2012 World Series of Poker

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

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

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

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TableSeatNameChip Count
4472Chris Swan6,825
4473Philippe Narboni10,100
4474Erik Seidel28,800
4475Matt Graham19,225
4476David Sklansky11,375
4477Jennifer Harman15,550
    
4481Ted Forrest7,525
4482Hasan Habib21,875
4483Andrew Lichtenberger63,150
4484Nicholas Verkaik19,550
4485Brandon Cantu61,750
4486Charalampos Lappas15,075
4487Galen Hall33,875
    
4491Leonor Margets35,750
4492Ryan Tepen12,400
4493Dylan Wilkerson7,125
4494Farzad Bonyadi22,475
4495Bryce Yockey9,375
4496Mark Dickstein6,800
    
4501Jeffrey Mervis11,500
4502John Hardin7,700
4503Bradley Libson30,875
4504Bertrand Grospellier21,650
4505Lee Watkinson11,975
4506Michael Watson5,950
4507Erick Lindgren16,800
    
4531Bryan Micon16,600
4532Jon Turner25,450
4533Richard Castro18,675
4534Stuart Rutter26,575
4535Nick Brancato13,700
4536Jeff Tims11,650
4537Brian Brubaker25,725
    
4541John Phan47,900
4542Michael Binger5,750
4543Lee Goldman13,100
4544Rep Porter25,575
4545Robert Toye21,275
4546Liv Boeree5,000
4547Michael Benvenuti22,400
    
4551Mikko Pispala19,675
4552Steven Hansen12,400
4553Mark Trombley14,050
4554Jonathan Krela8,700
4555Dario Alioto29,075
4556Steven Albini8,325
4557Anton Makiievskyi10,900
    
4561Todd Bryson19,125
4562Larry Wright15,450
4563Mark Johns14,850
4564Alexander Meidinger16,425
4565Jesse Martin33,850
4566Scott Fischman34,875
4567Berj Kacherian6,750
    
4591Elia Ahmadian9,325
4592Michael Mizrachi86,100
4593Paul Volpe25,500
4594Aaron Steury12,700
4595Christopher George21,175
4596Shunjiro Uchida12,700
    
4601Bryan Devonshire13,025
4602Aaron Jones29,475
4603Greg Raymer14,525
4604Michael Smith6,875
4605Konstantin Puchkov12,050
4607Justin Borrego8,725

Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball, Charging Towards The Final Table

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Leo Margets is in contention
Leo Margets is in contention

We started this event yesterday with 285 players and after eight levels of play we are down to just 66. Play will resume at 2:00 PM and we will be charging towards the money, which will be reached at 35, and ultimately to the final table of seven.

The chip leader heading into day two is be Michael Mizrachi who had an amazing day one. He leads the pack with 86,025, while his two nearest competitors, Andrew Lichtenberger and Brandon Cantu, have just over 60,000 chips apiece. Plenty of big name players remain among which John Phan, Leo Margets, Scott Fischman and Galen Hall all have very good stacks.

The plan for today is to plan ten levels or stop whenever we hit the final table. The min-cash at place 35 will get players $2,593 while a spot at the final table guarantees at least $10,318. The winner tomorrow will walk home with the WSOP gold bracelet and $101,975.

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 150

Huge Start for Mizrachi

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Right off the bat, Michael has eliminated Paul Volpe in a huge pot.

Volpe opened to 1,350 from under the gun and was three-bet to 3,295 by Christopher George. Mizrachi was in the big blind and still stacking his start of day chips. He did have a big pile of blue T500 chips ready though and he slid them over the line if an effective all-in move. Volpe shoved for 25,000 as well and that forced the third player out.

Volpe: {9-}{5-}{6-}{3-}[2] and stood pat.
Mizrachi: {9-}{3-}{4-}{2-} and drew one (later said to be a ten).

All the table was sweating as Mizrachi opened {5-} and scooped.

"Why waste time?" said Mizrachi to his remaining table mates. "Wanna gamble? Let's gamble!"

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
115,000 28,975
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

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Hardin Hits His Draw

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Lee Watkinson just opened the pot for a raise to 1,500 and the action got folded to John Hardin, who moved all in for his final 6,350. Watkinson made the call and both players drew one card.

Lee Watkinson{6-}{5-}{3-}{2-}
John Hardin{8-Clubs}{4-}{3-}{2-}

Watkinson had the better draw and hit a {10-} and Hardin was looking for a nine, seven, six or five to stay alive in this tournament. He turned over a {5-} and secured himself of a double up.

Player Chips Progress
John Hardin us
John Hardin
13,000
Lee Watkinson us
Lee Watkinson
WSOP 1X Winner
3,000 -8,975

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Benvenuti Sends Binger Home

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Michael Binger from yesterday
Michael Binger from yesterday

We caught the action after Michael Binger was all in for right around 3,000 chips, and he was up against Michael Benvenuti.

Both players drew one card and we got to see the following showdown.

Michael Binger{9-}{8-}{5-}{4-}
Michael Benvenuti{7-}{4-}{3-}{2-}

Benvenuti was out of position and turned over a {2-} pairing up his hand. All Binger had to do was not pair up, but he hit an {8-}.

"Aaaaaah! So tilting!" Binger said as he grabbed his things and left the tournament area in a hurry.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti 		26,000
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger 		Busted

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No Stutter for Rutter

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Stuart Rutter is off to a flier after he eliminated Nick Brancato.

There was an under-the-gun open that Rutter three-bet to 3,600 from the hijack. Brancato was in the cut-0ff and shoved for around 19,000. The original raiser folded and Rutter tank-called.

Both players stood pat and their hands were opened.

Rutter: {9-}{6-}{5-}{4-}{3-}
Brancato: {9-}{7-}{4-}{3-}{2-} for a ninety-seven smooth that still lost.

Player Chips Progress
Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter 		40,000 13,425
Nick Brancato us
Nick Brancato 		Busted

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Boeree Misses and Busts

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Liv Boeree just shoved under the gun for her final 4,000 chips, and got called by Rep Porter who was in the small blind.

Porter stood pat after which Boeree drew one card.

Rep Porter{10-}{9-}{7-}{6-}{3-}
Liv Boeree{10-}{6-}{5-}{4-}

Boeree was drawing live and looking for a nine, seven, three or deuce in order to stay alive in this event. She turned over a {5-} to pair up and her chips went to Porter.

Player Chips Progress
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
WSOP 3X Winner
29,500 3,925
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars
Busted

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