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.
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.
Bring in: XxXx/A♥ - folded third street
Opponent: XxXx/6♥A♦2♠ - folded fifth street
Max Hoffman: XxXx/4♣8♥3♦
Max Hoffman completed and called after an opponent raised it to two big bets.
Hoffman bet fourth street after his opponent caught an ace and was called. Hoffman bet again on fifth and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
Viktor Blom opened the hijack to 8,000 and received quick calls from the cutoff and big blind.
All players drew two cards. The action checked to the cutoff who bet 4,000 which was called by both players.
On the second draw, the big blind and Blom took two and the cutoff drew one. The action checked through.
All players drew one card and Blom bet 8,000 when checked to, leaving himself just 6,000 behind. The cutoff quickly folded but the big blind pondered a call for a while before he mucked his hand, which conceded a much needed pot to Blom.
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
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
1
Michael Wagner
United States
272,000
2
Jacob Hamed
United States
262,500
3
Benny Glaser
United Kingdom
261,500
4
Scott Bohlman
United States
259,000
5
Andrew Kelsall
United States
240,500
6
Hanh Tran
Austria
225,500
7
Fu Wong
United States
220,000
8
Ryan Pedigo
United States
213,500
9
Clinton Wolcyn
United States
199,000
10
Kuenwai Lo
China
197,500
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
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 Kuhnwin 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.
