Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-05-2019 21:11 UTC-7

Chip Counts on a One-Hour Dinner Break

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

The remaining 15 players are on a 60-minute dinner break. The tournament will resume at 10 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Tabb	400,000	10,000
Ajay Chabra	307,000	57,000
Yuval Bronshtein	295,000	25,000
Craig Chait	248,000	33,000
Jameson Painter	222,000	-8,000
Andy Hwang	220,000	70,000
Yosuke Iwata	198,000	43,000
Galen Hall	180,000	-70,000
Jerry Wong	176,500	-58,500
Michael Sortino	165,000	20,000
Frank Kassela	160,000	-25,000
Michael Gathy	126,000	58,200
Matthew Smith	100,500	10,500
James Chen	61,000	-57,000
Bjorn Geissert	48,000	-14,000

06-05-2019 21:08 UTC-7

All the Highlights from Week 1 of the 2019 WSOP

SashaSalinger

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

https://www.pokernews.com/video/controversy-in-the-2019-world-series-of-poker-50k-11961.htm

All the bracelet winners from the first week of the 2019 WSOP including the controversial hand from the $50K Super High Roller.

06-05-2019 21:06 UTC-7

Bronshtein Wins Last Hand Before Dinner Break with Ace

Djinn

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Button Yuval Bronshtein raised to 7,500, Frank Kassela called on the button and Galen Hall raised to 30,000 from the small blind. Both of Hall's opponents made the call. "Here's where the skill comes in!" said Kassela as they drew one each. All three then checked and Kassela announced that he had a pair of sixes, Bronshtein that he had an ace. Hall just rested his head on the edge of the table for a moment and mucked and Bronshtein took it with .

Tags: Frank Kassela Galen Hall Yuval Bronshtein

06-05-2019 20:58 UTC-7

Tabb Makes a Great Pat to Bust Deeb

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Steven Tabb raised to 9,000 on the button and Shaun Deeb jammed for 67,600 from the big blind. Tabb asked for a count and called after a minute or so. Deeb stood pat and Tabb did as well.

"You got me," Deeb said, rolling over . Tabb indeed did well by not breaking his hand as he started with .

The 2018 WSOP Player of the Year was eliminated in 16th place while Tabb boosted his gigantic stack to the neighborhood of 390,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Tabb	390,000	45,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Shaun Deeb Steven Tabb

06-05-2019 20:49 UTC-7

Painter Doubles Through Gathy

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Michael Gathy raised to 8,000, James Chen called in the cutoff, and Jameson Painter shoved all in for 53,600. Gathy repushed for 121,400, and Chen seemed to be interested for a moment. However, he eventually let his hand go.

Painter drew one and Gathy stood pat with . Painter showed and his new card was the , securing him the juicy double.

Moments later Painter eliminated Dave Alfa in 17th place, confirming that this level has been a heated one for him - he started it with 56,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jameson Painter	230,000	115,000
Michael Gathy	67,800	-57,200

Tags: James Chen Jameson Painter Michael Gathy

06-05-2019 20:49 UTC-7

Active Tabb Recaptures Chip Lead

Djinn

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Start-of-day chip leader Steven Tabb has been pretty active on his table in the second half of Level 16. He played three pots in a row in the last 10 minutes, and won two of them. A three-way hand (after the draw) saw Tabb bet 30,000, called by Jerry Wong but not third opponent Shaun Deeb. Tabb won this pot with .

The next hand was a Tabb raise-and-take-it.

The third was again against Wong, who called Tabb's initial raise to 9,000. Both players drew one but declined to bet; Tabb showed a king and Wong a jack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Tabb	345,000	95,000

Tags: Steven Tabb Jerry Wong

06-05-2019 20:43 UTC-7

Alfa Goes for It

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Under the gun, Dave Alfa made it 7,000 and his neighbor Michael Gathy three-bet to what looked like 21,000. Alfa, however, slid the vast majority of his chips forward, four-betting to around 80,000 out of an 85,000-chip stack. Gathy studied the situation for a while and then gave up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gathy	125,000	-10,000
Dave Alfa	115,000	-35,000

Tags: Dave Alfa Michael Gathy

06-05-2019 20:38 UTC-7

Double for Sortino

Djinn

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Michael Sortino moved all-in for 72,100 after Matthew Smith had made it 27,000 to get to the draw. Smith called him and drew one, while Sortino stayed pat with . Smith mucked his hand when he saw the nine, and dropped to under 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Sortino	145,000	60,000
Matthew Smith	90,000	-90,000

Tags: Matthew Smith Michael Sortino

06-05-2019 20:37 UTC-7

Harman Eliminated After Peeling a Queen

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Galen Hall raised from the first position and Jen Harman shoved her last 28,200 out of the big blind. Hall asked for a count and then called.

Harman needed one and Hall quickly rolled over . Harman was in good shape to double, holding . She needed to fade an ace, king or a queen. Unfortunately for her, she received the and that sealed her fate in the $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	250,000	55,000
Jen Harman	Busted

Tags: Galen Hall Jen Harman

06-05-2019 20:28 UTC-7

Hall Clips Geissert's Stack

Jan_Kores

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

In a blind-versus-blind clash, Galen Hall and Bjorn Geissert were after the draw when the action was caught, and Hall led out 24,000. Geissert tanked for a bit and then he loudly announced a call. Hall instantly turned up , expecting to win, and his feeling was correct as Geissert mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	195,000	60,000
Bjorn Geissert	62,000	-43,000

Tags: Bjorn Geissert Galen Hall