Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-13-2017 15:31 UTC-8

Xavier Kyablue Eliminated in 4th Place ($79,016)

Sam Cosby

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

John Monnette opened with a raise to 65,000. Next to act was Darren Elias and he called. Xavier Kyablue then moved all in from the small blind for roughly 580,000. Monette folded, but Elias called.

Kyablue took one card while Elias stood pat and showed . Kyablue flipped up and was drawing live, but he was dealt a to pair up and seal his elimination. For his fourth-place finish, he will take home $79,016.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	2,000,000 790,000	790,000

Xavier Kyablue	Busted

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette Xavier Kyablue

06-13-2017 15:40 UTC-8

Monnette Scoops a Monster

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

John Monnette opened to 65,000, Darren Elias three-bet to 240,000, and Monnette called.

They both drew one and Elias fired out a bet of 525,000. Monnette quickly called and Elias snap-mucked his hand. Monnette took down the huge pot without a showdown.

Monnette now holds more than half of the chips in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,600,000 762,000	762,000

Darren Elias	1,350,000 650,000	650,000

Per Hildebrand	650,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette

06-13-2017 15:48 UTC-8

Elias Falters; Hildebrand Doubles

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Sam Cosby

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Darren Elias opened with a raise to 75,000 from the small blind. Per Hildebrand called from the big. Elias took one while Hildebrand took two.

Elias then led out for 150,000. Hildebrand thought for a moment before moving all in for a total of 476,000. Elias thought for about a minute before calling.

Hildebrand showed . Elias was forced to table his and to send over the double-up to Hildebrand as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	1,105,000 455,000	455,000
Darren Elias	950,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Darren Elias Per Hildebrand

06-13-2017 16:05 UTC-8

Monnette Puts Pressure on Hildebrand

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Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened and John Monnette defended his big blind. Hildebrand drew two and Monnette swapped one.

Hildebrand led with a bet of 75,000 and folded when Monnette bumped it up to 175,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,560,000 40,000	40,000

Per Hildebrand	1,240,000 135,000	135,000
Darren Elias	800,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: John Monnette Per Hildebrand

06-13-2017 16:15 UTC-8

"Queen Good?"

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Sam Cosby

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 75,000 from the small blind. John Monnette called from the big. Monnette took two while Hildebrand took one.

As the dealer was dealing Monnette's two, one card was briefly exposed, showing the . The dealer and floor agreed and Monnette was dealt another card.

Hildebrand then bet 150,000. Monnette thought for a bit, then folded.

"Queen good?" Monnette asked. "My first card gave me a seven."

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,590,000 30,000	30,000

Per Hildebrand	1,230,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: John Monnette Per Hildebrand

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 7,000

06-13-2017 16:32 UTC-8

Elias Doubles Through Monnette

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

John Monnette open-jammed from the small blind and Darren Elias put himself at risk in the big blind.

Both drew one and tabled their hands. Elias revealed and drew a . Monnette has a and was drawing live. Monnette, unfortunately, paired his nine and Elias was awarded the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,450,000 140,000	140,000

Per Hildebrand	1,250,000 20,000	20,000
Darren Elias	900,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette

06-13-2017 16:42 UTC-8

Hildebrand Grabs a Three-Way Pot

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Sam Cosby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 80,000. Monnette called from the small blind, and Elias called from the big blind.

Monnette and Elias both took one while Hildebrand stood pat. All three players then checked. Monnette showed a . Elias mucked. Hildebrand showed and that was good to take down the whole pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,200,000 250,000	250,000

Per Hildebrand	1,450,000 200,000	200,000
Darren Elias	950,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: John Monnette Darren Elias Per Hildebrand

06-13-2017 17:02 UTC-8

Not Much Movement Last Couple Orbits

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

The three finalists are playing to win it right now. Each pot the last couple orbits has been opened and a few have even seen bets and calls after the draw phase.

All three have taken a sizeable pot off each other but their chip stacks have roughly remained the same.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	2,250,000 50,000	50,000

Per Hildebrand	1,350,000 100,000	100,000
Darren Elias	1,000,000 50,000	50,000

06-13-2017 17:07 UTC-8

Monnette Makes Two Folds

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Sam Cosby

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

Hand 1:

Darren Elias opened with a raise to 75,000 from the button. Monnette called from the big blind. Monnette took two and Elias took one.

Monnette then led with a bet of 130,000. Elias thought for a while before making it 425,000 total. Monnette then thought for a while and folded his hand.

Hand 2:

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 80,000 from the small blind. From the big blind Monnette made it 245,000. Hildebrand then opted to put in a reraise to 625,000 total. Monnette thought for a while before releasing his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,745,000 505,000	505,000

Per Hildebrand	1,610,000 260,000	260,000
Darren Elias	1,180,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette Per Hildebrand