Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-13-2022 23:18 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Gerhart	104,000	90,000
Ian O'Hara	76,000	50,000
Matt Vengrin	73,100	23,100
Alex Foxen	62,000	51,500
Chris Brewer	54,000
Dylan Linde	44,000	-9,000
Abdel Hamid	35,200	-300
Phil Hellmuth	33,600	600
Scott Bohlman	22,600	10,600
Jeffrey Lisandro	20,800	6,400
Yanni Raz	19,000	8,000
David "ODB" Baker	12,000
Hye Park	Busted

Po Run Over by Zolotow's Wheel

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Kenneth Po raised under the gun to 3,000 and was called in middle position by Steve Zolotow.

Po patted his hand and Zolotow drew one.

Po then led out for 6,000 and Zolotow moved all in.

Po snap-called with what he was sure was the winner, but was shown otherwise.

Kenneth Po:
Steve Zolotow:

Zolotow drilled a wheel with his draw to eliminate Po and send him to the registration cage for another entry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Zolotow	63,500	49,300
Kenneth Po	25,000	-2,500

Tags: Kenneth Po Steve Zolotow

06-13-2022 23:16 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	156,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	116,700
Frank Kassela	99,500
Jon Turner	91,000
Mark Fraser	82,400
Maria Ho	78,000
Ray Henson	69,500
John Monnette	33,500
Melanie Weisner	32,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	25,000
Benny Glaser	17,000
Joao Vieira	12,500

Linde Three-Bets an Eight

David Salituro

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Dylan Linde three-bet to 11,000 from the big blind over an under-the-gun raise by Preston McEwen, and McEwen decided to call to the draw.

Linde stood pat, with McEwen taking one. Linde paused for a moment after the draw before betting 6,500, and McEwen quickly called.

Linde showed and McEwen mucked.

Yanni Raz, despite admitting he didn't want to play this event and asking for a refund earlier, has apparently taken a liking to the game as he has re-entered following his earlier bustout, taking his new seat at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preston McEwen	122,000	37,000
Dylan Linde	53,000	25,000
Yanni Raz	11,000	11,000

Tags: Dylan Linde Preston McEwen Yanni Raz

06-13-2022 22:53 UTC-7

Hellmuth Receives a Gift On His Return

Mike Patrick

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

The defending champion in this event, Phil Hellmuth has just taken his seat after missing the last eight days of action with COVID-19.

It didn't take him long to get into the mix, raising to 800 under the gun before a potential opponent on the button three-bet him.

Hellmuth came back with a four-bet to 8,000 and his opponent called.

Hellmuth drew one card and his opponent stood pat.

Both players then checked and Hellmuth declared "king".

"King what" replied his opponent, and Hellmuth rolled over .

Hellmuth's smooth king was good, with his opponent claiming he had king-ten.

"What a gift", commented a tablemate, as Hellmuth stacked chips for the first time in over a week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	33,000	33,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,500

06-13-2022 22:44 UTC-7

Glaser Leaves One Chip Behind

David Salituro

Level 7 : 400/800, 1,200 ante

Benny Glaser was nearly all in for 11,000, leaving just a single black 100 chip behind, and was called by Keith Lehr and Louis Abronson. All three players took one.

After the draw, Lehr threw out a 100 chip to put Glaser all in. "You know you can't bet that much. That's just disrespectful," Glaser replied.

Lehr was forced to put out the minimum bet of 800 and Abronson called, with Glaser throwing in his last chip.

Lehr showed an ace, Abronson a queen to take the side pot, while Glaser took the main pot with to triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Abronson	85,000
Benny Glaser	32,000	-4,000
Keith Lehr	11,500	11,500

Tags: Louis Abronson Keith Lehr Benny Glaser

06-13-2022 22:31 UTC-7

Schulman Doubles Up

David Salituro

Level 7 : 400/800, 1,200 ante

Nick Schulman was all in for his last 12,400 and awaiting the decision of his opponent.

"I might gamble with you," his opponent said before calling to put Schulman at risk. Both players took one.

Schulman was showing , while his opponent had a jack-low. Schulman peeled the on the draw to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	26,000	12,500

Tags: Nick Schulman

06-13-2022 22:23 UTC-7

Dzivielevski Snap-Calls With the Worst of It

David Salituro

Level 7 : 400/800, 1,200 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski and Yosuke Iwata had already built up a pot of around 28,000 going to the draw. Dzivielevski stood pat, while Iwata took one.

Dzivielevski led out with a bet of 3,500 before Iwata pushed his entire stack forward, around 15,000 more. Dzivielevski snap-called.

Iwata showed the Brazilian online legend and Dzivielevski mucked to take a chunk out of his chip stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yosuke Iwata	60,000	60,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	55,000

Tags: Yosuke Iwata Yuri Dzivielevski

06-13-2022 22:16 UTC-7

A Few Assorted Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : 400/800, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Maxx Coleman	66,000	44,000
Andrew Kelsall	41,500	6,500
Paul Fehlig	39,000	22,800
Greg Raymer	29,500	9,400
Roland Israelashvili	26,500	-3,100
David Williams	26,500	300
Michael Hartzheim	22,000	6,500
Stephen Moreschi	Busted