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

06-08-2017 21:23 UTC-8

Freeman Finds the Call Button to Bust Deeb

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 21:13 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 21:07 UTC-8

Mercier Eliminated by Israelashvili

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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 21:03 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

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

06-08-2017 20:53 UTC-8

Wasserson Short

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Tim Duckworth

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

A-5 Triple Draw

From the cutoff, Eric Wasserson raised to 4,000, and Lawrence Berg called in the small blind.

Both players drew two, and Berg led out for 2,000, with Wasserson calling.

Berg stood pat, and Wasserson drew two again.

Berg bet 4,000, and Wasserson squeezed his draw cards and mucked, dropping to 14,200 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Berg	55,200 43,500	43,500

Eric Wasserson	14,200 41,000	41,000

Tags: Eric Wasserson Lawrence Berg

06-08-2017 20:52 UTC-8

New Arrivals

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Tim Duckworth

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wattel	50,000 50,000	50,000

Lyle Berman	50,000 50,000	50,000

Shaun Deeb	50,000 50,000	50,000

Marco Johnson	50,000 50,000	50,000

Brandon Cantu	50,000 50,000	50,000

Frank Kassela	50,000 50,000	50,000