Todd Brunson was just eliminated by Doug Booth in 26th place. Booth currently has 130,000.
Soon after, Joe Cassidy was all in before the first draw again in a hand against Stephen Chidwick. Both players took one card, Cassidy showed 
, and Chidwick 
. Cassidy goes out in 25th. Chidwick has about 155,000 at present.
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With around 30,000 in the pot after the draw, Anton Allemann fired out a 35,000-chip bet and was called by Yan Chen before George Danzer folded.
Allemann tabled his to prompt a fold from Chen as he climbed to over the 200,000-chip mark.
Yan Chen -- winner of Event No. 14, the $1,500 version of this same 2-7 Draw Lowball event -- is continuing his quest here to score an amazing follow-up.
Just now we saw a hand in which Chen opened for 6,800 from the button, then Eric Cloutier called from the small blind. Joe Cassidy then reraised to 26,000 from the big blind. Chen responded by shoving all in himself over the top, pushing Cloutier out of the hand.
Both players stood pat. Cassidy showed . Chen tabled 
and took the big pot.
Chen moved up to 180,000 on that, while Cassidy was knocked down to his last 4,000. Cassidy was all in the next hand and survived, but still has just 12,000.
George Danzer opened to 5,000 from the hijack and Stephen Chidwick made the call before Daniel Negreanu moved all in for his last 29,600.
Danzer passed, but Chidwick made the call as both players drew one.
Chidwick could only squeeze out an 
to go along with his while Negreanu's improved with a .
Negreanu is now up to 70,000 as Chidwick slips to 155,000 in chips.
George Lind just now pushed all in with his last 26,400 from under the gun and got one caller in Vincent Musso, sitting to Lind's left. Lind took one card, and Musso stuck with the five he had.
Lind was drawing to an -low, but picked up a 
. Meanwhile, Musso had been dealt a pat 9 -- .
Lind is out in 27th place, while Musso moves up to 203,000.
Par Alexande Hilderbrand opened for 6,000 from middle position, Tom "durrrr" Dwan called from the small blind, then Peter Gould reraised to 31,000 from the big blind. Hilderbrand got out, and Dwan called with his last 8,500 chips.
Dwan drew one card, while Gould stood pat. Dwan tabled , not enough versus Gould's . Dwan is out in 28th while Gould now has 85,000.
John Kabbaj moved all in for 21,600 from under the gun and after a Barry Greenstein isolation raise from the small blind, we were off to a showdown.
Greenstein stood pat tabling his while Kabbaj drew one, only to muck at the sight of Greenstein's nine-eight.
Kabbaj's hand was tabled (as per WSOP rules) and read with him drawing an .
Kabbaj hit the rail and Greenstein pushed over the 100,000.
Nick Schulman opened to 5,500 and Eric Kesselman three-bet to 17,000 only to have Schulman four-bet all in for 45,300.
Kesselman made the call and drew one with his , while Schulman stood pat on his .
Kesselman caught a and sent Schulman to the rail while climbing to 245,000 in chips.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 600
Homan Houshiar opened for 6,000 from middle position and got two callers -- John Monnette (button) and David Baker (small blind). Baker drew one, Houshiar stood pat, and Baker took one.
It checked to Monnette who bet 13,500. Baker got out, but Houshiar called. Monnette showed while Houshiar had -X-X-X-X. Monnette collected the chips.
That pushes Monnette up to 145,000. Baker is still way up there with 245,000. And Houshiar has 67,000.