Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Jour 2 terminé
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Jours 2
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
Info Joueurs - Jour 2
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$608,760
Entrants
456
Niveau
32
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entrants
135
Joueurs Survivants
11
Andrew “AJ” Kelsall Leads Final 11 of $1,500 Dealers Choice
Niveau 25
A day that started with 135 players was whittled down to just 11 after ten hours of play, with 2021 runner-up Andrew Kelsall leading the pack in Event #5: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice with 1,950,000 chips. Clayton Mozdzen brings the second-most chips into Friday with 1,555,000, while James Johnson rounds out the Day 2 chip leader podium with 1,465,000.
"I gotta run good tomorrow. I always run good until this stage," said Kelsall as he was bagging his chips.
Kelsall fell just one spot short of the title two years ago when he lost heads-up to champion Jaswinder Lally, who was one of several notables to make the money Thursday but not make it to the end of the day, as he bowed out in 31st place.
Kelsall and his 10 remaining challengers will be playing for a top prize of $131,879 and the prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.
Event #5: $1,500 Dealer's Choice Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature 1 | 1 | James Johnson | United States | 1,465,000 |
| Feature 1 | 2 | Andrew Brown | United States | 465,000 |
| Feature 1 | 3 | Nick Kost | United States | 905,000 |
| Feature 1 | 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 1,950,000 |
| Feature 1 | 5 | David Levi | United States | 645,000 |
| Feature 1 | 6 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 1,105,000 |
| Feature 2 | 1 | Clayton Mozdzen | Canada | 1,555,000 |
| Feature 2 | 3 | John Racener | United States | 565,000 |
| Feature 2 | 4 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 1,095,000 |
| Feature 2 | 5 | Gregory Kelley | United States | 695,000 |
| Feature 2 | 6 | Ryan Roeder | United States | 960,000 |
The Day’s Action
Kelsall built his stack steadily throughout the day before really solidifying his lead late in the day, including one of the final eliminations when he sent Paresh Doshi to the rail after winning a flip in No-Limit Hold ‘em.
Phil Hellmuth made a deep run and appeared poised to set up for a Day 3 run towards bracelet number 17, but he fell in 21st place. Other bracelet winners to fall just short of Day 3 were Nacho Barbero in 14th place and Dominick Sarle in 19th place.
With such a stacked field with bracelet winners throughout, plenty of notables saw their days end shy of the money including Daniel Negreanu, Benny Glaser, Brian Rast, and Carol Fuchs to name just a few.
When the players come back Friday at 1 p.m. to the Horseshoe Events Center, they’ll begin with Level 26 with 80,000 chip big bets in the limit games. Play will continue until a champion is crowned.
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End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts
Niveau 25
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000 | -200,000 |
|
1,555,000 | 107,000 |
|
1,465,000 | 215,000 |
|
1,105,000 | -20,000 |
|
1,095,000 | -155,000 |
|
960,000 | -150,000 |
|
905,000 | 130,000 |
|
695,000 | 360,000 |
|
645,000 | 160,000 |
|
565,000 | -145,000 |
|
465,000 | 190,000 |
Day 2 Completed With 11 Remaining
Niveau 25
The final 11 players have bagged and tagged their chips for the night. They will return to the same seat assignments albeit on different feature tables of the Horseshoe Event Centre.
Full counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Jeff Lisandro Eliminated in 12th Place ($6,220)
Niveau 25
Badacey
Clayton Mozdzen raised in the cutoff and Jeff Lisandro committed his last 12,000 chips from the button. The blinds folded and the players began to draw, at least, Lisandro did.
Mozdzen patted all three rounds while Lisandro drew three, three, and two, with Mozdzen showing 6♥5♣4♠3♥2♦, while Lisandro mucked his hand, leaving the final 11 players to bag up for the night.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,448,000 | 48,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Redraw of the Final Two Tables
Niveau 25
There are only 5:22 minutes remaining in the night and the redraw of the final two tables is as follows.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605 | 1 | James Johnson | United States | 1,440,000 |
| 605 | 2 | Andrew Brown | United States | 346,000 |
| 605 | 3 | Nick Kost | United States | 930,000 |
| 605 | 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 1,950,000 |
| 605 | 5 | David Levi | United States | 675,000 |
| 605 | 6 | Nick Pupillo | United States | 1,130,000 |
| 613 | 1 | Clayton Mozdzen | United States | 1,600,000 |
| 613 | 2 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 12,000 |
| 613 | 3 | John Racener | United States | 600,000 |
| 613 | 4 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 1,050,000 |
| 613 | 5 | Gregory Kelley | United States | 740,000 |
| 613 | 6 | Ryan Roeder | United States | 950,000 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
1,600,000 | 200,000 |
|
|
1,440,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
1,130,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
1,050,000 | -200,000 |
|
|
950,000 | -160,000 |
|
|
930,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
740,000 | 405,000 |
|
|
675,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
600,000 | -110,000 |
|
|
346,000 | 71,000 |
|
|
12,000 | -43,000 |
Matthew Schultz Eliminated in 13th Place ($6,220)
Niveau 25
No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Matthew Schultz raised to 40,000 and got three-bet all in for 160,000 by Clayton Mozdzen. Schultz called to put himself at risk.
Both players stood pat and Schultz's Jx9x8x4x3x fell to Mozdzen's 10x9x7x6x3x, setting up the final two tables of the night.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000 | 100,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Nacho Barbero Eliminated in 14th Place ($6,220)
Niveau 25
Stud 8 or Better
Nacho Barbero: 2♥2♠ / J♠5♦9♣A♦ / Xx
Clayton Mozdzen: 7♥2♣ / 8♣3♥A♣7♣ / 5♣
Clayton Mozdzen completed and Nacho Barbero completed. Mozdzen eyeballed the short stack of his table neighbour before reraising as they got their chips into the middle on third street.
Barbero was ahead with his mighty ducks while Mozdzen improved to a low draw and flush draw until sixth. "At least I am catching good cards," Barbero joked on sixth before Mozdzen then instantly caught a flush to leave Barbero drawing dead.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000 | 458,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Jason Sagle Eliminated in 15th Place ($6,220)
Niveau 25
No-Limit Hold'em
Jason Sagle pushed all-in for 89,000 in the cutoff and fellow short stack Gregory Kelley did so on the button, forcing out both players in the blinds.
Jason Sagle: K♠Q♣
Gregory Kelley: K♣K♥
Sagle instantly sighed when he saw the bad news but he gained some hope with the Q♦J♦2♣ flop. Nothing changed with the 4♣ turn and 6♥ river to secure back-to-back eliminations on table 605.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
335,000 | 35,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Paresh Doshi Eliminated in 16th Place ($6,220)
Niveau 25
No-Limit Hold'em
The cards were on their backs preflop in a classic flip and the UK's Paresh Doshi was all-in and at risk against Andrew Kelsall. Doshi had the A♠Q♦ and Kelsall showed his 6♦6♣ for a pair.
The board ran out K♦J♠2♦8♦6♥ and Doshi missed entirely while Kelsall rivered a set to extend his lead. "I just piled it in," Kelsall said as he was busy stacking the fresh chips into his large castle.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,150,000 | 500,000 |
|
Eliminé |