2021 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day: 1
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 1
Entries
86
Players Left
42

Hartmann Chips Up Without Showdown

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Big O Hi-Lo

Bets of 5,400 and 12,500 were already placed on a board of {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and it was then Tony Hartmann who bet the river for 20,000 out of the big blind. Michael Chow was in the tank on the button and eventually released his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Hartmann us
Tony Hartmann
90,000
90,000
90,000
Aditya Prasetyo us
Aditya Prasetyo
80,000
42,000
42,000
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
72,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
60,000
15,000
15,000
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
45,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
28,000
-57,000
-57,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Michael ChowTony Hartmann

Barbero Among the Big Stacks

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

The late registration remains open until the start of Day 2 and Jake Schwartz was among the latest entries, along with Brayden Gazlay. Jon Turner and John Monnette were eliminated with the latter sending over his last few chips to Nacho Barbero.

Player Chips Progress
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
280,000
85,000
85,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Jake Schwartz us
Jake Schwartz
60,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy
Brayden Gazlay us
Brayden Gazlay
60,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
Busted
John Monnette us
John Monnette
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Brayden GazlayJake SchwartzJohn MonnetteJon TurnerNacho Barbero

Racener Eliminated by Zyrin

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
John Racener
John Racener

5 Card Draw

In a preflop all-in contest, John Racener ended up at risk against Anatolii Zyrin. He tabled the {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for kings and eights while Zyrin had the {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for a set of jacks. Racener drew the {9-Clubs} as his last card and was eliminated while Zyrin's {8-Spades}{x-} were exposed for just a short moment.

Player Chips Progress
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
190,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anatolii ZyrinJohn Racener

Assorted Counts From the Field

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Only ten tables are currently in play and the latest entry was Jared Bleznick, who brought the field up to 85 entries.

Player Chips Progress
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
200,000
25,000
25,000
$25K Fantasy
Allan Le us
Allan Le
177,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
170,000
-15,000
-15,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Nick Guagenti us
Nick Guagenti
145,000
75,000
75,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan Miller us
Ryan Miller
120,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
103,000
4,000
4,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
100,000
5,000
5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
100,000
77,000
77,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
60,000
60,000
60,000

One Pair Works for Matusow

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Omaha High Only

"Write that down in the report. Mike is above the starting stack for the first time in four events," the remark by Mike Matusow came as he had just clawed his way to more than what he started with.

Right after, Joao Vieira raised and Matusow three-bet in this limit variant. Matusow bet the {q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop and the {j-Spades} turn, both of which Vieira called. They checked the {2-Diamonds} on the river and Matusow announced one pair. He then tabled the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{2-Spades} for a pair of kings and Vieira mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
170,000
-45,000
-45,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
83,000
37,000
37,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
80,000
39,000
39,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
80,000
35,000
35,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
54,000
-6,000
-6,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Joao VieiraMike Matusow

New Bigger Stacks Emerge

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Scott Bohlman was eliminated recently and Chad Eveslage lost the remainder of his short stack in a Badeucey hand to also hit the rail.

David Benyamine has joined the big stacks while Mike Gorodinsky and Nick Schulman also increased their stacks as of lately.

Player Chips Progress
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
240,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
200,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
190,000
30,000
30,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
190,000
90,000
90,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Aditya Prasetyo us
Aditya Prasetyo
130,000
50,000
50,000
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
125,000
25,000
25,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Chad Eveslage us
Chad Eveslage
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Chad EveslageDavid BenyamineMike GorodinskyNick SchulmanScott Bohlman

Final Break of the Night

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Eight levels have been completed and the players are colouring up the black T-100 chips before heading into the last scheduled 15-minute break of the night. Another two levels will be played and the field size currently stands at 86 entries.

Level: 9

Limit Flop / Draw: 1,500/3,000
Stud Games: 1,000 ante, 1,000 bring-in, 3,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 ante, 1,000/1,500 blinds

Becker a Late Entry

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

While the screens had increased from 85 to 86 entries during the break, it took a few minutes into the new level to reveal who entered the fray. German mixed game specialist Johannes Becker sat down over on table 429 and will aim to run up a stack in the final two hours of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Johannes Becker de
Johannes Becker
60,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Johannes Becker