and Sternheimer won the pot.

Tags: Adam OwenMatt GlantzPhilip Sternheimer

Yockey Scoops with an Eight

Level 15 : 10,000/20,000, 0 ante

Badacey

Michael McKenna raised on the button and Bryce Yockey called from the big blind. Yockey needed one while McKenna changed three, and Yockey fired. McKenna called and drew two after Yockey patted.

Yockey bet, McKenna called, and he discarded one on the final draw. The last betting round was checked and Yockey turned up {8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{a-Clubs}. McKenna tapped the felt, declaring his defeat.

Tags: Michael McKennaBryce Yockey