Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-24-2013 20:30 UTC-7

Plenty of Extras Being Given Away At This Year's WSOP

donpeters

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.

While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.

What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!

Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.

In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.

With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.

Tags: WSOP WSOP.com

06-24-2013 20:13 UTC-7

Griffin Doubles

Josh_Cahlik

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

We arrived at the table to find Ashton Griffin all in for his tournament life before the draw against Paul Volpe. Both players took one card and their hands were turned over

Griffin:
Volpe:

Volpe squeezed his card out first but let out a groan when he pulled a which gave him a pair. Griffin rolled over a , giving him a ten-low and the best hand. He doubled to around 94,000 while Volpe has fallen to roughly 185,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	185,000	-55,000
Ashton Griffin	94,000	36,000

Tags: Ashton Griffin Paul Volpe

06-24-2013 20:01 UTC-7

Uno vs. Uno

[user101598]

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Jon Turner raised to 9,000 in early position, Paul Volpe defended his big blind, and Turner called.

"Uno," Volpe said, grinning as he discarded on.

Turner silently flicked on card forward, and the dealer tossed them their down cards. Volpe reached for chips, firing out 13,700, and Turner raised to 38,500. Volpe tanked for a bit, then called.

"Eighty-six," Turner said, fanning .

Volpe nodded, and mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	245,000	60,000
Paul Volpe	240,000	-32,000

Tags: Jon Turner Paul Volpe

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 700

06-24-2013 19:48 UTC-7

Musso Gets "Cold-Decked"

[user101598]

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Vincent Musso, who just doubled through Ashton Griffin, open-shoved for 26,200 in the hijack seat. Jon "PearlJammer" Turner tank-called in the big blind. Turner patted, and Musso unhappily discarded the .

Player	Hand	Discard
Musso		2
Turner		Pat

Musso turned over mo-town (), and was eliminated short of the money.

"Cold-decked," Musso muttered to himself after the hand. "That's how you get cold-decked."

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	185,000	15,000
Vincent Musso	Busted

Tags: Jon Turner Vincent Musso

06-24-2013 19:38 UTC-7

Kassela Gets Baked

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Frank Kassela raised to 6,500 from middle position and James Lee called the raise. David Bakes Baker three-bet to 20,000 out of the blinds and Kassela wasted little time moving all in. Lee folded and Baker quickly dropped chips in the middle and announced that he was pat. Kassela drew one and the hands were turned over.

Player	Hand	Draw
David Bakes Baker		Pat
Frank Kassela		1

Kassela threw away the from his hand and was looking to make his wheel draw or enough to beat Baker's ten low. Unfortunately for Kasslea, he pulled the which paired his treys and eliminated him from play. Baker dragged in the pot and now sits on about 310,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bakes Baker	310,000	99,000
Frank Kassela	Busted

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker Frank Kassela

06-24-2013 19:34 UTC-7

Flack "Does It"

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

John Hennigan opened from early position to 6,000 and Max Pescatori called from the button. Layne Flack three-bet the action to 26,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Hennigan who came back over the top for 56,000. Pescatori folded and Flack flat called.

Both players stood pat and checked the final betting round. Flack tabled which prompted Hennigan to throw his hand to the muck.

"Wow Layne, you just do it. It's interesting to watch," chimed in Phil Laak from the next seat over. "You just do it. He just does it! Like those Nike t-shirts that say just do it- only they should just say...Layne. Just do it."

Regardless of what Flack is doing or not doing, he's currently sitting on 360,000 which is good for the biggest stack in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	360,000	75,000
John Hennigan	190,000	-35,000

06-24-2013 19:27 UTC-7

Levy and Hansen Bust

[user101598]

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Steven Hansen open-shoved for 17,300 from the hijack seat, and Larry Wright called on his direct left. Both players opted to discard one.

Player	Hand	Draw
Hansen		1
Wright		1

Hansen ripped over a , giving him a pair, and the only way he could survive is if Wright found an eight or a nine. The 2012 bracelet winner flipped over a , and Hansen hit the rail.

At an adjacent table, we missed the action, but Eliyahu Levy busted with . His opponent, Calvin Anderson, had good old number one ().

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	170,000	49,000
Larry Wright	72,000	19,000
Eliyahu Levy	Busted
Steven Hansen	Busted

Tags: Calvin Anderson Eliyahu Levy Larry Wright Steven Hansen

06-24-2013 19:16 UTC-7

Final Three Tables and Chip Counts (full)

Josh_Cahlik

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Table 353

Seat	Player
1	Vincent Musso
2	David "Bakes" Baker
3	Paul Volpe
4	Ashton Griffin
5	Jon Turner
6	Frank Kassela
7	James Lee

Table 359

Seat	Player
1	Jesse Martin
2	Steven Hansen
3	Larry Wright
4	Naoya Kihara
5	Konstantin Puchkov
6	Jeff Lisandro
7	Dan O'Brien

Table 360

Seat	Player
1	John Hennigan
2	Calvin Anderson
3	Eliyahu Levy
4	Brian Hastings
5	Max Pescatori
6	Layne Flack
7	Phil Laak

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	285,000	-5,000
Paul Volpe	272,000	62,000
Jesse Martin	236,000	114,000
David Bakes Baker	211,000	105,000
Naoya Kihara	178,000	36,000
John Hennigan	175,000	48,000
Jon Turner	170,000	-6,000
Calvin Anderson	121,000	-34,000
James Lee	116,000	31,000
Ashton Griffin	110,000	20,000
Dan O'Brien	101,000	-61,000
Konstantin Puchkov	100,000
Max Pescatori	95,000	-14,000
Phil Laak	77,000	-10,000
Larry Wright	53,000	-22,000
Frank Kassela	50,000	-45,000
Eliyahu Levy	43,000	-31,000
Brian Hastings	42,000	-2,000
Vincent Musso	41,000	23,000
Jeff Lisandro	35,000	-52,000
Steven Hansen	30,000	30,000

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06-24-2013 19:12 UTC-7

Catching Some Flack

donpeters

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

by Pamela Maldonado

With only 87 entries in this event, it’s no wonder we saw a stacked list of players to advance on to the second day including Paul Volpe, Phil Laak, Dan O’Brien, Phil Ivey, John Hennigan, Ashton Griffin, Phil Galfond, Brian Hastings and so many others.

Layne Flack is one of the notable contenders who made it to Day 2 of Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball today, and he's back hunting for his seventh World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

Before break, Flack was sitting near the top of the leader board with 145,000 in chips, third behind Paul Volpe and Phil Laak. PokerNews had a short opportunity to chat with him a bit about his life of sobriety, his history as "Back-to-Back Flack", and his experience with mixed games.

Last year you had two final tables, and this year you have three WSOP cashes. What have you been doing, if anything, to improve your mixed-game skills?

I actually haven’t been doing anything [differently]. This year I started really poorly. I play a lot of golf, so I try to look at it like my golf game. If you don’t play so well on the front nine, you have to play well on the back nine. So my three cashes didn’t come till the second half of the Series. From the first half to the second half, I decided to make some adjustments and I think it’s helped.

We heard you’ve been two-years sober. How has life changed for you since?

I wasn’t forced to quit, I decided to on my own. Priorities, the more important things in life, started factoring in and once I put that into perspective, it just made sense and I knew I had to make a change for the better.

So your nickname is “Back-to-Back Flack.” Do you wish for the same kind of success this year?

Absolutely. That name is tough to get. To win back-to-back WSOP events and then to come back the following year and win back-to-back WSOP events again, that’s unheard of. I actually had back-to-back success at The Legends also, so I’ve actually done it three times.

What game do you feel is your strongest?

I like the split games. I’ve had a lot of success in no-limit hold’em, but the limit games like H.O.R.S.E. and other games I enjoy more. Since I like those games better than the rest, I will enter more of those events.

What changes to the WSOP do you wish to see?

There is one big one I would like to see. I think the bracelets are starting to get saturated by allowing the European and the Australian bracelets to count as part of record lists. I think the people with a lot of bracelets should protect that because you don’t know where it’s going to end. I was talking about this to Phil Hellmuth, who has 13 bracelets. I told him 10 years from now there may 150 bracelet events or more and so 13 will no longer be a big number. Those who have won WSOP bracelets here in Las Vegas aren’t being protected and I think that needs to change.

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