Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
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2023 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$608,760
Entries
456
Level
32
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
456
Players Left
135
WSOP Mixed Game Events Kick Off With $1,500 Dealer's Choice
What some players have affectionately dubbed “The world’s biggest kitchen table game” kicks off Wednesday on the second day of the 54th World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, with Day 1 of Event #5: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice Six-Handed.
Entrants will play a variety of 20 flop, stud, and draw games, selected by a player at the table with a secondary button in front of them. That player selects which game will be played for the following orbit, with the game selection button rotating around the table throughout play.
A complete list of eligible games is available on the official WSOP structure sheet.
While the $10,000 Dealers Choice event has become known as the Adam Friedman Invitational for his success in winning that event three years in a row between 2018 and 2021 (before Ben Diebold finally ended that streak last year), its $1,500 cousin may soon be known as the Jaswinder Lally Invitational.
Lally, the 2021 champion nearly took down the 2022 edition as well before falling heads-up to Brad Ruben, who incredibly earned his fourth WSOP bracelet in three years with that victory.
Both players are expected to be in the field along with a who’s who of mixed game wizards and enthusiasts from around the world. Last year, a field of 430 players filled the Paris ballroom with Ruben taking home $126,288 for his victory.
Past $1,500 Dealer's Choice Champions
| Year | Champion | Entries | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Brad Ruben | 430 | $126,288 |
| 2021 | Jaswinder Lally | 307 | $97,915 |
| 2019 | Scott Clements | 470 | $144,957 |
| 2018 | Jeremy Harkin | 406 | $129,882 |
| 2017 | David Bach | 364 | $119,399 |
| 2016 | Lawrence Berg | 389 | $125,466 |
| 2015 | Carol Fuchs | 357 | $127,735 |
| 2014 | Robert Mizrachi | 419 | 147,092 |
Play begins at 2 p.m. local time in the Paris ballroom for the first of 15 scheduled 40-minute levels. Players will receive a 15-minute break at the conclusion of every third level and registration and a single reentry will be allowed until the start of Level 10 (approximately 8:45 p.m.).
Players will receive 25,000 starting chips to begin and as with all WSOP events this year, chips will be in play immediately for all players who registered before the start of play.
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Level: 1
Limit Flop/Draw: 100-200, 200-400 Limits
Stud Games: 100-200, 200-400 Limits, 300 Button Ante
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100-100, 100/200 Ante
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
With 134 entries to start the day, the $1,500 Dealer's Choice event is underway.
Plenty of Big Names Already in the Field
Level 1
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Run Good Requested
Level 1
Let’s run good please #wsop https://t.co/WB8BOfmuqS
— D (@DaveyNjonez)
Early Big O Pot for Moulder
Level 1
Big O
In a four-way pot on a flop of A♥9♣8♦, action checked to Patrick Moulder on the button and he bet 1,000. Two of his opponents called.
Both opponents checked on the A♦ turn and Moulder checked back. The two opponents checked again on the 9♦ river and Moulder bet 2,000. Both opponents laid it down.
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More Familiar Faces
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Kessler Folds Sixth Street
Level 1
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular
Allen Kessler: XxXx/2♣Q♦J♣K♥
Opponent: XxXx/4♠10♠10♦3♦
Allen Kessler called a raise from a single opponent to get to fourth street heads-up. The opponent bet on fourth street and Kessler called. The opponent bet again on fifth street and Kessler once again called.
Kessler's opponent bet once more on sixth street and "The Chainsaw" decided to lay it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Level: 2
Limit Flop/Draw: 200-300, 300-600 Limits
Stud Games: 100-300, 300-600 Limits, 500 Button Ante
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 100-200, 200/300 Ante