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

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.

Player Chips Progress
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
93,000
20,000
20,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
57,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 4X Winner
John Monnette us
John Monnette
48,200
-1,800
-1,800
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Anthony ZinnoJohn MonnetteSorel Mizzi

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.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
92,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Kevin Gerhart us
Kevin Gerhart
29,600
-38,400
-38,400
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Frank KasselaKevin Gerhart

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

Zack Gets Scooped by Lamb

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo Regular

Daniel Zack: {x-}{x-} / {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} / {x-}
Ben Lamb: {x-}{x-} / {4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades} / {x-}

On the tail end of a hand between Daniel Zack and Ben Lamb, the latter bet and Zack reluctantly called. Lamb rolled over the {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{7-Spades} for two pair and a ten-nine while Zack exposed the {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and mucked his seventh card.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
69,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Zack us
Daniel Zack
42,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Ben LambDaniel Zack

Schulman Jams Up Stack

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Three ways to the {k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} turn, Nick Schulman opted to check in the big blind and Scott Bohlman bet 10,000 into a pot of around 13,000 while in the hijack. David "ODB" Baker called on the button and Schulman then raised the pot for 52,800 total. Bohlman reluctantly folded and Baker also quickly got out of the way.

"Did you have two pair?" Bohlman inquired and Schulman nodded, then replied "I did have two pair."

Player Chips Progress
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
95,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
42,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
34,500
-20,500
-20,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David "ODB" BakerNick SchulmanScott Bohlman

No Call for Zyrin

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Pot-Limit Hold'em

On the heads-up flop of {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, John Racener checked his option and Anatolii Zyrin bet 2,000 on the button for Racener to call. The {3-Spades} turn was checked once more to Zyrin, who then made it 3,500 to go. Racener sent his cards into the muck and the pot was sent to the Russian.

Nathan Gamble has taken over the lead on the same table while all other players hover around the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Nathan Gamble us
Nathan Gamble
102,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
67,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
64,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Noah Bronstein us
Noah Bronstein
62,000
3,000
3,000
Felipe Ramos br
Felipe Ramos
62,000
-5,000
-5,000
GGPoker

Tags: Anatolii ZyrinJohn RacenerNathan Gamble

Fuchs and Shak Chop It Up

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Aditya Prasetyo: {x-}{x-} / {5-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Spades} fold on fifth
Carol Fuchs: {x-}{x-} / {6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} / {x-}
Dan Shak: {x-}{x-} / {2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Clubs} / {x-}

Dan Shak check-called bets by Carol Fuchs on fifth and sixth with the former street seeing Aditya Prasetyo get out of the way. They checked seventh and Fuchs rolled over the {7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a low. Shak had {10-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} for treys and deuces to earn the high pot.

Player Chips Progress
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
64,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
62,000
9,000
9,000
Aditya Prasetyo us
Aditya Prasetyo
57,000
-3,000
-3,000
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
55,000
-15,000
-15,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
53,000
-7,000
-7,000
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
45,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Aditya PrasetyoCarol FuchsDan Shak

Ohel Eliminated by Vitch

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante
Randy Ohel
Randy Ohel

No-Limit Hold'em

Ryan Hughes had picked NLHE and then won a big pot. Randy Ohel was left with a severe short stack and jammed for just 4,300, which Chris Vitch called.

Randy Ohel: {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Chris Vitch: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{a-Spades} and Ohel was eliminated.

"I had nothing more than the starting stack in a 10k. You guys have fun," Ohel said on his way out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Vitch us
Chris Vitch
93,000
5,000
5,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
78,000
6,000
6,000
Ryan Hughes us
Ryan Hughes
75,000
19,000
19,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston
63,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
22,200
-19,800
-19,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chris VitchRandy OhelRyan Hughes