Bei der 53rd World Series of Poker® (WSOP®) im Horseshoe Pokerroom des Bally’s & Paris Hotel & Casino am Las Vegas Strip stand am Mittwochabend auch das erste Exoten-Event auf dem Programm. Die Mix-Game Experten erwartete des $1.500 Dealer’s Choice Event #4.
Beim Dealer’s Choice kam man zwischen folgenden Varianten wählen. (No-Limit Hold’em; Limit Hold’em; Razz; Seven Card Stud; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular; Pot-Limit Hold’em; Pot-Limit Omaha; Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Pot-Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw; Big O; Limit Omaha High; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw; Ace to 5 Lowball Triple Draw; Badugi; Badeucy; Badacy; No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw; No-Limit 5-Card Draw High).
Diesen Spaß ließen sich 430 Poker-Cracks nicht entgehen und damit kam ein Preisgeld von $574.050 zusammen, das unter den besten 65 verteilt werden sollte. Der Min-Cash bringt $2.417 und der Champion erhält das Bracelet und $126.288. Am Tag 1 gab es eine Startdotation von 25.000 und es wurden 15 Levels à 40 Minuten gespielt. Am Endes des Tages konnten sich 123 Teilnehmer für Tag 2 qualifizieren. Auf der Strecke blieb leider Bundesliga-Profi Max Kruse (GER). Als einziger DACH-Spieler schaffte es Jan-David Peters aus Potsdam mit 97.000 in Tag 2. Als Chipleader startet US-Amerikaner Dennis Eichhorn mit 276.000. Außerdem sind noch Bignames wie Todd Brunson (USA), Brandon Shack-Harris (USA), Mike Matusow (USA) oder auch Filipe Ramos (BRA) mit im Rennen.
Tag 2 startet am Donnerstag um 23:00 Uhr (MEZ) im Level 16. Dann werden zehn Levels à 60 Minuten gespielt. Der Average nach Tag 1 liegt bei 87.398.
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Hier sind die Chipcounts für Tag 2:
| Rang | Name | Nation | Chipcount |
| 1 | Dennis Eichhorn | Irvine, CA, US | 276,000 |
| 2 | Mitul Sheera | Garland, TX, US | 245,500 |
| 3 | Brett Richey | NEW YORK, NY, US | 220,500 |
| 4 | John Monnette | PALMDALE, CA, US | 213,500 |
| 5 | Ben Yu | Las Vegas, NV, US | 192,000 |
| 6 | Qinghai Pan | Diamond Bar, CA, US | 185,500 |
| 7 | Marco Johnson | WALNUT CREEK, CA, US | 183,500 |
| 8 | Scott Bohlman | Lemont, IL, US | 179,000 |
| 9 | Brian Rast | Las Vegas, NV, US | 169,500 |
| 10 | Travis Pearson | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 165,500 |
| 11 | Drew Scott | Kingston, ON, CA | 164,000 |
| 12 | Michael Balan | Las Vegas, NV, US | 159,500 |
| 13 | Alex Livingston | Halifax, NS, CA | 158,500 |
| 14 | Tom Schneider | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 156,500 |
| 15 | David Avina | Murrieta, CA, US | 154,000 |
| 16 | Brad Ruben | Hernando, FL, US | 151,000 |
| 17 | Jaswinder Lally | Surrey, BC, CA | 150,500 |
| 18 | Joshua Rhodes | Palmetto, GA, US | 145,000 |
| 19 | Adam Friedman | GAHANNA, OH, US | 142,000 |
| 20 | Peter Gelencser | BUDAPEST, , HU | 140,000 |
| 21 | Christopher Roman | New York, NY, US | 138,000 |
| 22 | Paul Sokoloff | London, , GB | 137,500 |
| 23 | Robert Campbell (AU) | Melbourne, AU | 136,000 |
| 24 | Brandon Cantu | Ridgefield, WA, US | 132,500 |
| 25 | Jorge Walker | Las Vegas, NV, US | 128,000 |
| 26 | Joseph Couden | Coconut Creek, FL, US | 127,000 |
| 27 | Dean Joe | AUSTIN, TX, US | 124,000 |
| 28 | David Prociak | Winter Park, FL, US | 123,000 |
| 29 | Matt Waxman | Fort Lauderdale, FL, US | 122,000 |
| 30 | Maxx Coleman | WICHITA, KS, US | 119,000 |
| 31 | Bradley Jansen | West Bend, WI, US | 118,000 |
| 32 | Raoul Encinas | Paradise Valley, AZ, US | 113,500 |
| 33 | Artur Saakyants | Saint- Petersburg, , RU | 111,500 |
| 34 | Shirley Rosario | DOWNEY, CA, US | 110,000 |
| 35 | Hieu Luu | RIVERSIDE, CA, US | 109,500 |
| 36 | John Cernuto | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 109,000 |
| 37 | Michael Kapernaros | East Lyme, CT, US | 109,000 |
| 38 | Steven Wolansky | COOPER CITY, FL, US | 107,500 |
| 39 | Andrea Fricano | Chicago, IL, US | 107,000 |
| 40 | Mickey Appleman | FORT LEE, NJ, US | 106,000 |
| 41 | Faith Klimczak | Henderson, NV, US | 104,500 |
| 42 | William Lahti | Hutto, TX, US | 102,000 |
| 43 | Jack Maleeh | Burbank, CA, US | 100,500 |
| 44 | David Matsumoto | PLAYA DEL REY, CA, US | 100,500 |
| 45 | Ryan Roeder | MISSOULA, MT, US | 98,500 |
| 46 | Jan-David Peters | Potsdean, , DE | 97,000 |
| 47 | Jacob Boyle | LEAWOOD, KS, US | 97,000 |
| 48 | Nathan Gamble | NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX, U | 97,000 |
| 49 | Lawrence Berg | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 97,000 |
| 50 | Chip Jett | HENDERSON, NV, US | 95,500 |
| 51 | Andrew Yeh | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 95,000 |
| 52 | Norman Chad | Los Angeles, CA, US | 93,500 |
| 53 | John Evans | GRANBURY, TX, US | 91,500 |
| 54 | Justin Geary | Lagrange, KY, US | 90,500 |
| 55 | Daniel Zack | Princeton, NJ, US | 87,000 |
| 56 | Andrew Donabedian | Las Vegas, NV, US | 82,000 |
| 57 | Kristijonas Andrulis | KEDAINIAI, LT | 81,500 |
| 58 | Young Phan | GARDEN GROVE, CA, US | 80,500 |
| 59 | Nicolas Fountotos | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 79,000 |
| 60 | Todd Brunson | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 77,500 |
| 61 | Yuebin Guo | Brooklyn, NY, US | 76,500 |
| 62 | Harris Soetikno | Melborne, , AU | 75,500 |
| 63 | James Johnson | Princeton, MN, US | 75,500 |
| 64 | Jason Stockfish | Las Vegas, NV, US | 74,500 |
| 65 | Yuval Bronshtein | TEL AVIV, IL | 73,500 |
| 66 | Dylan Smith | Niagara Falls, ON, CA | 71,500 |
| 67 | Jeremy Harkin | TROUTDALE, OR, US | 71,000 |
| 68 | Jason Su | AUSTIN, TX, US | 70,500 |
| 69 | Kianoush Abolfathi | RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA, U | 70,500 |
| 70 | Naoya Kihara | TOKYO, , JP | 70,000 |
| 71 | DID NOT REPORT | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 68,000 |
| 72 | Vincent Melendez | Anaheim, CA, US | 67,500 |
| 73 | Roland Israelashvili | Forest Hills, NY, US | 67,000 |
| 74 | Lee Horton | Denton, , GB | 67,000 |
| 75 | Christopher Kostoulas | Manhasset, NY, US | 66,500 |
| 76 | Shawn Buchanan | ABBOTSFORD, BC, CA | 64,500 |
| 77 | Damjan Radanov | MEMPHIS, TN, US | 64,000 |
| 78 | Isaac Crow | DOWNEY, CA, US | 60,500 |
| 79 | Josh Tabak | San Francisco, CA, US | 59,500 |
| 80 | Joseph Gillotti | Dublin, OH, US | 59,500 |
| 81 | Roger Battles | Scottsdale, AZ, US | 58,500 |
| 82 | Kevin Thomas | Bartonville, IL, US | 58,000 |
| 83 | Steven Friedlander | AGOURA HILLS, CA, US | 57,000 |
| 84 | Brandon Shack-Harris | Las Vegas, NV, US | 55,500 |
| 85 | Tomomitsu Ono | Kyoto City, , JP | 55,000 |
| 86 | Jason Hudley | Mesa, AZ, US | 55,000 |
| 87 | Dustin Dirksen | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 55,000 |
| 88 | Bradley Helm | SCOTTSDALE, AZ, US | 53,000 |
| 89 | Cong Tran | ROWLETT, TX, US | 49,500 |
| 90 | John Racener | Tampa, FL, US | 49,000 |
| 91 | Yueqi Zhu | Rowland Heights, CA, US | 48,500 |
| 92 | Charles Bransford | DES PLAINES, IL, US | 48,500 |
| 93 | Z Stein | Washington, DC, US | 47,500 |
| 94 | Alfred Atamian | Mission, TX, US | 46,500 |
| 95 | James Carr | ELKHART, IN, US | 46,000 |
| 96 | Carlos Andino | Boston, MA, US | 46,000 |
| 97 | Kenny Hsiung | Henderson, NV, US | 45,000 |
| 98 | Jordan Siegel | Oceanside, NY, US | 39,000 |
| 99 | Prince Docnes | Santa Cruz, CA, US | 37,500 |
| 100 | Curtis Phelps | OWENSBORO, KY, US | 36,500 |
| 101 | John Marlowe | SAINT PAUL, MN, US | 36,000 |
| 102 | Bradley Beetz | Scott Afb, IL, US | 35,500 |
| 103 | Andrew Brown | New York, NY, US | 35,500 |
| 104 | William Flachsbart | CHICAGO, IL, US | 35,000 |
| 105 | Matthew Schultz | SAN DIEGO, CA, US | 33,500 |
| 106 | Mike Wattel | CHANDLER, AZ, US | 32,000 |
| 107 | Michael Dreese | West Newton, MA, US | 31,500 |
| 108 | Richard Fuller | Snohomish, WA, US | 31,500 |
| 109 | Mark Roland | HAMMONTON, NJ, US | 30,500 |
| 110 | Anatolii Zyrin | Lesnoy Gorodok, , RU | 30,500 |
| 111 | Jake Abdalla | LAS VEGAS, NV, US | 30,500 |
| 112 | Michael Moed | MIAMI BEACH, FL, US | 30,500 |
| 113 | Mike Matusow | Henderson, NV, US | 30,500 |
| 114 | Jason Lipiner | Aurora, CO, US | 30,000 |
| 115 | Alfred Poon | Brighton, MA, US | 28,000 |
| 116 | Sandy Sanchez | North Lauderdale, FL, US | 27,000 |
| 117 | Matt Glantz | LAFAYETTE HILL, PA, US | 25,500 |
| 118 | Rami Boukai | SAN DIEGO, CA, US | 25,500 |
| 119 | Aaron Schaff | EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ, US | 21,500 |
| 120 | Daniel Anton | CHULA VISTA, CA, US | 21,000 |
| 121 | Felipe Ramos | BR | 18,500 |
| 122 | Daniel Coen | TACOMA, WA, US | 10,000 |
| 123 | Itsuko Yoroi | JP | 7,000 |
Hier sind die Payouts:
| Platz | Preisgeld $ |
| 1 | $126,288 |
| 2 | $78,048 |
| 3 | $52,282 |
| 4 | $35,793 |
| 5 | $25,056 |
| 6 | $17,944 |
| 7 | $13,153 |
| 8.-9. | $9,875 |
| 10.-11. | $7,597 |
| 12.-17. | $5,993 |
| 18-23 | $4,850 |
| 24-29 | $4,030 |
| 30-35 | $3,441 |
| 36-41 | $3,021 |
| 42-47 | $2,832 |
| 48-56 | $2,643 |
| 57-65 | $2,417 |
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