Robert Mizrachiwith an extra day of play not included in the program, wins for the fifth time the WSOP bracelet.
The three finalists ofEvent #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship returned for Day 4, with Ryutaro Suzuki and Michael Martinelli coming within a hair’s breadth of victory while Mizrachi won $333,045 after dominating a field of 141 players.
The result arrives ten years after his victory in the $1,500 Dealer’s Choice Championshipand sees him equalizing the WSOP hardware scores with his brother Michael, another legend of this discipline.
After his win, Mizrachi said he felt he was “playing my best game possible at the time” and that it felt good to be back in the WSOP winner’s circle.
“It feels great,” he told the WSOP and Pokernews, “I’m playing my best game, probably better than ever. I am so happy. I just want to focus and be there for my family and hopefully more good things happen.”
Yesterday the atmosphere was convivial with games chosen by the opponents, by the croupiers – even by the rails – but today, Mizrachi said, everything was much more serious.
Mizrachi again: “I like Pot Limit games because you can control the pot against a weaker player. He can’t really put pressure on you pre-flop, so you can see more flops and you can control things post-flop. It’s a more skillful structure than to no-limit where he can simply go all-in on any hand and the variance becomes higher.”
Mizrachi started the day as the chip leader, and immediately got to work extending his lead over his opponents. He almost eliminated Ryutaro Suzuki in 2-7 Triple Drawbut the Japanese player was left with 100,000 chips after folding
Ultimately, on the next hand, it was Michael Martinelli who eliminated Ryutaro in the Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, but he still found himself facing heads-up with a 2:1 deficit.
Mizrachi further increased his lead with a scoop to Badeucey, to extend it even further in the Pot Limit Omahae ended the day in an hour in the Pot Limit 2-7 Triple Draw.
Event #13: $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship Final Table results
Place Player Country Earnings
1 Robert Mizrachi United States $333,045
2 Michael Martinelli United States $215,848
3 Ryutaro Suzuki Japan $144,431
4 Ben Lamb United States $99,885
5 David Bach United States $71,476
6 Richard Bai United States $52,985
