Event #18: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-03-2025 21:25 UTC-7

Alexander, Seiver Chop Up Tafur

David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Badeucy

George Alexander bet from the button on the first draw and Daniel Tafur called under the gun, as did Scott Seiver in the cutoff.

Seiver and Tafur each drew two, while Alexander stood pat and bet again. Both opponents called and Tafur took two, Seiver one, and Alexander patted.

Alexander then bet and only Seiver called this time. Alexander showed 9♠8♥7♣5♦4♣ for a Badugi, while Seiver had 8♣5♥4♥3♥2♦ for an 8-5 to chop up Tafur's contributions to the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	310,000 41,000	41,000

Scott Seiver	90,000 50,500	50,500

Daniel Tafur	80,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Daniel Tafur George Alexander Scott Seiver

06-03-2025 21:16 UTC-7

Negreanu's Kings Send Suzuki to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Big O

Daniel Negreanu and Ryutaro Suzuki were heads-up on a flop of 8♠3♥Q♣ when Suzuki bet 7,000 from under the gun. Negreanu called in the big blind.

The turn was the 3♠ and Suzuki bet 15,000. Negreanu then raised enough to put Suuzki all in, and Suuzki called for an additional 30,000.

Suzuki had A♦10♣7♦6♠2♣, while Negreanu was ahead with A♣K♥K♦9♠4♦. Suzuki was looking to hit either an ace or a low, but he missed the 9♥ river and Negreanu scored the knockout.

Justin Liberto was also recently eliminated at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	160,000 72,000	72,000

Ryutaro Suzuki	Busted

Justin Liberto	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ryutaro Suzuki

06-03-2025 21:16 UTC-7

Matusow Makes a Wheel

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Brett Slezak

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up after first draw in a hand between Douglas Lorgeree from the big blind and Mike Matusow from under the gun after Lorgeree check-called a bet.

Lorgeree took two and Matusow took one before Lorgeree check-called another bet.

On the final draw, Lorgeree took one and Matusow stood pat. Matusow fired for a third time before Lorgeree went into the tank for almost a minute and begrudgingly put in the call. Matusow tabled 5x4x3x2xAx for number one as he dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	75,000 26,500	26,500

Douglas Lorgeree	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Douglas Lorgeree Mike Matusow

06-03-2025 21:09 UTC-7

Barbero Scoops Four-Way Pot

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David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Badacey

Jake Schwartz raised under the gun and Adam Owen called in the hijack. Nacho Barbero then reraised in the cutoff and Ofir Mor called in the small blind, as did Schwartz and Owen.

Mor and Barbero drew two, while Schwartz and Owen took three. All four players checked and drew two on the second draw.

"No more free cards," Barbero said as he bet. Only Owen called.

Owen then drew two and Barbero stood pat. The dealer ran out of cards and had to shuffle the discards back into the deck before giving Owen his last two cards. Barbero then bet and Owen called.

Barbero showed 8♥6♣5♦3♠2♣ for an 8-6 and Badugi, and Owen mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	110,000 33,000	33,000

Jake Schwartz	50,000 31,500	31,500
Adam Owen	40,000 62,000	62,000
Ofir Mor	20,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Adam Owen Jake Schwartz Nacho Barbero Ofir Mor

06-03-2025 20:58 UTC-7

Cantu Makes Number Two

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Brett Slezak

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Razz

Noah Bronstein completed, Brandon Cantu raised, and Bronstein called.

Brandon Cantu: 4x2xAx / 6x3x6xKx
Noah Bronstein: XxXx / 6xJx9x3x / Xx

Cantu led on fourth. Bronstein check-called on fifth and led on sixth.

On seventh, Bronstein checked to Cantu who bet, Bronstein raised, Cantu made it three bets, and Bronstein shrugged as he tossed in the call.

"Number two," announced Cantu as he tabled his hole cards and dragged a big one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	120,000

Noah Bronstein	65,000

Tags: Brandon Cantu Noah Bronstein

06-03-2025 20:55 UTC-7

Chambers Survives Against Mizrachi

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David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

No-Limt 2-7 Single Draw

Robert Mizrachi raised to 3,500 under the gun and Walter Chambers moved all in for 10,500 in the small blind. Mizrachi called and drew one, while Chambers stood pat.

Chambers turned over Jx9x8x4x3x while Mizrachi had 10x7x4x2x showing, but Mizrachi drew another deuce to make a pair as he handed over the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	35,000 21,500	21,500

Walter Chambers	22,000 7,500	7,500

Tags: Robert Mizrachi Walter Chambers

06-03-2025 20:50 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	351,000 231,000	231,000

David "Bakes" Baker	229,500 14,500	14,500

Louis Abronson	170,000 40,000	40,000
Alex Livingston	167,000 27,000	27,000

Andrew Park	162,000 87,000	87,000
Xixiang Luo	155,000 40,000	40,000

Louis Werman	135,000 135,000	135,000
Lawrence Brandt	133,500 72,900	72,900

Maxx Coleman	128,000 8,000	8,000

Dylan Smith	127,000 31,000	31,000
Christian Roberts	124,500 67,500	67,500

Daniel Tafur	124,000 46,000	46,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	120,000
Matt Glantz	114,500 56,800	56,800

Douglas Lorgeree	110,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Rast	107,000 40,300	40,300

Michael Rodrigues	106,500 11,000	11,000

Chad Eveslage	106,000 3,800	3,800

Ryan Hoenig	105,000 29,000	29,000

Ryan Miller	104,500 44,500	44,500

Ryutaro Suzuki	102,500 57,500	57,500

Adam Owen	102,000 22,000	22,000
Christopher Claassen	101,000 24,000	24,000
Stuart Rutter	100,000 20,000	20,000
Adam Friedman	100,000 30,000	30,000

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Level: 9

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,500-3,000, 3,000-6,000 Limits
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000-1,500 Blinds

06-03-2025 20:35 UTC-7

Final Break

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Brett Slezak

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion 2,500-5,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

The players are going on their final 15-minute break of the night.

The clock shows 116 entrants and 79 remaining. There are two 60-minute levels remaining tonight.

06-03-2025 20:31 UTC-7

Vengrin Spikes the River to Quarter Zhu

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David Salituro

Level 8

Limit Flop/Draw: 1,300-2,500, 2,500-5,000 Limits
Stud Games: 500 Ante, 700 Bring-In, 2,500 Completion 2,500-5,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,200/1,800 Ante, 600-1,200 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better

Matt Vengrin bet 12,000 from the big blind on a flop of 7♦K♣3♥ before Yueqi Zhu potted in the small blind. Vengrin then moved all in for 61,000 and Zhu called.

Matt Vengrin: A♣8♥5♠2♣ All in
Yueqi Zhu: A♦K♠7♣2♠

Zhu was ahead with top two pair as the 6♣ turn gave both players the same low. Zhu was poised to take three-quarters until the 9♦ river improved Vengrin to a straight and instead gave him three-quarters of the pot.

"I had everything," Zhu lamented, shaking his head as the pot was split up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Vengrin	100,000

Yueqi Zhu	50,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Matt Vengrin Yueqi Zhu