Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-17-2017 18:55 UTC-8

Urbanovich in the Danger Zone

Sam Cosby

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Dzmitry Urbanovich raised from the button and was reraised by [Removed:412]. Urbanovich called.

On the first draw, Kruk took one, and Urbanovich took two. Kruk bet, and Urbanovich called. On the next draw, Kruk took one again, while Urbanovich took two again. Kruk bet once more, and Urbanovich released his hand.

After that pot, Urbanovich was left with just over 4,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:412]	110,000 110,000	110,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	4,500 5,500	5,500

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06-17-2017 19:11 UTC-8

More Updated Chip Counts

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Sam Cosby

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Ross	118,000 68,000	68,000
Abe Mosseri	113,000 27,000	27,000

Chris Vitch	100,500 5,500	5,500
David Benyamine	85,500 25,500	25,500

Chris Klodnicki	85,000 23,000	23,000

Terry Jennings	73,000 3,000	3,000
Robert Campbell	70,200 11,400	11,400

Jyri Merivirta	65,000 20,000	20,000
Rep Porter	62,000 12,000	12,000

Tom McCormick	55,000 5,000	5,000
Jesse Martin	52,000 2,000	2,000

Alex Luneau	45,000 27,500	27,500
Marco Johnson	40,500

Robert Mizrachi	29,600 16,900	16,900

Tommy Hang	27,000 48,000	48,000
James Chen	25,000 32,500	32,500

Mark Gregorich	20,500 6,500	6,500
Scott Bohlman	12,000 38,000	38,000

06-17-2017 19:16 UTC-8

Kruk Makes a Correct Call With a Pair

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Jan Kores

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

[Removed:412] had already gone deep in the $1,500 8-Game Event, and he's kicked off his $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw campaign well, too.

Kruk is now sitting on roughly 150,000. He added a few bets after making a gutsy call against Ismael Bojang, who bet in position after the third draw. Kruk called, and Bojang revealed his busted hand, showing . Kruk didn't have a good hand either, as his deuces paired up, but his was still a winner.

Renowned for his no-limit hold'em accolades from the online realm, Kruk is proving his knowledge in the live mixed games, too.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:412]	150,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang

06-17-2017 19:31 UTC-8

Anthony Zinno Enters the Lowball

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Jan Kores

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

If one would expect Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier in the field, it might be a legitimate guess. Negreanu and Mercier would probably be battling in the Lowball, but they're sitting just a few yards away on the stage. They're busy playing on the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship final table.

Anthony Zinno was there too, but his run ended in ninth place, good for $28,808. Zinno didn't take a long rest before entering the Lowball, trying to make another final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	50,000 50,000	50,000

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Level: 6

Limits: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

06-17-2017 19:39 UTC-8

Barlow Gets a Near-Double Through Baker

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Sam Cosby

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

James Barlow raised and was called by David Baker from the big blind. Both players took two on the first draw.

Baker bet, was raised by Barlow, and called. On the second draw, Baker took one, while Barlow stood pat.

Baker checked, then called a bet from Barlow. Barlow's bet left him with just over 1,000 behind.

On the third draw, Baker took one again. Barlow stood pat, then both players checked it down. Barlow showed , and that was strong enough to get a muck out of Baker, getting him a near-double.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "ODB" Baker	71,000 12,500	12,500

James Barlow	16,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker James Barlow

06-17-2017 19:50 UTC-8

Matusow Loses One, Wins the Next Two

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Jan Kores

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Mike Matusow was down to 56,100 after losing a hand described below:

Matusow raised and called Matthew Szymaszek's three-bet from the small blind. Szymaszek drew one, and Matusow drew two.

Szymaszek went bet-bet-bet on the following streets, patting from the second draw. Matusow called every bet, drawing one in the last two rounds.

Szymaszek showed , and Matusow mucked.

However, Matusow stopped his bleeding right away. He won the next two pots, climbing back to 80,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	80,000 34,500	34,500

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06-17-2017 19:56 UTC-8

Yu Gets There

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Sam Cosby

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

[Removed:412] raised on the button and was called by Mike Gorodinsky, in the small blind, and Ben Yu, in the big blind. Gorodinsky took three, Yu took two, and Kruk took one. Both blinds checked over to Kruk, and he bet. This time, only Yu came along.

Yu took two on the second draw, while Kruk stood pat. Yu checked, and Kruk bet, then Yu called.

On the final draw, Yu took one card, and Kruk stood pat again. After looking at his card, Yu led out with a bet, then Kruk called. Yu showed .

"What is that?" Kruk asked, squinting over at the cards. "Eight-natural? You're good."

Kruk mucked his hand, and Yu took down the pot. Yu has just recently joined the tournament but has quickly jumped above the starting stack and will look to keep climbing here on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:412]	124,000 26,000	26,000
Ben Yu	65,500 65,500	65,500

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06-17-2017 20:04 UTC-8

Zalewski Falls to Gathy

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Jan Kores

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Hertzel Zalewski just became the latest casualty in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.

Zalewski was all in after the second draw, facing Georgii Belianin and Michael Gathy. Zalewski and Belianin drew one apiece, and Gathy stood pat.

Belianin and Gathy ceased fire on the last draw, and the cards were shown.

Gathy quickly tabled his patted , and Belianin's hand remained unclear as he couldn't beat it. Zalewski had four to a wheel, holding . He needed to spike a seven, eight or nine to triple up, but he received a instead. That was the last card he'd have delivered, as he left the tournament empty-handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgii Belianin	125,000 71,000	71,000
Michael Gathy	67,000 36,000	36,000

Hertzel Zalewski	Busted

Tags: Georgii Belianin Hertzel Zalewski Michael Gathy

06-17-2017 20:17 UTC-8

Zaichenko in the Danger Zone

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Jan Kores

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Andrey Zaichenko will need to get some wheels soon or he'll be dispatched. The Russian pro is now down to his last 10,000.

Zaichenko recently lost a three-bet pot with two additional bets on the following streets. He was shown a ten-eight and dropped to 20,500. He lost a half of his remaining chips in the next few minutes and now has only jsut over three big bets left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Zaichenko	10,000 46,000	46,000

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