Event #17: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-08-2017 21:03 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Freeman	100,000 17,600	17,600

Daniel Negreanu	70,000 6,000	6,000

Shaun Deeb	50,000

Eric Crain	44,500 5,500	5,500
Mike Wattel	43,000

Tony Cousineau	37,000 12,000	12,000
Mike Noori	30,200 38,800	38,800
Dzmitry Urbanovich	19,200 7,300	7,300
Matt Glantz	17,500 5,900	5,900

Chris Klodnicki	16,500 9,500	9,500

Eric Wasserson	16,200 2,000	2,000

Mercier Eliminated by Israelashvili

Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Badacey

Roland Israelashvili raised to 4,000 from under the gun, and Jason Mercier three-bet to 6,000 from the cutoff. Quinn Do called in the small blind, as did Israelashvili.

Do drew two, Israelashvili drew one, and Mercier drew three.

Israelashvili bet out 2,000, and Mercier called all in for 500. Do check-called the full bet.

Do and Mercier drew three while Israelashvili stood pat.

Do checked, Israelashvili bet 4,000, and Do folded.

Israelashvili:
Mercier:

With Mercier drawing two again, the first card he squeezed was the , meaning that any diamond or low card below a ten that didn't pair him would see him scoop the pot.

Unfortunately for Mercier, he could only manage to find the and was forced to exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	67,000 46,000	46,000

Quinn Do	39,300 25,700	25,700

Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Quinn Do Roland Israelashvili

06-08-2017 21:13 UTC-8

Friedman Pays Freeman

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

2-7 Single Draw

Adam Friedman bet 6,500 from the small blind post-draw, and big blind Zachary Freeman raised to 25,000. Friedman studied his foe for some time before calling, but Freeman rolled over a wheel and swept up the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Freeman	135,000 35,000	35,000

Adam Friedman	15,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Zachary Freeman

06-08-2017 21:23 UTC-8

Freeman Finds the Call Button to Bust Deeb

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Shaun Deeb moved all in from the small blind on a completed board of . Zachary Freeman asked the dealer to spread the pot, and there appeared to be about double Deeb's bet of 27,700. Freeman decided to call after about a minute, and Deeb flicked into the middle. Freeman had him out-kicked with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Freeman	185,000 50,000	50,000

Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Shaun Deeb Zach Freeman

06-08-2017 21:24 UTC-8

Kings for Friedman

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Adam Friedman opened with a raise under the gun, only to have Zachary Freeman three-bet next to act to 7,000. The action folded back to Friedman, and he moved all in for 16,000, with Freeman calling.

Friedman:
Freeman:

The board ran out to ensure the double for Friedman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary Freeman	169,000 16,000	16,000

Adam Friedman	35,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Zachary Freeman

06-08-2017 21:26 UTC-8

Vitch Eliminates Ribak

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

From the cutoff, Kobi Ribak moved all in for 18,100, and Chris Vitch moved all in from the small blind, isolating himself against the at-risk Ribak.

Ribak:
Vitch:

The board ran out , and Ribak was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Vitch	85,000 7,600	7,600
Kobi Ribak	Busted

Tags: Chris Vitch Kobi Ribak

06-08-2017 21:29 UTC-8

"This Time, He Got Owned"

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

The player in the small blind bet 16,300 into a pot of about 25,000 on a completed board of . Mike Matusow stood up and was thinking things over in the big blind. He grabbed enough chips to call and seemed to be leaning that way as he continued to think. He eventually fired in the calling chips, and his opponent just nodded and showed .

"This time, he got owned," Matusow said with pleasure, rolling over . "Boom! Payback's a bitch."

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	95,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-08-2017 21:33 UTC-8

Bellande Busts

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

On a final board reading , Jean-Robert Bellande was already all in on a previous street as the two active players continued in side action.

Brandon Cantu's opponent checked to him, and Cantu bet 15,000, which was enough to effectively put him all in.

Eventually Cantu's opponent folded, and Cantu was pushed the side pot while he tabled his for the nut straight.

Bellande revealed and exited the tournament area as Cantu moved over 130,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	132,000 82,000	82,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

Tags: Brandon Cantu Jean-Robert Bellande

06-08-2017 21:41 UTC-8

Crain Clips Kassela

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Tim Duckworth

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

The action folded to Eric Crain in the small blind, and he raised to 4,000. Frank Kassela three-bet to 6,000 in the big blind, and Crain called.

The flop fell , and Crain checked to Kassela, who bet 2,000. Crain check-raised to 4,000, and Kassela released his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Crain	82,000 37,500	37,500
Frank Kassela	41,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Eric Crain Frank Kassela

06-08-2017 21:43 UTC-8

Cousineau Eliminated by Baker

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Tony Cousineau moved in under the gun for 8,500, and Andrey Zaichenko called in the small blind. David "ODB" Baker shoved in the big blind to put Zaichenko at risk for his remaining 28,000 if he called, but the Russian mucked.

Cousineau:
Baker: