Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-14-2022 01:36 UTC-7

A Batch of Eliminations

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	Busted

Thomas Taylor	Busted
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

Victor Ramdin	Busted
Jake Daniels	Busted
Mike Watson	Busted
Hal Rotholz	Busted

Yufei Zhong	Busted
Bryan Pimlott	Busted
Tamon Nakamura	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted

06-14-2022 01:30 UTC-7

Schneider Beats Buchanan Blind

David Salituro

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 2,500 ante

Tom Schneider called a pre-draw raise from Shawn Buchanan from the big blind. After the draw, Schneider bet out 3,000.

Buchanan took a few moments before throwing in the chips to call.

"I have no idea," Schneider said before turning over . Buchanan mucked.

"That's the only way I can win, if I don't look at my cards," the 2007 Player of the Year said, who, with his massive stack, has won plenty of pots today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Schneider	160,000 115,000	115,000

Shawn Buchanan	130,000

Tags: Shawn Buchanan Tom Schneider

06-14-2022 01:17 UTC-7

Big Stacks in the Last Level

David Salituro

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	210,000 20,000	20,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	190,000 86,000	86,000

Jon Kyte	170,000 10,000	10,000
Thomas Newton	165,000 128,400	128,400
Alex Foxen	132,000 45,000	45,000

06-14-2022 01:10 UTC-7

Schwecht Leaves Linde on Fumes, Doubles Raz

David Salituro

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 2,500 ante

Dylan Linde three-bet to 8,400 before facing an all-in shove for 62,000 from Tobias Schwecht. Linde went into the tank for about a minute before calling, standing pat and showing .

Schwecht took one with and got a nine on the last card to win the pot and double up, leaving Linde with 1,000.

The next hand, Schwecht raised pre-draw and called an all-in raise from Yanni Raz for 27,000. This time it was Schwecht with a nine-eight and Raz needed to improve with .

"You're running good," Raz said as he prepared to look at his last card, which came a to give the 2-7 rookie a double-up.

"I'm running better," he added after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Schwecht	100,000
Yanni Raz	55,000 36,000	36,000
Dylan Linde	1,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Dylan Linde Tobias Schwecht Yanni Raz

06-14-2022 01:10 UTC-7

Brewer Busts an Opponent to Cross Century Mark

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 1,000/1,500, 2,500 ante

Chris Brewer raised to 3,000 in the hijack and the button moved all in for 18,200.

Brewer made the call and each player drew one, exposing the rest of their hands for the sweat.

Opponent: /
Chris Brewer: /

Brewer unveiled his new card first which was a , meaning so long as his opponent didn't pair he would lose the hand.

Fortunately for Brewer however, the player flipped up another , eliminating him from the tournament.

Tags: Chris Brewer

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 2,500

06-14-2022 00:56 UTC-7

Negreanu Joins Familiar Faces, Busts on First Hand

David Salituro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Daniel Negreanu was just moved to a new table that included Mike Matusow, Men Nguyen, and Frank Kassela.

On his first hand at this table, Nguyen opened to 3,500 before Negreanu moved all in for around 20,000. Kassela re-shoved and Nguyen folded.

Kassela stood pat with a ten-eight, while Negreanu was showing and took one.

"It's either a four or a five," Negreanu said as he peeled his last card, but it turned out to be a four, giving him an unwanted pair.

"I paired fours every time," he yelled as shot up from his seat, his cards dropping on the floor.

"What's Event #44? That's the one you're going to win," quipped Matusow. "I miss you, Daniel. I was hoping to play with you the rest of the day."

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	120,000 58,000	58,000

Frank Kassela	75,000 -24,500	-24,500

Men Nguyen	46,000

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Frank Kassela Men Nguyen Mike Matusow

06-14-2022 00:44 UTC-7

Notables and Some Big Stacks

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian O'Hara	190,000 114,000	114,000

Drew Scott	164,000 164,000	164,000
Ali Eslami	155,000 155,000	155,000

Jake Schwartz	121,000 56,000	56,000

Mark Fraser	115,000 32,600	32,600
Melissa Saphier	97,000 97,000	97,000
Maxx Coleman	90,200 24,200	24,200

Greg Raymer	87,500 58,000	58,000

Phil Hellmuth	73,500 12,500	12,500

Ryan Leng	73,000 -22,000	-22,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	56,700 31,700	31,700

Shaun Deeb	56,000 31,000	31,000

Kane Kalas	48,100 48,100	48,100

Chris Brewer	45,000 -9,000	-9,000
Roland Israelashvili	26,500

06-14-2022 00:31 UTC-7

Riess Doesn't Draw Well

David Salituro

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Ryan Riess and Philip Jaffe got into a pre-draw raising war that ended with Jaffe moving all in for around 43,000 and Riess calling all in for less.

Jaffe stood pat and showed ten-nine, while Riess flipped over and took one.

Needing to improve on the draw, the 2013 Main Event champion instead got another six to bust on the penultimate level of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Jaffe	125,000
Ryan Riess	Busted

Tags: Philip Jaffe Ryan Riess

06-14-2022 00:26 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

A record-shattering field of 437 entries created a prize pool of $583,395, which will see 66 players paid at least $2,417, with the champion receiving $127,809 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Place	Prize
1	$127,809
2	$78,997
3	$53,828
4	$37,379
5	$26,464
6	$19,108
7	$14,078
8-9	$10,586
10-11	$8,129
12-14	$6,377
15-20	$5,114
21-27	$4,193
28-34	$3,518
35-41	$3,021
42-54	$2,643
55-66	$2,417