Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-03-2014 23:40 UTC-8

Ninety-Eight For Mercier

Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Jason Mercier opened with an early position raise to 1,700. George Danzer called and it folded over to Galen Hall on the button. Hall three-bet the action to 7,000 only to have Mercier come right back over the top with a four-bet to 14,200. Danzer let it go and Hall called.

Hall took one card at the draw and Mercier stood pat. Hall checked and Mercier knocked the table right back, tabling . Hall mucked his hand and Mercier raked in the chips, bringing his stack up to 53,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	53,000 8,000	8,000

Galen Hall	49,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Galen Hall Jason Mercier

06-03-2014 23:38 UTC-8

Shawn Four-Bets Shaun

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande opened with a raise to 2,000 and Shaun Deeb came over the top with a three-bet to 5,500. Shawn Buchanan went deep into the tank on the button and came out with a four-bet to 18,000. Action folded back around to Bellande who quickly let of his cards. Deeb thought for about 45 seconds before dropping his hand into the muck. Buchanan raked in the pot and now has about 55,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	55,000 19,000	19,000

Shaun Deeb	47,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Shaun Deeb Shawn Buchanan

06-03-2014 23:24 UTC-8

More Chip Counts

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bob Bright	100,000 23,000	23,000
John Juanda	93,000 48,000	48,000

Alexandre Luneau	86,000 24,000	24,000
Shawn Sheikhan	80,000 24,000	24,000
Mike Watson	78,000 18,000	18,000

Brian Rast	75,000 14,000	14,000

Daniel Negreanu	73,000 15,000	15,000

Jen Harman	65,000 23,000	23,000
Frank Kassela	56,000 14,000	14,000

Greg Mueller	53,000 38,000	38,000

Don Nguyen	48,000 22,000	22,000
Rep Porter	43,000 24,500	24,500

Dan Smith	34,000 6,000	6,000

Eli Elezra	34,000 6,000	6,000

Jon Turner	26,000 10,000	10,000

Barry Greenstein	20,000 1,000	1,000

Naoya Kihara	14,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Gorodinsky	4,000 22,000	22,000

06-03-2014 23:16 UTC-8

Assorted Chip Counts

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Level 8 : 400/100, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	83,000 43,500	43,500

Paul Volpe	72,000 29,000	29,000

Michael Mizrachi	70,000 44,000	44,000

Larry Wright	63,000 36,000	36,000

Galen Hall	52,000 8,000	8,000

Phil Hellmuth	52,000 22,000	22,000

John Monnette	51,000 14,000	14,000

George Danzer	51,000 13,300	13,300

Jeff Lisandro	50,000 12,000	12,000

Matthew Ashton	48,000 10,500	10,500

Jason Mercier	45,000 1,000	1,000

Ashton Griffin	45,000
Shaun Deeb	37,000 7,000	7,000

Shawn Buchanan	36,000 24,200	24,200

Tom Schneider	35,000 4,500	4,500

Matt Glantz	26,000 4,000	4,000

Ray Dehkharghani	25,000 10,000	10,000

Nick Schulman	22,000 17,000	17,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	18,000 8,500	8,500

Abe Mosseri	16,000 19,000	19,000

Phil Galfond	12,000 11,000	11,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/100

Ante: 200

06-03-2014 22:56 UTC-8

Kassela Scores Double Knockout

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Level 7 : 300/600, 150 ante

We arrived at the table just in time to find both Chino Rheem and Billy Baxter all in and at risk against Frank Kassela. Kassela tabled and both Rheem and Baxter made pairs on the draw to but. Kassela scooped the pot and now sits right around 70,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	70,000 39,500	39,500

Billy Baxter	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted

Tags: Billy Baxter David Rheem Frank Kassela

06-03-2014 22:37 UTC-8

Rast Wins Battle of the Blinds

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Level 7 : 300/600, 150 ante

Action folded to Frank Kassela in the small blind and he kicked it up to 2,200. Brian Rast called from the big blind and the two were off to the draw. Kassela stood pat while Rast opted for one new card.

After the draw, Kassela led out for 3,100 and Rast tossed forward a call. Kassela showed a pat but was ultimately bested by Rast's . Rast scooped up the pot is now up to about 54,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	54,100 5,100	5,100

Frank Kassela	30,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Brian Rast Frank Kassela

06-03-2014 22:30 UTC-8

Monnette Climbing

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Level 7 : 300/600, 150 ante

John Monnette made it 1,550 to go from the button and it folded over to Ami Barer in the big blind. Barer three-bet to 3,800 and Monette flatted, drawing one card at the draw. Barer opted to stand pat and he fired out a bet of 4,500 post-draw. Monette called and rolled over . Barer mucked his cards and Monnette was pushed the pot.

Barer was left short and he was eliminated from play a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	65,000 17,000	17,000

Ami Barer	Busted

Tags: Ami Barer John Monnette

06-03-2014 22:25 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 7 : 300/600, 150 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Smith	80,000 5,000	5,000
Bob Bright	77,000 45,000	45,000
Don Nguyen	70,000 37,000	37,000
Sergey Rybachenko	62,000 12,000	12,000
Mike Watson	60,000 5,500	5,500

Brian Rast	49,000 1,000	1,000

Chino Rheem	46,000 28,000	28,000
John Juanda	45,000 18,000	18,000

Jen Harman	42,000 2,500	2,500
Ofir Mor	37,000 37,000	37,000
Frank Kassela	37,000 17,000	17,000

Eli Elezra	28,000 14,400	14,400

Mike Gorodinsky	26,000 26,000	26,000

Barry Greenstein	19,000 3,700	3,700

Jon Turner	16,000 500	500

Billy Baxter	15,000 1,000	1,000

Greg Mueller	15,000 15,000	15,000

Naoya Kihara	12,000 25,500	25,500

Huck Seed	Busted

06-03-2014 22:21 UTC-8

Prize Pool Information

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Level 7 : 300/600, 150 ante

Tournament staff has just announced that registration for Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship has officially closed. The event drew a total of 87 players, the exact same amount as in 2013. The top 14 players will make the money with a min-cash being worth $16,601. A victory will net the champion $253,524 in winnings as well as the gold WSOP bracelet.

Here's a look at the full payout information for this event:

Event #13 Payouts

Place	Prize
1	$253,524
2	$156,674
3	$99,313
4	$67,264
5	$47,792
6	$35,549
7	$27,633
8	$22,399
9-11	$19,283
12-14	$ 16,601