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

06-04-2014 00:34 UTC-8

Wright Wants To "Go Deeper" with Danzer

Donnie Peters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

From under the gun, George Danzer raised to 2,400. Larry Wright called from the cutoff seat, and Jason Mercier called from the small blind. Mercier drew two, Danzer took one, and Wright stood pat.

After the draw, Mercier checked, Danzer fired 6,000, and Wright called quickly. Mercier folded. Danzer said that he made a pair again and showed . Wright showed and won the pot.

"Did you think I stayed with that full house again, George?" joked Wright as he was pushed the pot, referencing a hand from earlier.

"No, I thought you had a 10," responded Danzer.

"Oh really?" questioned Wright.

"Yeah, I thought you had a 10 and that you would raise and then I could go all in and you'd fold," Danzer elaborated.

"Wow, that's deep," responded Wright with wide eyes. "We should get a drink after. I want to go deeper."

Everyone at the table got a big laugh from Wright's final comment, especially Mercier and Nick Schulman. Schulman chuckled, shook his head, and mouthed the word "wow" under his breath.

After all of that, Wright asked Danzer how old he was.

"Thirty," answered Danzer.

"Ahh, the lost age," said Wright.

This comment got Schulman's attention. "Why the lost age? Who told you that" he asked.

"My daughter. You'll have to ask her, I don't know. One day that's what she told me," said Wright.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	105,000 10,000	10,000

Jason Mercier	40,000 2,000	2,000

George Danzer	40,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: George Danzer Jason Mercier Larry Wright Nick Schulman

06-04-2014 00:35 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	116,000 23,000	23,000

Michael Mizrachi	99,000 5,000	5,000

Paul Volpe	94,000 6,000	6,000

Joe Cassidy	85,000

Greg Mueller	82,000 29,000	29,000

Bob Bright	80,000 20,000	20,000
Ashton Griffin	69,000 24,000	24,000
David "Bakes" Baker	68,000 15,000	15,000

Don Nguyen	65,000 17,000	17,000
Mike Watson	64,000 14,000	14,000

Justin Smith	41,000 39,000	39,000
Jon Turner	33,000 7,000	7,000

John Monnette	30,000 21,000	21,000

Dan Smith	24,000 10,000	10,000

Barry Greenstein	22,000 2,000	2,000

Sergey Rybachenko	Busted

Hellmuth Doubles Through Negreanu

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

Daniel Negreanu Ships Double Up Chips to Hellmuth

We arrived at the table just in time to find Phil Hellmuth all in for his tournament life of about 20,000 against Daniel Negreanu. Both players took one card at the draw and their hands were tabled.

Hellmuth:
Negreanu:

Hellmuth pulled a second for his fifth card, giving him a pair. Negreanu looked at his card and announced it was a three-across.

"Ah!" said Negreanu. "It's a six. Straight! You're good, buddy."

Negreanu rolled over a , giving him the straight that allowed Hellmuth to find new life in the tournament.

"Three across is normally an amazing sweat there," said Negreanu with a smile.

"Wow," said Hellmuth. "I was all in there. In razz (referencing his runner-up finish in Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Razz) I never was all in."

"What about when you busted?" needled Abe Mosseri from across the table. This elicited a a hearty laugh from Negreanu and a chuckle from Hellmuth while he stacked his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	83,000 11,000	11,000

Phil Hellmuth	42,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Abe Mosseri Daniel Negreanu Phil Hellmuth

06-04-2014 00:46 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Sheikhan	150,000 70,000	70,000
Jen Harman	147,000 82,000	82,000
John Juanda	128,000 12,000	12,000

Paul Volpe	105,000 11,000	11,000

Joe Cassidy	100,000 15,000	15,000

Schneider Falls to Bellande

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Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

Tom Schneider moved all in for his last 7,000 from under the gun and action trickled around to Jean-Robert Bellande in the big blind who dropped out a call. Bellande stood pat and Schneider picked up one new card.

Bellande fanned for a ninety-eight and Schneider showed for a ninety-eight draw. Schneider squeezed out the , making his ninety-eight but failing to improve enough to best Bellande. He was eliminated from play and Bellande raked in the pot, bringing his stack to 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	50,000 10,000	10,000

Tom Schneider	Busted

06-04-2014 00:57 UTC-8

Schulman Jams On Wright Twice

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Donnie Peters

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 300 ante

Action folded to Larry Wright in the cutoff seat and he raised to 2,000. Nick Schulman reraised all in from the button, and Wright folded after showing from his hand.

On the next hand, Wright raised to 2,400 and Schulman reraised all in. Wright folded again, showing this time.

"I gotta stop trying to snow you," said Wright with a smile after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Larry Wright	90,000 15,000	15,000

Nick Schulman	22,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Larry Wright Nick Schulman

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 300

06-04-2014 01:11 UTC-8

Turner with the Three-Bet

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 300 ante

Greg Mueller opened the action with a raise to 2,500 and Justin Smith flatted from the cutoff. Action came around to Jon Turner in the small blind and he cut out a three-bet to 11,000. Mueller went into the tank and ultimately opted to release his hand. Smith called and the two were off to the draw.

Turner tapped the table, signifying that he was pat. Smith took one card and checked it back once Turner checked to him. Turner tabled which was good enough to take down the pot. Turner is now at 73,000 while Smith has dropped to 53,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	73,000 40,000	40,000

Justin Smith	53,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Justin Smith Jon Turner

06-04-2014 01:24 UTC-8

Monnette's Jack-Eight is Better

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 300 ante

Phil Hellmuth raised to 2,600 from early position and Michael Mizrachi called from the next seat over. Action folded over to John Monnette in the big blind and he called as well. Monnette pulled two new cards, Hellmuth stood pat, and Mizrachi took one.

Monnette checked and Hellmuth rapped the table back. Mizrachi finished the betting with a check and Hellmuth announced his hand.

"Jack-eight," said the PokerBrat.

Mizrachi mucked his cards. Monnette, on the other hand, also had a jack-eight low - .

"Damn it!" snapped Hellmuth as he stood from the table. He threw on the felt for a worse jack-eight low. "What game are we playing?!"

Monnette was pushed the pot and brought his stack up to about 28,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	90,000 9,000	9,000

Phil Hellmuth	36,000 6,000	6,000

John Monnette	28,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: John Monnette Michael Mizrachi Phil Hellmuth

06-04-2014 01:48 UTC-8

Larry Wright is the Life of the Party

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Level 10 : 600/1,200, 300 ante

Jason Mercier raised to 2,500 and found calls from Galen Hall in the small blind and Larry Wright in the big blind. All three players took one card at the draw.

Hall checked over to Wright who fired out for 5,000. Mercier let it go and Hall went into the tank, eyeing up Wright's stack in the process.

"Quit lookin' at those pink chips!" boomed Wright. "Don't look at those. He's thinkin' about raising! Don't look at those!"

Wright's voice brought a silence over the room.

"How are you still in?" yelled Jean-Robert Bellande from the next table over. This was met with laughter from the surrounding tables. After the laughter subsided, Hall tossed out a call.

"I've got a seven," deadpanned Wright, which was met with even more laughter from the adjacent tables. He smiled. "What? I always draw perfect!"

Wright showed his and raked in the chips. The 2012 $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw bracelet winner is now sitting on about 118,000 while Hall has dropped to 95,000.