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

06-12-2017 13:22 UTC-8

Mike Leah Had A Dream About This

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Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Mike Leah opened the button to 7,500 and Phil Galfond three-bet from the small blind to 22,500. Leah called.

Galfond drew one and Leah checked his hand again, before standing pat.

Galfond led for 82,000 and Leah checked his hand once more, then shoved all in. Galfond quickly folded.

"I dreamt of this scenario," Leah said turning over a wheel .

A few hands earlier, Leah busted Jeff Lisandro and is off to a hot start. After starting the day second in chips, he is now the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	580,000 150,000	150,000

Phil Galfond	118,000 105,100	105,100

06-12-2017 13:22 UTC-8

Benyamine Next Casualty

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

David Benyamine was all in before the drawing round from the cutoff and Darren Elias looked him up out of the small blind. Benyamine stood pat with a .

Elias turned over and spiked the to improve, eliminating Benyamine in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	220,000 40,600	40,600

David Benyamine	Busted

Tags: Darren Elias David Benyamine

06-12-2017 13:30 UTC-8

Ferguson Doubles Through Volpe

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Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Chris Ferguson was all in from the big blind for 45,100 against Paul Volpe on the button.

Ferguson stood pat, Volpe drew one, and Ferguson tabled . Volpe showed .

"Two across spade," said Volpe, as he squeezed his card. "50-50."

After a few more seconds Volpe revealed the to pair up, locking up the double for Ferguson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	112,000 3,000	3,000

Chris Ferguson	98,000 47,100	47,100

Tags: Chris Ferguson Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 13:32 UTC-8

Speed Bump for Mizrachi

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Per Hildebrand raised from under the gun and was called by Jesse Martin. Hildebrand stood pat and Martin drew one, then bet 20,000. Hildebrand called and Martin announced a nine-seven-five, which Hildebrand had beat with .

One table over, Robert Mizrachi and Ray Dehkharghani were already in the drawing phase. Mizrachi took one and Dehkharghani drew two cards. Mizrachi bet 16,500 and faced a raise to 40,000 by Dehkharghani. Mizrachi called and mucked when he was shown .

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	295,000 27,000	27,000

Ray Dehkharghani	240,000 58,000	58,000

Per Hildebrand	155,000
Jesse Martin	75,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Jesse Martin Per Hildebrand Ray Dehkharghani Robert Mizrachi

06-12-2017 13:35 UTC-8

A Few Updated Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	335,000 32,300	32,300

Darren Elias	270,000 50,000	50,000

John Monnette	260,000 5,400	5,400

Nick Schulman	200,000 14,000	14,000

Shaun Deeb	185,000 20,000	20,000

Hertzel Zalewski	155,000 17,400	17,400
Bernard Lee	110,000 73,000	73,000
James Chen	87,000 19,700	19,700

Erik Seidel	65,000 3,500	3,500

06-12-2017 13:37 UTC-8

Xaxier Kyablue Makes a Nine, Mike Leah Makes a Ten But Folds

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Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Dario Sammartino opened to 7,500 and Xavier Kyablue called in position. Mike Leah called from the big blind and each player drew one.

Leah checked and Sammartino bet 18,000. Kyablue didn't hesitate too much and called. Leah took a few moments before deciding to fold.

"Fours," Sammartino announced.

Kyablue laid down and Leah laughed a little to himself.

"I had a ten. A good ten."

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	572,000 8,000	8,000

Xavier Kyablue	291,000 62,200	62,200

Dario Sammartino	27,200 68,100	68,100

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Leah Xavier Kyablue

06-12-2017 13:41 UTC-8

Sammartino Boosts Stack Slightly

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Dario Sammartino raised to 7,000 from early position and picked up two callers, Majid Yahyaei in the small blind and Mike Watson in the big blind. Yahyaei drew two cards and Sammartino as well as Watson drew one card each. Sammartino bet 14,000 with just 21,000 behind and forced a quick fold from Yahyaei.

Watson glanced over and called, before Sammartino rolled over as winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	214,000 4,600	4,600

Majid Yahyaei	85,000 17,400	17,400
Dario Sammartino	75,000 47,800	47,800

Tags: Dario Sammartino Majid Yahyaei Mike Watson

06-12-2017 13:43 UTC-8

Ferguson Left Short After Doubling Martin

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Out of the small blind, Jesse Martin moved all in for his last 65,100 and Chris Ferguson in the big blind asked for a count. Ferguson called eventually and Martin stood pat, flipping over . Ferguson drew one with his and paired his to see Martin double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Martin	135,000 60,000	60,000

Chris Ferguson	29,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Chris Ferguson Jesse Martin

06-12-2017 13:46 UTC-8

Turner Over Schulman

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Mickey Doft

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

Jon Turner raised to 9,000 from the cutoff, Nick Schulman three-bet to 31,000 from the small blind, and Turner called.

Both players stood pat, Schulman bet 64,000, and Turner called.

Schulman tabled , but Turner had it beat with to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	430,000 95,000	95,000

Nick Schulman	77,000 123,000	123,000

Tags: Jon Turner Nick Schulman

06-12-2017 13:55 UTC-8

Seidel Doubles Through Dehkharghani

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 700 ante

After having paid off a ninety-eight of Robert Mizrachi in the previous hand, Erik Seidel was left with a short stack in the small blind and faced a raise to 8,000 by Ray Dehkharghani. Seidel moved all in for 23,500 and Dehkharghani called.

Seidel stood pat and Dehkharghani drew one.

Erik Seidel:
Ray Dehkharghani:

Dehkharghani had plenty of outs, but he peeled the as last card to pair up and Seidel doubled.