Event #8: $1,500 Dealers Choice Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

May 31, 2025

Park with the Scoop

Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Badeucey

Andrew Park raised from the button and was called by Adam Greenlee in the small blind and Dean Joe in the big blind.

Greenlee took two and the others took three. Joe led from the big blind and everyone called.

On the second draw, Greenlee and Joe took two while Park took one. It checked to Park who bet and both opponents called.

Everyone took one on the end. Park fired for a final time and was looked up by Greenlee in the small blind before Joe tank-folded. Park tabled 8♠5♦4♦3♥2♣ for an eight-five low and eight-four badugi which was good both ways for the scoop.

Tags: Adam Greenlee Andrew Park Dean Joe

May 31, 2025

Walters Takes Advantage of a Misdeal

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David Salituro

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Badugi

Gina Hecht and Stephen O'Dwyer limped in before Dan Zack raised in the cutoff. Bruce Walters reraised in the small blind and only Zack called.

"This hand is 100 percent wrong. The button moved the wrong way," Zack noticed, pointing out that the button went from Walters in Seat 2 to Ken Deng in Seat 1. With significant action already taking place, the hand progressed as Walters stood pat and Zack took one. Walters then bet and Zack called.

Walters patted again and bet on the second draw, and Zack called after drawing one. Zack took one more and Walters patted before betting his last chips.

Walters went to turn over his hand but Zack informed him he hadn't acted yet. Zack eventually tossed his cards away and Walters took the pot, saying he had a 10-Badugi.

The floor then ruled that the button would go back on Walters, much to Matthew Schreiber's disagreement, as he had to pay the blinds three hands in a row. "This is a complete disaster," Schreiber said.

Tags: Bruce Walters Dan Zack

May 31, 2025

Vitch Virtually Doubles Off Manderlier

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David Salituro

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Heads-up on the first draw, Laurent Manderlier bet 70,000 from the cutoff and Christopher Vitch called in the big blind.

Both players took one and checked on the second draw. They each took one again on the last draw, and this time Vitch slid forward 215,000, leaving just one 1,000 chip behind.

Manderlier took a minute before calling and Vitch turned over 8x6x5x3x2x to win the pot.

Michael Wagner was recently eliminated on another table.

Tags: Christopher Vitch Laurent Manderlier Michael Wagner

May 31, 2025

Gamble Doubles Off McCormick

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David Salituro

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Badeucy

Nathan Gamble put in his last 70,000 from the big blind and Tom McCormick called under the gun.

Gamble drew one and McCormick two. Gamble then stood pat on the last two draws and McCormick drew one on each.

Gamble ended up with 8♥6♦5♠4♥3♣ for an 8-6 and Badugi, and McCormick mucked 10♠7♠6♣3♥2♦ as Gamble doubled up.

May 31, 2025

Krela Doubles Through Vitch

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Brett Slezak

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Big O

Jonathan Krela limped under the gun before Christopher Vitch raised to 54,000 on the button. Krela limp-potted to 180,000 and Vitch called.

On the K♣J♥3♠ flop, Krela jammed for 186,000 and Vitch called.

Jonathan Krela: A♠A♣K♠Q♠4♦ All in
Christopher Vitch: A♦10♣7♦6♣2♦

Vitch had a gutter and backdoor nut low draw against the aces of Krela who was in good shape to double on the J♦ turn and he held through the 10♠ river.

Tags: Christopher Vitch Jonathan Krela

May 31, 2025

Knauf Scoops to Bust Buchanan

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David Salituro

Level 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

Stud Hi-Lo Regular

Shawn Buchanan: XxXx/7♥5♠J♣
Timothy Knauf: XxXx/8♦3♦A♥

Shawn Buchanan completed and Timothy Knauf called.

Buchanan bet on fourth street and Knauf called. Buchanan then put in his last chips on fifth and Knauf put him at risk.

Buchanan ended up with 6♦4♦Q♣7♣, but Knauf had 8♥7♠2♦Q♥ for a pair of eights and 8-7-3-2-A to win the pot and send Buchanan to the rail.

Tags: Shawn Buchanan Timothy Knauf

Level: 22

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-25,000, 25,000-50,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 7,000 Bring-In, 25,000 Completion 25,000-50,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 12,000/18,000 Ante, 6,000-12,000 Blinds

May 31, 2025

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

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David Salituro

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion 20,000-40,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

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May 31, 2025

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion 20,000-40,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

The remaining 29 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Action should resume around 8:50 p.m. local time.

May 31, 2025

Liberto Dispatches Korn

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Brett Slezak

Level 21

Limit Flop/Draw: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000 Ante, 5,000 Bring-In, 20,000 Completion 20,000-40,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 10,000/15,000 Ante, 5,000-10,000 Blinds

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Justin Liberto opened the cutoff to 25,000 before Andres Korn jammed the button for 246,000, and Liberto made the call.

Both players discarded one.

Andres Korn: 9x5x4x3x All in
Justin Liberto: 8x7x4x3x