Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice
Day 2 Completed
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #10: $1,500 Dealers Choice
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$634,500
Entries
470
Level
30
Limits
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Day 2 of Event #10: $1,500 Dealer's Choice has wrapped up, and 21 players go through to Day 3. Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser finished the day as the chip leader with a stack of 489,500 and he’ll be in contention for a possible fourth bracelet when play resumes Wednesday at 2 p.m local time.
Other big stacks in the room include Rob Campbell (454,500), Michael Chow (443,000), and WSOP bracelet winners Frankie O’Dell (342,000) and “Miami” John Cernuto. The tournament will play to a winner Wednesday, with the first-place prize of $144,957 on the line.
The money bubble burst on Day 2, with 71 players assuring themselves of at least the min-cash of $2,250. Notable players finishing in the money included WSOP bracelet winners Ben Yu ($2,383), David “ODB” Baker ($2,871), Tom Franklin ($2,871), Frank Kassela ($3,299), Greg Mueller ($3,299), Andrew Barber ($3,299) and Dan Matsuzuki ($3,904).
The tournament will play down to an 18-player redraw on Wednesday and those players will compete until the bracelet winner has been decided.
Glaser went on a surge at the end of Day 2, making an extraordinary hero call and winning a massive pot at the expense of fellow O’Dell on the very last hand of the night in limit hold'em
O'Dell and the rest of the table were in disbelief, as Glaser called O'Dell's river bet with just king-high, and the call was correct as O'Dell was forced to table a failed ten-high bluff.
Follow all of the Day 3 action with the PokerNews live reporting team as the $1,500 Dealers Choice crowns a bracelet winner Wednesday!
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
489,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
||
|
454,500
-5,500
|
-5,500 |
|
443,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
||
|
342,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
|
324,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
300,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
289,500
-20,500
|
-20,500 |
|
270,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
||
|
203,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
|
||
|
202,000
-93,000
|
-93,000 |
|
|
||
|
194,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
154,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
153,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
||
|
149,500
-122,500
|
-122,500 |
|
|
||
|
141,000
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
140,500
-49,500
|
-49,500 |
|
|
||
|
134,500
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
126,500
-18,500
|
-18,500 |
|
|
||
|
114,500
-72,500
|
-72,500 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
35,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Limit Hold'em
Benny Glaser was in the small blind and check-called Frankie O'Dell, betting in the cutoff on 
. The river was a 
and Glaser checked. O'Dell bet and Glaser went deep into the tank. He thought for about a minute and called.
"Good call," O'Dell said with a sigh, showing 
.
Glaser showed 
for just king-high.
"Benny da champ!" exclaimed Mike Ross. "Look at Benny da champ. That one's gonna get written up."
"They can write how bad he played it," O'Dell grumbled.
Glaser smiled and said something back softly that we couldn't hear.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
464,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
2-7 Single Draw
After the draw, James Pritchard checked and John Monnette bet 23,000 into about 40,000. Naoya Kihara called on the button and James Pritchard thought a bit and called in the big blind.
"Nine-seven," Monnette said, showing 
.
Pritchard mucked what looked like a nine-eight, following Kihara in conceding.
"Nice hand," Pritchard said.
"I didn't know if I liked it when you overcalled," Monnette admitted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
272,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Mike Ross just lost a heap with aces up, scooped by Benny Glaser, who had 
up and 
in the hole for a straight and a low.
At another table, a short-stack Nick Marisco went bust in a stud hi-lo regular pot chopped by Jesse Martin and Jim Collopy
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
142,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Mike Watson opened to 9,000 on the button, and Frankie O'Dell three-bet to 25,000 in the small blind. Watson called, and the flop came 
.
O'Dell put in the continuation bet for 40,000, Watson reraised to put O'Dell at risk, and O'Dell called.
O'Dell: 
Watson: 
The board ran out 
, and O'Dell's pair of eights held up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
375,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
||
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Peter Kelly had paired his first up-card on sixth, but he was facing a bet from Benny Glaser, who made open nines.
Peter Kelly: 
/
Benny Glaser: /
Kelly thought awhile and folded, leaving himself just a few bets.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
After a check, Josh Arieh bet from the big blind on . Wes Self raised a couple of seats over, driving out the small blind. Arieh peeled and the turn was a . Arieh checked and folded with a shake of the head when Self bet.
Self has dramatically increased his stack and is in contention for the chip lead after grinding short for much of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
385,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
128,500
-111,500
|
-111,500 |
|
|
||
Level: 20
Limit Flop / Draw: 4,000/8,000
Stud Games: 2,000-ante, 2,000 bring-in, 8,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 2,000/4,000/4,000-big blind ante/ 6,000-ante