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

05-31-2025 20:22 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Park	725,000 75,000	75,000
Dean Joe	200,000 80,000	80,000
Adam Greenlee	105,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Adam Greenlee Andrew Park Dean Joe

05-31-2025 20:21 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Zack	650,000 230,000	230,000

Bruce Walters	300,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Bruce Walters Dan Zack

05-31-2025 20:14 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Vitch	650,000 410,000	410,000

Laurent Manderlier	300,000 390,000	390,000
Michael Wagner	Busted

Tags: Christopher Vitch Laurent Manderlier Michael Wagner

05-31-2025 20:01 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Mccormick	280,000 80,000	80,000
Nathan Gamble	200,000 120,000	120,000

05-31-2025 19:57 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Krela	760,000 440,000	440,000
Christopher Vitch	240,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Christopher Vitch Jonathan Krela

05-31-2025 19:55 UTC-8

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Knauf	750,000 150,000	150,000
Shawn Buchanan	Busted

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

05-31-2025 19:29 UTC-8

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Liberto	1,600,000 150,000	150,000

Matthew Schreiber	1,000,000 150,000	150,000

Stephen O'Dwyer (CA)	980,000 170,000	170,000
Daniel Zack	880,000 170,000	170,000

Allan Le	760,000 40,000	40,000

Laurent Manderlier	690,000 100,000	100,000
Adam Owen	660,000 290,000	290,000
Andrew Park	650,000 50,000	50,000
Christopher Vitch	640,000 25,000	25,000

Benny Glaser	640,000 160,000	160,000

Timothy Knauf	600,000 300,000	300,000
Eric Baldwin	510,000 65,000	65,000

Nathanael Harshman	480,000 140,000	140,000
Marc Booth	450,000 100,000	100,000
Scott Bohlman	400,000 10,000	10,000

Michael Spegal	390,000 230,000	230,000

Scott Jacewiczokelly	360,000 150,000	150,000
Bruce Walters	360,000 40,000	40,000
Gina Hecht	360,000 75,000	75,000
Tom Mccormick	360,000 125,000	125,000
Jonathan Krela	320,000
Dean Joe	280,000 30,000	30,000
Adam Greenlee	200,000 70,000	70,000
Russell Clayton	200,000 40,000	40,000
Michael Wagner	200,000 100,000	100,000

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05-31-2025 18:51 UTC-8

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.

05-31-2025 18:44 UTC-8

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