2021 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$867,225
Entries
93
Players Left
10
Average Chip Stack
558,000
Total Chips
5,580,000
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
10
Players Left
1

Fuchs Scoops Schwartz to Stay Alive

Level 21
Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs

Badacey

Carol Fuchs pushed her remaining chips into the middle and drew one card in the final draw against Jake Schwartz who called and stood pat.

The final card was a great one for Fuchs as she tabled {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}/{8-Clubs} for a nine-eight low and nine-seven-five-three Badugi and scooped the pot.

With that hand Fuchs now has new life as she chipped up to 500,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,080,000
-420,000
-420,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
500,000
220,000
220,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Carol FuchsJake Schwartz

Mike Matusow Eliminated in 5th Place ($56,826)

Level 21
Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

Badugi

Action folded around to the blinds, where Phil Hellmuth raised from the small and Mike Matusow called all in for his remaining short stack.

Hellmuth and Matusow both drew two and one respectively on the first two draws; however, Hellmuth stood pat on the final draw and Matusow drew one.

Phil Hellmuth: {8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Mike Matusow: {7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{a-Hearts}/{x-}

Matusow was drawing live, but peeled the {j-Hearts} — eliminating him in fifth place.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
2,000,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Mike MatusowPhil Hellmuth

Matusow Wins One Against Schwartz

Level 21
Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

2-7 Triple Draw

The action was picked up with Mike Matusow who had fired out a bet after the second draw, and his opponent Jake Schwartz folded. Next, Matusow flipped his cards face-up showing the {8-}{6-}{5-}{4-}{2-} as he mucked with a smile.

With that pot, Matusow has renewed life with 400,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,500,000
-220,000
-220,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
400,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Jake SchwartzMike Matusow

Fuchs Scoops Friedman and Hellmuth

Level 20
Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs

Badacey

The action was picked up after the final draw and it was Adam Friedman that fired out a bet. Phil Hellmuth whirled his cards directly into the muck, but Carol Fuchs opted to make the call for her last few remaining chips. Then, Fuchs tabled her {7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs}/{8-Spades}{6-Spades} for an eight-six low and a three-card seven-five-deuce-Badugi and scooped the entire pot and survived her all-in.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
1,830,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
1,320,000
-380,000
-380,000
Defending Champion
WSOP 5X Winner
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
525,000
270,000
270,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Adam FriedmanCarol FuchsPhil Hellmuth

Andrew Kelsall Eliminated in 6th Place ($42,646)

Level 20
Andrew Kelsall
Andrew Kelsall

Razz

Andrew Kelsall: {8-}{6-}/{3-}{7-}{9-}{q-}/{10-}
Mike Matusow: {a-}{6-}/{4-}{8-}{a-}{7-}/{7-}
Jake Scwhartz: {x-}{x-}/{8-}{q-} - folded on fourth street

Mike Matusow completed and was called by Jake Schwartz and Andrew Kelsall.

Kelsall bet on fourth and was raised by Mautsow. Schwartz folded and Kelsall went all in. Matusow called.

Kelsall ended up with a nine on seventh, while Matusow's board left him with an eight, which was enough to eliminate Kelsall in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
370,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew KelsallJake SchwartzMike Matusow

Schwartz Trips Up Fuchs

Level 20
Jake Schwartz
Jake Schwartz

Seven Card Stud

Carol Fuchs: {x-}{x-}/{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Clubs}/{x-}
Jake Schwartz: {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}/{q-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{4-Hearts}{a-Spades}/{q-Hearts}

The action was picked up on sixth street with Fuchs having checked and Schwartz checked back.

Seventh street was dealt face down to each player, and Fuchs checked. Next, Schwartz fired out a bet and Fuchs called after a few. She was shown the bad news and the winning hand when Schwartz tabled trip queens and was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,555,000
505,000
505,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
255,000
-315,000
-315,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Carol FuchsJake Schwartz

Hellmuth Leaves Kelsall Short-Stacked

Level 20
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Razz

Phil Hellmuth: {a-}{3-}/{2-}{6-}{6-}{9-}/{7-}
Andrew Kelsall: {a-}{8-}/{4-}{2-}{4-}{q-}/{6-}

The action was picked up on seventh street and Kelsall checked, which prompted a check-back from Hellmuth. Next, Hellmuth tabled his hand and took it down with an eight-six low versus the nine-seven of Kelsall's.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
1,540,000
240,000
240,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Andrew Kelsall us
Andrew Kelsall
200,000
-120,000
-120,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew KelsallPhil Hellmuth

Matt Glantz Eliminated in 7th Place ($32,746)

Level 19
Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

Badacey

Matt Glantz: {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}
Jake Schwartz: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}
Adam Friedman: {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}

It was Matt Glantz all-in and at-risk, and he had to fade both Friedman and Schwartz. After all the dust settled, it was Friedman that took the A-5 low with {7-}{5-}{4-}{3-}{a-} while Schwartz took the Badugi half with his {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades} Badugi, and Glantz was eliminated in 7th place and took home $32,746 in cash.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
2,050,000
-50,000
-50,000
Defending Champion
WSOP 5X Winner
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,040,000
-160,000
-160,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
Busted

Tags: Adam FriedmanJake SchwartzMatt Glantz

Mike Gorodinsky Eliminated in 8th Place ($25,741)

Level 19
Mike Gorodinsky
Mike Gorodinsky

Pot Limit Omaha Eight or Better

Board: {7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Spades}{3-Clubs}

Jake Schwartz: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}
Mike Gorodinsky: {k-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}

Mike Gorodinsky was all-in and at risk versus Jake Schwartz. The dealer had runout the cards and it was Schwartz's two pairs, jacks and tens that scooped the pot and eliminated Gorodinsky in 8th place.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
1,200,000
270,000
270,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Jake SchwartzMike Gorodinsky

Friedman Wins One Against Schwartz

Level 19
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Badugi

The action was picked up with Adam Friedman having stood pat and Jake Schwartz drew one card. Then, Friedman bet and Schwartz called.

In the final draw Friedman stood pat once again and Schwartz took one card. The action went check-check and Friedman tabled the winner with a {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{a-Clubs} Badugi and was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
2,045,000
445,000
445,000
Defending Champion
WSOP 5X Winner
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
930,000
-266,000
-266,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Adam FriedmanJake Schwartz