Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship Day 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-30-2023 16:07 UTC-7

Elezra Leaves Li Short

Chris Land

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Eli Elezra raised to 13,000 from the cutoff before seeing Yingui Li put in a three-bet to 38,000 from the button.

Elezra, clearly far from done raising the action, slid out a four-bet to 103,000. Li though briefly before putting in the call, leaving himself only 45,500 in stack headed to the draw.

Elezra said, "I'm pat" as Li drew one.

Elezra stood from the table and put out a bet big enough to set Li all in then walked to the rail to have a short conversation with a friend. He came back quickly enough to watch Li peel his drawn card and toss a queen into the middle of the table, saying, "Shit!" before tossing his other four cards into the muck.

Elezra said, "You were drawing dead" before tossing his own cards in the muck and collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	608,000 412,000	412,000

Yingui Li	45,500 -214,500	-214,500

Tags: Eli Elezra Yingui Li

06-30-2023 14:31 UTC-7

Prizepool and Payouts

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

With late registration now closed, the prizepool and payouts have been confirmed. A total of 154 entries generated a prizepool of $1,432,200 that will be split amongst the top 24 finishers. Anyone who finishes in the money is guaranteed a minimum of $16,000 with $367,599 and a WSOP gold bracelet set to go the eventual winner's way.

06-30-2023 14:27 UTC-7

Shak Makes Obst Break a Better Ten, Leaves Him on Fumes

Chris Land

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Dan Shak raised to 7,500 and faced a three-bet from James Obst on the button to 25,000. Shak jammed for around 105,000 and Obst made the call.

Shak stood pat which sent Obst into the tank to decide if he needed to break his hand and draw to a better low. After a few minutes, he decided to draw one.

Dan Shak: 10♥8♦6♥5♦4♦
James Obst: 8♠5♣3♣2♠

Once the hands were up, it was clear that Obst had broken a better ten and was now drawing to beat Shak's ten-eight low. Unfortunately for Obst, he drew the 3♥ to pair his three and send the pot to Shak, leaving himself with half a big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	222,000 99,000	99,000

James Obst	1,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Dan Shak James Obst

06-30-2023 12:10 UTC-7

Stacked Field Returns for Day 2 of Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship

Cottrell van Wingerden

Day 2 of Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas sees 54 players return from a total of 126 Day 1 entries. That number will likely change, however, as late registration remains open until the start of the day.

A stacked field turned out for the high buy-in version of what many believe to be the purest form of poker. While Michael Moncek was able to bag the biggest with 452,000, his advantage heading into the day can only be considered slight given the level of competition he will be up against. For example, all five top place finishers in the $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw remain in contention with 4th place Jon Turner bagging an impressive 270,000, good for third in the chip counts.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Michael Moncek	United States	452,000
2	Galen Hall	United States	298,000
3	Jon Turner	United States	270,000
4	Yingui Li	China	260,000
5	Ryan Riess	United States	256,500
6	Jason Mercier	United States	255,500
7	Pedro Bromfman	Brazil	240,000
8	Paul Volpe	United States	233,500
9	Robert Wells	United Kingdom	232,000
10	Cary Katz	United States	221,000

Other top pros returning for Day 2 include defending champion Pedro Bromfman (240,000), four time bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Fame nominee Mike Matusow (216,000) and the expert on the triple draw version of this game, Daniel Negreanu (201,000).

Day 2 restarts at 1 p.m. in the Paris Purple section with blinds resuming at 1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 ante. Levels will be 90-minutes in length for the remainder of the tournament and the plan heading into the day is to whittle the field down to five players.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as its live reporting team continues to provide coverage of Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship through to its conclusion.

Tags: Cary Katz Daniel Negreanu Galen Hall Jason Mercier Jon Turner Michael Moncek Mike Matusow Paul Volpe Pedro Bromfman Robert Wells Ryan Riess Yingui Li