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

06-13-2017 00:45 UTC-8

Per Hildebrand v. Darren Elias

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

Darren Elias opened to 32,000 and Per Hildebrand called on the button.

Both players drew one and Elias led for 65,000.

"How much is it?" Hildebrand asked.

He called when he got the correct amount.

Elias announced he made a pair and Hildebrand turned over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	505,000 90,000	90,000
Darren Elias	480,000 80,000	80,000

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06-13-2017 00:55 UTC-8

Monnette Still On Top

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Christian Zetzsche

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

James Chen raised to 36,000 from the button and John Monnette called in the big blind, then drew two. Chen drew one and checked before folding to a bet worth 73,000 by Chen.

Mike Gorodinsky raised from under the gun to 35,000 and Monnette in the small blind as well as Darren Elias in the big blind called. Elias drew two while both other players drew one only. There was no betting action and Monnette won the pot with a .

Monnette lost a small pot to Mike Leah right after but remains the only player above one million.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,070,000 30,000	30,000

Mike Leah	620,000 25,000	25,000

James Chen	430,000 45,000	45,000

06-13-2017 01:01 UTC-8

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Play has concluded and the eight remaining contenders for the title and golden bracelet have bagged up. The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time and a recap of today's action is to follow shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	1,051,000 19,000	19,000

Darren Elias	637,500 157,500	157,500

Mike Leah	618,500 1,500	1,500

Mike Gorodinsky	591,000 46,000	46,000

Xavier Kyablue	484,500 154,500	154,500

Per Hildebrand	474,500 30,500	30,500
James Chen	428,000 2,000	2,000

Paul Volpe	315,000 65,000	65,000

06-13-2017 01:16 UTC-8

John Monnette Leads the Remaining Eight Players

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Mickey Doft

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

After another 10 levels of play in Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, only eight players remain from the starting field of 92 entries. On top of the chip counts is two-time bracelet winner John Monnette with 1,051,000.

Day 2 began with 30 players and Monnette flew under the radar for the early portion of the day. When play reached the money at 14 players, Monnette had slightly less than his start-of-day count and was 10th in chips. However, a sizable triple up through Mike Watson and Mike Leah catapulted Monnette to the top of the chip counts. He remained there the rest of the day, and padded his lead by eliminating Shaun Deeb in 13th place and Watson in 11th place, en route to his bagging the chip lead and being in pole position to capture his third World Series of Poker bracelet.

Here is the Day 3 lineup and chip counts:

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Paul Volpe	United States	315,000	20
2	John Monnette	United States	1,051,000	65
3	Darren Elias	United States	637,500	40
4	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	591,000	37
5	Mike Leah	Canada	618,500	38
6	Xavier Kyablue	United States	484,500	30
7	Per Hildebrand	Sweden	474,500	29
8	James Chen	Taiwan	428,000	36