Ryan Miller: XxXx/7♠7♦2♣2♠/Xx
Owais Ahmed: XxXx/K♠K♥3♣J♦/Xx
"There's definitely a few players in this tournament who are the best in the world in a game," Bryce Yockey said.
"I'm the best in tic-tac-toe," Owais Ahmed replied. The table then agreed that Ryan Miller was the best at Stud 8, and Miller and Ahmed then went heads-up in the game.
Ahmed bet on fourth street and Miller called. Ahmed bet again on fifth and sixth. Miller called on fifth, then raised on sixth. Ahmed called.
Miller bet on seventh and Ahmed raised. Miller then reraised, and Ahmed called. Miller turned over 7♣7♥6♣ for quads, and Ahmed mucked.
In a limped pot, Duane Fontenot bet 30,000 from the button on a flop of 4♦A♦5♣ and Bryce Yockey potted to 160,000 in the big blind. Fontenot called.
Yockey then moved all in on the 8♣ turn, and Fontenot called for his last 150,000. Fontenot showed K♣10♠6♣3♠ for flush and straight draws, though Yockey had A♣J♥9♣3♣ for top pair and the better flush draw.
The river was the 8♦ and Yockey remained in the lead with his two pair to send Fontenot to the rail in 11th place.
"Score one for the Omaha tribe. Took down the Badeucey tribe," Yockey said.
Nick Schulman raised to 40,000 under the gun. Koji Fujimoto then clicked it to 60,000 on the button, which Jake Schwartz called in the small blind.
Schulman took the opportunity to move all in for 555,000, quickly folding out Fujimoto. Schwartz confirmed the amount before calling and drawing one card. Schulman quickly stayed pat behind.
Nick Schulman: 8x7x6x5x3x
Jake Schwartz: 7x5x4x2x
"I'd like to sweat it," Schwartz said to Schulman.
"You can go as deep as you like," Schulman replied.
Schwartz peeled a four-sided card, which meant he had lost the pot. He turned up a 10x for Schulman to officialy rake in his double-up.
On the first deal of the day, Chad Eveslage made it 40,000 in the cutoff. Owais Ahmed piled in a three-bet to 210,000 from the small blind, which Eveslage called after some thought.
Both players remained pat on the draw, after which Ahmed bet 110,000. Eveslage went deep into the tank but deemed the price too good and called.
"Rough nine," Ahmed announced as he showed 9x8x7x6x2x. Eveslage instantly mucked his cards, and the sizable pot was shipped to Ahmed.
On May 30, 2023, Chad Eveslage captured his second-ever WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Dealer's Choice. Then, three days later, the all-around poker player proved his mastery over the 20-plus games in the mix once again, as he shipped the $10,000 Championship version of the event as well.
Today at the 2026 World Series of Poker, just over three years later, Eveslage can do what only Adam Friedman has done before him, adding a third Dealer's Choice bracelet to his collection. Eveslage will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. local time second in chips on the final day of Event #27: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship, with only 11 contenders for the $371,664 top prize still standing from the record-breaking field of 163 players.
Battling for the biggest shares of the $1,515,900 prize pool, Eveslage's stack of 1,445,000 trails only that of Jake Schwartz, who will start Day 3 as chipleader with 1,890,000 in chips. Schwartz is looking to cross his name off the "best without a bracelet" list, as capturing one of the most coveted mixed-game trophies today would mean his maiden WSOP victory. Tomasz Gluszko rounds out the top three with 1,305,000, while Lawrence Brandt is the last player to bring a seven-figure stack to Day 3, sitting down with 1,015,000.
Day 3 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Jake Schwartz
United States
1,890,000
2
Chad Eveslage
United States
1,445,000
3
Tomasz Gluszko
Poland
1,305,000
4
Lawrence Brandt
United States
1,015,000
5
Bryce Yockey
United States
750,000
6
Jeremy Ausmus
United States
685,000
7
Owais Ahmed
United States
605,000
8
Ryan Miller
United States
595,000
9
Koji Fujimoto
Japan
590,000
10
Nick Schulman
United States
555,000
11
Duane Fontenot
United States
345,000
Jake Schwartz
Future Hall of Famer Jeremy Ausmus sits in the middle of the pack as he hunts his seventh bracelet in 13 years, while last year's inductee Nick Schulman will be trying to turn his short stack into his eighth piece of WSOP jewelry. Other poker luminaries who will make a final-day appearance include fixed-limit expert Ryan Miller and two-time PLO bracelet winner Bryce Yockey.
The Dealer's Choice Championship will return with no-limit and pot-limit blinds of 10,000/20,000, while the limits in fixed-limit games will be 40,000/80,000. The duration of the levels will increase to 90 minutes each, with a small break after every level, and the day will conclude only when a champion has been crowned.
The 11 returning players have already locked up a payout of $28,922, being two eliminations away from a pay jump to $35,253. Final table payouts will start at $58,460, with six-figure prizes being awarded to the top four finishers.
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Eleven remain, but only one Dealer's Choice champion can be crowned. Stay tuned as PokerNews will provide extensive live updates en route to a winner.
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