Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship Day 3 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-08-2022 01:06 UTC-7

Diebold Pays Off Gorodinsky

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24

Badugi

Ben Diebold was aiming to raise on the button and put in 85,000 in chips, which was certainly not enough to qualify for a raise and thus became a flat-call. Mike Gorodinsky checked in the big blind and drew three, Diebold drew one. Gorodinsky check-called a bet and both took one each to check. Gorodinsky then patted while Diebold took another card, then faced Gorodinsky's bet.

"I started with one, two, four, I am such a fish," Diebold declared in table chat. Once he called and Gorodinsky tabled the for a Badugi, Diebold added "I suck".

The remaining Badugi hands brought not much of an excitement. Brian Rast three-bet against Gorodinsky and patted versus two, bet and took it down.

Next game: A-5 Triple Draw, courtesy of Christopher Claassen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	2,675,000 -385,000	-385,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,950,000 195,000	195,000

Brian Rast	1,575,000 375,000	375,000

Christopher Claassen	1,400,000 -135,000	-135,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Rast Christopher Claassen Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2022 01:17 UTC-7

Diebold Gets it Back

Mike Patrick

Level 24

Limit A-5 Triple Draw

Ben Diebold raised on the button and was called by Mike Gorodinsky in the big blind.

Gorodinsky drew three, while Diebold drew two.

The players then checked, and each drew two.

Gorodinsky now led out with a bet, which was called by Diebold.

The players now drew one card each, and Gorodinsky check-called a bet from Diebold.

Diebold showed for a six low and Gorodinsky mucked his cards, awarding a pot to Diebold that brings him back over 3,000,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	3,020,000 345,000	345,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,460,000 -490,000	-490,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2022 01:22 UTC-7

Diebold Ramps Up Aggression

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24

No-Limit Hold'em

Ben Diebold raised to 80,000 and table short stack Christopher Claassen defended the big blind. On a flop of , Claassen checked and then folded when Diebold made it 60,000 to go.

Brian Rast then opened to 90,000 and claimed the blinds and antes.

Diebold open-jammed into Rast to claim back the big blind.

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Diebold raised it up to 80,000 on the button for Rast to call in the small blind. They discarded two each and checked, then took one each. Rast bet 155,000 and Diebold instantly folded. With his aggressive playing style as of lately, he has established a larger lead nonetheless.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	3,650,000 630,000	630,000

Brian Rast	1,600,000 25,000	25,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,200,000 -260,000	-260,000

Christopher Claassen	900,000 -500,000	-500,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Rast Christopher Claassen

06-08-2022 01:32 UTC-7

Diebold Draws More Blood

Mike Patrick

Level 24

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

A three-way poker "bloodbath" just developed which has seen Ben Diebold solidly establish himself as the chip leader.

Diebold raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and was called by Brian Rast on the button and Christopher Claassen in the big blind.

Claassen drew three, while the others each drew two.

After Claassen checked, Diebold bet 200,000 and was called only by Rast.

The players each drew one, and after he checked his cards, Diebold quickly announced, "pot".

Rast now faced a bet of 700,000 chips, which represented over half of his remaining stack.

Rast took some time before opting to fold and preserve his chips, as Diebold has now crossed the four million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	4,020,000 370,000	370,000

Brian Rast	1,320,000 -280,000	-280,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,200,000

Christopher Claassen	1,020,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Rast Christopher Claassen

06-08-2022 01:36 UTC-7

Christopher Claassen Eliminated in 4th Place ($98,738)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Christopher Claassen raised to 120,000 in the small blind and was called by Ben Diebold. They headed to the first draw on which Claassen took two and Diebold took one. Claassen checked, Diebold bet the pot and then instantly called the all-in of Claassen for around 700,000.

Claassen discarded one card and was up against a pat, then patted the final draw and Diebold patted back.

Claassen announced a nine and showed the but Diebold instantly replied with a "not good" before flipping over the .

Just after the hand, Joey Couden showed up at the rail and Diebold had asked him how his Badeucey game was because that's what Mike Gorodinsky picked. Couden replied with a "good" and Diebold nodded.

In the meanwhile, Claassen headed to the payout desk to collect $98,738 for his fourth place finish.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	4,850,000 830,000	830,000

Brian Rast	1,250,000 -70,000	-70,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,180,000 -20,000	-20,000

Christopher Claassen	Busted

Tags: Ben Diebold Christopher Claassen Joey Couden Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2022 01:42 UTC-7

Gorodinsky Dents Rast's Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24

Badeucey

Brian Rast raised out of the small blind and then called a three-bet by Mike Gorodinsky in the big blind. Both discarded one card in each of the three drawing rounds and Rast check-called a bet by Gorodinsky each time.

Gorodinsky announced an eight Badugi and Rast nodded with a "me too ... what's your pair" to get shown the / by his opponent. Rast shook his head and flashed his cards to Gorodinsky only before tossing the cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	4,900,000 50,000	50,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,820,000 640,000	640,000

Brian Rast	600,000 -650,000	-650,000

Tags: Brian Rast Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2022 01:49 UTC-7

A Bit More For Gorodinsky

Mike Patrick

Level 24

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Mike Gorodinsky managed to chip up slightly more in a relatively uneventful round of No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, taking a small pot against each of his remaining opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	4,855,000 -45,000	-45,000

Mike Gorodinsky	1,950,000 130,000	130,000

Brian Rast	575,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2022 01:56 UTC-7

Rast Gets One Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24

Badeucey

Ben Diebold raised out of the small blind and Brian Rast called in the big blind. Both discarded two cards and Diebold check-called a bet. On the second draw, Diebold took two and Rast patted. The check by Diebold was followed by Rast's bet, who had exactly one big bet behind.

Diebold mulled it over for a short while and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Diebold	4,700,000 -155,000	-155,000

Mike Gorodinsky	2,020,000 70,000	70,000

Brian Rast	720,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Ben Diebold Brian Rast

06-08-2022 02:06 UTC-7

Diebold Using His Stack

Mike Patrick

Level 24

No-Limit Hold'em

While a big pot hasn't developed, Ben Diebold has been using game selection to strategically chip up where possible, as in his last few game choices, he's picked No-Limit Hold'em, moving all in repeatedly on the button and using his chip lead to his advantage.