2015 Dealers Choice Championship winner Quinn Do has just taken his seat in this tournament. Do is currently seated with Jesse Martin, Eric Wasserson, Konstantin Puchkov, and Jon Turner.
2016 Dealers Choice Championship winner Jean Gaspard has just arrived to defend his title. Gaspard is currently seated on a table that features Bryce Yockey, Maria Ho, and Erik Sagstom.
After the second draw, Jesse Martin bet in the cutoff, and Konstantin Puchkov called on the button. Both players took one, and Martin fired again. Puchkov folded with a sigh, and he's down to about a third of the starting stack after a rough beginning.
Adam Friedman raised to 1,600 under the gun, and Yehuda Buchalter called on the button, as did Christopher Vitch in the big blind.
The flop fell , and Vitch led out for 800. Friedman folded, but Buchalter called as the turn landed the . Vitch bet 1,600, and Buchalter called as the landed on the river. Both players checked.
Yehuda Buchalter limped in from the cutoff, and Kiran Srinivas raised the button. Christopher Vitch three-bet from the small blind, and Buchalter called before Srinivas made it four bets to go. Vitch and Buchalter called as the flop landed , and the action was checked by both players. Srinivas bet 800, and only Vitch called. The check-bet-call action was repeated when the landed on the turn and the landed on the river.
Srinivas tabled his , and Vitch tabled his matching to see the pot chopped up.