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

06-11-2017 18:58 UTC-8

Hellmuth Enters

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Defending champion Jason Mercier was eliminated and re-entered, and another familiar face followed right after him with a ticket in hand. It was 14-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth that joined the field and increased the number of entries to 66.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	50,000 50,000	50,000

Jason Mercier	50,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Phil Hellmuth

06-11-2017 19:00 UTC-8

Glaser Wins the Battle of the Jacks

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Sam Cosby

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Benny Glaser opened with a raise to 2,300. It folded around to Dan Smith, who raised to 7,300. Everyone folded back to Glaser, and he called.

Smith stood pat, while Glaser took one. Then, both players checked.

Smith turned over , but Glaser showed .

"When you said, 'Check,' I thought you said, 'Jack,'" Smith said. Glaser's jack-low was best, and he took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	48,500 22,500	22,500

Dan Smith	38,200 11,800	11,800

Tags: Benny Glaser Dan Smith

06-11-2017 19:00 UTC-8

Alaei Gets Value on the River

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Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

with about 30,000 in the middle, Daniel Alaei tosses out a bet of 16,000 after the draw phase. His heads-up opponent Samuel Touil thought briefly before making the call.

Alaei tabled a ten-eight and Touil mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	121,000 71,000	71,000

Samuel Touil	54,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Daniel Alaei Samuel Touil

06-11-2017 19:03 UTC-8

Siddique No More

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

The draw was already complete, and Usman Siddique bet 8,200. Mike Gorodinsky raised to 30,000, and Paul Volpe was still to act with about double that behind. After some consideration, Volpe let it go, and Siddique also folded. A call would have resulted in his all in, as the Brit was suddenly pushed to the short stack.

One table over, Max Kruse raised to 2,800 in the small blind, and Dario Sammartino three-bet to 7,500 in the big blind. Kruse called, and both players drew one. No betting action followed, and Sammartino showed a king, which was enough to win the pot as Kruse quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Gorodinsky	124,000 18,000	18,000

Dario Sammartino	105,000 37,000	37,000

Paul Volpe	56,000 6,000	6,000

Max Kruse	55,000 17,000	17,000

Usman Siddique	14,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Max Kruse Mike Gorodinsky Paul Volpe Usman Siddique

06-11-2017 19:13 UTC-8

One Each for Glaser and Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Bernard Lee raised from under the gun and called a three-bet to 7,000 by Benny Glaser. Lee drew one, and Glaser stood pat. Both players checked. Glaser showed and won the pot.

One hand later, Glaser raised to 2,400, and Lee called in the big blind. This time, both players drew one card and checked. Lee showed and gained some chips back on his second bullet. Ben Lamb had to re-enter, as well, after having been eliminated only a few minutes ago, and he took a seat next to Glaser.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	54,000 5,500	5,500

Bernard Lee	54,000 4,000	4,000
Ben Lamb	50,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Benny Glaser Bernard Lee

06-11-2017 19:13 UTC-8

Schulman Nearly Through His Second Bullet; Szymaszek Doubles

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Sam Cosby

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Nick Schulman opened with a raise to 2,500. Jared Bleznick called before Matthew Szymaszek raised to 12,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Schulman, and he moved all in with a stack that covered both Bleznick and Szymaszek. Bleznick quickly folded. Szymaszek thought for a moment, then called.

Both players stood pat. Szymaszek showed . Schulman turned up , which was second-best, and he was forced to send over roughly 45,000 chips to Szymaszek.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Szymaszek	93,500 43,500	43,500
Nick Schulman	10,500 39,500	39,500

Tags: Jared Bleznick Matthew Szymaszek Nick Schulman

06-11-2017 19:17 UTC-8

Four More Late Arrivals

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Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	50,000 50,000	50,000

Phil Galfond	50,000 50,000	50,000

Konstantin Maslak	50,000 50,000	50,000

Shaun Deeb	50,000

06-11-2017 19:23 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	113,000 22,000	22,000

Dario Sammartino	87,000 18,000	18,000

Mike Watson	80,000 30,000	30,000

James Chen	66,000 21,000	21,000

Jesse Martin	65,000 21,500	21,500

David Benyamine	64,000 1,000	1,000

Billy Baxter	55,000 8,000	8,000

Erik Seidel	55,000 22,000	22,000

Jeff Lisandro	48,000 11,100	11,100

Robert Mizrachi	45,000 5,000	5,000

Jennifer Harman	29,000 21,000	21,000

Konstantin Puchkov	27,000 11,000	11,000

Jared Bleznick	25,000 25,000	25,000

Jon Turner	23,000 21,500	21,500

Mike Wattel	20,000 13,100	13,100

06-11-2017 19:27 UTC-8

A Rush for Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 400/800, 200 ante

Bernard Lee first took a pot off Marvin Karlins with a ninety-eight and soon after was paid off by Ben Lamb for 3,100 when showing a to boost his stack on the second bullet.

Lamb got the chips back the next hand, though, when he faced a raise to 2,000 by Mike Watson in the hijack and three-bet to 7,000 on the button. Watson called, and both players stood pat. Lamb bet 9,000, and Watson called, but he quickly mucked after being shown .