Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-12-2017 01:22 UTC-7

Gorodinsky's Squeeze Goes Wrong

MrCleverFox

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Mike Watson opened with a raise to 6,000. Next to act was Robert Mizrachi and he called on the button. Mike Gorodinsky was next to act and from the small blind he raised to 23,000.

With action back on Watson he called. Then, Mizrachi moved all in for 89,900 more. Gorodinsky thought for a long time before releasing his hand. Watson was much quicker, he released his hand and Mizrachi was pushed the massive pot without any draws.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	160,000 77,000	77,000

Mike Watson	155,000 -45,000	-45,000
Mike Gorodinsky	108,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Mike Gorodinsky Mike Watson Robert Mizrachi

06-12-2017 01:14 UTC-7

A Double for Benyamine

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

David Benyamine moved all in for his last 28,100 and Bernard Lee asked for a count out of the small blind before calling. Both players drew one card and tabled the following hands:

David Benyamine:
Bernard Lee:

Lee paired his eight and Benyamine paired his five to award the pot and the double up to Benyamine.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	101,000 -31,000	-31,000
David Benyamine	60,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Bernard Lee David Benyamine

06-12-2017 01:14 UTC-7

Ramos, Bellande, and Alaei Fall

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Felipe Ramos moved all-in and Jeff Lisandro called. Ray Dehkharghani three-bet jammed over top and Lisandro folded.

Dehkarghani drew one and Ramos stood pat, tabling . Dehkarghani revealed and drew a to eliminate Ramos.

Ramos joined Jean-Robert Bellande and Daniel Alaei on the rail, both busting just before the Brazilian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Dehkharghani	120,000 30,000	30,000

Felipe Ramos	Busted

Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

Daniel Alaei	Busted

Tags: Daniel Alaei Felipe Ramos Jean-Robert Bellande Jeffrey Lisandro Ray Dehkharghani

06-12-2017 01:08 UTC-7

Dehkharghani Finds a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Galen Hall raised to 5,500 and Ray Dehkharghani moved all in for his last 40,200 from the cutoff. In the small blind, Benny Glaser announced all in and Hall jokingly asked the dealer "can I see first what they do and make my decision?" before releasing his cards into the muck.

Glaser flipped stood pat and flipped over while Dehkharghani drew one and revealed . He slowly squeezed the last card and said "it is probably a three," while Glaser was waiting over on the other side of the table. Eventually, Dehkharghani flipped over the and Glaser shook his head and simply said "so painful" after paying off his opponent.

The shortest stack at the table os Felipe Ramos with less than 10 big blinds, and the Brazilian will have to make a move soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	145,000 76,000	76,000

Ray Dehkharghani	90,000 38,000	38,000

Benny Glaser	65,000 -4,000	-4,000

Felipe Ramos	17,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Galen Hall Ray Dehkharghani

06-12-2017 01:03 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations Entering the Final Level

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ashby	Busted

Eric Wasserson	Busted

Alexander Schwartz	Busted
Iraj Parvizi	Busted
Billy Baxter	Busted

Ben Tollerene	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 600

06-12-2017 00:59 UTC-7

Wattel Throws Away the Best Hand, Still Wins

MrCleverFox

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

After a raise from Dario Sammartino, Mike Wattel moved all in, and Sammartino called.

Sammartino stood pat while Wattel thought for a while then took one, throwing away his face-up.

Sammartino showed . Wattel frustratedly turned over , showing that he had thrown away a certain double-up. It didn't matter, though, he drew the and earned a double through Sammartino.

"It doesn't matter if you throw away the best hand," Shaun Deeb said, who was seated at the same time. "Your hand is just destined to win."

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	122,000 -8,000	-8,000

Mike Wattel	45,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Wattel Shaun Deeb

06-12-2017 00:55 UTC-7

Updated Counts From Tables 718 and 719

[user270022]

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	244,000 134,000	134,000

Nick Schulman	161,000 21,000	21,000

Phil Galfond	138,000 -22,800	-22,800

Jesse Martin	132,000 47,000	47,000

Bernard Lee	132,000 -38,000	-38,000
Mark Gregorich	131,000 32,000	32,000
Hertzel Zalewski	124,000 45,000	45,000
Darren Elias	103,000 49,000	49,000

Todd Brunson	74,500 24,500	24,500

Alexander Schwartz	57,000 -37,000	-37,000
Jennifer Harman	51,000 17,000	17,000

David Benyamine	36,000 -35,000	-35,000

Usman Siddique	34,000 -16,000	-16,000

06-12-2017 00:55 UTC-7

Chen Takes from Racener

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 6,000, and James Chen three-bet to 16,000 on the button, which only John Racener called from the big blind. Racener drew one card, while Chen stood pat. Chen bet 22,500, and Racener folded.

While Chen is among the bigger stacks in the penultimate level of the night, he still trails Jon Turner and Mike Leah by quite some margin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	370,000 40,000	40,000

Jon Turner	315,000 -1,000	-1,000
James Chen	230,000 44,000	44,000

Paul Volpe	110,000 13,000	13,000

John Racener	75,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: James Chen John Racener Jon Turner Mike Leah Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 00:48 UTC-7

Updated Counts From Tables 717 and 716

[user270022]

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	316,000 36,000	36,000
Mike Watson	200,000 37,500	37,500
James Chen	186,000 -12,000	-12,000

Paul Volpe	97,000 17,000	17,000

Mike Gorodinsky	86,000 -48,000	-48,000

John Racener	85,000 35,000	35,000

Robert Mizrachi	83,000 35,000	35,000

Erik Seidel	82,000 32,000	32,000

Konstantin Maslak	80,000 18,000	18,000

Konstantin Puchkov	77,000 47,000	47,000

Jeff Lisandro	70,000 -23,000	-23,000

Benny Glaser	69,000 -37,000	-37,000

Galen Hall	69,000 -11,000	-11,000

Chris Ferguson	59,000 -13,000	-13,000

Anthony Zinno	42,000 12,000	12,000

Chris Klodnicki	32,000 -58,000	-58,000

Daniel Alaei	23,000 4,400	4,400