A New $10,000 Dealer��s Choice Champion to be Crowned Tuesday
With the departure of three-time defending champion Adam Friedman on Day 1 of WSOP Event #10: $10,000 Dealer��s Choice 6-Handed Championship, the poker world was guaranteed a new titleholder in this prestigious event, and that person will be known Tuesday.
A field of 15 contenders enters the day with hopes of becoming the first new champion of this event since 2018, with Randy Ohel (1,101,000) leading the star-studded list of returnees. Ohel will be looking for his first bracelet since the 2012 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw event and second overall.
He��s closely followed by Japan��s Naoya Kihara (927,000), who also last won a bracelet in 2012 in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event, and Nick Schulman (904,000), who��s after his fourth piece of WSOP jewelry.
A litany of mixed game beasts isn��t far behind them though, including five-time WSOP bracelet holder and two-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner Brian Rast (574,000).
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Ohel | United States | 1,101,000 |
| 2 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 927,000 |
| 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 904,000 |
| 4 | Tuan Le | United States | 635,000 |
| 5 | Brian Rast | United States | 574,000 |
| 6 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 573,000 |
| 7 | Christopher Claassen | United States | 521,000 |
| 8 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 440,000 |
| 9 | Greg Mueller | Canada | 377,000 |
| 10 | Ben Diebold | United States | 325,000 |
With the now dethroned Friedman having claimed the last three titles, Tuesday��s champion will become just the fifth winner in the already illustrious seven-year history of the event in a year that saw a record 123 entrants generate a $1,146,975 prize pool. The 2022 champ will earn $299,488 and that prestigious WSOP gold bracelet for their efforts.
History of the WSOP $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship
| Year | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Runner-Up | 1st Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 108 | $1,015,200 | Quinn Do | Rep Porter | $319,792 |
| 2016 | 118 | $1,109,200 | Jean Gaspard | William O'Neil | $306,621 |
| 2017 | 102 | $930,600 | John Racener | Viacheslav Zhukov | $273,962 |
| 2018 | 111 | $1,043,400 | Adam Friedman | Stuart Rutter | $293,275 |
| 2019 | 122 | $1,146,800 | Adam Friedman | Shaun Deeb | $312,417 |
| 2021 | 93 | $867,225 | Adam Friedman | Phil Hellmuth | $248,350 |
| 2022 | 123 | $1,146,975 | TBA | TBA | $299,488 |
Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time in the Bally��s Event Center with Level 18. Levels will continue to be 90-minutes in length, with 10-minute breaks at the completion of each level.
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