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

06-12-2017 16:37 UTC-8

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

Sammartino Pays Off Leah

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 16:23 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

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 1,000

06-12-2017 16:14 UTC-8

Hall Doubles Through Maslak

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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

06-12-2017 16:13 UTC-8

Darren Elias Dealt a Pat 8

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

Mike Leah opened on the button to 11,000 and Darren Elias three-bet from the big blind to 57,000.

Leah asked Elias for a look at his remaining stack and Elias made it easily countable. Elias was sitting with 122,000 more. Leah went all in having Elias well covered and Elias called.

Elias stood pat quickly and Leah rolled over and tossed one card. Elias showed and Leah needed a six or a four to win the hand.

Leah asked if Elias would mind a peel and Elias said he could do whatever he wanted. Leah peeled the side of the card.

"It's a club, three across," said Leah.

"Fifty fifty," said a couple players from the table.

Meaning the Leah had either the , which would win the hand and eliminate Elias, or the which would give Elias the double up. Leah turned the card all the way over to reveal the , making his hand and giving Elias the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	540,000 145,000	145,000

Darren Elias	391,000 211,500	211,500

Tags: Darren Elias Mike Leah

06-12-2017 16:09 UTC-8

Hall Getting Short

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Paul Volpe raised to 12,000 and was called by Mike Watson on the button and Galen Hall in the big blind. Hall drew two cards, Volpe stood pat and Watson drew one card.

Hall checked, as did everyone else, and Volpe showed to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	400,000 45,000	45,000

Mike Watson	226,000 24,000	24,000

Galen Hall	50,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Galen Hall Mike Watson Paul Volpe

06-12-2017 16:03 UTC-8

Leah Over Sammartino

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Mickey Doft

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

Robert Mizrachi raised to 10,500 from the button, Mike Leah called from the small blind, Dario Sammartino three-bet to 45,000 from the big blind, Mizrachi folded, and Leah called.

Leah drew one, Sammartino stood pat, and Leah bet 100,000.

Sammartino went into the tank and after about one minute, leaned to his right and intently stared down Leah, who responded by putting on his sunglasses.

After about another 90 seconds Sammartino leaned back in his chair, looked at his hand one final time, and sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	685,000 183,000	183,000

Dario Sammartino	197,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Dario Sammartino Mike Leah

06-12-2017 16:01 UTC-8

Turner Loses Small Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

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

John Monnette raised to 10,500 and Jon Turner called on the button, as did Per Hildebrand in the big blind. Hildebrand drew two cards and both his two opponents took one card. Hildebrand and Monnette checked and Turner bet 17,000.

Hildebrand called rather quickly as did Monnette and Turner showed for a straight. Hildebrand had that beat with and Monnette mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	442,000 24,000	24,000

Per Hildebrand	400,000 35,000	35,000
John Monnette	230,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: John Monnette Jon Turner Per Hildebrand

06-12-2017 15:52 UTC-8

One for Chen and Hildebrand

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Hertzel Zalewski had been thriving earlier today, but has since dropped back to the bottom half of the stacks.

On his table, James Chen and Per Hildebrand got into a battle of the blinds and Chen bet 23,000 after the drawing phase. Hildebrand called and mucked when Chen rolled over .

The next hand, Chen opened to 11,000 on the button and Hildebrand in the small blind called, as did Zalewski in the big blind. Zalewski drew two cards while both other players drew one. Hildebrand bet 20,000 and Zalewski said, "I am out," before mucking his cards. Chen stared at Hildebrand for half a minute and came to the same conclusion.