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

06-12-2017 23:24 UTC-8

Mike Gorodinsky Moving Up

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 2,500 ante

Mike Gorodinsky and Mike Leah were heading to the draw phase each in for 25,000. Both players drew one.

Leah checked and Gorodinsky bet 42,000. Leah called and Gorodinsky showed . Leah mucked.

Below are the rest of the chip counts from their table.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,012,000 60,500	60,500

Mike Leah	630,000 115,000	115,000

Mike Gorodinsky	355,000 20,000	20,000

Paul Volpe	320,000 123,000	123,000

Dario Sammartino	240,000 30,500	30,500

06-12-2017 23:29 UTC-8

Sammartino Folds to Shove; Doubles After

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 2,500 ante

Dario Sammartino raised to 25,000 and Paul Volpe called out of the big blind. Volpe drew two and Sammartino drew one. Volpe checked and Sammartino bet 42,000 before facing the check-raise all in of Volpe. After plenty of consideration, Sammartino folded and was left short.

Sammartino shoved the next hand and John Monnette asked for a count. The all in was for 70,500 and Monnette called on the button. Both players stood pat and Sammartino announced a ten. "Go ahead," Monnette said and Sammartino showed .

Monnette briefly showed his slightly inferior and Sammartino doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,030,000 18,000	18,000

Paul Volpe	410,000 90,000	90,000

Dario Sammartino	148,000 92,000	92,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino John Monnette Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 23:46 UTC-8

Per Hildebrand Gets Value With a Jack

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Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 2,500 ante

Per Hildebrand opened to 30,000 and Darren Elias called from the big blind. Both players drew one and Elias checked. Hildebrand bet 45,000. Elias called and Hildebrand won with .

Below are the chip counts for the other players at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Kyablue	697,000 78,000	78,000

James Chen	404,000 84,000	84,000

Per Hildebrand	376,000 44,000	44,000
Darren Elias	285,000 65,000	65,000

06-12-2017 23:54 UTC-8

Dario Sammartino Eliminated in 9th Place ($19,187)

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 2,500 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 26,000 from under the gun, Dario Sammartino three-bet shoved from the button for 87,000, and Volpe called.

Volpe stood pat, Sammartino drew one, and Volpe fanned . Sammartino was drawing dead with and he was eliminated on the unofficial final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	597,000 187,000	187,000

Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Dario Sammartino Paul Volpe

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 3,000

06-13-2017 00:04 UTC-8

Updated Counts, Unofficial Final Table

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 3,000 ante

John Monnette has over a 300,000 chip lead heading into the unofficial final table. Each remaining player is guaranteed $24,498.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,010,000 20,000	20,000

Xavier Kyablue	639,000 58,000	58,000

Mike Leah	617,000 13,000	13,000

Paul Volpe	598,000 1,000	1,000

Mike Gorodinsky	517,000 162,000	162,000

James Chen	435,000 31,000	31,000

Per Hildebrand	416,500 40,500	40,500
Darren Elias	320,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: John Monnette

06-13-2017 00:10 UTC-8

Chen Gets Some From Volpe

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Mickey Doft

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 3,000 ante

Xavier Kyablue folded from the cutoff and four of his cards were accidentally exposed - , much to the surprise of several other players at the table.

Action folded to James Chen in the small blind and he raised to 36,000. Paul Volpe called from the big blind.

They each drew one, Chen bet 40,000, and Volpe called after a few moments.

Chen showed for an ace-ten. Volpe flashed (which he had made successful calls with earlier in the day) and mucked, giving Chen the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	515,000 83,000	83,000

James Chen	510,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: James Chen Paul Volpe Xavier Kyablue

06-13-2017 00:17 UTC-8

Leah Takes Most of It

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 3,000 ante

James Chen raised to 35,000 and John Monnette reraised to 82,000 out of the small blind to force a fold from Chen.

Mike Leah raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Darren Elias called in the small blind. Both players drew one card and Elias checked. "You have around 280?" Leah asked and Elias nodded, then quickly folded when Leah bet 80,000.

Monnette raised to 32,000 and Leah defended the big blind. Leah drew one and Monnette took two before Leah bet 70,000. That was enough to take down the pot as Monnette folded.

Last but not least, Per Hildebrand raised to 35,000 and Leah called in the small blind. Both players stood pat and checked. Leah flipped over and Hildebrand also showed a ten before sending his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,025,000 15,000	15,000

Mike Leah	750,000 133,000	133,000

James Chen	475,000 35,000	35,000

Per Hildebrand	415,000 1,500	1,500
Darren Elias	270,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Darren Elias James Chen John Monnette Mike Leah Per Hildebrand

06-13-2017 00:32 UTC-8

Big Pot for Elias

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 3,000 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 36,000 on the button and Darren Elias three-bet out of the big blind to force a fold.

Volpe raised to 32,000 the next hand and John Monnette three-bet to 95,000 in order to see Volpe release his cards.

Elias then raised to 32,000 on the button and Mike Gorodinsky called in the small blind. Mike Leah in the big blind double-checked the stack of Elias before calling as well and all three players drew one. Gorodinsky and Leah both checked and Elias bet 135,000. Gorodinsky eventually called after some consideration and Leah said "okay" before sending his cards into the muck.

Elias tabled the and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,100,000 75,000	75,000

Mike Leah	800,000 50,000	50,000

Darren Elias	560,000 290,000	290,000

Paul Volpe	380,000 135,000	135,000

Mike Gorodinsky	362,000 155,000	155,000