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

06-13-2022 18:41 UTC-7

Matusow Barrels Into Three Players

David Salituro

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

Four players, including Mike Matusow and Frank Kassela, each put in 1,200 before the draw. Matusow stood pat, Kassela and a middle position player took two, and the player on the button took one.

Action checked to Matusow after the draw and he fired out a bet of 5,000. The middle position player quickly folded, while the button took his time before also deciding to fold. Kassela gave up his cards as Matusow showed a 9-7 to take down the multi-way pot.

"Against three players and two-card draws, I'm not checking that," Matusow said.

"I didn't even want to call," Kassela added after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	44,000 11,000	11,000

Frank Kassela	16,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Frank Kassela Mike Matusow

06-13-2022 18:44 UTC-7

Ramos Takes From Zhu

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

Felipe Ramos raised to 1,500 in the cutoff and was called by the button and Yueqi Zhu in the small blind.

Each player drew one and after the draw, it was Zhu leading out for 3,300.

Ramos called and the button folded.

Ramos showed for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ramos	39,500 10,400	10,400

Yueqi Zhu	25,200 -7,800	-7,800

Tags: Yueqi Zhu Felipe Ramos

06-13-2022 18:46 UTC-7

Another Assortment of Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	61,700 29,400	29,400
Jake Schwartz	52,000 12,000	12,000
Todd Brunson	41,500 -500	-500

Brian Hastings	39,800

Stephen Moreschi	28,400 4,900	4,900
Kevin Gerhart	24,800 -6,200	-6,200

Greg Raymer	20,100 -3,400	-3,400

Gershon Distenfeld	14,600 -12,400	-12,400

06-13-2022 18:52 UTC-7

Golden Nugget to Host $1,100 Buy-In, $1,000,000 GTD PokerNews Cup June 24-28

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

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06-13-2022 18:56 UTC-7

Lang Has Distenfeld Drawing Dead

David Salituro

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

Mike Lang and Gershon Distenfeld already had the rest of Distenfeld's 12,500 in the middle heading for the draw. Lang had 9-7-6-5-4.

"I'm drawing dead," Distenfeld said before even getting his new cards, showing a 10-low.

"No rebuys. I'm off until tomorrow," he said as his tournament came to an end.

According to the table, Distenfeld had four-bet shoved before the draw, Lang had re-shoved, and the player on the button folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Lang	31,000 31,000	31,000
Gershon Distenfeld	Busted

Tags: Gershon Distenfeld Mike Lang

06-13-2022 19:09 UTC-7

Shack-Harris Stacking Big After Busting D'Angelo

David Salituro

Level 4 : 200/400, 600 ante

Ryan D'Angelo had a raise of 5,000 in front of him from the button, while Brandon Shack-Harris in the small blind had splashed in enough red 5,000 chips to put D'Angelo all in for his last 28,000.

D'Angelo spent several minutes in the tank before calling, but he gave out a disappointed groan when Shack-Harris turned over 9-8-7-5-3 to win the pot and built a chip lead-contending stack just before the break.