2024 World Series of Poker

Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)
Day: 1
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Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j♣9♥8♠7♥5♥
Prize
$138,296
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$707,550
Entries
530
Level Info
Level
31
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
530
Players Left
126
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Can Eveslage Defend His Title in Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed)?

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
Chad Eveslage
Chad Eveslage

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice (6-Handed) here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.

This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time with late registration open for 9 levels. There will be 15-minute breaks every three levels, with no dinner break scheduled on Day 1.

The starting stack is 25,000 chips with the plan for Day 1 to play 15 levels. Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. where levels increase to 60 minutes.

Last year's event saw 456 players generate a prize pool of $608,760. The winner was Chad Eveslage who defeated Andrew Kelsall heads-up to win $131,879 to win his second WSOP bracelet — and first of two in 2023!

"The mixed atmosphere is much, much more laid back. We were joking around heads up," he told PokerNews. "It's nice, you know ... I imagine it never gets old winning a World Series of Poker bracelet."

YearEntriesWinnerCountryPayout
2023456Chad EveslageUnited States$131,879
2022430Brad RubenUnited States$126,288
2021307Jaswinder LallyCanada$97,915
2019470Scott ClementsUnited States$144,957
2018406Jeremy HarkinUnited States$129,882

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Cards, Chips, Branding. BRoll
Cards, Chips, Branding. BRoll

Eveslage Left Short After Zhu and Udornpim Chop Multiway Pot

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 5
Chad Eveslage
Chad Eveslage

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular

Bring in: XxXx/J♦A♣2♣7♠
Chad Eveslage: XxXx/3♠K♣10♠5♥
Yueqi Zhu: 8♠A♦9♥/6♥J♠6♣5♠
Nitis Udornpim: 4♣2♥7♥/5♣K♠4♥4♦

Chad Eveslage completed, Yueqi Zhu raised to two bets, Nitis Udornpim called, a player from the bring in called and Eveslage called.

Action checked around to Zhu who bet on fourth street and received a call from all three opponents.

All four players checked through fifth and sixth streets. On seventh street action checked around to Udornpim who bet. All three opponents made the call.

Udornpim had the high with trip fours. Zhu had a nine-low for the other half and both Eveslage and the bring in opted to muck. Zhu and Udornpim chopped a healthy pot while Eveslage was left with about half a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu 		36,500
36,500
 36,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Nitis Udornpim us
Nitis Udornpim 		35,500
7,000
 7,000
Chad Eveslage us
Chad Eveslage 		13,500
13,500
 13,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Chad EveslageNitis UdornpimYueqi Zhu

Good Start for Fuchs

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 6
Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular

Bring In: XxXx/Q♦9♥ - folded fourth street
Opponent: XxXx/6♠6♥J♣ - folded fifth street
Carol Fuchs: XxXx/4♥A♥10♣

A player with a six completed and received calls from Carol Fuchs and a player in the bring in.

Fuchs bet fourth street and forced a fold from the bring in while receiving a call from the other player.

Fuchs bet again on fifth street and this time it was enough to force a fold from the one remaining opponent and scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs 		60,000
35,000
 35,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Carol Fuchs

"Big" O Indeed

Brett Slezak
Brett Slezak
Level 9
Joao Vieira
Joao Vieira

Big O

A player in the cutoff raised to 1,600. On the button, Hitesh Patel called, as did Joao Vieira in the big blind.

On the 8♣7♠5♣ flop, the action was checked to Patel, who bet 5,000 and received calls from both players.

The turn brought the 3♥. The action was checked again to Patel, and he continued to apply pressure with a pot-sized bet of 20,600. Vieira called all-in for around 13,000, and the player in the cutoff also called.

On the 5♠ river, Patel bet his remaining 25,000 and got called by the cutoff.

Joao Vieira: A♣K♥Q♦7♣4♦ All in
Cutoff: K♠K♣9♥6♠2♥
Hitesh Patel: J♠6♦5♦4♣3♣ All in

Patel rivered a full house to win the high and ace-four was good enough for the low for Vieira. Patel and the cutoff split the side-pot.

Player Chips Progress
Hitesh Patel us
Hitesh Patel 		55,000
55,000
 55,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira 		30,000
30,000
 30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Hitesh PatelJoao Vieira

Kuhn Wins Four-Way All In to Bust Matusow and Leave Fuchs with Crumbs

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 10
Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

Pot-Limit Omaha

Mike Matusow was recently eliminated in a massive pot that featured four players going all in.

According to the players at the table, Mike Matusow and another player had already gone all in preflop. Two other players who still had chips behind, Carol Fuchs and Keenan Kuhn, saw a flop of A♠A♥2♠. A flurry of action saw the rest of the chips go into the middle, with Kuhn committing a further 48,800 to put himself all in and Fuchs having him slightly covered.

Keenan Kuhn: A♦Q♣2♥10♦ All in
Carol Fuchs: A♣J♥7♣K♣

Although the hands were missed, the players at the table mentioned that both Matusow and the other player who had gone all in preflop were drawing virtually dead versus Kuhn's flopped full house. Fuchs, however, hit one of her outs when the 7♥ turn gave her a better full house. Kuhn took the lead right back when the Q♦ improved his hand to an even bigger full house to take down a massive pot while sending two players to the rail and leaving Fuchs with less than half a starting stack.

Carol Fuchs
Carol Fuchs
Player Chips Progress
Keenan Kuhn us
Keenan Kuhn
94,500
58,900
 58,900
Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs 		11,000
-54,000
 -54,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow 		Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Carol FuchsKeenan KuhnMike Matusow

Prize Pool Confirmed

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 13
Mixed Game Branding
Mixed Game Branding

Event #7 saw a total of 530 entries, creating a prize pool of $707,550.

The top 80 places will earn at least $3,017, while the champion will take home $138,296 and the WSOP gold bracelet.

PlacePrizePlacePrize
1$138,29612-17$6,998
2$90,33918-23$5,703
3$60,34324-29$4,779
4$41,23730-35$4,122
5$28,84536-41$3,661
6$20,66542-47$3,353
7$15,18248-53$3,168
8-9$11,42254-80$3,017
10-11$8,823  

Coleman Building a Monster Stack

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 14
Maxx Coleman
Maxx Coleman

Stud 8 or Better

Maxx Coleman called the bring in and another player raised, moving all in with his short stack in the process. The bring in got out of the way and Coleman called to put his opponent at risk.

Opponent: 5♣2♠4♠/5♥Q♣4♣K♦ All in
Maxx Coleman: 7♣7♥6♣/10♦6♠9♦5♠

Both players made two pair by the end but Coleman was good at showdown with sevens and sixes and, with neither player having a low, he took the whole pot while his opponent was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Maxx Coleman us
Maxx Coleman 		208,000
138,000
 138,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Maxx Coleman

Glaser Bags Huge in Day 1 of Event #6: $1,500 Dealer's Choice Six-Handed

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 15
Benny Glaser
Benny Glaser

After 15 40-minute levels the action has come to a close on Day 1 of Event #7: $1,500 Dealer's Choice Six-Handed here at 55th World Series of Poker (WSOP) at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The event attracted a star-studded field of 530 entrants that included several poker hall of famers, bracelet winners and mixed game specialists while also topping last year's attendance of 456 for this event. The entrants from this year's event created a massive $707,550 prize pool.

Five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser found himself near the very top of the counts by the end of the night, finishing with 261,500. Other notables to bag big by the end of the night include Scott Bohlman (259,500), Andrew Kelsall (240,500), Hanh Tran (225,500) and Jeff Madsen (193,000).

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Michael WagnerUnited States272,000
2Jacob HamedUnited States262,500
3Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom261,500
4Scott BohlmanUnited States259,000
5Andrew KelsallUnited States240,500
6Hanh TranAustria225,500
7Fu WongUnited States220,000
8Ryan PedigoUnited States213,500
9Clinton WolcynUnited States199,000
10Kuenwai LoChina197,500

Further down the counts are Julien Martini (144,000), Shaun Deeb (134,500), Brian Rast (132,000), Toby Lewis (130,000), reigning WSOP Main Event Champion Daniel Weinman (95,000) and David "ODB" Baker (24,000).

Day 1 Action

Chad Eveslage
Chad Eveslage

Although the action was slow to start today, given the slow structure, deep starting stacks, and the presence of many split-pot games, the pace quickened up following the first break. Defending champion Chad Eveslage found himself in rough shape early on after being chopped up by Yueqi Zhu and Nitis Udornpim in a hand of Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular. Eveslage nursed a short stack for most of the day following that hand before ultimately falling in one of the last levels of the night.

Another highlight midway through the day saw Keenan Kuhn win a four-way all in Pot-Limit Omaha hand to bust Mike Matusow and leave Carol Fuchs, who won this event in 2015, on a very short stack.

Other notables who joined the action but fell before the end of the night include Adam Friedman, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Scott Seiver, Brad Ruben, Greg Raymer, Norman Chad, Todd Brunson, Alex Livingston, Nick Schulman and Allen Kessler.

Day 2 picks up tomorrow, May 31, at 1 p.m. local time on Level 16. The plan is to play ten 60-minute levels, with a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 21 at approximately 7:30 p.m.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for our continuing coverage of this event until a winner is crowned on June 1, the final day.

Tags: Adam FriedmanAlex LivingstonAllen KesslerAndrew KelsallBenny GlaserCarol FuchsChad EveslageDaniel NegreanuDaniel WeinmanJeff MadsenJulien MartiniKeenan KuhnMike MatusowNick SchulmanNitis UdornpimNorman ChadPhil HellmuthScott BohlmanScott SeiverShaun DeebToby LewisTodd BrunsonYueqi Zhu