2017 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠j♦
Prize
$273,962
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$930,600
Entries
102
Level Info
Level
29
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0

Dehkhargani Leads, Glantz Overcomes Controversial Hand on Day 1

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Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Ray Dehkharghani
Ray Dehkharghani

It looked like it would be a slow day and a weak turnout in Event #17: $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship, but by day's end, a solid 102 players had been seated in the event.

Just 37 of those made it on to Day 2, and leading the way will be Ray Dehkharghani, a noted mixed game player who won last year's $10,000 Razz Championship. Dehkharghani turned his 50,000 starting stack into 265,000 to bag a narrow lead over Viacheslav Zhukov (258,000) and Zachary Freeman (257,200).

However, while there was plenty of laughter at a bunch of the tables as regulars battled in 20-odd different games, Day 1 was marred by controversy in a pot contested between Matt Glantz and Samuel Touil.

It happened during no-limit hold'em, when Touil came in for a raise and saw Glantz three-bet. Touil made a forward motion with his chips but didn't set them onto the felt, and Glantz piled in his remaining stack and turned over his ace-king. Touil argued he hadn't completed his motion, and supervisors agreed that he still had action.

Glantz was adamant that Touil had angled him, but in the end, his vehement argument went unheeded and Touil was allowed to just call. Touil stuck the rest in after flopping a straight draw with ace-jack, Glantz called, and Touil got there.

Glantz was left with just 33,000 with limits at 3,000/6,000 but got the last laugh as he managed to recover and bag 84,700, while Touil fell in a later pot.

Other notables bagging above-average stacks included Jon Turner, James Obst, Mike Matusow, Todd Brunson and Daniel Negreanu. Players going bust included Phil Hellmuth, Jason Mercier, Brian Rast, Dzmitry Urbanovich, and Stephen Chidwick.

Play resumes Friday at 2 p.m. with another 10-level day on the docket, so come back to PokerNews to see which players will be contesting the final stages of the Dealer's Choice Championship.

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Brasilia7081Daniel NegreanuCanada151,600
Brasilia7082Chris KlodnickiUnited States110,100
Brasilia7083Matthew KellyUnited States83,700
Brasilia7084George TrigeorgisUnited States166,400
Brasilia7085Tommy HangUnited States123,000
      
Brasilia7091Dennis EichhornUnited States230,000
Brasilia7092Ray DehkharghaniUnited States265,000
Brasilia7093James ObstAustralia185,600
Brasilia7094Joseph CoudenUnited States126,400
Brasilia7095Zack FreemanUnited States257,200
Brasilia7096Mikko HirvonenUnited Kingdom113,800
      
Brasilia7101Shawn BuchananCanada172,700
Brasilia7102Ben YuUnited States129,600
Brasilia7103Bryce YockeyUnited States84,200
Brasilia7104Jake AbdallaUnited States77,400
Brasilia7106David "ODB" BakerUnited States76,000
      
Brasilia7111David ProciakUnited States164,700
Brasilia7112Robert MizrachiUnited States80,000
Brasilia7114Viacheslav ZhukovRussia258,400
Brasilia7115Ryan HughesUnited States94,800
Brasilia7116Todd BrunsonUnited States153,900
      
Brasilia7121Benjamin LukasUnited States53,600
Brasilia7122Daniel ZackUnited States79,300
Brasilia7123Quinn DoUnited States94,500
Brasilia7125Eric CrainUnited States127,300
Brasilia7126Lars GronningUnited States91,000
      
Brasilia7131Lyle BermanUnited States138,400
Brasilia7132Matt GlantzUnited States84,700
Brasilia7133Schuyler ThorntonUnited States241,600
Brasilia7134Jon TurnerUnited States212,100
Brasilia7136Carol FuchsUnited States61,000
      
Brasilia7141Christopher VitchUnited States164,600
Brasilia7142Craig ChaitUnited States69,300
Brasilia7143Roland IsraelashviliUnited States143,700
Brasilia7144Jared BleznickUnited States119,000
Brasilia7145John RacenerUnited States128,400
Brasilia7146Mike MatusowUnited States179,200

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