Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
Day 1 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
Days: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$949,400
Players
101
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
7,000
Day 1 in The Books: Konstantin Puchkov Poised to Make History
Level 8
: 400-800, 200 ante
And that’ll do it for tonight! 101 of the best players in the world ponied up the $10,000 entry fee for this event, and 54 of them survived the night. At most tournaments, we are lucky to find two or three famous faces at the same table. Well at this tournament, it was rare to see two or three faces that we DIDN’T recognize. It truly was a star studded field and at the end of the night your chip leader is none other than Konstantin Puchkov who bagged 133,400. Puchkov is looking to make WSOP history, as a cash in this event would be a record breaking 11th for him on the series. Not far behind are Hertzel Zalewki (107,700) and Hasan Habib (104,700).
The big story of the night was the return of the 10-time bracelet winner Johnny Chan, who made his first appearance at the Rio all summer. Chan cashed in this event last year, finishing 12th, but he will not be able to top that this year, as he was eliminated just before the end of the night.
Some of the players who joined Chan out the door included Phil Hellmuth, Brandon Cantu, Chad Brown, Shaun Deeb, Josh Brikis, Bryn Kenney, and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi.
It was a great day for former champions of this event. Last year’s winner John Juanda is looking to defend his title, and he will come into tomorrow with 63,000 chips. David “Bakes” Baker won this event two years ago, and he has 37,900 chips. In 2009, Nick Schulman took down the event, and he is also still alive with 65,000. Before 2009, this event played out as a $5,000 with rebuys, and the champions of that in 2008 and 2007, Mike Matusow (33,400) and Erik Seidel (91,200), will also return tomorrow looking for another bracelet!
In addition to those players, there is a near endless list of big names who are moving on to tomorrow. Just a few include Daniel Negreanu (94,200), Jason Mercier (89,000), Michael Binger (86,300), Tom Schneider (82,900), Ali Eslami (75,800), and Phil Galfond (41,200), amongst several others.
The 54 remaining players have bagged and tagged their chips, and they will come back tomorrow at 2 pm. They will play ten levels, or until they reach the final seven players, whichever comes first. Be sure to tune in tomorrow, as it should be an exciting end to the preliminary events here at the 2012 WSOP! For now, good night from Las Vegas!
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
133,400 | |
 |
||
|
115,400 | |
|
|
||
|
107,700 | |
|
|
||
|
104,700 | |
|
|
||
|
98,400 | |
|
|
||
|
96,700 | 4,000 |
 |
||
|
95,500 | |
|
|
||
|
94,200 | |
|
91,200 | |
  |
||
|
89,100 | |
|
|
||
|
89,000 | |
|
86,300 | |
|
|
||
|
82,900 | |
 |
||
|
77,600 | |
|
|
||
|
75,800 | |
|
|
||
|
71,000 | |
|
|
||
|
69,000 | |
|
|
||
|
65,000 | |
 |
||
|
63,300 | |
|
|
||
|
63,000 | -2,000 |
 |
||
|
62,500 | |
|
|
||
|
62,000 | |
|
|
||
|
58,500 | |
|
|
||
|
|
58,000 | |
|
|
||
|
54,600 | |
|
|
||
Team Pro
End of the Night Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,400 | 106,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
107,700 | |
|
|
||
|
|
104,700 | 56,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
94,200 | 16,200 |
|
|
92,700 | |
|
|
||
|
|
91,200 | 35,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
89,100 | -10,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
89,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
86,300 | 16,300 |
|
|
||
|
|
82,900 | 18,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
75,800 | 34,800 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
65,000 | -43,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
62,500 | 33,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
62,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
58,500 | 16,500 |
|
|
||
|
58,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
||
|
57,900 | 9,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
54,600 | 16,600 |
|
|
||
|
41,200 | -3,800 |
|
|
||
|
40,500 | -27,500 |
|
40,100 | -900 |
|
|
||
|
38,900 | -3,100 |
|
|
||
|
33,400 | 3,400 |
|
|
||
|
32,500 | 2,500 |
Five More!
Level 8
: 400-800, 200 ante
Tournament staff has announced five more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Galfond Pulls Ninety-Seven
Action folded to Todd Brunson's button and he popped it up to 2,200. Daniel Negreanu folded from the small blind. Phil Galfond called from the big and drew one while Brunson stood pat.
Galfond fired out 5,500 and Brunson called. Galfond showed 
and Brunson mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000 | 15,000 |
|
|
||
Chan Busto
There will be no bracelet 11 for Johnny Chan. He has just been eliminated. We didn't catch the action, but we do know that the hand that beat him was 
. Chan his the rail just moments before the day is done.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
 |
||
Pokernews to Table 357!
Level 8
: 400-800, 200 ante
These were the words we heard Ali Eslami shout from his table, so we wandered over to take a look. As we arrived, it seemed obvious why. Marco Traniello has been holed up at that table all day, and there was recently an empty seat that was formerly filled by Bryn Kenney. However, after his elimination, a new player had to be brought in, and of all the people to fill the seat, it was Jennifer Harman. For those of you that don't know, Traniello and Harman are happily married and have twin boys together. Let's hope this tournament doesn't cause any problems at the house!
Seventy-Six Trombones
We caught up during the draw to see Jason Mercier take one card while Scott Fischman stood pat. With about 5,500 in the pot Mercier bet 5,400.
Fischman called the bet and Mercier showed a seventy-six in the form of 
. Fischman mucked his hand and Mercier scooped another sizable pot. He's currently at about 95,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 27,000 |
|
13,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
||
New Table of Death
Level 8
: 400-800, 200 ante
A new super stacked table has emerged for the last half hour of play of the evening.
Seat 1: Mike Wattel
Seat 2: Mike Matusow
Seat 3: Todd Brunson
Seat 4: Daniel Negreanu
Seat 5: Phil Galfond
Seat 6: Nick Schulman
Seat 7: Erik Seidel
Seidel was the most recent addition to this table and Matusow was the first one to note how many "sickos" were seated at this table. Fortunately for all of the players there, they will only have to deal with the talents of those around them for thirty more minutes before bagging and tagging at the end of the night.