That's a wrap here from the feature table in the Amazon room! It took just over six levels for the final table of seven to be whittled down to one champion. In the end, Jesse Martin was able to overcome 2010 champion David "Bakes" Baker during heads up play to capture the title, the gold bracelet, and the $253,524 in first-place prize money.
At the start of the day, it was six-time WSOP champion Layne Flack who led the field, but over the course of play the chip lead traded hands several time. During the sparring at the table, the one player who could not seem to gain any traction was John Hennigan. After roughly an hour of play, Hennigan became the first player to hit the rail when he moved all in and stood pat against Konstantin Puchkov, Puchkov also stood pat but held a better hand and Hennigan was eliminated from play.
Following Hennigan's elimination, the remaining players played six-handed for quite some time. Players like Jeff Lisandro, Jon Turner, and eventual champion Martin all found themselves riding a short stack and they all found an eventual double up. After much trading of chips, it was start-of-day chip leader Flack to fall next. Flack's hopes of gaining a seventh bracelet were dashed when he and Martin both drew one card. Both paired up, but Martin's pair was smaller and Flack was eliminated in sixth place.
After Flack's bust, the eliminations came at a more rapid rate. Jon Turner fell at the hands of Puchkov for a fifth place finish and Jeff Lisandro was later eliminated by Baker.
Martin had a massive chip lead coming back from dinner for three-handed play and he never looked back. Puchkov fell quickly after dinner at Martin's hands and suddenly Martin and Baker were heads up for the bracelet. After several raise-and-takes, the match finally came to a head a mere nine hands in. Martin opened with a raise from the button and Baker moved all in over the top. Martin called and both players drew one card. Baker picked up a king to give him a king-low while Martin was able to pull a winning ten for a ten-low. Baker was eliminated as the runner-up and pocketed $156,674.
Lynn Gilmartin was there to catch an emotional Martin straight after his win:
Final Table Payouts
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Jesse Martin
USA
$253,524
2
David "Bakes" Baker
USA
$156,674
3
Konstantin Puchkov
Russia
$99,313
4
Jeff Lisandro
Italy
$67,264
5
Jon Turner
USA
$47,792
6
Layne Flack
USA
$35,549
7
John Hennigan
USA
$27,644
We here at PokerNews extend our congratulations to Jesse Martin on grabbing hold of his first WSOP bracelet. That does it from the only No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event of the 2013 WSOP! Be sure to check out our Live Reporting page for updates from other events on the tournament floor!
Hand #176: Jesse Martin made it 62,000 from the button and David "Bakes" Baker replied by shipping all in over the top for 447,000. Martin called and both players drew one.
Baker:
Martin:
Martin had the better draw but both players were drawing live to make a low. At Baker's suggestion, both players ripped it off at the same time. Baker tabled a while Martin showed a , giving Martin a winning ten-low and eliminating Baker in second place.
Hand #167: Konstantin Puchkov raised to 62,000 from the small blind and Jesse Martin shoved from the big blind. Puchkov called all in for about 582,000 and stood pat. Martin drew one and the hands were tabled.
Puchkov:
Martin:
Martin turned over a to make a 9-7 and score the elimination.
Hand #130: Jon Turner moved all in for 164,000 from the cutoff and Konstantin Puchkov called from the button. Turner took one and Puchkov stood pat.
Puchkov showed and Turner rolled over to show that he was drawing to a ten-low. No card could beat Puchkov's pat-eight and Turner was eliminated in fifth place. He will collect $47,792 in tournament winnings.
Hand #124: Jessie Martin moved all in from the small blind and Layne Flack called from the big blind for his tournament life. Each player drew one card and the two fanned their hands.
Martin:
Flack:
Martin flipped over his fifth card to reveal a , pairing his treys. Flack was looking good to double, but unfortunately ripped off an to make a higher pair, eliminating him from play and and dashing his hopes of winning a seventh bracelet today.
Hand #21: John Hennigan raised from under the gun plus one and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Jesse Martin made it 24,000 from the button and took down the pot without heading to a draw.
Hand #23: Martin made it 24,000 from the hijack and once again took down the pot pre-draw.
Hand #24: Konstantin Puchkov was under the gun and made it 24,000 to go. Hennigan moved all in from the small blind and Puchkov snapped him off. Both players stood pat and Hennigan showed but was ultimately behind Puchkov's . With that, Hennigan was eliminated in 7th place and became the first casualty of the final table.
Welcome to our Day 3 coverage of Event #43, the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball. The starting field of 87 is down to seven players, each looking to capture the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the $253,524 first-place prize.
Among the final seven players are a combined 15 WSOP bracelets, led by Layne Flack with six. With a win today, Flack would move into a tie for ninth on the all-time bracelet winner list with Billy Baxter and Men Nguyen. Flack last won a bracelet in 2008 and this marks his fourth cash of the 2013 WSOP. Next on the list is Jeff Lisandro with five bracelets. Lisandro dominated the 2009 WSOP winning three bracelets, but hasn't won one since in Las Vagas. Today marks his second final table this series. John "World" Hennigan is aiming for his third bracelet win, last doing so in 2004.
David "Bakes" Baker is at his fourth WSOP final table of the summer and is looking to capture that elusive third bracelet in the game that started it all for him. In 2010, Baker won this very event. Konstantin Puchkov rounds out the bracelet winners, while Jesse Martin and Jon Turner are looking for their first bracelets after a combined 54 cashes prior to this event.
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
1
Jesse Martin
USA
536,500
2
Layne Flack*
USA
574,000
3
Jeff Lisandro*
Italy
361,000
4
David "Bakes" Baker*
USA
379,500
5
John Hennigan*
USA
317,000
6
Jon Turner
USA
246,000
7
Konstantin Puchkov*
Russia
196,000
*Denotes that the player is a bracelet winner.
The final table will begin at 2:00 PM PST, about half an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here as provide hand-for-hand coverage until a winner emerges.
Also, be sure to check out Lynn Gilmartin's June 24th recap below.
while Martin showed a 
, giving Martin a winning ten-low and eliminating Baker in second place.
