Ari Engel: XxXx/6x5x3x7x/Xx
Allen Kessler: XxXx/8x4x2x9x/Xx
Patrick Gunn: XxXx/8x6x4x -folded on fifth street
Allen Kessler bet on fourth street and was called by Ari Engel and Patrick Gunn.
Kessler bet again on fifth and only Engel called this time. Engel then bet on sixth and Kessler called.
"How are you going to trap me now?" Engel said heading to seventh, where he put out another bet. Kessler gave it some thought but eventually folded as Engel took the pot.
Daniel Negreanu had his last 16,200 in the middle from the small blind and his camera up and filming as George Wang put him at risk under the gun.
"I'm 100 percent getting slowrolled," Negreanu said as he stood pat, while Wang took a moment before drawing one. "I have a straight," Negreanu added, showing 9♦8♠7♠6♥5♣.
Wang turned over A♣10♥10♠10♦ for trips, but he failed to fill up with the 3♥ and Negreanu doubled up.
"He showed three tens and took one, and I thought for sure he was going to show another ten," Negreanu said after the hand.
"Rebuy," Wang shouted out, laughing off the beat, but he had Negreanu slightly covered and was left on a short stack.
Four players went to the draw where Robert Mizrachi drew two, Paul Sokoloff drew three, John Evans took one, and Stephen Hubbard took three.
Evans then bet 2,100 from the cutoff and Hubbard and Mizrachi folded, but Sokoloff called. Evans turned over K♥Q♥8♥6♥5♥ for a flush and Sokoloff mucked.
Alexander Frye, Mark Gregorich, and Marcelo Costa all drew two on the first draw, while Nick Pupillo stood pat. Costa then bet on the button and Frye raised in the big blind.
Gregorich folded, while Pupillo reraised and only Frye called. Both players stood pat and checked before standing pat again on the last draw. Frye then led out with a bet and Pupillo called.
Frye showed A♦9♥7♣3♠ for a Badugi and Pupillo mucked.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #8: $1,500 Dealer's Choice here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for nine levels. Players are allowed one reentry. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.
The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 levels. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Saturday, where levels increase to 60 minutes.
In 2024, poker legend John Hennigan won his seventh WSOP bracelet and $138,296 after defeating RobertWells heads up.
In doing so, Hennigan became the first player in 14 years to cross the six-bracelet milestone.
"It's interesting to know, I guess, just like any other number," Hennigan commented, when asked about the accolade. "Very happy to win the tournament. I mean to me, the best thing about winning the tournament is not losing it.”
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
530
John Hennigan
United States
$138,296
2023
456
Chad Eveslage
United States
$131,879
2022
430
Brad Ruben
United States
$126,288
2021
307
Jaswinder Lally
Canada
$97,915
2019
470
Scott Clements
United States
$144,957
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