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

06-12-2017 16:14 UTC-8

Hall Doubles Through Maslak

Mickey Doft

Level 13 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Xavier Kyablue raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Konstantin Maslak called from the small blind, Galen Hall three-bet shoved from the big blind for 60,000, Kyablue folded, and Maslak called.

Both players stood pat and Maslak tabled . Hall, however, fanned a winning to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	137,000 87,000	87,000

Konstantin Maslak	96,000 29,500	29,500

Tags: Xavier Kyablue Konstantin Maslak Galen Hall

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 1,000

06-12-2017 16:23 UTC-8

An Ace Works for Sammartino

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Robert Mizrachi raised to 10,000 on the button and Mike Leah called in the small blind called, as did Dario Sammartino in the big blind. Each of the three players drew one card each and Leah checked. Sammartino checked as well before Mizrachi bet 28,000. Leah quickly folded, but Sammartino stared at his opponent for a minute before calling.

Mizrachi rolled over a pair and Sammartino had that beat with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	520,000 20,000	20,000

Robert Mizrachi	325,000 71,000	71,000

Dario Sammartino	240,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Leah Robert Mizrachi

06-12-2017 16:28 UTC-8

Sammartino Pays Off Leah

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Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Following the draw, Dario Sammartino was in the tank in the small blind. His bet of 13,000 had been raised to 75,000 by Mike Leah on the button (we were told later that both players had drawn one card).

Sammartino tanked for about three minutes before he called, but mucked when Leah tabled .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	633,000 113,000	113,000

Dario Sammartino	150,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Leah

06-12-2017 16:37 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	648,000 15,000	15,000

Jon Turner	486,000 44,000	44,000

Darren Elias	395,000 4,000	4,000

Paul Volpe	380,000 20,000	20,000

Robert Mizrachi	312,000 13,000	13,000

Per Hildebrand	310,000 90,000	90,000
John Monnette	272,000 42,000	42,000

Xavier Kyablue	249,000 29,000	29,000

Shaun Deeb	241,600 23,900	23,900

Mike Gorodinsky	224,000 4,000	4,000

Mike Watson	223,000 3,000	3,000

Ray Dehkharghani	182,000 92,000	92,000

James Chen	175,500 5,500	5,500

Dario Sammartino	141,000 9,000	9,000

Hertzel Zalewski	112,000 28,000	28,000
Galen Hall	99,000 38,000	38,000

Konstantin Maslak	86,000 10,000	10,000

06-12-2017 16:40 UTC-8

The Action Slows Down

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

On the button, Konstantin Maslak raised to 10,000 and Xavier Kyablue called in the big blind. Both players drew one card and checked. Kyablue announced a pair and Maslak claimed the pot with .

Soon after, Mike Watson raised to 11,000 in the small blind and Maslak defended his big blind. Again. one card each was drawn and the duo checked. Watson showed and Maslak mucked.

Maslak, Galen Hall at the same table, and Hertzel Zalewski are the three short stacks right now while the action has slowed down considerably in the last half an hour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	250,000 27,000	27,000

Galen Hall	110,000 11,000	11,000

Hertzel Zalewski	105,000 7,000	7,000
Konstantin Maslak	85,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Galen Hall Hertzel Zalewski Konstantin Maslak Mike Watson Xavier Kyablue

06-12-2017 16:44 UTC-8

Watson Over Hall

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Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Galen Hall raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Mike Watson called from the big blind.

Both players drew one, Watson bet 25,000, and Hall called.

Watson showed , Hall mucked, and Watson collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	324,000 74,000	74,000

Galen Hall	77,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Galen Hall Mike Watson

06-12-2017 16:57 UTC-8

Pots for Kyablue and Volpe

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Mike Watson raised to 10,000 and Galen Hall moved all in for around 83,000 in the big blind, which forced a fold from Watson.

Soon after, Paul Volpe raised to 11,100 and Xavier Kyablue defended his big blind. Kyablue drew one card and Volpe took two. Kyablue bet 25,000 and Volpe called, then quickly mucked wen Kyablue flashed .

James Chen raised to 12,000 in the small blind and Per Hildebrand three-bet to 36,000 out of the big blind. Chen called and both players drew one. Chen checked and eventually folded after Hildebrand had continued for 40,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Hildebrand	335,000 25,000	25,000
Paul Volpe	325,000 55,000	55,000

Xavier Kyablue	265,000 16,000	16,000

James Chen	210,000 34,500	34,500

Galen Hall	96,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Galen Hall Mike Watson Paul Volpe Per Hildebrand Xavier Kyablue James Chen

06-12-2017 16:58 UTC-8

Ray Dehkharghani Eliminated by Darren Elias

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Darren Elias got dealt another pat eight and eliminated Ray Dehkharghani.

The hand started with an open from Dario Sammartino on the button to 11,000. Elias three-bet from the small blind, making it 38,000. Dehkharghani asked for the amount of the raise, then went all in for 189,000. Sammartino folded and Elias called shortly after getting a count of Dehkharghani's remaining stack.

Elias slid in one chip to call and quickly stood pat. Dehkharghani flipped through his hand and tossed away one card. Elias rolled over so Dehkharghani knew what he needed to draw. Dehkharghani showed and asked if Elias was okay with a peel. Elias said yes.

Dehkhargani slowly peeled back the and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	587,000 192,000	192,000

Ray Dehkharghani	Busted

06-12-2017 17:02 UTC-8

Chen Up, Zalewski on Fumes

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Mickey Doft

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 1,000 ante

Jon Turner raised to 12,000 from under the gun, James Chen three-bet to 36,000 from the hijack, Hertzel Zalewski called from the button, and Turner folded.

Chen stood pat, Zalewski drew one, Chen bet about 50,000, and Zalewski flipped over followed by a as he folded. Down to about 20,000, Zalewski lost more chips the following hand and was down to about 9,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	278,000 68,000	68,000

Hertzel Zalewski	9,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Hertzel Zalewski James Chen