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	4,700

Eli Elezra	15,500 1,000	1,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Yuval Bronshtein

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 150

06-17-2014 00:47 UTC-7

Break

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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	22,500

Eric Wasserson	30,000 22,600	22,600

Robert Williamson	23,000 18,300	18,300

Phil Hellmuth	21,000 2,400	2,400

Scott Abrams	17,500 4,100	4,100

Eli Elezra	16,500 10,800	10,800

Scott Bohlman	16,000 12,000	12,000

Owais Ahmed	13,800 2,300	2,300

Brent Roberts	13,000 13,000	13,000
Justin Gardenhire	13,000 8,000	8,000
Galen Hall	12,000 8,800	8,800

Mike Leah	10,000 3,000	3,000

Frank Kassela	8,000 3,600	3,600

Marco Traniello	7,200 1,600	1,600
Scott Clements	6,000 1,500	1,500

Mike Watson	4,600 100	100

Ismael Bojang	2,700 9,300	9,300

Barry Greenstein	Busted

Bruno Fitoussi	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Prize Pool and Payouts

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Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 150/300, 75 ante

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

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Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 150/300, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	28,000 2,000	2,000

Jennifer Harman	22,000 6,500	6,500

Chris Klodnicki	18,500 2,500	2,500

Joseph Cheong	16,800 8,800	8,800

John Monnette	15,000 9,000	9,000

Ben Hamnett	14,000 4,700	4,700
Jeff Lisandro	13,000 10,500	10,500

Yuval Bronshtein	13,000 4,700	4,700

Tom McCormick	11,300 2,500	2,500
Dylan Wilkerson	9,800 5,300	5,300
Fabrice Soulier	8,900

Max Pescatori	8,500 6,500	6,500

Alexander Kuzmin	8,200
Ami Barer	3,500 1,000	1,000

Phil Laak	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 100

06-16-2014 23:36 UTC-7

Hellmuth Doubles, Then Busts One

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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 .