Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

Table	Seat	Name	Chip Count
447	2	Chris Swan	6,825
447	3	Philippe Narboni	10,100
447	4	Erik Seidel	28,800
447	5	Matt Graham	19,225
447	6	David Sklansky	11,375
447	7	Jennifer Harman	15,550

448	1	Ted Forrest	7,525
448	2	Hasan Habib	21,875
448	3	Andrew Lichtenberger	63,150
448	4	Nicholas Verkaik	19,550
448	5	Brandon Cantu	61,750
448	6	Charalampos Lappas	15,075
448	7	Galen Hall	33,875

449	1	Leonor Margets	35,750
449	2	Ryan Tepen	12,400
449	3	Dylan Wilkerson	7,125
449	4	Farzad Bonyadi	22,475
449	5	Bryce Yockey	9,375
449	6	Mark Dickstein	6,800

450	1	Jeffrey Mervis	11,500
450	2	John Hardin	7,700
450	3	Bradley Libson	30,875
450	4	Bertrand Grospellier	21,650
450	5	Lee Watkinson	11,975
450	6	Michael Watson	5,950
450	7	Erick Lindgren	16,800

453	1	Bryan Micon	16,600
453	2	Jon Turner	25,450
453	3	Richard Castro	18,675
453	4	Stuart Rutter	26,575
453	5	Nick Brancato	13,700
453	6	Jeff Tims	11,650
453	7	Brian Brubaker	25,725

454	1	John Phan	47,900
454	2	Michael Binger	5,750
454	3	Lee Goldman	13,100
454	4	Rep Porter	25,575
454	5	Robert Toye	21,275
454	6	Liv Boeree	5,000
454	7	Michael Benvenuti	22,400

455	1	Mikko Pispala	19,675
455	2	Steven Hansen	12,400
455	3	Mark Trombley	14,050
455	4	Jonathan Krela	8,700
455	5	Dario Alioto	29,075
455	6	Steven Albini	8,325
455	7	Anton Makiievskyi	10,900

456	1	Todd Bryson	19,125
456	2	Larry Wright	15,450
456	3	Mark Johns	14,850
456	4	Alexander Meidinger	16,425
456	5	Jesse Martin	33,850
456	6	Scott Fischman	34,875
456	7	Berj Kacherian	6,750

459	1	Elia Ahmadian	9,325
459	2	Michael Mizrachi	86,100
459	3	Paul Volpe	25,500
459	4	Aaron Steury	12,700
459	5	Christopher George	21,175
459	6	Shunjiro Uchida	12,700

460	1	Bryan Devonshire	13,025
460	2	Aaron Jones	29,475
460	3	Greg Raymer	14,525
460	4	Michael Smith	6,875
460	5	Konstantin Puchkov	12,050
460	7	Justin Borrego	8,725

With no open No Limit Hold'em even starting all pros had their eyes on the $1,500 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball tournament. The event drew a total of 285 players and after eight levels of play we are down to just 66. The star-studded field is lead by none other then $50,000 Players Championship winner and Main Event finalist Michael Mizrachi who bagged up 86,025.

Players started with 1,500 in tournament chips and two lammer worth 1,500 each, and the action was fast and furious from the start. Phil Ivey was amongst the early casualties while PokerNews' own Donnie Peters was battling it out against Liv Boeree and Brandon Cantu, on a table where plenty of fun things happened. Peters lasted for a long time, but eventually busted out towards the end. Cantu and Boeree both survived the day and will come back with respectively 61,750 and 5,000.

Newly crowned World Series of Poker champion ($1,500 Pot Limit Omaha) Vincent van der Fluit also competed in one of his favorite games, but he as well didn't last too long. Female star Leo Margets also showed up as she proved to have quite the 2-7 game under her belt, she finished the day with 35,750.

Among the other survivors we saw notables like Andrew Lichtenberger (63,150), John Phan (61,750) and Scott Fischman (34,875) who will come back with big stacks. The acton will resume tomorrow at 2:00 PM local time as we will try to get to a final table of seven.

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Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Brandon Cantu Michael Mizrachi

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	86,100 75	75

Andrew Lichtenberger	63,150

Brandon Cantu	61,750

John Phan	47,900
Leo Margets	35,750

Scott Fischman	34,875
Galen Hall	33,875

Jesse Martin	33,850

Bradley Libson	30,875
Aaron Jones	29,475
Dario Alioto	29,075

Erik Seidel	28,800 16,600	16,600

Stuart Rutter	26,575
Brian Brubaker	25,725

Rep Porter	25,575

Paul Volpe	25,500

Jon Turner	25,450
Farzad Bonyadi	22,475

Michael Benvenuti	22,400
Hasan Habib	21,875 16,375	16,375

Bertrand Grospellier	21,650

Robert Toye	21,275
Christopher George	21,175
Mikko Pispala	19,675
Nicholas Verkaik	19,550

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