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Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Day 2 Completed
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$707,550
Total Entries
530
Level
31
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Entries
126
Players Left
10
Players Left 1 / 530
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Level 25
After 10 hour-long levels of play, a Day 2 field of 126 players has been whittled down to just 10. Minnesota native Clint Wolcyn leads the pack in Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice with 2,770,000 chips. Brayden Gazlay is in second with 2,370,000, while Robert Wells rounds out the podium with 1,960,000. Wolcyn had a number of friends on the rail to support and will certainly bring action and energy to Day 3 tomorrow.
Six-time bracelet winners John Hennigan and Shaun Deeb also advance to Day 3, along with online poker legend Viktor Blom.
The 10 returning players will be battling for the gold bracelet along with a first-place prize of $138,296. This year's Dealer's Choice event had a record turnout of 530 players.
Seat Draw for Day 3
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lawrence Brandt | United States | 805,000 |
| 2 | Robert Wells | United Kingdom | 1,960,000 |
| 3 | Venkata Tayi | United States | 505,000 |
| 5 | John Hennigan | United States | 1,520,000 |
| 6 | Ryan Pedigo | United States | 910,000 |
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 585,000 |
| 2 | Clint Wolcyn | United States | 2,770,000 |
| 3 | Brayden Gazlay | United States | 2,370,000 |
| 4 | Peter Gelencser | Hungary | 170,000 |
| 6 | Viktor Blom | Sweden | 1,650,000 |
The Day's Action
The Day 2 starting field of 126 dwindled quickly, and the players were approaching the money bubble before the first break of the day. Many accomplished mixed game pros hit the rail early including Maxx Coleman, Brian Rast, and Daniel Weinman.
Eventually, it was Max Hoffman who earned the unfortunate title of bubble boy after losing the last of his chips in a hand of seven card stud. As a result, Joshua Heinzl made the money with a single 500 chip.
Benny Glaser, who started the day third in chips, lost a large pot with a straight versus a rivered flush in pot-limit hold'em shortly before the three-table redraw.
More mixed game legends fell in the final 18, including Allan Le, Jeff Madsen, and Roland Israelashvili, who was celebrating a record-extending 500th career WSOP cash.
The remaining 10 players return at 1:00 p.m. on June 1 to the Horseshoe Event Center for Level 26. Play will continue until a champion is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as our live reporting team brings you all the action tomorrow and throughout the entire World Series of Poker.
Level 25
Level 25
Day 2 has ended with 10 players remaining.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 25
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Brayden Gazlay: XxXx/Q♠5♥A♠3♣/Xx
Shaun Deeb: XxXx/Q♥A♦8♠10♠/Xx
Peter Gelencser: XxXx/10♥6♣J♥J♦/Xx
Shaun Deeb raised on third and both Brayden Gazlay and Peter Gelencser called.
Deeb bet again on fourth and fifth as both opponents called. Gelencser made a pair on sixth and opened the betting as Deeb and Gazlay called.
Action checked to Gazlay on seventh and he bet. Gelencser and Deeb both called and Gazlay showed J♣Q♦J♠ for queens and jacks to win the massive pot.
Level 25
2-7 Triple Draw
Roland Israelashvili raised before Shaun Deeb reraised on the button. Clint Wolcyn called in the small blind, while Israelashvili called for his last chips.
All three players took two. "Fair fight," Deeb said as he and Wolcyn checked.
They each took two again and Wolcyn bet. "Not so fair anymore," Deeb added as he folded.
Wolcyn stood pat while Israelashvili took two. Wolcyn ended up with 8-6-4-3-2 while Israelashvili showed 8-7-6-5-2 as he headed to the rail in 11th place.
Level 25
2-7 Triple Draw
Shaun Deeb reraised in the big blind and Brayden Gazlay called in the hijack.
Both players took one and Deeb bet. Gazlay called and Deeb patted the second draw. Gazlay took one more and called a bet.
Deeb again patted and bet. Gazlay drew one and tanked for a moment before calling.
"Eight-seven perfect," Deeb said, but Gazlay showed an 8-6 to win the pot.
"Were you really considering folding?" Deeb asked.
"Yeah," Gazlay replied.
Level 25
Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
John Hennigan opened from under the gun and Jeff Madsen defended from the big blind. Madsen drew three while Hennigan drew two.
Both players checked after the first draw. Madsen stood pat and Hennigan drew two.
Madsen bet after the second draw and in doing so put himself all in. Hennigan made the call.
Both players stood pat on the final draw. Madsen showed down 9x8x7x5x3x for a nine-low but Hennigan had 7x5x4x3x2x for the wheel to take the pot while Madsen was sent to the rail in 12th place.
Level 25
2-7 Triple Draw
John Hennigan raised under the gun and Robert Wells called on the button. Jeff Madsen also called for his last chips in the big blind.
Madsen and Hennigan took one, while Wells took two. Hennigan then bet and Wells folded.
Both players took one on the last two draws and Hennigan ended up with 6-5-4-3-2 for a straight. Madsen had a 10-low as he won the pot and doubled up.
Level 25
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 671 | 1 | Lawrence Brandt | 1,120,000 |
| 671 | 2 | Robert Wells | 1,400,000 |
| 671 | 3 | Venkata Tayi | 250,000 |
| 671 | 4 | Jeff Madsen | 60,000 |
| 671 | 5 | John Hennigan | 1,650,000 |
| 671 | 6 | Ryan Pedigo | 980,000 |
| 675 | 1 | Shaun Deeb | 1,450,000 |
| 675 | 2 | Clint Wolcyn | 2,100,000 |
| 675 | 3 | Brayden Gazlay | 1,200,000 |
| 675 | 4 | Peter Gelencser | 760,000 |
| 675 | 5 | Roland Israelashvili | 280,000 |
| 675 | 6 | Viktor Blom | 1,420,000 |
