2013 World Series of Poker

Event #59: $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x8x6x5x2x
Prize
$173,236
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
282
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Yu Dealt a Pat Eight

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante
Ben Yu
Ben Yu

Following a raise and two calls, Ben Yu three-bet from the small blind and all three of his opponents called. Yu stood pat while all three drew two cards, then bet and all three called. Yu continued to stand pat before the second draw while two of his opponents drew two and the third just one. He bet again, and this time just one of the players who had drawn two shrugged and called.

Yu stood pat one last time, his lone remaining opponent drew one, then both checked. Yu flipped over {8-}{7-}{6-}{3-}{2-} and his opponent showed two of his cards — {4-}{4-} — as he mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
37,800 16,800

Tags: Ben Yu

Chang is Our Chip Leader

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

We noticed that Juijen Chang had started building quite a chip stack a couple levels ago, and he hasn't slow down all night, as he just took down a pot to up his stack to 68,000. By our best estimation, no one else is over 50,000, meaning that Chang has built up a nice lead for himself as we are in the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Juijen Chang us
Juijen Chang
68,000 68,000

Tags: Juijen Chang

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Snowing with Snowmen

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

A short-stacked player on the button raised and Randy Ohel — winner of the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball event a year ago — called from the big blind. Both took two cards on the first draw, and when Ohel bet out his opponent called. Ohel then stood pat and watched his opponent draw two cards, then bet again after the draw. His opponent thought a moment then called, leaving himself but 1,600 behind (two big bets).

Ohel stood pat once more while his opponent drew one, and Ohel bet one more time. His opponent tanked for nearly a minute before finally calling, at which point Ohel flipped over his {8-}{8-}{8-}{7-}{2-}. Ohel's play appeared nearly to have worked, but his opponent had managed to find the call with {10-}{7-}{4-}{3-}{2-} and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
WSOP 1X Winner
14,500 -2,000

Tags: Randy Ohel

Negreanu Over Kihara

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised from under the gun and got a single caller in Naoya Kihara playing from the big blind. On the first draw Kihara took two and Negreanu one, Kihara bet, Negreanu raised, and Kihara called. Kihara then stood pat on the second draw, in response to which Negreanu discarded one card. Kihara again bet, and again Negreanu raised, Kihara called.

On the third draw both players stood pat, and Kihara checked. Negreanu bet, and after thinking for nearly a minute Kihara let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
18,500 5,000
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
17,500 -4,500

Tags: Daniel NegreanuNaoya Kihara

Elezra Bests Schneider

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante
Eli Elezra
Eli Elezra

Eli Elezra raised from under the gun, and Tom Schneider was the lone caller from the small blind. Both players drew two, then Schneider check called a bet from Elezra. Both drew two again, and this time, Schneider was the one who fired out. Not to be intimated, Elezra raised it up, and Schneider called.

Surprisingly, both players stood pat, then both players checked. Elezra began to announce his cards to Schneider:
"{2-}, {4-}, {5-}, {7-}, {9-}" and when he tabled his hand, Schneider mucked. The table then began to discuss why Elezra likes to announce his hand in reverse order, as he took in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
WSOP 4X Winner
25,000 11,800
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
11,000 1,500

Tags: Eli ElezraTom Schneider

Some More Chippies

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

During this last round of counts we saw Eric Buchman hitting the rail, his last chips taken by Braden Murphy. And after picking up some chips early, Phil Ivey has made a Day 1 exit as well.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
41,500 34,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000 19,600
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
33,000 -6,000
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
31,000 24,800
John D'Agostino us
John D'Agostino
24,500 4,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000 -4,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
24,000 7,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
23,000 2,500
Timothy Finne us
Timothy Finne
19,000 8,200
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
17,500 3,500
Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
17,000 1,500
Randy Ohel us
Randy Ohel
WSOP 1X Winner
16,500 11,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
16,000 -500
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
14,000 6,100
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
11,000 6,900
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
10,500 5,375
Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
WSOP 3X Winner
9,600 4,400
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
7,500 1,500
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
6,000 -1,500
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
WSOP 1X Winner
5,700
George Lind us
George Lind
3,500 1,700
Braden Murphy
Braden Murphy
3,200 400
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
2,800 -4,700
Peter Hedlund se
Peter Hedlund
2,400 -6,700
Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

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Some Chippies

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
33,000 3,800
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
26,000 7,500
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
21,000 8,500
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
17,000 9,200
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 -5,675
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
15,000 8,100
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
13,500 -4,300
Nam Le us
Nam Le
12,000 8,000
Martin Stasko
Martin Stasko
11,000 6,500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
11,000 -1,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
5,200 -3,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
3,500 -4,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
1,600 -5,600
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted