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

06-12-2017 19:26 UTC-8

Leah Pays Off Gorodinsky

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Mike Gorodinsky raised to 13,000, and John Monnette called in the cutoff, as did Mike Leah in the small blind. Each of the three players drew one card apiece, and Leah checked. Gorodinsky bet 42,000, and Monnette gave it some consideration before folding. Leah called, and Gorodinsky rolled over to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	614,000 7,000	7,000

Mike Leah	515,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Gorodinsky	245,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: John Monnette Mike Gorodinsky Mike Leah

06-12-2017 19:20 UTC-8

Volpe Calls Hildebrand With a Pair and Wins

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Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Per Hildebrand raised to 15,000 from the hijack, and Paul Volpe called from the big blind.

Volpe drew two, Hildebrand drew one, Volpe checked, and Hildebrand bet 15,000.

Volpe called, and Hildebrand announced, "Pair of fives."

Volpe tabled , Hildebrand mucked, and Volpe won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	540,000 60,000	60,000

Per Hildebrand	315,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Paul Volpe Per Hildebrand

06-12-2017 19:17 UTC-8

Chen Takes from Elias

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Darren Elias raised from under the gun, and James Chen defended the big blind, then drew two cards. Elias only drew one card, and Chen checked. Elias bet 27,000, and Chen called to see Elias roll over for a pair of sevens. Chen had that beat with for a ninety-eight, and he won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	380,000 40,000	40,000

Darren Elias	170,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Darren Elias James Chen

06-12-2017 19:16 UTC-8

Hildebrand Over Chen

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Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 14,500 from middle position, James Chen called from the hijack, and Per Hildebrand called from the button.

Each drew one, Volpe checked, Chen bet 38,000, Hildebrand called, and Volpe folded.

Chen showed , but Hildebrand had that beat with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	370,000 110,000	110,000
James Chen	340,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Per Hildebrand Paul Volpe James Chen

06-12-2017 19:07 UTC-8

Elias Stops Downfall

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Per Hildebrand raised to 15,000, and Konstantin Maslak defended his big blind. Maslak drew two cards, and Hildebrand took one. Both players checked, and Maslak announced an ace. Hildebrand had that beat with and won the pot.

Then, Darren Elias defended his big blind to a raise by Paul Volpe for 15,000. Volpe stood pat, and Elias drew one, then bet 32,000. Volpe grabbed calling chips and checked his stacks before sending his cards into the muck.

Below are further assorted chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	621,000 49,000	49,000

Mike Leah	517,000 33,000	33,000

Paul Volpe	480,000 10,000	10,000

Mike Watson	321,000 9,000	9,000

Per Hildebrand	260,000 50,000	50,000
Shaun Deeb	236,000 40,000	40,000

Darren Elias	225,000 19,000	19,000

Dario Sammartino	147,000 37,000	37,000

Robert Mizrachi	114,000 2,600	2,600

Mike Gorodinsky	113,000 41,000	41,000

Konstantin Maslak	100,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Darren Elias Konstantin Maslak Paul Volpe Per Hildebrand

06-12-2017 18:51 UTC-8

Watson Doubles Through Mizrachi

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Robert Mizrachi raised to 13,000 from the button, and Mike Watson three-bet to 45,000 out of the big blind. Little time passed before Mizrachi announced, "All in." Watson only took a few seconds of consideration and called.

Both players drew one card and tabled the following cards:

Watson:
Mizrachi:

Watson picked up the for a ninety-seven, while Mizrachi paired his eight to see Watson double up for 162,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	330,000 185,000	185,000

Robert Mizrachi	111,400 162,600	162,600

Tags: Mike Watson Robert Mizrachi

06-12-2017 18:51 UTC-8

Turner Puts Elias to the Test

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Mickey Doft

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Jon Turner raised to 15,000 from the hijack, Paul Volpe called from the button, Darren Elias three-bet to 75,000 from the big blind, and only Turner called.

Elias stood pat, Turner drew one, Elias checked, and Turner bet 220,000. After about three minutes in the tank, Elias folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	560,000 85,000	85,000

Darren Elias	206,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jon Turner Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 18:45 UTC-8

Volpe Takes from Hildebrand

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

Paul Volpe lost a small pot to Xavier Kyablue, and Per Hildebrand raised to 15,000 the very next hand. Volpe three-bet to 47,000, and Hildebrand four-bet to 130,000 total. Volpe checked his stack carefully, verified the amount, and called. Volpe then stood pat, while Hildebrand drew one card.

There was no betting action, and Volpe announced a nine, rolling over . Hildebrand mucked, and the pot was awarded to Volpe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	490,000 190,000	190,000

Per Hildebrand	310,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Paul Volpe Per Hildebrand Xavier Kyablue

06-12-2017 18:43 UTC-8

Even More for Leah

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 1,300 ante

John Monnette raised to 12,500, and Mike Leah called on the button, as did Dario Sammartino in the big blind. All three players drew one card apiece, and Sammartino bet 28,000. Monnette folded, but Leah eventually called and tabled his . Sammartino sighed and sent his cards into the muck.