Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-05-2022 20:30 UTC-7

Fuchs Eliminates Baker

Mike Patrick

Level 5

Pot-Limit Omaha

David "Bakes" Baker was just seen leaving the tournament floor, and his exectutioner, Carol Fuchs was kind enough to relay the details of his elimination.

Preflop, Fuchs raised to 1,100 and Baker called in the big blind.

On a flop of , Baker check-raised Fuchs, then called off for the rest of his roughly 40,000 chip stack after Fuchs shoved on him.

David "Bakes" Baker:
Carol Fuchs:

Baker had top two pair, but was facing a world of outs for Fuchs who had a wrap and a flush draw.

The brought no help to Fuchs, but the on the river certainly did, giving the 2015 $1,500 WSOP Dealer's Choice champ a winning straight, and vaulting her stack over 100,000.

Meanwhile at neighboring hands, Frank Kassella and Christian Roberts are among recent elminations.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	109,000 27,000	27,000

David "Bakes" Baker	Busted

Frank Kassela	Busted

Christian Roberts	Busted

Tags: Carol Fuchs Christian Roberts Frank Kassella David "Bakes" Baker

06-05-2022 20:22 UTC-7

According to the screens, the Day 1 field is already up to 86 entries with several notables entering the fray in the last few minutes. Alongside Andrew "AJ" Kelsall and Greg Mueller, a new table also opened after the addition of Kristijonas Andrulis. Soon after, Scott Clements and Roland Israelashvili followed suit to boost the field size further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	60,000

Kristijonas Andrulis	60,000
Roland Israelashvili	60,000

Tags: Greg Mueller Kristijonas Andrulis Roland Israelashvili Scott Clements

06-05-2022 20:19 UTC-7

Rheem Doesn't Rip Preflop; Loses More Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5

No-Limit Hold'em

Ian O'Hara raised to 1,600 preflop and was called by David Benyamine. Chino Rheem then three-bet to 7,600 and O'Hara was the only caller. With the promising preflop action, nothing happened thereafter as they checked down the board.

Rheem tabled the , which O'Hara had beat holding the mighty .

"I should have just ripped preflop," Rheem admitted in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	122,000 14,000	14,000

Paul DeGiulio	85,000
Ian O'Hara	69,000 19,000	19,000
Scott Bohlman	67,000 -16,500	-16,500

Jordan Siegel	55,000 -38,500	-38,500
Chino Rheem	23,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Chino Rheem David Benyamine Ian O'Hara

06-05-2022 20:15 UTC-7

O'Connell Wins Some Off Fuchs and Bach

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Carol Fuchs raised on the button to pick up calls from both players in the blinds. Bart O'Connell and David Bach discarded two and so did Fuchs on the first draw. A checked, Bach bet and Fuchs raised in order to pick up two calls. On the second card they all took one card and checked, then repeated the very same action on the draw and betting round.

O'Connell tabled the and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carol Fuchs	82,000 17,000	17,000

Bart O'Connell	57,000 57,000	57,000
David Bach	38,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Bartley O'Connell Carol Fuchs David Bach

06-05-2022 20:12 UTC-7

Mueller Sits Down for First Hand; Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Greg Mueller sat down for his first hand of WSOP in 2022 and immediately got involved in the action against Christopher Claassen. They ended up tangling in a small pot in which Mueller bet after the final draw and Claassen paid it off. Mueller tabled the and that was good enough to win the pot.

"It's good to be back," Mueller said with a smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Claassen	132,000 72,000	72,000
Greg Mueller	65,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Christopher Claassen Greg Mueller

06-05-2022 20:07 UTC-7

A Round of Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 5

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	108,500 21,500	21,500

Yuval Bronshtein	108,000 28,000	28,000

Jesse Klein	106,800 22,800	22,800

Noah Bronstein	65,500 5,500	5,500
Kyle Dilschneider	64,000 64,000	64,000
Andrew Brown	64,000 14,000	14,000
Yehuda Buchalter	62,500 -22,500	-22,500
Joey Couden	61,200 -800	-800
Greg Mueller	60,000 60,000	60,000

Andrew Kelsall	60,000

Ian O'Hara	50,000 -11,000	-11,000
Chip Jett	49,000 -13,500	-13,500
Daniel Negreanu	32,000 4,000	4,000

Nacho Barbero	21,000 -11,200	-11,200
Fabian Reitz	5,000 -80,000	-80,000
Joshua Kay	Busted

06-05-2022 19:53 UTC-7

Barlow Wins Some Off Ashton

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5

Seven Card Stud High

Matthew Ashton: / /
Todd Barlow: / /

Matthew Ashton limped in and then called when Todd Barlow completed. One bet each went in after the fourth and fifth street, Ashton then called a bet by Barlow on sixth and seventh. Barlow rolled over the for a pair of sixes and Ashton double-checked his cards before sending them into the muck.

"How much do I owe, 9,600?" he inquired with the dealer and tossed in two T-5,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hui	65,000 -2,500	-2,500

Joey Couden	62,000 -1,500	-1,500
Todd Barlow	58,000 58,000	58,000
Matthew Ashton	56,000 -18,000	-18,000

Anatolii Zyrin	47,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Matthew Ashton Todd Barlow

06-05-2022 19:47 UTC-7

Siegel Shows Rheem He's Got It

Mike Patrick

Level 5

Pot-Limit Omaha

Scott Bohlman raised to 1,500 in the hijack and was called by Chino Rheem in the cutoff and Jordan Siegel on the button.

On a flop of , Bohlman checked and Rheem bet 3,000.

Siegel called and Bohlman folded leaving the pot heads up to the turn .

Both players checked, and on the flush-completing river, Rheem checked to Siegel, who bet 5,000.

After some thought, Rheem called and Seigel showed for a king-high flush and Rheem mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	83,500 -7,500	-7,500

Jordan Siegel	54,500
Chino Rheem	19,500 -28,500	-28,500

Tags: Jordan Siegel Scott Bohlman Chino Rheem

06-05-2022 19:41 UTC-7

PN Pod: 2022 WSOP Kicks Off w/ Katie Kopp Win; Guests Peters, Elias, Deeb & Kornuth

Chad Holloway

Level 5

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Sarah Herring come to you from the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and offer thoughts on the early goings at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

Guests on this episode include Katie Kopp, who became the first bracelet winner of the summer and captured the inaugural bracelet offered at the new home of the WSOP; both David Peters and Chance Kornuth, who clashed heads-up battling for their respective fourth bracelet; Shaun Deeb, who shares his thoughts on the $25K Fantasy Draft, Mark-Up Police, and more; and finally Darren Elias, who opens up about falling one spot shy of his record-extending fifth World Poker Tour (WPT) title and chats about the upcoming BetMGM Poker Championship from June 23-26 at ARIA Resort & Casino.

Listen to those stories and more on the latest PokerNews Podcast!

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06-05-2022 19:38 UTC-7

Small Pots Only

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5

5 Card Draw High

Jake Schwartz raised to 1,500 and Andrew Brown then three-bet to 7,000 from one seat over. Schwartz mulled it over for a few seconds and then sent his cards into the muck.

The game mode then changed with Ryan Goindoo picking the "there will be blood" variant.

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Brown raised to 2,100 and Hye Park defended the big blind. Park discarded one and Brown took two new cards. Park then bet 4,500 and that's all she wrote, because Brown opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Schwartz	63,000 -7,000	-7,000
Andrew Brown	50,000 5,000	5,000
Hye Park	35,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Andrew Brown Hye Park Jake Schwartz Ryan Goindoo