2021 World Series of Poker

Event #36: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$867,225
Total 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
Players Left 10 / 93
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Level: 4

Limit Flop / Draw: 500/1,000
Stud Games: 200 ante, 300 bring-in, 1,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 500/800 ante, 300/500 blinds

Kassela Doubles Through Gerhart

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

No-Limit 5-Card Draw High

A big pot was brewing and Kevin Gerhart provided the details after the dust had settled.

It was Gerhart who raised to 1,500 from under the gun, Frank Kassela made it 4,500 to go in the cutoff and Gerhart clicked it back to 13,500. Kassela jammed for 45,000 and Gerhart called with a patted seven-high straight. Kassela showed {q-}{q-}{2-}{2-} for two pair and spiked another {2-} on the single draw to score the double.

Tags: Frank KasselaKevin Gerhart

Mizzi Boosts Stack Further

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Big O Hi-Lo

On the three-way flop of {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, John Monnette checked and Sorel Mizzi made it 3,200 to go. Anthony Zinno called and so did Monnette. The {9-} fell on the turn and Monnette checked once more. Mizzi bet 12,000 and both his opponents folded.

Tags: Anthony ZinnoJohn MonnetteSorel Mizzi

Vitch Chops With Livingston

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

On a three-way flop of {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Spades}, Randy Ohel check-called a bet by Chris Vitch and Alex Livingston also stuck around. As they headed to the {5-Spades} turn, Ohel checked and Vitch bet 6,000. Livingston called on the button for Ohel to fold and the {8-Hearts} on the river then saw a bet worth 9,000 by Vitch and a call.

Vitch tabled {a-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for the low and Livingston won the high pot with the {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for a set of tens.

Tags: Alex LivingstonChris VitchRandy Ohel

Tune Up Your Mental Game With Jared Tendler

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Jared Tendler
Jared Tendler

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Assorted Counts

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Up to Ten Tables in Play

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

The mixed game contest is certainly picking up in action and the field is also growing, as there are now 59 players registered. Among the latest players to enter was also Ben Lamb, who seems to have joined one of the first WSOP tournament of the ongoing festival.

Tags: Ben Lamb

Three Quarters for Claassen

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante
Adam Friedman
Adam Friedman

Badeucey

On the first draw, Christopher Claassen took two and Adam Friedman took one. Claasen check-called a bet and took two once more while Friedman patted. What followed was the check-raise by Claassen and Friedman came along to then see the final draw go pat, pat.

They checked it and Claassen showed the {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}/{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} for a three-card six and an eighty-six. Friedman showed the {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}/{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for an eighty-seven and the same three-card six to earn just one quarter of the pot.

Tags: Adam FriedmanChristopher Claassen

Gamble Chops With Zyrin

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Anatolii Zyrin raised from under the gun and was called by Eric Kurtzman on the button, Noah Bronstein in the small blind and Nathan Gamble in the big blind. Only Gamble check-called a bet by Zyrin on the {k-Spades}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs} flop and did so again on the {7-Clubs} turn. They checked the {j-Diamonds} river and Gamble's {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades} for the king-high flush won the high pot, Zyrin's {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} earned the low.

Tags: Anatolii ZyrinEric KurtzmanNathan GambleNoah Bronstein

Zhu Exposes Hand; Folds Eventually

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

After the second draw, Yueqi Zhu accidentally exposed his jack-six and the floor was called as there was in fact another draw remaining. "Oh shit," Zhu said and tried to scramble his cards within a second. Nick Schulman was his opponent and both then took one card each.

Schulman bet 8,400 into a pot of more than 10,000 and Zhu then folded, flashing a seven-high straight.

Tags: Nick SchulmanYueqi Zhu