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

06-03-2024 19:00 UTC-7

Kessler Doubles Up

Frank Visser

Level 6

Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Allen Kessler raised to 2,300 from the cutoff before Leonard August made it 5,900 to go in the small blind. Kessler complied with the extra chips and both players drew one card.

August then made a bet of 10,000 chips, sending Kessler into the tank for a bit. Ultimately, he stuck in his stack of 16,800 chips and August made the call.

August stood pat and Kessler drew one before both players stood pat on the final draw.

August tabled 8x6x5x4x2x, but was narrowly beat by Kessler, who showed 8x6x4x3x2x for the winning hand.

Kessler went on to complain about the game choice, leading to several players telling him to be quiet in no uncertain terms.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	46,400 23,400	23,400
Leonard August	23,100 14,900	14,900

Tags: Allen Kessler Leonard August

06-03-2024 18:59 UTC-7

Sternheimer Running on Fumes as Claassen Shows a Nine

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David Salituro

Level 6

A-5 Triple Draw

Christopher Claassen was in the big blind and bet the second draw as Philip Sternheimer called in the cutoff.

Both players drew one and Claassen bet again. Sternheimer called and Claassen showed 9-6-5-3-A to win the pot.

At the same table, Ralph Rudd has built up a stack of around 110,000. "Old white-haired dude has all the chips," tablemate Daniel Fuhs joked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ralph Rudd	110,000
Christopher Claassen	80,000 10,000	10,000

Philip Sternheimer	5,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Christopher Claassen Philip Sternheimer Ralph Rudd

06-03-2024 18:50 UTC-7

August Makes an Angry Check as Okamura Adds to His Stack

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David Salituro

Level 6

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Motoyoshi Okamura took two on the first draw, while Leonard August drew three. Okamura then bet 3,000 in the small blind and August called in the cutoff.

Okamura stood pat and August drew two. Okamura bet another 8,000 and August again called.

Okamura patted again on the third draw and August took one. Okamura checked, and August took a peek at his cards before slamming his fist on the table.

Okamura turned over 9-7-6-5-4 and August, muttering to himself, mucked.

Julien Martini and Brian Rast have recently joined the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Motoyoshi Okamura	150,000 90,000	90,000

Julien Martini	60,000

Brian Rast	60,000

Leonard August	38,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Leonard August Motoyoshi Okamura

06-03-2024 18:49 UTC-7

Hot Dog Challenge: Who's In ?!

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6

https://https://twitter.com/dwpoker/status/1797806689745568104

06-03-2024 18:45 UTC-7

Shak Shows Quads

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Frank Visser

Level 6

Big O

Brian Brunner raised to 2,100 in the small blind and Dan Shak defended his big blind. Both players checked the 2♥2♦3♦ flop before Brunner fired 3,000 chips on the 3♥ turn.

Shak bumped it up to 11,000 and received a call from Brunner, after which the J♠ river completed the board. Brunner checked to Shak, who tossed in 25,500 chips.

Brunner gave it some thought, but eventually made the fold. Shak was cordial enough to show the table his 2♠2♣ for flopped quads as he raked in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Brunner	115,000 4,500	4,500
Dan Shak	70,000

Tags: Brian Brunner Dan Shak

06-03-2024 18:40 UTC-7

Arvidson, Rotholz Chop a Lengthy Pot

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David Salituro

Level 6

Badacey

Hal Rotholz, Anthony Arvidson, and Dustin Dirksen all drew one and Arvidson bet. Both Dirksen and Rotholz called.

The dealer spent some time bringing in the chips and giving each player change for the bet. "Why do mixed games take so long? And then they end up chopping anyway," Anthony Zinno said.

Dirksen stood pat, while Rotholz and Arvidson drew one and Arvidson bet again. Both players called.

Arvidson showed 7♥6♥4♣3♠2♦ for a low and six-Badugi, while Rhtolz had 9♦5♥4♠3♣A♦ for a five-Badugi as they chopped up Dirksen's chips.

"Alright, five minutes later," Zinno added as they finally moved on to the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	75,000
Anthony Arvidson	65,000 12,000	12,000
Dustin Dirksen	55,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Anthony Arvidson Dustin Dirksen Hal Rotholz

Level: 6

Limit Flop/Draw: 800-1,500, 1,500-3,000 Limits
Stud Games: 300 Ante, 500 Bring-In, 1,500 Completion 1,500-3,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 800/1,200 Ante, 400-800 Blinds

06-03-2024 18:17 UTC-7

A Small Break

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Frank Visser

Level 5

The players have been sent on a quick 15-minute break before the action resumes.

06-03-2024 18:16 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 5

Player	Chips	Progress
Jordan Siegel	110,000 38,500	38,500
George Alexander	100,000 60,000	60,000

Patrick Leonard	100,000 15,000	15,000

Dan Shak	70,000 70,000	70,000
Leonard August	70,000 12,000	12,000
Daniel Zack	70,000 70,000	70,000

Frank Kassela	65,000 5,000	5,000

Sean Akhavi	65,000 10,000	10,000
Mike Matusow	62,000 7,000	7,000

Ryan Miller	60,000 2,000	2,000

Dustin Dirksen	60,000 15,000	15,000
Jon Turner	50,000 11,500	11,500

Nick Schulman	50,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Negreanu	20,000 1,500	1,500

Jason Kluska	10,000 37,000	37,000

06-03-2024 18:14 UTC-7

Zhu Over-Bets Yu

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Frank Visser

Level 5

No-Limit 5-Card Draw High

With a pot of 8,100 chips gathered by the players before the draw, Ben Yu drew one card from the small blind and Yueqi Zhu also drew one from the cutoff.

Yu then checked to Zhu, who made a large-bet of 9,500 chips. Yu went deep into his thoughts but eventually settled on a fold to grant the pot to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	72,000 2,000	2,000

Yueqi Zhu	56,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Ben Yu Yueqi Zhu