Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-03-2023 20:16 UTC-7

Taylor Doubles Through Engel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Short stack Thomas Taylor raised the pot and Ari Engel called out of the big blind. On the first draw, Engel took two and Taylor took one as the former then bet the pot and Taylor called all-in.

Both discarded one on the second draw and Taylor then patted the final draw, whereas Engel took one.

Taylor showed his 10x6x5x4x2x while Engel had a "bad nine" with the 9x8x6x2x. He peeled a king and Taylor doubled or 6,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Brown	127,000 7,000	7,000
Ari Engel	117,000 57,000	57,000

Sampo Ryynanen	85,000 -70,000	-70,000
Jeff Madsen	80,000 5,000	5,000

Jordan Zucker	75,000 5,000	5,000
Thomas Taylor	23,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Ari Engel Thomas Taylor

06-03-2023 20:11 UTC-7

Selected Chip Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	180,000 28,000	28,000

Cary Katz	165,000 58,000	58,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	125,000 52,000	52,000

Matthew Valeo	125,000 15,000	15,000
Andrew Kelsall	90,000 48,000	48,000

Dustin Dirksen	53,000 -17,000	-17,000
Michael Noori	50,000 -10,000	-10,000

Joao Vieira	45,000 -30,000	-30,000

06-03-2023 20:10 UTC-7

Mizrachi Rocks it in Razz

Mike Patrick

Level 8

Razz

Robert Mizrachi: XxXx/6x3x9x7x
Tomomitsu Ono: XxXx/4x2xQx9x
Kyle Miholich XxXx/3xQx - folded fourth street

Three ways to fourth street, Mizrachi and Ono each picked up good cards which saw Miizrachi bet, Miholich fold, and Ono call.

Mizrachi continued to bet right through seventh street with Ono calling until seventh, when he decided he couldn't call a final bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Miholich	98,000 -14,000	-14,000
Robert Mizrachi	67,000 14,000	14,000

Tomomitsu Ono	64,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Kyle Miholich Robert Mizrachi Tomomitsu Ono

06-03-2023 20:05 UTC-7

On the final draw, Brad Ruben and David Williams discarded one while Hal Rotholz patted. Ruben was all-in already and failed to catch any help with the final draw as Williams also bricked what appeared to be an 4x2xAx three card Badugi.

Rotholz showed his 10♣9♦3♥2♠ and that won the pot, sending Ruben to the rail. After the hand was over, Rotholz mentioned he had patted all the way with the made ten-Dugi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	67,000 -8,000	-8,000
David Williams	30,000 -25,000	-25,000

Brad Ruben	Busted

Tags: Brad Ruben David Williams Hal Rotholz

06-03-2023 19:59 UTC-7

The Field Hits 100

Mike Patrick

Level 8

The field size has crossed the century mark with some big names entering the fray midway through level 8. Registration is open through the end of today's ten levels of play and right up until the start of day 2 on Sunday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	60,000

David Bach	60,000

Ari Engel	60,000

John Racener	60,000

06-03-2023 19:55 UTC-7

Small Pot Without Showdown for Madsen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

Stud Hi-Lo Regular

Sampo Ryynanen: XxXx / 5♠6♥9♥ folded on fifth street
Jeff Madsen: XxXx / 5♥3♠4♦

With two low boards starting on fourth, Jeff Madsen bet the advantage and was called by Sampo Ryynanen. That led them to fifth street on which Madsen further improved. He bet and Ryynanen double-checked his cards, shook the head and folded with the words "I had a good hand".

The table no longer features Nozomu Shimizu while Andrew Brown has chipped up as of lately.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sampo Ryynanen	155,000 -20,000	-20,000
Andrew Brown	120,000 40,000	40,000
Jeff Madsen	75,000 -15,000	-15,000

Jordan Zucker	70,000 -22,000	-22,000
Thomas Taylor	18,000 -7,000	-7,000
Nozomu Shimizu	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brown Jeff Madsen Nozomu Shimizu Sampo Ryynanen

06-03-2023 19:50 UTC-7

Vengrin Doubles Through Rast

Mike Patrick

Level 8

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Brian Rast raised to 2,500 in the hijack and got a call from Matt Vengrin in the big blind. Vengrin drew one card while Rast needed two.

The players checked and then each drew one on the second draw. Vengrin checked again and faced a bet of 5,000 from Rast.

Vengrin check-raised to 13,000 and after a bit of thought, Rast made the call.

Vengrin still needed to draw one, while Rast patted his hand.

After methodically shuffling his cards and contemplating his next move, Vengrin gathered his 30,200 chips and moved all in.

Rast didn't love it, but decided that his hand was too good to fold and put forward a call.

"Wheel," declared Vengrin as he indeed spread 7x5x4x3x2x on the table for a wheel, a.k.a. number one, a.k.a. a double up in that spot any day of the week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	91,000 18,000	18,000
Brian Rast	38,000 -62,000	-62,000

Tags: Brian Rast Matt Vengrin

06-03-2023 19:43 UTC-7

Gnanasambanthan Misses Some Value

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

Stud 8 or Better

Ajay Gnanasambanthan: 5♠6♣2♦ / 9♦8♣7♦Xx
Hisashi Yamanouchi: 6♥6♠A♥K♦4♥Q♥8♦

Both boards were already meshed to represent the strength and as the dealer was about to prepare a split pot, Ajay Gnanasambanthan suddenly noticed "wait, I have a straight?" to go with his superior low. He then added "damn, I missed value" before the rather small pot was sent to him.

Yamanouchi was left with the same shorter stack he had for quite a while and he has a mountain to climb to make a deep run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatolii Zyrin	190,000 20,000	20,000

Nick Pupillo	80,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ajay Gnanasambanthan	75,000 27,000	27,000
Mike Matusow	63,000 -31,000	-31,000

Hisashi Yamanouchi	20,000

Tags: Ajay Gnanasambanthan Hisashi Yamanouchi

06-03-2023 19:34 UTC-7

Zhu Preserves Stack With a Small Pot

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Having discarded two and one card respectively in a single-raised pot, Yueqi Zhu and Patrick Leonard on the button checked it down. Zhu tabled the 10x9x6x4x3x and that won the pot as Leonard mucked. Despite winning the pot, Zhu remains at around half the starting stack while Leonard has three times as many chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Leonard	95,000 -2,000	-2,000

Yueqi Zhu	30,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Patrick Leonard Yueqi Zhu

06-03-2023 19:32 UTC-7

Arieh Getting Short

Mike Patrick

Level 7

A-5 Triple Draw

Josh Arieh is nursing a short stack that got a little shorter after a recent hand.

After raising in the hijack, he was three-bet by Erik Seidel on the button. Arieh drew two and then saw Seidel pat his hand.

Arieh checked and faced a bet from Seidel. Checking his remaining 6,500 chips, Arieh opted to release his hand and find a better spot to get the rest of his chips in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	91,000 39,500	39,500

Josh Arieh	6,500 -23,500	-23,500

Tags: Erik Seidel Josh Arieh