Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed) Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-01-2023 12:40 UTC-8

Kessler Back From the Brink

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16

No-Limit Hold'em

Allen Kessler noted that he was down to just 2,500 in chips in the previous orbit but the very first hand of NLHE changed that all of a sudden. Having previously doubled, he picked up K♥K♦ versus A♣Q♣ and held up thanks to a 10♠9♥6♦7♣5♥ board to get back into contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	49,000 29,500	29,500
Ronald Schiffman	Busted
Jeremy Harkin	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler

06-01-2023 12:44 UTC-8

Double Knockout for Bach

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16

Pot-Limit Omaha

On a three-way flop of K♣J♥3♦, Richard Mirin bet 5,000 out of the small blind. Aaron Schaff raised to 20,000 for David Bach to call on the button. Mirin tanked for a while and pushed all-in, prompting the snap shove by Schaff and snap-call by Bach with the superior stack.

Richard Mirin: K♥J♦5♠3♥
Aaron Schaff: K♠K♦4♣3x
David Bach: A♥Q♣10♥9♥

Mirin was in rough shape against top set and a full wrap while Bach had a ton of outs to knock out two opponents. One of them came with the 10♠ turn and the 5♦ river failed to pair the board, sending Schaff to the rail as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	250,000 170,000	170,000

Richard Mirin	Busted
Aaron Schaff	Busted

Tags: Aaron Schaff David Bach Richard Mirin

06-01-2023 12:46 UTC-8

Pescatori Plays the Wrong Game

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Mike Patrick

Level 16

No-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

After Max Pescatori raised to 3,000 in the cutoff, he was met with a three-bet to 20,000 by Andrew Donabedian on the button.
Pescatori called and then drew two, while Donabedian stood pat.

The post-draw action went check-check and Pescatori discarded a single card. The dealer and Donabedian informed him that it was Single Draw, to which Pescatori replied unknowingly, "oh, we switched" thinking that they were playing Pot-Limit Triple Draw.

Pescatori then turned up his Kx7x6x3x2x, while Donabedian showed 10x9x7x4x2x for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Donabedian	170,000 20,000	20,000

Max Pescatori	33,000 37,500	37,500

Tags: Andrew Donabedian Max Pescatori

06-01-2023 12:53 UTC-8

Collopy Takes From Roeder

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Mike Patrick

Level 16

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Ryan Roeder raised to 6,500 on the button and got a call from Jim Collopy in the big blind.

Collopy drew one, while Roeder needed to take two.

Collopy bet 10,000 and after a bit of deliberation, Roeder made the call.

Collopy fanned 10x9x7x5x2x for the winner and Roeder mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Roeder	115,000 28,500	28,500
Jim Collopy	88,000 17,500	17,500

Tags: Jim Collopy Ryan Roeder

06-01-2023 12:59 UTC-8

Early Chip Counts and Casualties on Day 2

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16

Player	Chips	Progress
David Avina	220,000 155,500	155,500
Nick Kost	210,000 39,500	39,500

Marco Johnson	200,000 32,000	32,000

Chad Eveslage	190,000 51,000	51,000

Philip Sternheimer	185,000 49,500	49,500

Amnon Filippi	160,000 14,000	14,000

Scott Bohlman	150,000 17,500	17,500

Carol Fuchs	150,000 80,000	80,000

Matthew Schreiber	140,000 22,000	22,000

Valentin Vornicu	105,000 7,000	7,000
Kenneth Po	100,000 21,000	21,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	100,000 43,000	43,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	95,000 55,500	55,500

Michael Trivett	80,000 4,000	4,000

Adam Owen	70,000 37,500	37,500
Frank Kassella	70,000 70,000	70,000
Nacho Barbero	55,000 55,000	55,000

Brian Rast	55,000 8,000	8,000

Chris Tryba	Busted

Paul DeGiulio	Busted
Hieu Luu	Busted
Allen Kessler	Busted
Joseph Konstan	Busted
Max Pescatori	Busted

06-01-2023 13:02 UTC-8

Joe Eliminated by Balas

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16

No-Limit Hold'em

One of the largest pots of the tournament so far unfolded in NLHE and it was Dean Joe who went from an above-average stack to the rail all of a sudden. He got it in preflop with the A♥K♠ only to get snapped off by Dekel Balas with the K♦K♥.

The board ran out 8♠7♥4♥4♣5♥ and more than 100,000 in chips went moved from one side of the table to the other.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dekel Balas	270,000 164,000	164,000
Dean Joe	Busted

Tags: Dean Joe Dekel Balas

06-01-2023 13:03 UTC-8

Eichhorn Gives Some Blood

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Mike Patrick

Level 16

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Dennis Eichhorn has built his stack up to start the day, but recently gave some back to his table in the game known by players as "Blood"

Eichhorn first raised to 5,000 in the cutoff and got called by Jon Shoreman in the big blind.

Each player drew two and Shoreman led out for 11,000, which got a call from Eichhorn.

The players drew one on the second draw and Shoreman now bet 20,000 and Eicchorn folded.

On the following hand, Eichhorn raised tom 4,500 in the hijack and got calls from Michael Trivett on the button and Frederic Moss in the big blind.

The trio each drew two and checked to the second draw. Moss drew two, Eichhorn drew one and Trivett drew two.

After Moss checked, Eichhorn bet 10,000 but got raised to 30,000 by Trivett. Moss folded and Eichhorn went into the tank.

After nearly three minutes, Eichhorn mucked his hand to send the pot to Trivett.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Eichhorn	156,000
Jon Shoreman	148,000

Michael Trivett	91,500 11,500	11,500

Tags: Dennis Eichhorn Frederic Moss Jon Shoreman Michael Trivett

06-01-2023 13:05 UTC-8

Buchalter Takes From Hughes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16

Pot-Limit Omaha

Three ways to the K♣K♦7♣9♣J♥ river, Ryan Hughes announced a bet of 19,000 and that forced out Dennis Maschke. Yehuda Buchalter had other plans and quickly piled in his stack of T-5,000 chips, resulting in an instant fold by big stack Hughes.

"I better show this one," Buchalter grinned as he flashed the K♠K♥ for flopped quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hughes	295,000 163,500	163,500

Yehuda Buchalter	150,000 31,500	31,500
Dennis Maschke	10,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Dennis Maschke Ryan Hughes Yehuda Buchalter

Level: 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 2,500-5,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000-5,000, 5,000-10,000 Limits, 1,000 Ante
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 1,000-2,000, 2,000/3,000 Ante

06-01-2023 13:10 UTC-8

Tsyngalev Takes a Hit to the Chin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17

Pot-Limit Omaha

Yashuo Chin raised the pot to 8,500 on the button and a frustrated Kirill Tsyngalev jammed for 26,000 out of the big blind, which Chin called.

Kirill Tsyngalev: A♦K♥10♥4♦
Yashuo Chin: Q♦9♠8♥5♦

As soon as the 8♦5♣5♥ flop fell, Tsyngalev could all but grin and jokingly said "well played" as he was already drawing dead. The Q♥ turn and A♥ river were meaningless and Tsyngalev then exited the tournament with a tirade of swear words in Russian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Nesterenko	160,000 12,500	12,500

Yashuo Chin	130,000 90,000	90,000
John Monnette	85,000 1,000	1,000

Adithya Sundar	60,000 5,000	5,000
Kirill Tsyngalev	Busted

Tags: Kirill Tsyngalev Yashuo Chin