Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-17-2014 01:18 UTC-7

Bronshtein vs. Elezra

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 300/600, 150 ante

Yuval Bronshtein opened to 1,500 in second position and Eli Elezra called from the hijack. Bronshtein stood pat, Elezra drew one and Bronshtein bet 2,000.

Elezra called, but mucked when Bronshtein tabled .

"You could have got more from me, I had a ninety-six," said Elezra.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuval Bronshtein	17,700	4,700
Eli Elezra	15,500	-1,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Yuval Bronshtein

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 150

06-17-2014 00:47 UTC-7

Break

Mickey Doft

Level 8 : 200/400, 100 ante

The players are on their last 15-minute break of the night.

06-17-2014 00:34 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Shane Schleger	Busted
Bill Chen	Busted
Mike Gorodinsky	Busted
Luis Velador	Busted
Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted
Todd Brunson	Busted
Christian Harder	Busted
Dan Kelly	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	44,000	22,500
Eric Wasserson	30,000	22,600
Robert Williamson	23,000	18,300
Phil Hellmuth	21,000	2,400
Scott Abrams	17,500	4,100
Eli Elezra	16,500	10,800
Scott Bohlman	16,000	12,000
Owais Ahmed	13,800	2,300
Brent Roberts	13,000	13,000
Justin Gardenhire	13,000	8,000
Galen Hall	12,000	8,800
Mike Leah	10,000	-3,000
Frank Kassela	8,000	3,600
Marco Traniello	7,200	1,600
Scott Clements	6,000	1,500
Mike Watson	4,600	100
Ismael Bojang	2,700	-9,300
Barry Greenstein	Busted
Bruno Fitoussi	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball attracted a total of 241 players, generating a total prize pool of $325,350. The top 28 players will earn a minimum of $2,837 and the seven players who reach the final table will all earn $9,223.

The winner is set to pocket $89,483, along with the coveted gold bracelet.

Finish	Prize
1	$89,483
2	$55,309
3	$36,494
4	$24,908
5	$17,445
6	$12,529
7	$9,223
8	$6,955
9-11	$5,371
12-14	$4,245
15-21	$3,471
22-28	$2,837

06-16-2014 23:52 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 150/300, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	28,000	2,000
Jennifer Harman	22,000	6,500
Chris Klodnicki	18,500	2,500
Joseph Cheong	16,800	8,800
John Monnette	15,000	9,000
Ben Hamnett	14,000	4,700
Jeff Lisandro	13,000	-10,500
Yuval Bronshtein	13,000	4,700
Tom McCormick	11,300	2,500
Dylan Wilkerson	9,800	5,300
Fabrice Soulier	8,900
Max Pescatori	8,500	-6,500
Alexander Kuzmin	8,200
Ami Barer	3,500	-1,000
Phil Laak	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 100

06-16-2014 23:36 UTC-7

Hellmuth Doubles, Then Busts One

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 150/300, 75 ante

The player on the button raised to 800, Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 2,100 in the small blind and the button reraised to 6,700 effective. Hellmuth, in his patented lightning-quick fashion, committed the rest of his chips and stood pat.

His opponent drew one and Hellmuth showed , having the hand locked up against his opponent's draw.

A few hands later, Hellmuth had an opponent all in for about 3,200 and in the tank about whether to break his hand. After his opponent finally decided to draw one card, Hellmuth stood pat and announced he had a .