Day 2 of the Event #11: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed has come to a conclusion with just nine players remaining and David Bach holding the chip lead and eyeing his second WSOP bracelet.
The day started with 89 players looking to make a run at firstly reaching the money before mounting a charge towards the final table. Unfortunately the likes of Yuval Bronshtein, Jake Schwartz, Aaron Steury, Jeff Madsen, Yueqi Zhu, John Racener, and Eric Rodawig all fell short of the money before David Macklin would be eliminated on the bubble when his aces were outdrawn in Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo by his opponent's straight and low.
With 55 players now guaranteed a $2,253 payday, the quick rate of play continued as the likes of Tom Franklin (50th), Ray Henson (47th), Chris Ferguson (44th), Kyle Bowker (38th), Scott Bohlman (33rd), Marco Johnson (30th), Tommy Hang (29th), David Benyamine (28th), Mark Gregorich (27th), Jesse Martin (20th), Alex Luneau (15th), Jon Turner (13th), and Justin Bonomo (10th) all fell short of a Day 3 berth.
Amazingly, two previous champions made the money as Lawrence Berg finished 45th after winning this event in 2016, while Robert Mizrachi had a tremendous run that ended in 12th place after missing a huge wrap and flush draw against David Bach. That hand, along with a huge double through Bonomo before he was eliminated, catapulted Bach up the leaderboard before he eventually bagged the chip lead with an impressive 798,500 in chips.
Right on his heels however is Christopher Sensoli who ended the day with 552,000, while Chip Jett rounds out the top three with 305,500. However with big betting limits already in play, the shorter stacks only need a little bit of life and luck and they too can rocket up the leaderboard. Here is how Day 3 will line-up:
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
715
1
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715
2
Anthony Arvidson
USA
143,000
715
3
Wook Kim
USA
115,000
715
4
Chip Jett
USA
305,500
715
5
Zachary Freeman
USA
124,500
715
6
Scott Milkey
USA
288,500
716
1
Brandon Cantu
USA
131,500
716
2
Kevin Iacofano
USA
275,500
716
3
Christopher Sensoli
USA
552,000
716
4
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716
5
David Bach
USA
798,500
716
6
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Play is set to resume at 2 p.m. on Wednesday with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates until the Event #11 Champion is crowned!
Sampo Ryynanen raised to 12,000 under the gun, and Scott Milkey defended his big blind. The flop came and Milkey potted for 26,500. Ryynanen called for a little under half of his stack. On the turn, Milkey jammed for about 30,000 effective.
"Okee-dokee," Ryynanen said, pushing his stack in.
Ryynanen:
Milkey:
Ryynanen had a huge draw that included the nut flush, while Milkey had two pair, blockers, and a five-low draw. The river was a , giving Milkey fours full and eliminating Ryynanen.
From the button, Robert Mizrachi raised and David Bach three-bet the small blind. Mizrachi called and the flop fell .
Bach announced a bet of pot of 78,000 and Mizrachi moved all in for roughly 100,000. Bach called, and the cards were tabled.
Bach:
Mizrachi:
Mizrachi flopped a monster with the nut flush draw, a wrap, and middle pair while Bach help an overpair.
The turn of the and didn't help Mizrachi, and the 2014 Champion of this event exited in 12th place for a $6,074 payday as Bach soared to 580,000 in chips.
With Sensoli making an eight-low and a pair of aces, Turner and his nine-low and ace-high wouldn't be enough, and he would be eliminated in 13th place.
Kyle Welsh opened to 13,000 and Robert Mizrachi called on the button. With the action on David Bach in the big blind, he three-bet to 75,000 total. Welsh called all in for 38,000 total and Mizrachi folded.
Both players stood pat and Bach tabled his as Welsh tabled his and exited the tournament in 14th place.
Brandon Cantu had the bring-in and Zachary Freeman completed. Alex Luneau called, as did Chip Jett before Cantu made it 16,000. Freeman folded and both Luneau and Jett called.
Luneau bet fourth and Jett dropped out as Cantu called. Cantu then took the betting lead on each subsequent street with Luneau calling him down until seventh when he called all in for his last 14,500.
Cantu: / /
Freeman: / (folded on third)
Luneau: / /
Jett: / (folded on fourth)
Cantu tabled his for a flush and a seven-low as Luneau mucked and was eliminated in 15th place.
From the button, Brandon Delnano raised to 8,200 only to have Brandon Cantu three-bet the small blind to 18,000. Delnano responded by moving all in for roughly 65,200 and Cantu instantly called.
Cantu stood pat and Delnano drew one. Cantu stood pat, as did Delnano on the second draw. Both players again stood pat.
Cantu tabled his for a number two as Delnano tabled his and headed to the rail in 16th place.
We didn't see when the money went in, but Isaac Crow had against Justin Bonomo's and had flopped top pair of aces, only to have Bonomo turn him dead with a nine-high straight.