Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice Jour 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

2019-06-04 22:12 UTC-7

Franklin Likes What He Sees

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Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

There was a mountain of chips, at least 70,000, in the middle when Frankie O'Dell and Mike Ross checked on the end. Tom Franklin squeezed out his cards.

"Whoo whoo!" he shouted, tossing in a bit.

O'Dell called and Ross snap-folded. Franklin showed an eight-perfect and swept up the massive pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tom Franklin	116,000 22,000	22,000

Mike Ross	107,000 7,000	7,000
Frankie O'Dell	77,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: Frankie O'Dell Mike Ross Tom Franklin

2019-06-04 22:10 UTC-7

Kassela Hits His Outs

Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Single Draw

With the smallest of stacks in front of him, Frank Kassela picked No-limit 2-7 Single Draw as the game and went all in for his last 9,000 chips on the first hand. All other players folded, and Kassela took down the blinds.

On the very next hand, Kassela shoved once again from the hijack and got a call in the big blind from Scott Clements. Both players tabled their hands, and Clements drew one.

Frank Kassela:
Scott Clements:

Kassela saw that he only needed to avoid drawing a ten to come away with the win, and ended up picking up the to win the pot. Kassela's massage therapist cheered enthusiastically, and Kassela doubled up for the second straight hand.

"I like having 49 clean outs," Kassela said.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Frank Kassela	28,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Frank Kassela Scott Clements

2019-06-04 21:58 UTC-7

McDermott Eliminates Two

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Niveau 17 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

2-7 Single Draw

Timothy McDermott opened for 5,500 in middle position and was called by the player on the button, Steven Friedlander. Ben Yu shoved all in for 59,700 in the big blind and McDermott tanked a long time then called. Friedlander called off for less, just over 50,000.

Yu and McDermott patted and Friedlander took a card. Yu showed and was out of the tournament when McDermott rolled over .

Friedlander had a live draw with but bricked when the arrived.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tim McDermott	223,000 186,500	186,500
Ben Yu	Eliminé

Steven Friedlander	Eliminé

Tags: Ben Yu Steven Friedlander Timothy McDermott

Niveau: 17

Limit Flop / Draw: 2,000/4,000
Stud Games: 1,000-ante, 1,000 bring-in, 4,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,000/2,000/2,000-big blind ante/ 3,000-ante

2019-06-04 20:49 UTC-7

Dinner Break

Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Players are now off to a 60-minute dinner break.

2019-06-04 20:47 UTC-7

Martin Hits the Flush

Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

A big pot had accumulated by the time Jesse Martin and Jim Collopy got to the river. With the board reading , Martin put in a bet for 17,000 and Collopy went into the tank for several minutes.

Collopy eventually made the call, looking agonized when Martin turned over for the rivered flush.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jesse Martin	120,000 14,000	14,000

Jim Collopy	91,000 -79,000	-79,000

Tags: Jesse Martin Jim Collopy

2019-06-04 20:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rob Campbell	230,000 31,000	31,000
Scott Clements	164,000 44,000	44,000

David "ODB" Baker	150,000 65,000	65,000

Christopher Claassen	132,000 79,600	79,600
Frankie O'Dell	105,000 38,900	38,900

Mike Ross	100,000 9,000	9,000
Josh Arieh	96,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tom Franklin	94,000 19,000	19,000

James Pritchard	93,000 -17,000	-17,000
Wes Self	84,000 57,000	57,000
Jorge Walker	81,000 44,100	44,100
Ryan Leng	74,500 -6,500	-6,500

Naoya Kihara	70,000 -34,000	-34,000

Quinn Do	58,000 26,200	26,200

Ben Yu	52,000 -113,000	-113,000

Tim Frazin	50,000 -1,200	-1,200

James Hoeppner	35,000 20,100	20,100
Andrey Zaichenko	6,200 -81,800	-81,800

2019-06-04 20:34 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jason Stockfish	187,000 12,000	12,000
Jim Collopy	170,000 83,000	83,000

John Monnette	140,000 51,000	51,000

Robert Mizrachi	135,000 5,000	5,000

Mike Watson	128,500 67,500	67,500
John Cernuto	126,000 -7,000	-7,000

Andrew Barber	125,000 -15,000	-15,000

Peter Kelly	120,000 39,000	39,000
Jesse Martin	106,000 -5,000	-5,000

Greg Mueller	101,000 68,000	68,000

Pawel Andrzejewski	100,000 20,000	20,000
Andrey Zhigalov	100,000 -2,000	-2,000

Dan Matsuzuki	80,000 44,800	44,800

Frank Kassela	36,000 9,000	9,000

2019-06-04 20:32 UTC-7

Uccio Busted in Badacey

Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Badacey

Steven Uccio put in a bet for the last of his chips after the second draw, with Ben Yu and Steven Friedlander both calling.

Uccio drew two, with both Yu and Friedlander drawing one. Yu put in a bet for a side pot with Friedlander and got the call.

Steven Uccio:
Ben Yu:
Steven Friedlander:

Uccio was out of luck on this hand, as Yu's seven-badugi chopped with Friedlander's six-high , which was the winning A-5 low hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ben Yu	165,000 134,000	134,000

Steven Friedlander	32,000 -300	-300
Steven Uccio	Eliminé

Tags: Ben Yu Steven Friedlander Steven Uccio

2019-06-04 20:22 UTC-7

Yakovenko Peels the Last Card and Wins

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Niveau 16 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Five-Card Draw

There was about 10,000 in the pot and Nikolai Yakovenko was all in from under the gun. His opponent in the big blind threw away two and Yakovenko thought awhile and mucked four.

The big blind showed but didn't improve with .

Yakovenko rolled over the and peeled one by one: , , . That left him needing another pair or a deuce on the river. He squeezed out something he said was paint.

"Hiya!" he shouted, slapping down the .

After the hand, he admitted he drew it out for drama.

"Because I'm an honest guy, I'll admit I knew I had a queen," he said. "I'm really bad at sweating those out. I knew what card I had."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Nikolai Yakovenko	9,900 -20,100	-20,100

Tags: Nikolai Yakovenko