Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 700
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day: 2
Players Left 1 / 101
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The remaining twenty-one players are heading on a 20-minute break.
George Danzer opened to 7,500 from the cutoff only to have David Baker three-bet to 21,000 from the button.
Anton Allemann in the big blind then put in the fourth bet amounting to 57,400 to prompt a fold from Danzer and put the action back on Baker.
Baker deliberated for a few moments before five-betting to 148,600 to put the decision back on Allemann.
Nearly four minutes went by before he chose to muck his hand while slipping to 126,000 as Baker soars to 405,000 in chips.
"So you've won this event 13 times, right? 23 times?"
Daniel Negreanu is now sitting on Billy Baxter's left, and was asking him about his many bracelets in lowball events. Baxter gave him the real answer -- five bracelets in deuce-to-seven events, and seven overall (all in lowball games).
"You must be good at it!" quipped Negreanu with a grin that made it clear he was joking around. "Or really, really lucky!"
We're going to go with the former. As we head to the break, Baxter is sitting with about 109,000 -- right in the middle of the pack with 21 left.
Billy Baxter opened to 6,500 from under the gun and John Juanda made the call from the small blind before Eric Kesselman three-bet to 25,000 from the big.
Baxter folded, but after a minute or two of deliberating, Juanda made the call and drew one as Kesselman stood pat.
After nearly three minutes of adjusting chip stacks and running calculations in his mind, Juanda double-handed two stacks of chips into the pot announcing a bet of 60,000.
Kesselman looked stunned but made the call, only to muck at the sight of Juanda's wheel of 
.
"I had an eight perfect" stated Kesselman as he slipped to 150,000 while Juanda climbed to 195,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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295,000 | |
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254,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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212,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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210,000 | |
|
183,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
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170,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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|
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170,000
35,000
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35,000 |
|
|
||
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153,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
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145,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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142,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
140,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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140,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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125,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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110,000 | |
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110,000
3,000
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3,000 |
|
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103,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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98,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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85,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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75,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
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67,000
2,500
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2,500 |
|
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57,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
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Table 311
Seat 1: Brett Richey
Seat 2: Barry Greenstein
Seat 3: Yan Chen
Seat 4: Vincent Musso
Seat 5: Erik Seidel
Seat 6: Eric Cloutier
Seat 7: Chad Brown
Table 313
Seat 1: George Danzer
Seat 2: David Baker
Seat 3: Tommy Vedes
Seat 4: Anton Alleman
Seat 5: Andy Bloch
Seat 6: Peter Gould
Seat 7: Stephen Chidwick
Table 316
Seat 1: Doug Booth
Seat 2: John Monnette
Seat 3: John Juanda
Seat 4: Eric Kesselman
Seat 5: Billy Baxter
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 7: Par Alexande Hilderbrand
Jeff Lisandro had been short-stacked for a while, and was down to his last 5,500 when he put all of his chips in the middle before the draw. Billy Baxter called from the small blind. Both players then took one card.
Baxter tabled 
, then turned over his new one -- .
Lisandro tabled , then showed his drawn card -- .
Close, but Baxter's hand was best. Lisandro is out in 22nd, and we'll have a short delay here while they redraw for the final three seven-handed tables.
Remember, the top 14 finishers make the money.
The table folded around to Peter Gould in the small blind who raised, then Homan Houshiar -- chip leader at the beginning of play today -- reraised all in for 33,800. Gould called and took one, while Houshiar stood pat.
Houshiar showed 
. Gould tabled his original four cards -- -- then turned over the new one, the . Gould took the pot, and Houshiar is out in 23rd. Gould now has 165,000.
One more elimination, and there will be a redraw for the final three seven-handed tables.
Sirous Jamshidi was all in predraw for his last 36,000 and up against our current chip leader, David Baker. Jamshidi stood pat with his hand, while Baker discarded one.
Jamshidi turned over , while Baker barely had him with , having drawn the ten. Jamshidi is out in 24th, while Baker increases his chip lead to 295,000.
