Joseph Cheong raised to 10,000 in the hijack and Christopher Mecklin three-bet shoved for 66,000 on the button. Action folded back to Cheong who called after a few moments. Mecklin stood pat, Cheong drew one and the hands were turned over:
Cheong: - drew one
Mecklin: - stood pat
Cheong squeezed a , locking up the double for Mecklin.
Steven Wolansky raised to 8,000 and from his immediate left it was Christopher Mecklin who three-bet to 21,000. The action folded back to Wolansky who made the call.
Both players patted and checked and Mecklin showed a nine-eight low to take down the pot.
Samuel Touil raised to 8,000 in the hijack, Christopher Meckin three-bet to 24,000 in the small blind and Touil called. Mecklin stood pat, Touil drew one card and Mecklin fired 25,000.
Touil called and Mecklin tabled , but it was second best to Touil's .
Scott Bohlman raised all in from under the gun for about 36,000. Action folded to Max Kruse in the big blind who called, quickly standing up and standing pat. Bohlman let out a big sigh and after about 60 seconds also decided to stand pat.
"Ten," said Kruse, who tabled .
Bohlman showed and mucked, but not before rabbit hunting a . Bohlman earned $9,223 for his seventh-place finish.
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Day 2 of Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball began with 38 players remaining from the starting field of 241 entrants. Among them were bracelet winners Brian Rast, Eli Elezra, and Phil Hellmuth. However, none were able to reach the final table. Hellmuth, in fact, was eliminated by end-of-day chip leader Steven Wolansky.
The official final table was reached shortly after the dinner break and following Scott Bohlman's elimination in seventh place, the remaining six players opted to bag and tag for the night. Among those still in the field is German football star Max Kruse, as well as 2010 WSOP November Niner Joseph Cheong.
Here is the complete lineup for the final table:
Seat
Player
Chips
2
Samuel Touil
233,000
3
Orjan Skommo
109,000
4
Joseph Cheong
221,500
5
Steven Wolansky
257,000
6
Christopher Mecklin
145,000
7
Max Kruse
131,000
Play is scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. tomorrow, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews to see who captures the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet!