Event #13: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship (6-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-03-2024 14:18 UTC-7

Bach Shows Sternheimer the Nuts

David Salituro

Level 1

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

David Bach drew two on the first draw, while Philip Sternheimer took one. Bach then bet and Sternheimer called.

Bach stood pat and bet again on the second draw, while Sternheimer called after taking two. Bach again stood pat and bet.

Sternheimer took one and peeked down at his cards before folding. Bach showed 7-5-4-3-2 as he took the pot.

"I had so many of your pairs. What if I told you I was drawing to a chop?" Sternheimer said.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	65,000

Philip Sternheimer	54,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: David Bach Philip Sternheimer

06-03-2024 14:12 UTC-7

Kessler Wins his First Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 1

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Leonard August raised from under the gun and saw big blind Allen Kessler defend his big blind. Kessler drew two cards while August only exchanged one.

Kessler led out after the draw and August made the call. Both players then drew one, leading August to comment on how Kessler caught up.

Kessler stood pat on the final draw while August still needed one. Another bet flew in from Kessler and a quick muck followed from August.

"Well, I won the first hand," Kessler cheered.

"You can't win any more now," August retorted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	62,800 2,800	2,800
Leonard August	57,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Allen Kessler Leonard August

06-03-2024 14:12 UTC-7

Kruse Makes an Eight on Blom

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David Salituro

Level 1

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Viktor Blom bet on the second draw and Max Kruse called.

Blom stood pat, while Kruse drew one on the last draw. Blom then bet again and Kruse called.

Blom had a 9-7, but Kruse showed an 8-7 as the German soccer star took down the early pot.

Jeremy Ausmus and Maxx Coleman took their seats in the field shortly after play began.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Kruse	63,000 3,000	3,000

Jeremy Ausmus	60,000 60,000	60,000

Maxx Coleman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Viktor Blom	57,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Max Kruse Maxx Coleman Viktor Blom

06-03-2024 14:04 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	60,000 60,000	60,000

Viktor Blom	60,000 60,000	60,000
Max Kruse	60,000 60,000	60,000

Philip Sternheimer	60,000 60,000	60,000

Felipe Ramos	60,000 60,000	60,000
Allen Kessler	60,000 60,000	60,000
Jaswinder Lally	60,000 60,000	60,000

Erick Lindgren	60,000 60,000	60,000

Dylan Weisman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Leonard August	60,000 60,000	60,000
Steven Loube	60,000 60,000	60,000

And We're Off

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Matt Warburton

https://twitter.com/AllenKessler/status/1797734250751635560

06-03-2024 14:01 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal

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David Salituro

Level 1

Play is now underway with 25 players currently registered.

Level: 1

Limit Flop/Draw: 300-500, 500-1,000 Limits
Stud Games: 100 Ante, 200 Bring-In, 500 Completion 500-1,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 200/300 Ante, 100-200 Blinds

06-03-2024 02:34 UTC-7

Mixed Game Savants Gear Up for $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship

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Matthew Pitt

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #13: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration open for 10 levels (one level into Day 2). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.

The starting stack is 60,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play 9 levels. Day 2 resumes Tuesday at 1 p.m. when another eight levels will play out.

Levels 1-3 will be 40 minutes before they increase to 60 minutes for Levels 4-13. From Level 14 onwards, levels shoot up to 90 minutes.

Last year's event saw 130 players generate a prize pool of $1,209,000. The winner was Chad Eveslage who defeated Dutch Boyd heads-up to win $311,428 and his third WSOP bracelet — and second of two in 2023!

“The singularity is coming and this is probably the last World Series," he laughed in a winner's interview with PokerNews. "Not probably, but 10 percent this is the last World Series to ever happen. You know, gotta make the most of it while it’s here ... Nice to get a win, nice to get some of this before we all merge with machines.”

Year	Entries	Winner	Country	Prize
2023	130	Chad Eveslage	United States	$311,428
2022	123	Ben Diebold	United States	$299,488
2021	93	Adam Friedman	United States	$248,350
2019	122	Adam Friedman	United States	$312,417
2018	111	Adam Friedman	United States	$293,275

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