Wattel's Turn to Three-Bet
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Yan Chen raised to 27,000 on the button, and Mike Wattel announced a reraise. He made it a total of 67,000, and Chen flicked his cards to the dealer.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
250
Level
23
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
3,000
Chen Walked
Mike Wattel folded his button and Yan Chen received his first walk of heads-up play, and the final table.
Three-Bet Aggression From Chen
Mike Wattel opened to 25,000 from the button only to have Yan Chen announce "raise!"
He tossed in three additional 5,000-denomination chips to firstly match the bet before cutting down an additional 50,000 in chips to amount to a 75,000-chip raise.
Wattel didn't take too long in producing a fold as Chen took down the pot.
Just The First Few
On the first hand of heads-up play Mike Wattel received a walk.
The second saw him pick up the big blind and antes with a 25,000-chip raise.
Yan Chen finally got into the swing of things by making it 25,000 from his button to prompt a fold from Wattel.
Play Resumes
With the cards back in the air, here are the updated chip counts.
Yan Chen - 620,000
Mike Wattel - 505,000
Level: 22
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 3,000
Break Time
The two remaining players are heading on an unscheduled 10-minute break.
Nicholas Binger Eliminated in 3rd Place ($37,857)
One hand after Derric Haynie's elimination, Nick Binger moved all in from the small blind for a total of 66,000. Mike Wattel called from the big blind, and Binger knew it was bad news. He drew two, and Wattel took one. Wattel was drawing to a 
, and Binger held on to a 
. Binger's first card was a , keeping him in the game. The next one wasn't what he wanted - a 
. Wattel drew a 
, good enough to end Binger's tournament.
Wattel and Yan Chen are now heads up and fairly even in chips.
Derric Haynie Eliminated in 4th Place ($25,839)
Mike Wattel opened to 18,000 from under the gun only to have Derric Haynie move all in for 143,000.
Wattel deliberated for nearly two minutes before making the call. Haynie stood pat tabling his 
, but Wattel would also stand pat and table his 
.
For Haynie's efforts, he collected $25,839 for his 4th placing as Wattel climbs to over 420,000 in chips.
Wattel Drops Two
Derric Haynie raised to 18,000, and Mike Wattel called and drew one. Haynie stood pat, and when Wattel checked, Derric showed a . Wattel mucked, and Haynie added a few chips to his stack.
The next hand, Wattel raised to 22,000 from the small blind. Yan Chen in the big blind reraised to 72,000, and Wattel declined to call. Wattel has now fallen under the 300,000 mark.