Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Day 1 Completed

06-12-2017 02:22 UTC-7

Jon Turner Leads After Day 1 of the 2017 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Christian Zetzsche

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

Tags: Adam Owen Alexander Schwartz Ben Lamb Benny Glaser Chris Klodnicki Dan Smith Eric Wasserson Felipe Ramos Jason Mercier Jeffrey Lisandro Jen Harman John Monnette Jon Turner Max Kruse Mike Gorodinsky Mike Leah Mike Watson Nick Schulman Paul Volpe Phil Galfond Phil Hellmuth Philip Sternheimer Ray Dehkharghani Richard Ashby Robert Mizrachi Samuel Touil Shaun Deeb Stephen Chidwick

06-12-2017 02:13 UTC-7

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	367,300	-2,700
Mike Leah	361,500	-9,300
John Monnette	265,400	21,400
Robert Mizrachi	255,000	52,000
Shaun Deeb	230,700	-23,300
Xavier Kyablue	228,800	95,800
Phil Galfond	223,100	33,100
Mike Watson	218,600	85,600
Nick Schulman	186,000	25,000
Darren Elias	179,400	76,400
Per Hildebrand	173,400	60,400
Hertzel Zalewski	172,400	48,400
Galen Hall	170,600	70,600
Mark Gregorich	161,000	30,000
Mike Gorodinsky	109,000	-6,000
James Chen	106,700	-123,300
Jesse Martin	105,900	-26,100
Majid Yahyaei	102,400	21,400
John Racener	101,500	26,500
Bernard Lee	101,200	200
Paul Volpe	97,700	-42,300
Usman Siddique	96,700	62,700
Dario Sammartino	95,300	-26,700
Ray Dehkharghani	94,500	-25,500
Anthony Zinno	79,500	37,500

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06-12-2017 01:53 UTC-7

Five More Hands for Tonight

Christian Zetzsche

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.

06-12-2017 01:46 UTC-7

Benyamine Busts Wattel

[user270022]

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
David Benyamine	87,000	27,000
Mike Wattel	Busted

Tags: David Benyamine Mike Wattel

06-12-2017 01:42 UTC-7

Klodnicki Falls to Volpe

MrCleverFox

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
Paul Volpe	140,000	30,000
Chris Klodnicki	Busted

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 01:41 UTC-7

Hall and Turner Meet Again

Christian Zetzsche

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
Jon Turner	370,000	24,000
Galen Hall	100,000	-45,000

Tags: Galen Hall Jon Turner

06-12-2017 01:39 UTC-7

Top Three Stacks With 30 Minutes Left

[user270022]

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
Mike Leah	370,800	800
Jon Turner	346,000	31,000
Shaun Deeb	254,000	2,000

Tags: Jon Turner Mike Leah Ray Dehkharghani Shaun Deeb Galen Hall

06-12-2017 01:34 UTC-7

Kruse Gets a Little Bit From Deeb

MrCleverFox

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
Shaun Deeb	252,000	33,000
Max Kruse	112,000	33,000

Tags: Max Kruse Shaun Deeb

06-12-2017 01:28 UTC-7

Puchkov No More

Christian Zetzsche

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.