Event #20: $1,500 Dealers Choice Day 2 | 2026 World Series of Poker

1 day 16 hours ago

Better Two Pair for Hill

Erick Torres

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Pot Limit 5-Card Double Draw

Christina Hill opened to 18,000 from early position before Kelvin Zhao re-raised enough to put her all-in from the big blind. Hill called for 39,000 total to put herself at risk.

Zhao drew one on each draw, while Hill asked for two on each draw.

Christina Hill: A♦A♠K♥K♣4♣ All in
Kelvin Zhao J♥J♣10♥10♦4♠

Hill showed aces up, which bested Zhao to secure the double up.

Tags: Christina Hill Kelvin Zhao

1 day 16 hours ago

Yu Set Up For The Double

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Liam Gannon

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha

Action was picked up in a three-way pot between Sean Yu in the small blind, Christian Roberts in the big blind, and Schuyler Thornton on the button.

The flop rolled out Q♥8♦3♠ and action checked to Thornton who bet 12,000. Yu raised to 57,000 and action folded back to Thornton who piled for 87,000 effective to see Yu call.

Sean Yu: Q♦Q♣6♣4♦ All in
Schuyler Thornton: Q♠9♣8♠8♣

Both players had flopped a set, with Yu's top set holding a commanding lead. Thornton picked up some outs on the turn J♦, but nothing came forth to help on the river 4♥ and Yu secured survival against Thornton.

Tags: Christian Roberts Schuyler Thornton Sean Yu

1 day 16 hours ago

Ace-High Enough for the KO

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Brett Slezak

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

Danny Chang opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Nicholas Stille called in the big blind.

On the 5♥2♠2♣ flop, Stille led for 16,000 and Chang put in the call.

The turn brought the 2♦ with trips on the board as Stille bet again and Chang shrugged and called all-in for his final 6,000.

Danny Chang: A♣7♥6♠4♠ All in
Nicholas Stille: A♠K♥10♦3♠

Stille held the nut low draw against the gutter and worse low draw of Chang.

A three would give Chang the scoop, but the river was the 7♣ as Stille made the nut low, and his ace-king high was good for the high, sending Chang to the rail.

Tags: Danny Chang Nicholas Stille

1 day 16 hours ago

Gamble Scoops Both Ways

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Erick Torres

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

7-Card Stud Hi-Low

Action was picked up with Nathan Gamble, Christopher McHugh, and Douglas Miner each in for three bets on third.

Nathan Gamble: XxXx/4♠10♥8♣5♦/Xx
Christopher McHugh: XxXx/7♦J♠A♠9♣/Xx
Douglas Miner: XxXx/4♦9♦Q♥(folded on fifth street)

McHugh bet on fourth street to earn two calls.

On fifth street, McHugh bet again to see only Gamble call.

Sixth street saw McHugh check-call a bet from Gamble, with betting repeating identically on seventh street.

"Both ways," said Gamble as he tabled A♦7♠6♠ for an eight high straight and a seven-six low. McHugh nodded and tossed his cards in the muck.

Tags: Christopher McHugh Douglas Miner Nathan Gamble

1 day 16 hours ago

Smith Bluffs into the Goods

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Brett Slezak

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

No-Limit Hold'em

Dylan Smith raised to 15,000 from the small blind and Yang Lu defended his big blind.

On the 8♥7♣4♣ flop, Smith check-called a bet of 21,000 from Lu.

Smith checked again on the 6♠ turn as Lu fired another barrel of 25,000 and Smith stuck around once more.

The 5♥ river put a straight on the board as Smith led all-in with an overbet of 147,000 effective as the slightly covering stack, and Lu snap-called.

Yang Lu: 9♦6♦ All in
Dylan Smith: 10♥7♥

Smith was trying to get Lu off a chop, but it backfired as Lu held the nine for the higher end of the straight, and he collected the full double as Smith is left on fumes.

Tags: Dylan Smith Yang Lu

1 day 16 hours ago

Updated Counts

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Liam Gannon

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

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1 day 16 hours ago

Eliminated 81st-99th ($3,009)

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Brett Slezak

Level 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

Level: 18

Limit Flop/Draw: 5,000-10,000, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 3,000 Bring-In, 10,000 Completion, 10,000-20,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 5,000/8,000 Ante, 3,000-5,000 Blinds

1 day 17 hours ago

Break Time

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Brett Slezak

Level 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4,000/6,000 Ante, 2,000-4,000 Blinds

The 82 remaining players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day.

Play resumes in Level 18 with blinds of 3,000/5,000 in the big bet games and limits of 10,000/20,000 with an average stack of 200,000.

1 day 17 hours ago

Gardenhire Falls To Owen

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Liam Gannon

Level 17

Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Stud Games: 2,000 Ante, 2,000 Bring-In, 8,000 Completion, 8,000-16,000 Limits
Pot-Limit & No-Limit: 4,000/6,000 Ante, 2,000-4,000 Blinds

2-7 Razz

Justin Gardenhire completed with a 2x up and Travis Pearson raised with a 10x. Adam Owen raised with a 3x and Gardenhire called to put himself all in for 20,500 total with Pearson calling behind him.

Justin Gardenhire: 8x5x/2x9x8x7x/Xx All in
Adam Owen: 5x2x/3x9xQx6x/Xx
Travis Pearson: XxXx/10xKxQx (Folded on fifth street)

Action checked around to Owen on fourth street who bet and Pearson called.

Owen bet once more on fifth after action checked to him and Pearson tossed his hand away.

On the end, Owen peeled a 3x leaving Gardenhire drawing live to beat his nine-six. Gardenhire peeled an Ax to leave himself with just nine-eight and the 3-time WSOPC ring winner exited the tournament.

Tags: Adam Owen Justin Gardenhire Travis Pearson