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

06-12-2017 21:34 UTC-8

Table 718, Paul Volpe Opens Three Hands In a Row

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,500 ante

After two quick eliminations, the action has settled slightly. Konstantin Maslak was moved to balance the tables, and Darren Elias and Paul Volpe have about 200,000 more chips than the rest of their tablemates.

Volpe just opened three hands in a row:

The first hand, Volpe opened to 18,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
The second hand, Volpe opened again to 18,000, and Per Hildebrand called from the small blind. Each player drew one and then checked. Hildebrand won the hand with a better queen,
Volpe opened to 18,000 for the third hand in a row, and Xavier Kyablue and Jon Turner both called from the blinds. All three players drew one, and Kyablie led for 40,000. Turner folded, and Volpe took about 30 seconds before folding, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	585,000 25,000	25,000

Paul Volpe	522,000 17,000	17,000

Per Hildebrand	325,000 95,000	95,000
Jon Turner	324,000 111,000	111,000

Xavier Kyablue	308,000 10,500	10,500

James Chen	186,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jon Turner Konstantin Maslak Paul Volpe Per Hildebrand Xavier Kyablue

06-12-2017 21:38 UTC-8

Chen's Jack is Better Than Volpe's

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Mickey Doft

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,500 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 18,000 from the small blind, James Chen called from the big blind, and both players drew two.

Volpe bet 36,500, and Chen called.

Volpe showed a jack-eight, but Chen tabled for a jack-seven to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	455,000 67,000	67,000

James Chen	260,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: James Chen Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 21:42 UTC-8

Kyablue Takes from Turner, Sammartino From Watson

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,500 ante

Xavier Kyablue raised to 18,000 on the button, and Jon Turner three-bet to 65,000 in the small blind, which Kyablue called. Turner stood pat, and Kyablue drew one. Turner continued with a bet of 65,000, and Kyablue eventually called. Turner announced a queen and sent his cards into the muck when Kyablue showed .

Over on the other table, Dario Sammartino raised to 18,000, John Monnette called in the small blind, and Mike Watson called in the big blind. Watson was the only player to draw two, while Sammartino and Monnette took one card each. Monnette and Watson checked, and Sammartino bet 47,000.

While Monnette quickly folded, Watson spent more than two minutes without making a decision, and the clock was called on him. Half a minute passed, and with around 28 seconds left, Watson called. Sammartino rolled over and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Kyablue	565,000 257,000	257,000

Mike Watson	388,000 42,000	42,000

Dario Sammartino	290,000 70,000	70,000

Jon Turner	180,000 144,000	144,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino John Monnette Jon Turner Mike Watson Xavier Kyablue

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 2,000

06-12-2017 21:52 UTC-8

Table 719: John Monnette Has the Lead

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Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 2,000 ante

John Monnette is the table chip leader by 300,000. He is the whole tournament's chip leader by about 200,000 and in good shape with 12 remaining in the $10,000 2-7 No-Limit Lowball Championship.

Mike Leah and Mike Watson have built their stacks up over 400,000 after each being down to roughly 100,000 earlier today. Konstantin Maslak was moved to the table about an hour ago to balance after Shaun Deeb's elimination.

Below are the other counts from table 719.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	755,000 35,000	35,000

Mike Leah	436,500 51,500	51,500

Mike Watson	409,000 21,000	21,000

Mike Gorodinsky	245,000 103,000	103,000

Dario Sammartino	229,000 61,000	61,000

Konstantin Maslak	144,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: John Monnette Konstantin Maslak Mike Leah Mike Watson Shaun Deeb

06-12-2017 21:54 UTC-8

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06-12-2017 21:55 UTC-8

Sammartino Builds His Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 2,000 ante

From under the gun, Mike Leah made it 20,000 to go, and Konstantin Maslak called from one seat over. Mike Watson also called in the big blind, and the trio drew one card each. There was no betting action, and Watson rolled over as the winning hand.

Dario Sammartino raised to 22,000 the next hand and claimed the blinds and antes before making it 22,000 to go again right after. Watson called on the button, and they drew one each. Sammartino checked, and Watson bet 60,000, which the Italian called.

"I have a pair — a big pair," Watson said and showed nines. Sammartino tabled and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	410,000 26,500	26,500

Dario Sammartino	380,000 151,000	151,000

Mike Watson	380,000 29,000	29,000

Konstantin Maslak	108,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Konstantin Maslak Mike Leah Mike Watson

06-12-2017 22:02 UTC-8

Chen Doubles Through Elias

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Mickey Doft

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 2,000 ante

James Chen opened to 22,000 from the cutoff, Darren Elias three-bet to 70,000 from the button, Chen four-bet shoved for 205,000, and Elias tanked for a bit before he called.

Chen stood pat, Elias drew one, and Chen fanned .

Elias was drawing dead, showing to give Chen the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	434,000 174,000	174,000

Darren Elias	430,000 155,000	155,000

Tags: Darren Elias James Chen

06-12-2017 22:05 UTC-8

Maslak Doubles Through Watson

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Mickey Doft

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 2,000 ante

Mike Watson raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Konstantin Maslak three-bet shoved from the button for 103,500, and Watson called.

Watson drew one and Maslak stood pat with . Watson was drawing dead with an eight-seven draw, giving Maslak the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	273,000 107,000	107,000

Konstantin Maslak	220,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Konstantin Maslak Mike Watson

06-12-2017 22:14 UTC-8

Konstantin Maslak Eliminated in 12th Place ($15,333)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 2,000 ante

Soon after his double up, Konstantin Maslak was all in and at risk again. Mike Watson raised to 20,000 on the button and Mike Leah called in the small blind. Maslak three-bet all in for around 235,000 and Watson folded. Leah gave it some consideration and called, then stood pat.

Maslak checked his cards carefully and drew one before the following cards were tabled.

Konstantin Maslak:
Mike Leah:

Maslak didn't squeeze his last card, but instead turned it over within a matter of moments and revealed a to join the rail in 12th place. He receives $15,333 for his efforts and all remaining 11 hopefuls are now guaranteed at least $19,187.

After the showdown was over, Dario Sammartino turned over to the other table and joked "guys, what are you doing? We are busting everyone," as the third casualty in the money had been on this very table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	670,000 260,000	260,000

Mike Watson	250,000 23,000	23,000

Konstantin Maslak	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Maslak Mike Leah Mike Watson Dario Sammartino