Nick Guagenti raised from the hijack and Jorge Ufano was a short stack sitting in the big blind. A money jump was also a factor in his decision and Ufano went into the think tank for a while and eventually made the call which put him all in for his last 15,000.
Jorge Ufano: 7?2?
Nick Guagenti: A?6?
Unfortunately for Ufano there was no bonus for playing the seven deuce and the board complied with 10?J?K?8?6? which gave Guagenti a pair of sixes.
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.
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.
David Prociak raised to 2,500 from the hijack and got called by Nick Guagenti on the button.
Both players drew two cards, and Prociak checked to Guagenti, who bet the pot of 7,500. Prociak responded with a pot-sized check-raise to 30,000, leaving himself just a few chips behind, which sent Guagenti deep into the tank.
After about four minutes of deliberation, Guagenti sent his cards into the muck
Dan Shak opened to 2,500 from under the gun, and Eugene Portlen defended from the big blind. Shak drew one, while Portlen drew two.
After the first draw, Portlen checked, and Shak made a pot-sized bet for 6,200. Portlen raised to 15,000, and after taking about 30 seconds to weigh his options, Shak opted to fold.
A player in the cutoff raised to 3,000. In the small blind, Nick Schulman called, and Tom Schneider peeled in the big blind.
Schulman drew two, Schneider took one, and the cutoff took one. The cutoff bet 1,500, and both players called.
Schulman took two cards again, and both Schneider and the cutoff drew one again. The cutoff continued for 3,000, and only Schneider called.
On the final draw, both players drew one. Now, Schneider became the aggressor and bet 3,000. After some thought, the cutoff decided to call and got the bad news as Schneider made 5?4?3?2?.
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?
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.
