Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-10-2018 19:43 UTC-8

A Round of Counts

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wattel	135,000 17,000	17,000

Nick Schulman	105,000 55,000	55,000

Noah Bronstein	82,000 20,000	20,000

Galen Hall	76,000 21,000	21,000

Frank Kassela	73,500 11,500	11,500

Mike Watson	72,000 22,000	22,000

Robert Mizrachi	71,000

Timothy McDermott	69,000 25,000	25,000
Ray Dehkharghani	64,000 15,000	15,000

Paul Volpe	64,000 10,000	10,000

Adam Owen	63,000 20,000	20,000
Farzad Bonyadi	60,000 17,000	17,000

Jyri Merivirta	51,000 4,000	4,000
Larry Wright	39,000 31,000	31,000

Xavier Kyablue	24,000 4,000	4,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 250

06-10-2018 19:52 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	50,000

Dan Shak	50,000

Elias Busts Lisandro

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Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

It was unclear how the betting unfolded but Jeff Lisandro found himself all in after the draw in a three-way pot that included Darren Elias and Alex Foxen. Foxen had donated 10,000 after the draw but folded before the hands were tabled. Elias, however, did not, and put Lisandro at risk.

The two hands were flipped over with Lisandro having an but it wasn't good enough as Elias showed up with a to send the Austrailian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	80,000 11,000	11,000

Jeff Lisandro	Busted

Tags: Alex Foxen Darren Elias Jeffrey Lisandro

06-10-2018 19:58 UTC-8

Elezra Doubles Up

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Ray Dehkharghani raised from the button and Eli Elezra three-bet all in from the big blind. Dehkharghani called.

Elezra stood pat and Dehkharghani ended up drawing two.

Eli Elezra:
Ray Dehkharghani:

Dehkharghani was drawing live. "Don't let the first one be a good one," said Elezra.

It wasn't. His opponent drew and Elezra doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Dehkharghani	51,000 13,000	13,000

Eli Elezra	30,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Ray Dehkharghani

06-10-2018 20:14 UTC-8

Kyablue Eliminated; Yahyaei Doubles Up

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Xavier Kyabue was sent to the rail by new player Samuel Touil in the last minute, while Majid Yahyaei was all in for around 20,000 against Ben Lamb.

Yahyaei stood pat and Lamb drew one. Yahyaei showed and had Lamb drawing dead with . Lamb paired up with a and Yahyaei doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Touil	70,000 70,000	70,000
Majid Yahyaei	42,000 12,000	12,000
Ben Lamb	31,000 13,000	13,000

Xavier Kyablue	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Majid Yahyaei Samuel Touil Xavier Kyablue

06-10-2018 20:15 UTC-8

Watson's Three-Bet Doesn't Work

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Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

James Alexander opened to 3,000 under the gun and called a three-bet from Mike Watson on the button valued at 9,000. Alexander stood pat, forcing Watson to draw one. Alexander led with a bet of 8,000 and Watson folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	51,000 21,000	21,000

James Alexander	49,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: James Alexander Mike Watson

06-10-2018 20:15 UTC-8

Sternheimer Forces Volpe Out

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Nick Schulman raised to 3,000 from under the gun and Paul Volpe three-bet to 10,700 from the small blind. Philip Sternheimer three-bet all in from the big blind for 50,525 and Schulman folded.

Volpe asked for a count and thought for a while, but eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	75,000 10,000	10,000

Philip Sternheimer	65,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Nick Schulman Philip Sternheimer Paul Volpe

06-10-2018 20:29 UTC-8

Assorted Stack Updates

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Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	190,000 125,000	125,000

John Hennigan	126,000 66,000	66,000

James Chen	117,000 17,000	17,000

Max Kruse	110,000 13,000	13,000

John Monnette	76,000 26,000	26,000

Matt Szymaszek	55,000 9,000	9,000
Ajay Chabra	53,000 3,000	3,000
Jan Suchanek	49,000 35,000	35,000
Sam Higgs	43,000 19,000	19,000

Erik Seidel	40,000 35,000	35,000

Mark Fisher	37,000 13,000	13,000
Jesse Martin	29,000 33,000	33,000

Andre Akkari	23,000 10,000	10,000

Billy Baxter	20,000 17,000	17,000

David Benyamine	Busted

Daniel Ospina	Busted

06-10-2018 20:34 UTC-8

Big Stacks

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	205,000 15,000	15,000

Alex Foxen	170,000 50,000	50,000

Mike Wattel	140,000 5,000	5,000

Galen Hall	131,000 55,000	55,000

Nick Schulman	122,000 17,000	17,000