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

06-11-2017 17:04 UTC-8

Hall on a Tear

Sam Cosby

Level 3 : 250/500, 125 ante

After the draw, Galen Hall was facing off against Samuel Touil with just around 15,000 in the middle of the table already. Hall had a bet of 12,400 in front of him, and Touil was in the tank. He thought for just a bit before calling.

Hall turned up for an eighty-seven, and that was good enough to earn him the pot as Touil mucked.

Hall is the definitive chip leader at this point in the tournament, but seeing as this is a no-limit game, that could all change very quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	150,000 20,000	20,000

Samuel Touil	35,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Galen Hall Samuel Touil

06-11-2017 17:05 UTC-8

Lisandro Takes from Volpe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 250/500, 125 ante

Darren Elias raised to 1,500 from the cutoff, and Anthony Zinno called on the button. Jeff Lisandro called in the small blind before Jason Mercier three-bet to 9,600 in the big blind. That forced folds from all, while Paul Volpe was waiting to get dealt in.

Volpe's first hand saw him raise to 1,300, and Lisandro three-bet to 4,200 on the button. Once it folded back to Volpe, he called and drew one. Lisandro stood pat, and Volpe studied his opponent for some time before betting 18,000. Lisandro called after some brief consideration, and Volpe showed . Lisandro had that beat with and claimed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Lisandro	73,000 28,000	28,000

Jason Mercier	64,000 4,000	4,000

Paul Volpe	27,000 23,000	23,000

Anthony Zinno	18,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Jason Mercier Jeffrey Lisandro Paul Volpe

06-11-2017 17:15 UTC-8

Baxter Doubles Through Hildebrand

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 250/500, 125 ante

Steve Gee raised to 1,500, and Billy Baxter called before Per Hildebrand three-bet to 6,000. While Gee folded, Baxter called and left himself with just 6,775 behind. In the draw phase, both players took one card, and Hildebrand bet 20,000. Baxter called all in after carefully checking all his cards.

Hildebrand showed , and Baxter doubled up with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	69,000 8,000	8,000
Steve Gee	54,000 11,300	11,300
Billy Baxter	30,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Billy Baxter Per Hildebrand Steven Gee

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 150

06-11-2017 17:30 UTC-8

Big Batch of Updated Stacks

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Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	87,000 20,000	20,000
James Chen	87,000 44,800	44,800

Max Kruse	74,000 17,000	17,000

Christopher George	72,500 1,800	1,800
Mike Gorodinsky	72,000 1,600	1,600

Jeff Lisandro	70,000 3,000	3,000

Darren Elias	69,000 1,000	1,000

Dario Sammartino	66,000 12,500	12,500

David Benyamine	65,000 15,000	15,000

Philip Sternheimer	60,500 3,500	3,500

Jason Mercier	58,000 6,000	6,000

Steve Gee	55,000 1,000	1,000
Jon Turner	44,500 3,000	3,000

Jesse Martin	43,500 4,500	4,500

Nick Schulman	41,000 6,000	6,000

Marvin Karlins	37,000 11,000	11,000
Frank Kassela	34,000 24,000	24,000

Erik Seidel	33,000 17,000	17,000

Benny Glaser	26,000 24,000	24,000

Anthony Zinno	15,000 3,000	3,000

Jared Bleznick	13,500 12,500	12,500

Bernard Lee	7,000 4,000	4,000

06-11-2017 17:30 UTC-8

Three New Faces in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

Mike Watson, Daniel Alaei, and Robert Mizrachi have joined the field to boost the attendance to close to 50 entries. Registration and single re-entry remain available until the start of level nine around midnight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	50,000 50,000	50,000

Daniel Alaei	50,000 50,000	50,000

Robert Mizrachi	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Daniel Alaei Mike Watson Robert Mizrachi

06-11-2017 17:31 UTC-8

Sammartino Bluffs?

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Sam Cosby

Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

With roughly 14,000 alredy in the pot, Dario Sammartino and Mike Wattel headed to the draw. Wattel stood pat. Sammartino thought for a good while before releasing one of his cards for a new one.

Wattel then checked over to Sammartino. Sammatino thought for a second, then moved all in with a covering stack. Wattel didn't take too long to release.

"Yes!" Sammartino said, smiling and pumping his fist. Wattel shook his head as the pot was pushed Sammartino's way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	68,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Wattel	33,100 16,900	16,900

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Wattel

06-11-2017 17:40 UTC-8

Sternheimer Takes a Big Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

The draw was already complete, and Philip Sternheimer check-raised before shoving into a 12,000-chip reraise from Ray Dehkharghani. Dehkharghani gave it plenty of consideration and eventually called all in for 51,850, and his ended up as the winner.

Sternheimer briefly flashed his cards but couldn't beat his opponent and took a massive hit to his stack.

One hand later, Per Hildebrand raised to 1,700. Nick Schulman called, as did Dehkharghani in the big blind. All three players drew one, and the action checked to Hildebrand, who bet 5,000. Schulman folded, and Dehkhargani called. Hildebrand showed , and Dehkharghani had that beat with .

Then, Schulman raised to 2,000 on the button, and Dehkharghani three-bet to 7,000 in the small blind. Billy Baxter called in the big blind, and Schulman folded.

Both players drew one again, and Dehkharghani check-called a bet of 15,000. Baxter turned over , and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Dehkharghani	95,000 95,000	95,000

Billy Baxter	63,000 33,000	33,000

Nick Schulman	35,000 6,000	6,000

Philip Sternheimer	13,000 47,500	47,500

Tags: Billy Baxter Nick Schulman Philip Sternheimer Ray Dehkharghani

06-11-2017 17:46 UTC-8

New Entries and Exits

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Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

Chips are starting to move around quite significantly at the tables. Frank Kassela and Dan Smith have busted and re-entered, and Jennifer Harman, Jean-Robert Bellande, Eric Wasserson, Randy Ohel, and Matthew Szymaszek have all joined the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	50,000 16,000	16,000

Dan Smith	50,000

Jennifer Harman	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	50,000 50,000	50,000

Eric Wasserson	50,000 50,000	50,000

Randy Ohel	50,000 50,000	50,000

Matthew Szymaszek	50,000 50,000	50,000

06-11-2017 17:49 UTC-8

Marvin Karlins Loses Most of It

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Sam Cosby

Level 4 : 300/600, 150 ante

With 30,000 already in the middle and the draw already complete, Jeff Lisandro and Marvin Karlins checked over to Darren Elias, who was on the button. Elias bet 27,000. Lisandro quickly pitched his cards away, but Karlins called.

Elias showed for a nine-seven, and that was good. Karlins quickly showed a ten-low that was mucked, leaving him with just 1,000 chips, while Elias eclipsed the 100,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	121,000 52,000	52,000

Jeff Lisandro	59,100 10,900	10,900

Marvin Karlins	1,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jeffrey Lisandro Marvin Karlins