Event #59: $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-04-2013 01:24 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Hang	18,500 11,000	11,000
Daniel Idema	12,500 2,900	2,900

Steve Zolotow	8,000 500	500

Pat Pezzin	8,000 500	500
Vladimir Shchemelev	6,800 -700	-700
Josh Brikis	Busted
Layne Flack	Busted

JJ Liu	Busted
Mohsin Charania	Busted

Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Alex Kravchenko	Busted

Michael Noori	Busted

Allen Kessler	Busted

Following a raise and two calls, Ben Yu three-bet from the small blind and all three of his opponents called. Yu stood pat while all three drew two cards, then bet and all three called. Yu continued to stand pat before the second draw while two of his opponents drew two and the third just one. He bet again, and this time just one of the players who had drawn two shrugged and called.

Yu stood pat one last time, his lone remaining opponent drew one, then both checked. Yu flipped over and his opponent showed two of his cards — — as he mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	37,800 16,800	16,800

Tags: Ben Yu

07-04-2013 01:11 UTC-7

Chang is Our Chip Leader

tayke2

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

We noticed that Juijen Chang had started building quite a chip stack a couple levels ago, and he hasn't slow down all night, as he just took down a pot to up his stack to 68,000. By our best estimation, no one else is over 50,000, meaning that Chang has built up a nice lead for himself as we are in the last level of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juijen Chang	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Juijen Chang

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

07-04-2013 00:59 UTC-7

Snowing with Snowmen

Shamus

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

A short-stacked player on the button raised and Randy Ohel — winner of the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event a year ago — called from the big blind. Both took two cards on the first draw, and when Ohel bet out his opponent called. Ohel then stood pat and watched his opponent draw two cards, then bet again after the draw. His opponent thought a moment then called, leaving himself but 1,600 behind (two big bets).

Ohel stood pat once more while his opponent drew one, and Ohel bet one more time. His opponent tanked for nearly a minute before finally calling, at which point Ohel flipped over his . Ohel's play appeared nearly to have worked, but his opponent had managed to find the call with and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	14,500 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Randy Ohel

07-04-2013 00:47 UTC-7

VIDEO: The Straddle - Behind the Scenes Week #5

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Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

This week's episode of The Straddle features Phil Laak, the Miami Boss Danny Suied, dopplegangers, and so much more.

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07-04-2013 00:38 UTC-7

Negreanu Over Kihara

Shamus

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun and got a single caller in Naoya Kihara playing from the big blind. On the first draw Kihara took two and Negreanu one, Kihara bet, Negreanu raised, and Kihara called. Kihara then stood pat on the second draw, in response to which Negreanu discarded one card. Kihara again bet, and again Negreanu raised, Kihara called.

On the third draw both players stood pat, and Kihara checked. Negreanu bet, and after thinking for nearly a minute Kihara let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	18,500 5,000	5,000

Naoya Kihara	17,500 -4,500	-4,500

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Naoya Kihara

07-04-2013 00:34 UTC-7

Elezra Bests Schneider

tayke2

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Eli Elezra raised from under the gun, and Tom Schneider was the lone caller from the small blind. Both players drew two, then Schneider check called a bet from Elezra. Both drew two again, and this time, Schneider was the one who fired out. Not to be intimated, Elezra raised it up, and Schneider called.

Surprisingly, both players stood pat, then both players checked. Elezra began to announce his cards to Schneider:
", , , , " and when he tabled his hand, Schneider mucked. The table then began to discuss why Elezra likes to announce his hand in reverse order, as he took in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Schneider	25,000 11,800	11,800

Eli Elezra	11,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Eli Elezra Tom Schneider

07-04-2013 00:23 UTC-7

Some More Chippies

Shamus

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

During this last round of counts we saw Eric Buchman hitting the rail, his last chips taken by Braden Murphy. And after picking up some chips early, Phil Ivey has made a Day 1 exit as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	41,500 34,000	34,000

Konstantin Puchkov	37,000 19,600	19,600

Eric Wasserson	33,000 -6,000	-6,000
David Chiu	31,000 24,800	24,800

John D'Agostino	24,500 4,500	4,500
Mike Leah	24,000 -4,000	-4,000

Scott Seiver	24,000 7,000	7,000

Mike Watson	23,000 2,500	2,500
Timothy Finne	19,000 8,200	8,200
Scott Clements	17,500 3,500	3,500

Shane Schleger	17,000 1,500	1,500

Randy Ohel	16,500 11,000	11,000

Justin Bonomo	16,000 -500	-500

Jason Mercier	14,000 6,100	6,100

Mark Gregorich	11,000 6,900	6,900
David Bach	10,500 5,375	5,375

Daniel Idema	9,600 4,400	4,400

Pat Pezzin	7,500 1,500	1,500
Todd Brunson	6,000 -1,500	-1,500

Dario Alioto	5,700

George Lind	3,500 1,700	1,700

Braden Murphy	3,200 400	400
Joe Tehan	2,800 -4,700	-4,700
Peter Hedlund	2,400 -6,700	-6,700
Eric Buchman	Busted

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07-04-2013 00:20 UTC-7

Some Chippies

tayke2

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Johnson	33,000 3,800	3,800

David "ODB" Baker	26,000 7,500	7,500

Ben Yu	21,000 8,500	8,500

Naoya Kihara	17,000 9,200	9,200

Chris Tryba	16,000 -5,675	-5,675

Jon Turner	15,000 8,100	8,100
Daniel Negreanu	13,500 -4,300	-4,300

Nam Le	12,000 8,000	8,000
Martin Stasko	11,000 6,500	6,500

Maria Ho	11,000 -1,000	-1,000
David "Bakes" Baker	5,200 -3,000	-3,000

Dan Kelly	3,500 -4,000	-4,000
Alex Kravchenko	1,600 -5,600	-5,600

Owais Ahmed	Busted