Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Day 1 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Day: 1
Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
Event 13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw attracted a total of 266 entries and at the end of ten levels it is Alex Foxen leading the remaining 50 players ahead of Day 2 which kicks off at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
A star-studded field was expected, and the railbirds were not left disappointed, with James Obst, Jared Bleznick, Daniel Hiraman and Chris Bjorin returning from their Mixed Triple Draw final tables yesterday, along with some major names from the world of mixed games including Benny Glaser, Paul Volpe, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, and Randy Ohel.
Bleznick, Naoya Kihara and Tom Schneider all held the chip lead, before Foxen muscled his way to the top of the leaderboard, and bagged up a stack of 147,850 to take into Day 2.
Big names such as Billy Baxter Barry Greenstein both bust shortly before the end of the day, but there is still a whole host of big names left in the field including Phil Hellmuth (46,000), Anthony Zinno (51,450), Benny Glaser (56,000), Frank Kassela (35,500) and James Obst (25,575).
With 40 players making the money, the bubble is expected to bust fairly quickly on Wednesday, ensuring all players a min-cash worth $2,271. However, all 50 will be setting their sights a little further at the $89,151 and a WSOP gold bracelet that awaits them up top.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | Steven Tabb | United States | 48,150 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Ty Stafford | United States | 30,700 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 4 | Gerald Tejada | United States | 46,550 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | James Obst | Australia | 25,575 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Matt Waxman | United States | 5,725 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Samuel Rubin | United States | 32,275 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 33,425 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 51,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | JC Tran | United States | 46,050 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Vincent Dungan | United States | 31,925 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | Samuel Spiwak | United States | 15,425 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Ming Zhu | United States | 19,825 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | Craig Chait | United States | 78,125 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 2 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 71,000 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 3 | Bradley Helm | United States | 40,000 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 4 | James Woods | United States | 37,900 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 5 | Xavier Kyablue | United States | 23,600 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 6 | Marco Johnson | United States | 9,825 |
| Brasilia | 709 | 7 | Daniel Hirleman | United States | 28,000 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 1 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 32,000 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 2 | Benjamin Parker | United States | 10,305 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 3 | Bernard Lee | United States | 25,800 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 4 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 51,450 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 56,000 |
| Brasilia | 710 | 7 | Daniel Harmetz | United States | 50,000 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 1 | Max Kruse | Germany | 53,050 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 2 | Georgii Belianin | United States | 91,050 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 4 | Rep Porter | United States | 52,625 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 5 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 46,225 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 6 | Adam Crawford | Canada | 39,300 |
| Brasilia | 711 | 7 | Phillip Hui | United States | 35,700 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 1 | Ben Ponzio | United States | 54,500 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 2 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 55,500 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 3 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 26,650 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 5 | Marvin Karlins | United States | 38,875 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 6 | Tom Schneider | United States | 78,400 |
| Brasilia | 712 | 7 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 16,650 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 55,300 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Steve Rassi | United States | 13,975 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Stanislav Komsky | United States | 14,050 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Alex Foxen | United States | 147,850 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Robin Rightmire | United States | 20,375 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Ryan Lenaghan | United States | 27,525 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Grant Oen | United States | 17,750 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Frederick Li | United States | 39,575 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Timothy Mcguigan | United States | 21,075 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Eric Rodawig | United States | 16,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Frank Kassela | United States | 35,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 60,550 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | James Scott | United States | 37,200 |
Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
With just about an hour to go in play on Day 1 of Event #13: $1,500 2-7 No-Limit Lowball Draw, Phil Hellmuth knocked out a player to give him 55,000 and an almost certain Day 2 seat.
The action started when a player raised from middle position and Hellmuth was in the big blind.
Hellmuth leaned over and pointed at his opponent's remaining stack.
"Is that all you have left?" he asked. "I'm gonna raise."
Hellmuth put out 5,000 and his opponent called. Hellmuth stood pat with 
. His opponent showed 
and drew a to pair and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
Bryce Yockey was in the small blind and went all in for 7,575. Matt Waxman was in the big blind and called after getting the exact count.
Yockey drew one and Waxman stood pat.
Waxman had a nine and Yockey was drawing to an eight. Yockey peeled the 
to make 
and double through Waxman.
A couple hands later, Waxman shoved all in from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
10,200
|
10,200 |
|
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|
7,100
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
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Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
Billy Baxter was all in for his last 6,900 and Ben Ponzio had called.
Baxter checked, saying "I'm good."
"If you're good," said Ponzio, "Then I've got to make a decision."
In the end Ponzio stood pat and announced a ten 
.
"You got it," replied Baxter, showing before getting to his feet and exiting the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
The player under the gun raised to 2,200 and Bernard Lee called in the hijack. The small blind also called and then drew two. Both remaining players drew one.
It checked to Lee who bet 4,200. The small blind folded but the initial raiser called.
Lee showed 
and won the pot. He's now sitting on close to 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
Steven Wolansky opened from the cutoff and the small blind called.
The small blind drew one and Wolansky two. His opponent then bet 3,000 and after some thought Wolansky called.
"Pair of fives," was declared, and Wolansky won the pot with a 
.
"Nice call," said his opponent as Wolansky scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
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Level 10
: 400/800, 200 ante
Three-time WSOP bracelet winner Benny Glaser's birthday as the players enter the final level of the night. Glaser is turning 28 and Ismael Bojang is "already drinking for him."
"Benny, you gotta get a drink for your birthday," said Bojang, "Cocktails!" he called out.
At the time Bojang was short stacked and would be knocked out shortly after, but not before receiving his drink order.
Meanwhile, Craig Chait and JC Tran were heads up after Tran opened with a raise to 1,700. Chait called from the small blind and James Obst folded from the big blind.
"Really! I can't get a squeeze out of you?" said Chait to Obst.
Chait then drew one.
"You're supposed to pat a wheel after you say that, not draw one," said Tran.
Tran also drew one. Chait checked and Tran bet 2,500.
"It says if you think someone is bluffing you can call with a pair of fours," Chait thought out loud before folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
53,000
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
||
|
45,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
41,700
3,900
|
3,900 |
|
||
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
31,000
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
Busted | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 200
Level 9
: 300/600, 150 ante
A player in early position opened to 2,000 and Samuel Spiwak three-bet all in for 7,025. The big blind cold-called and the original raiser called.
All three players drew one, and the two players still live in the hand checked as well.
The first player showed . The second showed a King-low and mucked his hand meaning that Spiwak was drawing live with .
He drew a and after a quick cursory glance towards his opponent's jack, he smiled and raked in the pot to triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
