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Upcoming on ClubWPT: WPT Borgata Poker Open Satellite (Sunday, July 7 @ 4:00PM ET)
| Earnings | $567,996 |
| Cashes | 6 |
| Final Tables | 3 |
| Titles | 0 |
| Tournaments Played | 35 |
Est. Current Chipcount
Est. Average Chipcount
15,200,000
Current Chipleader
-
Day 1
231,750
Day 2
301,900
Day 3
358,600
Day 4
1,079,000
Day 5
1,643,000
Day 6
2,035,000
Day 7
5th
Level 17: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
After a flop of A
K
6, Wil Wilkinson (left) bets 35,000 from late position, and Steve O'Dwyer (right) calls from the button. The turn card is the 8, Wilkinson bets 45,000, and O'Dwyer calls.
The river card is the 3
, Wilkinson thinks for a bit before he bets 60,000, and O'Dwyer quickly raises to 200,000. Wilkinson folds, and O'Dwyer shows one card -- the 10 -- as he collects the pot.
Steve O'Dwyer - 1,255,000 (125 BBs)
Wil Wilkinson - 925,000 (92 BBs)
Level 17: 5,000-10,000, 1,000 ante
Nicolas Fraioli raises to 27,000 from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer reraises to 69,000 behind him. Action folds around to Michael Mizrachi in the blinds and he reraises to 159,000. Fraioli folds.
O'Dwyer moves all-in for around 800,000 total, which appears to have Mizrachi covered. Mizrachi thinks about it a good while before folding JJ face up.
Steve O'Dwyer - 1,040,000 (104 BBs)
Michael Mizrachi - 680,000 (68 BBs)
Level 16: 4,000-8,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer is in the small blind and Matt Juttelstad is in the big blind when they go heads-up to a flop of JJ
2. Both players check.
The turn brings the 7, O'Dwyer checks, and Juttelstad bets 26,000. O'Dwyer calls. The river is the Q and O'Dwyer bets 48,000. Juttelstad thinks a while, then calls.
"I have quads," O'Dwyer says as he tables JJ. Juttelstad mucks and O'Dwyer takes the pot.
Steve O'Dwyer - 740,000 (93 BBs)
Matt Juttelstad - 300,000 (38 BBs)
Level 15: 3,000-6,000, 500 ante
Photo: Barry Shulman probably wasn't smiling like this when he had queens against Steve O'Dwyer's kings. (From left to right, Royal Flush Girls Tugba Ercan, Jeannie Duffy, Brittany Bell, and Ivy Teves.)
Steve O'Dwyer is all in preflop with K-K against the Q-Q of Barry Shulman. The board blanks out for Shulman, and O'Dwyer wins the pot with his kings to double up in chips.
Steve O'Dwyer - 315,000 (52 BBs)
Barry Shulman - 375,000 (62 BBs)
Level 12: 1,500-3,000, 400 ante
With the final board showing A8343 on the river and about 130,000 already in the pot, Trevor Pope (pictured) has a bet of 85,000 in front of him under the gun, and Steve O'Dwyer is tanking from the small blind.
O'Dwyer eventually calls, and Pope turns over AK for two pair, aces and threes. O'Dwyer mucks, and Trevor Pope wins the pot.
Trevor Pope - 360,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 395,000
Level 11: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante
Steve O'Dwyer and Trevor Pope each put in 23,500 preflop and go heads-up to a flop of 752. Pope bets 29,000 and O'Dwyer calls.
The turn is the 8 and Pope takes a good look at his own stack before checking. O'Dwyer checks behind and the river is the 5. Pope checks and O'Dwyer bets 75,000.
Pope thinks about it a while before calling with QQ for an overpair of queens. O'Dwyer folds and Pope takes the pot.
Trevor Pope - 315,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 378,000
Level 11: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante
Scott Baumstein raises from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer makes it an additional 9,400 to play from the hijack. Baumstein reraises 13,900 more and O'Dwyer raises enough to put Baumstein all-in for his 75,000 or so chips.
Baumstein calls and turns over QQ. He is racing with O'Dwyer's AK. "This feels familiar, huh Steve?" Baumstein tells O'Dwyer.
The flop comes 763, giving O'Dwyer a spade draw. The J on the turn completes O'Dwyer's flush and leaves Baumstein drawing dead.
The river is an inconsequential 8 and Baumstein is eliminated. With that big pot, the Day 1 chip leader O'Dwyer reclaims the chip lead with more than 500,000.
Steve O'Dwyer - 540,000
Scott Baumstien - eliminated
Level 9: 800-1,600, 200 ante
By BJ Nemeth
There was a partial solar eclipse visible in Las Vegas on Sunday, and the peak of it coincided with the last level of Day 2 of the WPT World Championship. People in Northern Nevada were able to see an annular solar eclipse, in which the moon is in front of the sun, but smaller, so there is a ring of sunlight visible around it.
Steve O'Dwyer was the chipleader at the start of Day 2 with 231,750 in chips. O'Dwyer held strong and finished the day seventh in chips with 301,900.
In an unusual hand, Daniel Buzgon (left) faced off against Vanessa Rousso (right) over a board of Q109A10. Rousso check-raised the turn, and then bet out on the river enough to put Buzgon all in. Buzgon tanked for about five minutes before calling with A10 -- a full house, tens full of aces.
Rousso was stunned, and mucked her cards as another player said it was the longest tank he had ever seen with such a strong hand. Buzgon apologized to the table, and said, "It's either a slowroll, or I'm out."
Twenty Season X WPT winners earned entry into this event along with their titles, and 18 of them entered on Day 1. The two holdouts were Matthew Waxman (pictured) and Dave Shallow, who both joined the field early on Day 2.
Seated next to Tyler Smith (right), Noah Schwartz was sporting a new look -- he wasn't wearing his signature glasses. He had them on Day 1, but had laser eye surgery before Day 2 began. Get used to the new look of Noah Schwartz.
Scott Seiver (standing) and David Williams (seated) were the last two players to win the WPT World Championship, with Seiver taking the title last season, and Williams winning it back in Season VIII. The two other former WPT World Champions in the field are David Chiu (season VI) and Martin de Knijff (Season II).
Vanessa Selbst had a great run at the last WPT event here at Bellagio, the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Selbst finished third in that event to win $338,351. Unfortunately, that will be the highlight of Selbst's season on the WPT, as she was eliminated here on Day 2.
David "Bakes" Baker (center) moves all in over a river bet against reigning WPT World Champion Scott Seiver (left) on a board of K10549. Seiver tanked for about two minutes before forfeiting the pot to Baker.
Poker reporter Tim Fiorvanti watches the partial solar eclipse from the Bellagio, as the sun slowly sets behind the Palms and Rio casinos over Red Rock Canyon. The eclipse wasn't visible with the naked eye, so Fiorvanti is wearing special glasses designed for observing the sun.
Daniel Negreanu (standing) four-bet all in preflop with AK against Lance Steinberg (seated, center) and Guillaume Darcourt (not pictured). The flop came QJ2, and Steinberg and Darcourt quickly got it all in. Before they showed their cards, Negreanu said, "Both of these guys got sets, but I'm still alive!"
Sure enough, Darcourt had JJ for middle set, and Steinberg turned over QQ for top set. Negreanu's A-K flopped a gutshot straight draw, and he needed a ten to stay alive.
The ten never came, and Steinberg won the pot to double up thru Darcourt and eliminate Negreanu from the tournament.
Rinat Bogdanov earned his entry into the WPT World Championship by winning the WPT Venice Grand Prix back in February. Bogdanov had an excellent Day 2, finishing second in chips with 381,000. Bogdanov will attempt to become the first player in seven years to win a WPT World Championship after winning a WPT title earlier that season -- Tuan Le did it back in Season III.
Allen Kessler (left) looks on as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi (right) takes the chip lead late in the day. Mizrachi, who already has two WPT titles to his credit, finished at the top of the leaderboard with 428,200.
The field size has grown to 135 players, and there are 95 still in action. Registration remains open until the middle of Day 3, but here are the current chipleaders:
1. Michael Mizrachi - 428,200
2. Rinat Bogdanov - 381,000
3. Guillaume Darcourt - 356,600
4. David Steicke - 345,500
5. Isaac Haxton - 313,500
6. Tony Ruberto - 309,100
7. Steve O'Dwyer - 301,900
8. Ubaid Habib - 288,100
9. John Esposito - 284,200
10. Matt Juttelstad - 274,000
Day 3 begins at 12:00 noon PT, and registration remains open until the beginning of Level 12 -- about 5:00 pm PT. The field will revert to a more standard schedule of five 90-minute levels, and you can continue to get live coverage right here at WPT.com
Level 6: 400-800, 100 ante
Reigning WPT World Champion Scott Seiver (background, left) loans his phone to Season VIII WPT World Champion David Williams (center) and recent chipleader Steve O'Dwyer (right) to check out a video between hands.
Vanessa Selbst finished third in the WPT Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic here at Bellagio in December. Selbst has had a roller-coaster day in terms of her chip stack, but she's still battling.
Season VI WPT Player of the Year Jonathan Little (left) and reigning WPT World Champion Scott Seiver sit side-by-side, across from the most recent WPT winner, Shawn Cunix (foreground left) and Vanessa Selbst (foreground, right).
Level 5: 300-600, 75 ante
Chipleader Steve O'Dwyer (pictured) raises from early position to 1,800, Lance Steinberg calls from late position, and Nicolas Fraioli reraises from the button to 6,800. O'Dwyer and Steinberg both call.
All three players check to the river on a board of A10476x, and O'Dwyer bets 12,500. Steinberg calls, and Fraioli folds.
O'Dwyer shows 77 to win the pot with a set of sevens, and Steinberg mucks.
Steve O'Dwyer - 315,000
Nicolas Fraioli - 123,000
Lance Steinberg - 95,000
