2012 World Series of Poker

Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x8x7x3x
Prize
$101,975
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$384,750
Entries
285
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
3,000

Lindgren Doubles, Mizrachi Pays Off

Erick Lindgren
Erick Lindgren

Erick Lindgren made the difficult decision to break a jack when all-in and faced with an opponent who stood pat. It turned out to be the right decision and he sneaked in a double-up.

Michael Smith raised to 4,600 from the cut-off and called, and then stood pat, when Lindgren three-bet all in for 22,200 from the button.

Smith opened his pat {9-}{8-}{7-}{3-}{2-} but just lost out to his Lindgren's {9-}{8-}{6-}{4-} - {2-}.

Over on the next table Michael Mizrachi called a chunky bet from Ryan Tepen and mucked upon seeing the latter's {10-}{8-}{6-}4x]{2-}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
130,000 10,000
Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
56,000 15,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
48,000 22,000
Michael Smith us
Michael Smith
25,000 -19,500

Tags: Erick LindgrenMichael MizrachiMichael SmithRyan Tepen

Castro Makes a Straight

In many games that title would mean the player would've won the pot, but not today. Richard Castro is down to just 12,400 chips after just losing an important pot for his stack.

Castro raised to 4,000 from the cutoff after which Cantu made it 15,000 to go from the button. Both blinds folded and Castro tanked for a bit before making the call.

Castro drew one card, Cantu stood pat.

After receiving his card Castro decided to check and Cantu followed his action quickly.

"Straight," Castro said sounding disappointing as he showed his {7-}{6-}{5-}{4}{3-}. Cantu turned over {J-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{2-} and raked in another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
190,000 35,000
Richard Castro us
Richard Castro
12,400 -17,600

Tags: Brandon CantuRichard Castro

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 400

Break Time

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 300 ante

The players are on a 20-minute break. The green T25 chips will be colored up and taken out of play whilst they're gone.

Habib Busto

Hasan Habib is no longer in the event. While we were following the action in the pot between Andrew Lichtenberger, Erick Lindgren and Rep Porter there was a bustout on the other table. Habib was the victim and we are down to 19 players.

Player Chips Progress
Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Hasan Habib

Big One For Lichtenberger

Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

Andrew Lichtenberger raised under the gun to 3,000, and he got called by two players. Erick Lindgren called from the cutoff while Rep Porter did the same from the big blind.

All three players took one card.

Porter checked to Lichtenberger who fired out a hefty 12,000 chip bet which send Lindgren into the tank. After a while he made the call and Porter called rather quickly as well.

"Eight-seven," Lichtenberger announced and both his opponents mucked when he showed {8-}{7-}{5-}{3-}{2-}.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
116,000 26,000
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
WSOP 3X Winner
64,000 -16,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
26,000 -9,000

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerErick LindgrenRep Porter

Last 20 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
155,000 -30,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
120,000 -65,000
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
104,000 35,000
Brian Brubaker us
Brian Brubaker
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 4,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000 -4,000
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
WSOP 3X Winner
80,000 15,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
74,000 24,000
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
71,000 1,000
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
60,000 11,000
Bradley Libson us
Bradley Libson
56,000 39,000
Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
WSOP 1X Winner
47,000 21,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
47,000 21,000
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
45,000 -7,000
Michael Smith us
Michael Smith
44,500 12,500
Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
41,000 -18,000
Larry Wright us
Larry Wright
WSOP 1X Winner
35,000 -1,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
35,000 4,000
John Phan us
John Phan
35,000 -1,000
Richard Castro us
Richard Castro
30,000 -4,000
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
26,800 -36,200

The Final Three Tables

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 300 ante
SeatName
1Richard Castro
2Brandon Cantu
3Brian Brubaker
4Michael Benvenuti
5Konstantin Puchkov
6Hasan Habib
7Erik Seidel
  
1Bradley Libson
2Michael Mizrachi
3Ryan Tepen
4Jennifer Harman
5Empty
6John Phan
7Bryan Devonshire
  
1Larry Wright
2Michael Smith
3Erick Lindgren
4Stuart Rutter
5Jesse Martin
6Rep Porter
7Andrew Lichtenberger

Charalampos Lappas Elimnated in 22nd Place ($3,124)

The players are redrawing on to three tables as we write, after the elimination of Charalampos Lappas in 22nd place.

Andrew Lichtenberger opened to 3,000 from the button and called when Lappas shoved for 13,500 from the big blind.

Lappas stood pat with {9-}{8-}{10-}{7-}{3-}.
Lichtenberger drew one and opened {10-}{8-}{4-}{5-}. His draw was {6-} and he took the lot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
94,000 34,000
Charalampos Lappas gr
Charalampos Lappas
Busted

Tags: Charalampos Lappas

Mark Johns Eliminated by Jennifer Harman

Jennifer Harman was under the gun +1 and openend the pot to 3,000 after which her left neighbor, Mark Johns, moved all in for 15,000 chips. Konstantin Puchkov tanked for a bit on the button before releasing, and both blinds quickly folded.

Harman took 20 seconds and called after which she decided to stay pat. Johns had a very tough decision, but after almost a minute he decided to draw one card.

Jennifer Harman{9-}{8-}{6-}{5-}{3-}
Mark Johns{10-}{8-}{6-}{2-}

Johns was drawing dead since his hand couldn't improve to a better hand than Harman's. To close things out he hit another {10-} and left the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
52,000 32,000
Mark Johns us
Mark Johns
Busted

Tags: Jennifer HarmanMark Johns