Day 2 of Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) is officially in the books. With only ten players remaining, Ashton Griffin is leading the way with a stack of 638,000.
With the field as stacked as it was for this event, it's not shocker that almost all of the players that were sent home today were easily recognizable names. Some of those to go home without a cash include Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, David Williams, Phil Galfond, Lyle Berman, Barry Greenstein, Jean-Robert Bellande, Justin Bonomo, and David Bakes Baker.
Once we hit the final fourteen players we were officially in the money. The few players that were sent home before play ended for the evening were Marco Traniello (14th), Daniel Negreanu (13th), Jason Mercier (12th), and Erik Seidel (11th).
Nick Schulman absolutely dominated Day 2 play and will be coming into Day 3 as one of the top stacks. Schulman is an expert at this game and earned his first bracelet in this event back in 2009 during Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw. Schulman will be bringing 558,000 with him to the final day of play.
Returning tomorrow is reigning champion of this event John Juanda. Juanda famously came back from an astounding chip deficit last year to defeat then eleven-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth heads up. Juanda earned his fifth bracelet last year and is looking to go back-to-back in order to defend his title and put a sixth piece of jewelry around his wrist. Juanda will come into Day 3 with 363,000 in chips.
Larry Wright and Andy Bloch will also be returning to Day 3. Both Wright and Bloch were able to earn their first bracelets earlier in the 2012 WSOP and are looking to go for number two tomorrow. Wright could potentially take an unofficial title as the best 2-7 draw lowball player in the world, as Wright's first bracelet was in Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball.
Two tables of five will return tomorrow for Day 3. They will combine at eight players and the official final table will be reached when seven players remain. Cards will be in the air at 2:00 PM tomorrow. Join us as we crown the champion of the final open WSOP event before the Main Event. Until tomorrow!
Ashton Griffin raised to 24,000 from the cutoff. Erik Seidel peeked at his hand from the big blind and three-bet all in for 167,000. Griffin announced a call and the table was stunned to see both players stand pat.
Griffin triumphantly flipped over for a pat ninety-eight.
Seidel could only shake his head as he showed the table a worse pat ninety-eight with . Griffin was able to send this eight-time bracelet player to the rail, his hopes of winning a ninth bracelet this week crushed.
John Juanda opened to 19,000 from early position, and the action folded to Ali Eslami, who three-bet to 56,000. Juanda tanked for thirty seconds or so, then made the call.
Eslami patted.
Juanda drew one.
Eslami tanked for nearly a minute, then checked. Juanda spent some time in the think tank himself, then moved all in for 113,500. Eslami tossed a chip onto his cards, and leaned back in his chair. He cracked his knuckles, and began studying Juanda. While Eslami was in the tank, Erik Seidel came over to see what was happening.
"I'm all in," Juanda told Seidel, and the two shared a laugh. "This is a big moment for me in the tournament."
Seidel left, and Eslami continued thinking.
"I don't have a good hand," he admitted.
"I broke a jack," Juanda told him.
"Jack what?" Eslami shot back.
"I can't tell you," Juanda said, grinning.
"Boy oh boy," Eslami sighed. "It doesn't matter what I have. You're so polarized."
Eslami eventually released, and Juanda showed four cards - .
"You probably didn't even look at your card," George Danzer said to Juanda. "You're a sicko."
We missed the exact details of the hand but had the hand recounted to us by Nick Schulman.
Ashton Griffin open-shoved all in and Jason Mercier called all in for less. Griffin called and both players took one card.
Griffin fanned the and Mercier showed a better draw with .
Griffin pulled an meaning Mercier would need to not pair up to stay alive. Unfortunately for the bracelet winner, he pulled another and paired his hand. Mercier will take home $19,272 for his efforts.
The action folded to Andy Bloch, who moved all in for around 50,000. Bob Bright surrendered his small blind, and Daniel Negreanu, who had previously sunk to 31,500, went into the tank. He said that he wanted to call, but he was going to draw too many cards.
He eventually did call, and drew two. Bloch drew one.
Negreanu:
Bloch:
Negreanu agreed to flip one of his cards, then Bloch would look at his.
"Paint," Negreanu announced, turning over a queen.
Bloch flipped over a king, and Negreanu was still drawing live. He squeezed the card.
"Paint," he said again.
He sighed.
"Queen," he announced. "Effing queens."
He then said that every time he's had a massage this series he's busted, and John Juanda joked that it was the masseuse's fault.
"Let me put my pants back on," Negreanu said, standing up.
His pants weren't off per say, but he had to re-buckle them so they wouldn't fall down. Negreanu then exited, quite unhappy with his finish.
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuBusted in 13th place. Needed a 34589T or a Jack but caught a Q. Didn't win any hands down the stretch. Main event next not sure what day yetJuly 07 2012
Marco Traniello moved all in for his last 16,000 from under the gun, and Andy Bloch called him from the big blind.
Bloch stood pat with a , and Traniello drew one, showing . Unfortunately for him, he drew a ten, making a pair, and eliminating him in fourteenth place.
On the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Jim Bechtel moved all in for 20,500 from under the gun. Bobby Bright called out of the big blind, and the 1993 WSOP Main Event winner was at risk.
Bright drew one, Brechtel drew two, and the hands were opened.
Bright:
Bechtel:
Bright turned over a , giving him a ten-nine, and Bechtel only had to sweat one card to know his fate. He tried to muck his hand and exit, but Tournament Director Dave Lamb forced the dealer to turn over the .
Konstantin Puchkov will have to wait until the Main Event to break his own record of eleven cashes in a single World Series of Poker. He was just all in against John Juanda, and stood pat with . Juanda drew one, showing , and was dealt a , giving him a winning ninety-eight, and eliminating Puchkov from the tournament.
Daniel Negreanu opened to 4,200 from middle position and Dario Alioto re-raised all in for 27,000. Hasan Habib called from the small blind and Negreanu called as well.
All three players drew one card and Habib checked to Negreanu. Negreanu bet 25,000 and Habib folded. The four-time bracelet winner fanned and Alioto mucked his hand and headed to the rail.
With that pot Negreanu has become our chip leader with 239,000.
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Konstantin Puchkov looking for cash number eleven
Konstantin Puchkov enters Day 2 of Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball with the chip lead, and he's also still alive over in Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. If he cashes in just one of the two events, he'll set the record for most cashes in a single World Series of Poker with eleven. If he cashes in both, then he'll obviously hold the record with twelve. We'll certainly keep an eye on Puchkov in this event - he's deepest run is a sixth-place finish in Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix.
There are a ton of notables returning, including Rep Porter, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, George Danzer, and Ville Wahlbeck.
The cards will be in the air shortly, and the plan is to play until a final table.
for a pat ninety-eight.
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and Mercier showed a better draw with 
meaning Mercier would need to not pair up to stay alive. Unfortunately for the bracelet winner, he pulled another 
