Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day 2 Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,209,000
Entries
130
Level
23
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
74
Players Left
13
Rast & "Pads" Among Big Stacks in Day 2 of $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship
After a fast-paced Day 1 that debuted a new structure for the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Events, Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship will pick back up today with Day 2 kicking off at 1 p.m. local time.
Leading the star-studded 58 players who bagged Day 1 is six-time bracelet winner John Hennigan with a stack of 309,500, while fellow big stacks Marco Johnson (297,500) and David "The Gunslinger" Bach (273,000) are respectively after their third and fourth bracelets.
Other notable players who ended Day 1 with a top ten stack include five-time bracelet winner Brian Rast, the popular Patrick "Pads" Leonard (who won a bracelet in the 2022 Tag Team event) and three-time bracelet winner David "Bakes" Baker.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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| 1 | John Hennigan | United States | 309,500 |
| 2 | Marco Johnson | United States | 297,500 |
| 3 | David Bach | United States | 273,000 |
| 4 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 255,000 |
| 5 | Larry Tull | United States | 208,500 |
| 6 | Ray Henson | United States | 203,000 |
| 7 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 202,500 |
| 8 | Zack Freeman | United States | 202,000 |
| 9 | Brian Rast | United States | 190,000 |
| 10 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 190,000 |
Those are hardly the only poker stars who will be on the Day 2 felt as Poker Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu and Erik Seidel bagged middling stacks, while the always-positive Phil Hellmuth will look to spin up his stack of 9,000 into a record-extending 17th bracelet.
Defending champion Ben Diebold and runner-up Mike Gorodinsky are both in contention, while Adam Friedman, who famously won this event three consecutive years from 2018 to 2021, won't be made a four-time Dealer's Choice champion this time around as he fell on Day 1.
We may see a few more notables hop into the field as late registration remains open until the start of play on Day 2.
The plan is to play seven 90-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every level and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 14, which is expected to wrap up at approximately 7:40 p.m. Day 3's restart time has yet to be determined and will play down to a winner as it follows a similar structure to Day 2.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas and will provide updates before the next Dealer's Choice champion is crowned.
Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship: Day 2 Seat Draw
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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| Paris | 132 | 2 | Matthew Woodward | United States | 130,500 |
| Paris | 132 | 3 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 30,000 |
| Paris | 132 | 4 | Dustin Dirksen | United States | 86,000 |
| Paris | 132 | 5 | Matt Vengrin | United States | 116,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 3 | Ajay Gnanasambanthan | United States | 148,000 |
| Paris | 133 | 4 | Tamon Nakamura | Japan | 64,500 |
| Paris | 133 | 5 | James Obst | Australia | 92,500 |
| Paris | 133 | 6 | Ray Henson | United States | 203,000 |
| Paris | 134 | 2 | Jordan Zucker | United States | 106,000 |
| Paris | 134 | 3 | Matt Szymaszek | United States | 20,500 |
| Paris | 134 | 4 | Jerry Wong | United States | 39,000 |
| Paris | 134 | 5 | Ben Diebold | United States | 42,500 |
| Paris | 134 | 6 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 37,000 |
| Paris | 135 | 2 | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | 255,000 |
| Paris | 135 | 3 | Marco Johnson | United States | 297,500 |
| Paris | 135 | 4 | Zachary Freeman | United States | 202,000 |
| Paris | 135 | 5 | Taylor Paur | United States | 64,500 |
| Paris | 135 | 6 | John Hennigan | United States | 309,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 1 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 62,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 3 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 93,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 4 | Joey Couden | United States | 151,000 |
| Paris | 136 | 5 | Paul Volpe | United States | 146,500 |
| Paris | 136 | 6 | Scott Seiver | United States | 187,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 1 | Brian Rast | United States | 190,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 2 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 190,000 |
| Paris | 137 | 4 | Matthew Valeo | United States | 161,500 |
| Paris | 137 | 5 | Mike Wattel | United States | 137,500 |
| Paris | 137 | 6 | Erik Seidel | United States | 33,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 1 | Michael McKenna | United States | 21,500 |
| Paris | 138 | 2 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 158,500 |
| Paris | 138 | 3 | Jon Shoreman | United Kingdom | 91,000 |
| Paris | 138 | 5 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 103,500 |
| Paris | 138 | 6 | Andrew Brown | United States | 62,500 |
| Paris | 139 | 1 | John Racener | United States | 111,000 |
| Paris | 139 | 2 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 154,000 |
| Paris | 139 | 3 | Dutch Boyd | United States | 109,500 |
| Paris | 139 | 5 | Mike Matusow | United States | 18,000 |
| Paris | 139 | 6 | Tomomitsu Ono | Japan | 45,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 1 | Andrew Robl | United States | 97,000 |
| Paris | 140 | 2 | Frank Kassela | United States | 137,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 4 | Ari Engel | United States | 84,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 5 | Christopher Claassen | United States | 93,500 |
| Paris | 140 | 6 | Cary Katz | United States | 164,500 |
| Paris | 141 | 1 | Kane Kalas | United States | 66,000 |
| Paris | 141 | 2 | Hisashi Yamanouchi | Japan | 89,000 |
| Paris | 141 | 3 | Ofir Mor | United States | 73,500 |
| Paris | 141 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 49,500 |
| Paris | 142 | 1 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 56,500 |
| Paris | 142 | 2 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 9,000 |
| Paris | 142 | 6 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 177,000 |
| Paris | 143 | 1 | Keith Lehr | United States | 80,500 |
| Paris | 143 | 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 136,000 |
| Paris | 143 | 4 | Patrick Leonard | United Kingdom | 202,500 |
| Paris | 143 | 5 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 142,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 2 | Ryan Goindoo | Trinidad and Tobago | 83,000 |
| Paris | 144 | 3 | Larry Tull | United States | 208,500 |
| Paris | 144 | 4 | Jeremy Heartberg | United States | 38,500 |
| Paris | 144 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 203,000 |
New Day 2 Entries Seal Record Attendance
At least 16 new entries for Day 2 have boosted the field to 131 total entries and all but one of them have already appeared to take a seat. The action is expected to kick off in a few minutes from now with a slight delay.
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Level: 11
Limit Flop/Draw: 2,000-4,000, 4,000-8,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 4,000 Completion 4,000-8,000 Limits,
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000-3,000 Ante, 1,000-2,000 Blinds
The Chad & Jesse Poker Show Episode #2: Lon McEachern's Unforgettable WSOP Moments & Doyle Brunson's Legacy
Level 11
Legendary commentator Lon McEachern joined Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen for the second episode of The Chad & Jesse Poker Show.
They talk about old World Series of Poker (WSOP) memories and what the first years of video production were like; as well as some old Doyle Brunson stories are told by McEachern.
Volpe Takes From Zinno
Level 11
Limit Hold'em
Picking up the action on the J♥3♥3♦ flop, one full bet was in the middle between Paul Volpe and Anthony Zinno. The latter check-called a bet on the 7♥ turn and the 5♦ river was checked. Volpe bet again and Zinno folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
18,500
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-18,500
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Freeman Earns Three Quarters Against Zyrin
Level 11
Big O
Three ways to the A♠7♠4♠ flop, Zachary Freeman bet 20,000 out of the big blind. Eric Persson in the cutoff folded while Anatolii Zyrin called on the button. Freeman then bet the 9♦ turn for 70,000 to receive a call and jammed the 8♠ river. Zyrin shrugged and called with the superior stack.
Zachary Freeman: A♦6♥4♦3♣2♠
Anatolii Zyrin: A♣Q♥5♦3♥2♥
Freeman had two pair to go with his nut low and earned three quarters of the pot while Zyrin took a big hit right away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000
300,000
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162,000
-93,000
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45,000
-15,000
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Hellmuth Doubles Through Ryynanen
Level 11
Pot-Limit Omaha
Action folded to a short-stacked Phil Hellmuth in the hijack and he raised to 7,000 before Sampo Ryynanen three-bet to put the 16-time bracelet winner all in. Hellmuth quickly called.
Phil Hellmuth: A♣K♣K♦5♠
Sampo Ryynanen: 9♥8♥6♠3♣
Hellmuth improved to a pair of aces on the A♦Q♠10♠ flop and stayed ahead as the board finished out 2♣8♦ to earn him an early double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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150,000
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Early Casualties on Day 2
Level 11
Phil Hellmuth won another small pot without showdown to stay alive in the tournament while Eric Persson, Mike Matusow and Aaron Kupin all departed. There are currently 69 players remaining out of a field of 130 entries.
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