Friedman Begins Quest for Four in a Row in $10,000 Dealer��s Choice
The first Championship event of the 53rd World Series of Poker begins Sunday, and it couldn��t be a higher profile tournament.
All eyes in poker's mixed-game community will be on Event #10: $10,000 Dealer's Choice 6-Handed Championship, also now affectionately known as the ��Adam Friedman Classic��.
The highly-respected mixed game wizard has won each of the last three Dealer's Choice Championships, defeating a who��s who of the poker world along the way to earning over $850,000 with his victories.
The Adam Friedman Three-peat
| YEAR | CHAMPION | RUNNER-UP | ENTRANTS | 1ST PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Adam Friedman | Phil Hellmuth | 93 | $248,350 |
| 2019 | Adam Friedman | Shaun Deeb | 122 | $312,417 |
| 2018 | Adam Friedman | Stuart Rutter | 111 | $293,275 |
*Finished 5th in 2015 ($63,277)
Who Can Stop Friedman?
This event brings out the absolute best of poker��s mixed game players, and one who has returned to the WSOP in full force so far this year is Poker Hall of Famer, Phil Ivey. The 10-time bracelet winner could be among the stacked field looking to stop a Freidman four-peat.
Recent runners-up Phil Hellmuth and Shaun Deeb are certain to be in the field, as well as a host of other superstars and multi-time bracelet winners.
Four-time bracelet winner Brad Ruben won the $1,500 Dealer's Choice event earlier this week, in which Friedman finished 15th.
Jaswinder Lally was runner-up to Ruben and is the 2021 champion of the $1,500 event. Could we see him take a shot at making a run in today��s championship event?
What to Expect
The players will have a variety of 20 flop, stud, and draw games to choose from each orbit, with ten 60-minute levels scheduled for Day 1 and 15-minute breaks slotted in after every two levels.
The event is a freezeout, and the field will begin with 60,000 chips with late registration open until the beginning of Day 2, which will see seven 90-minute levels played.
Action kicks off at 3 p.m. local time in the Paris Ballroom and the PokerNews live reporting team will have all the action from this and every event from the WSOP��s new home at Bally��s and Paris Las Vegas.