Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Day 1 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$864,800
Entries
92
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
15,000
Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
After a rather slow start, the field of the 2017 World Series of Poker Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship consistently grew and ultimately resulted in 67 unique entries and 25 re-entries, creating a field of 92 entries and total prize pool of $864,800. The top 14 spots will receive at least $15,333 for their efforts and the winner can look forward to a payday of $256,610 and the elusive golden bracelet this upcoming Tuesday, June 13th.
Ten levels of 60 minutes each were played on Day 1 and just 30 hopefuls bagged up chips for the night with Jon "Pearljammer" Turner (367,300) and Mike Leah (361,500) at the top of the counts. Other big stacks and notables in a field filled with big names of the international poker circuit include John Monnette (265,400), Robert Mizrachi (255,000), Shaun Deeb (230,700), 2016 runner-up Mike Watson (218,600) and Mike Gorodinsky (109,000).
While defending champion Jason Mercier was eliminated twice during the first eight levels, four former winners of this prestigious event bagged up chips for Day 2. This includes Phil Galfond (223,100), Nick Schulman (186,000), Jesse Martin (105,900), and Paul Volpe (97,700). Mercier busted the Event #21: $1,500 8-Game Mix 6-Handed before the money and didn't get much going on his first entry of 2-7 Lowball Draw either, took another shot and three-bet all in with a pat jack-eight. Alexander Schwartz drew one with an eighty-seven and spiked a ten to get there.
Record 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth entered late and was also among several players to join the rail twice without anything to show for. On his second attempt, Hellmuth called a four-bet by Shaun Deeb for most of his stack. Both drew one and Hellmuth and received an ace, while Deeb raked in the pot with a seventy-six. Others that busted two times included Samuel Touil, Ben Lamb, Dan Smith, Adam Owen and Philip Sternheimer.
Chris Klodnicki, Eric Wasserson Stephen Chidwick, Felipe Ramos, Richard Ashby, Jennifer Harman, Ben Tollerne, football striker Max Kruse and Benny Glaser were among those to join the competition late on and also failed to advance. Glaser lost a bigger pot in the last level of the night when Ray Dehkharghani drew a better low and lost the remainder of his short stack to Jeff Lisandro.
The $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship in Numbers
| Year | Champion | Entries | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | to be determined | 92 | $256,610 |
| 2016 | Jason Mercier | 100 | $273,335 |
| 2015 | Phil Galfond | 77 | $224,383 |
| 2014 | Paul Volpe | 87 | $253,524 |
| 2013 | Jesse Martin | 87 | $253,524 |
| 2012 | Nick Schulman | 101 | $294,321 |
The action will resume with level 11 and blinds of 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 700. A total of ten levels are scheduled and the action will recommence at 2 p.m. local time. As usual, PokerNews will be your one stop shop for all you need to know.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 715 | 1 | Jon Turner | United States | 367,300 | 122 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 2 | James Chen | Taiwan | 106,700 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 186,000 | 62 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 5 | David Benyamine | United States | 67,800 | 23 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 6 | John Monnette | United States | 265,400 | 88 |
| Brasilia | 715 | 7 | Darren Elias | United States | 179,400 | 60 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 1 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 161,000 | 54 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 95,300 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 3 | Xavier Kyablue | United States | 228,800 | 76 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 4 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 109,000 | 36 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 6 | Majid Yahyaei | United States | 102,400 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 716 | 7 | Mike Watson | Canada | 218,600 | 73 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 1 | Mike Leah | Canada | 361,500 | 121 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 2 | Phil Galfond | United States | 223,100 | 74 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 3 | John Racener | United States | 101,500 | 34 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 4 | Galen Hall | United States | 170,600 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 6 | Hertzel Zalewski | United States | 172,400 | 57 |
| Brasilia | 717 | 7 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 55,800 | 19 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 1 | Paul Volpe | United States | 97,700 | 33 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 2 | Jesse Martin | United States | 105,900 | 35 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 3 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 50,900 | 17 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 4 | Konstantin Maslak | Russia | 66,200 | 22 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 79,500 | 27 |
| Brasilia | 718 | 7 | Per Hildebrand | Sweden | 173,400 | 58 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 1 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 255,000 | 85 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 2 | Erik Seidel | United States | 76,300 | 25 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 3 | Usman Siddique | United Kingdom | 96,700 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 5 | Ray Dehkharghani | United States | 94,500 | 32 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 6 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 230,700 | 77 |
| Brasilia | 719 | 7 | Bernard Lee | United States | 101,200 | 34 |
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
367,300
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
361,500
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
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265,400
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
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|
255,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
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230,700
23,300
|
23,300 |
|
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|
228,800
95,800
|
95,800 |
|
||
|
223,100
33,100
|
33,100 |
|
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|
218,600
85,600
|
85,600 |
|
|
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|
186,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
179,400
76,400
|
76,400 |
|
||
|
173,400
60,400
|
60,400 |
|
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172,400
48,400
|
48,400 |
|
170,600
70,600
|
70,600 |
|
|
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|
161,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
109,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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|
106,700
123,300
|
123,300 |
|
|
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|
105,900
26,100
|
26,100 |
|
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102,400
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
101,500
26,500
|
26,500 |
|
|
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101,200
200
|
200 |
|
97,700
42,300
|
42,300 |
|
|
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96,700
62,700
|
62,700 |
|
95,300
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
|
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94,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
|
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79,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
|
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left on the level and five more hands will be played for tonight.
Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
David Benyamine moved all-in and Mike Wattel called for less, putting his tournament life on the line.
Wattel stood pat while Benyamine drew one. Wattel tabled a 
and Benyamine drew to a 
edging Wattel and sending him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
With all the money in the middle of the table before the draw phase, Chirs Klodnicki took one card against Volpe's pat hand. Volpe turned up 
for a jack-eight low. Klodnicki needed to catch something lower than a jack that wasn't a pair to complete his , but instead, he drew a 
and that sent him to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
Jon Turner raised and Galen Hall called out of the small blind. Both players drew one and Turner bet 7,500. Hall raised it up to what appeared to be 20,500 and Turner called.
Hall confidently rolled over his 
for a ninety-seven and Turner showed for the slightly superior hand. "Again?" Hall sighed and dropped back. Both had clashed several times over the last few hours and Turner got the best of Hall most of the time to keep adding to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
100,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
Mike Leah and Jon Turner have been atop the leaderboard for most of this evening, the latter being on his second bullet. Shaun Deeb is closing in on them and may have a chance to catch them as a table has broken sending Leah to the immediate left of Turner, and Deeb to a table with much smaller stacks.
Turner just picked up a nice chunk after taking a hand from Ray Dehkharghani that also involved Galen Hall. A three-bet pot saw Hall and Turner draw one with Dehkarghani staying pat.
Dehkarghani and Hall checked and Turner bet 18,500. Dehkarghani thought for a few moments before making the call. Turner flipped over an and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
370,800
800
|
800 |
|
|
||
|
|
346,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
254,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
Max Kruse opened with a raise to 6,500. Action folded to Shaun Deeb who reraised to 21,000. Kruse called.
Deeb took one while Kruse stood pat. Both players then checked. "Ten-seven," Deeb announced. Kruse showed though for a ninety-eight and that was good to take the pot and give Kruse a little breathing room here close to the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
252,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
112,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
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Level 10
: 1,200/2,400, 600 ante
Robert Mizrachi and Phil Galfond are building their stacks in the last level of the night and share the same table.
After the drawing phase was completed, Galfond bet 23,000 out of the small blind and Mike Watson called in the big blind. Initial raiser Mike Gorodinsky folded from early position and Galfond announced a seventy-six before turning over . Watson mucked and the pot was shipped to Galfond.
The very next hand, Konstantin Puchkov moved all in for his last 36,000. Robert Mizrachi called out of the big blind and stood pat, tabling his . Puchkov drew one card and showed , his final card was an ace and that was it for Puchkov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
203,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
115,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
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Busted | |
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