We didn't catch the action but arrived to the table to see Randy Ohel's opponent's stack being cut down and a hand in front of him. Ohel was forced to pay an all in price of 7,450 losing almost two-thirds of his stack.
Action was after the draw with John Power showing . Ryan Riess had in front of him and was sweating his final card.
According to him it was 50:50, and he turned over the to pair. "It wasn't 50:50," he said as he was eliminated, heading quickly to rebuy with just under ten minutes left in the level.
Perry Green and Christopher Kruk piled about 5,000 in the middle before drawing. It was unclear how the drawing went but Green moved all in for his last 1,150 and after a brief deliberation, Kruk gave up, sending the pot to Green.
Rep Porter open-jammed with his last 1,150 from under the gun and found a caller on the button. Porter stood pat and tabled a as his opponent turned over a tossing a . The dealer gave Porter's opponent a new card which turned out to be an giving him the best hand and Porter was eliminated.
Dan Shak and Jack Sinclair were seen leaving their tables around the same time.
Frank Kassela opened to 800 and Jean-Robert Bellande called in the cutoff. Both players drew one. Kassela checked and Bellande bet 1,100. Kassela moved all in and Bellande called for his last 5,000.
Kassela showed and Bellande was eliminated.
"You really do have all the chips," said Bellande.
"If you come back here," said Kassela, "We'll get some drinks in."
Jean-Robert Bellande has already made himself comfortable at his table, seated alongside two-time bracelet winner Chris Bjorin and three-time bracelet winner and defending champion in this event Frank Kassela.
"I once played with Puggy Pearson," said Bellande, "And he had this trick on how to make money playing 2-7 No-Limit Lowball."
Bellande adopted an accent to imitate the Hall of Famer.
"Puggy said 'You show them the ,' that's what you do" said Bellande, "Then you make a shit load of money!"
"If you see someone play that once, you want to play with them forever!"
Matt Waxman called a three-bet worth 1,900 and drew two while his opponent stood pat. Waxman checked and his opponent bet 1,300. Waxman took a moment before making the call and mucked when he was shown a .
Among the recent entries in Event #14: $1,500 2-7 Lowball is Jean-Robert Bellande, who will be looking to add to his 16 WSOP cashes and two final tables.