Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Dia 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

2022-06-14 11:54 UTC-7

Hellmuth Goes For the Repeat; 121 Players Chasing O'Hara on Day 2 of Event #29

dsalituro

Triumphant returns are the theme heading to Day 2 of Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw.

Phil Hellmuth returned from a week away and bagged up 121,000, just 121 players between him and back-to-back bracelets in this event. George Danzer, who has hardly played at the WSOP since winning Player of the Year in 2014 and hasn’t cashed in an event in six years, is back on a leaderboard with 100,000. Then there is Yanni Raz, the 2-7 rookie who liked the game so much, he decided to reenter last night and finished with a top-10 stack at 166,000.

Ian O’Hara leads the remaining 122 players, amassing a huge chip lead of 294,500, nearly 60,000 more than second-place Brandon Shack-Harris. He’ll be chased on Day 2 by the likes of Tom Schneider (207,500), Jake Schwartz (157,500), Mike Matusow (149,500), and Alex Foxen (127,500).

Event #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Ian O'Hara	United States	294,500
2	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	235,500
3	Jon Kyte	Norway	213,500
4	Tom Schneider	United States	207,500
5	Gabe Paul	United States	189,500
6	Michael Lang	United States	185,000
7	Ilkka Heikkila	Finland	172,500
8	Jonathan McGowan	United States	172,000
9	Yosif Nawabi	United States	170,500
10	Yanni Raz	United States	166,000

The plan, when Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. local time, is to play down to the final five players. First, however, the main goal of the surviving players is to make the money, which will come at 66th place. A min-cash will be worth $2,417, all the way up to the top prize of $127,809.

Play will begin on Level 11, with 1,000-2,000 blinds and a 3,000 big blind ante. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16, which should come around 8:30 p.m.

It was a record-smashing field of 437 entries that began the event. By the end of Day 2, there will be only five remaining. PokerNews will be on hand the entire way at Bally’s Event Center as Hellmuth chases bracelet No. 17 and 121 opponents try to stop him.

Tags: Alex Foxen Brandon Shack-Harris George Danzer Ian O’Hara Jake Schwartz Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth Tom Schneider Yanni Raz

2022-06-14 14:53 UTC-7

Hui Chips Up Through Chip Leader

Nível 11 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Phillip Hui raised to 5,000 in the hijack and was called by Ian O'Hara in the cutoff, Jonathan Aguiar in the small blind, and Kevin Gerhart in the big blind.

Aguiar and Gerhart each drew two, Hui stood pat, and O'Hara drew one.

Action checked around to O'Hara, who cut out a bet of 30,000.

The blinds folded and Hui called.

O'Hara showed for a pair of deuces, while Hui picked off his bluff with , moving his stack over 100,000 after starting the day with one of the shortest stacks in the room.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ian O'Hara	285,000 -9,500	-9,500

Kevin Gerhart	127,000 -26,000	-26,000

Phillip Hui	105,000 84,500	84,500
Jonathan Aguiar	51,500 -47,500	-47,500

Tags: Ian O'Hara Jonathan Aguiar Kevin Gerhart Phillip Hui

2022-06-14 14:56 UTC-7

Hellmuth Draws Good to Double

dsalituro

Nível 11 : 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Phil Hellmuth raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Louis Abronson called on the button. From the small blind, Roman Hrabec asked how much Hellmuth was playing behind before three-betting to 20,000.

Hellmuth called while Abronson quickly got out of the way. Hrabec took one, while Hellmuth discarded a queen.

After the draw, Hrabec announced he was all in, covering Hellmuth's remaining 22,500.

"Oh, I made a big hand here," Hellmuth said before shoving the rest of his stack in the middle and showing . Hrabec mucked his ten-low and the defending champion and 16-time bracelet winner doubled up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Phil Hellmuth	115,000 67,000	67,000

Roman Hrabec	70,000
Louis Abronson	15,000 -44,000	-44,000

Tags: Louis Abronson Phil Hellmuth Roman Hrabec

2022-06-14 15:30 UTC-7

Foxen Bluffs it Off to Kassela

dsalituro

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Picking up the action after the draw, Alex Foxen shoved all in for around 60,000.

"Call," Frank Kassela quickly said as he showed nine-eight. Foxen was bluffing with a pair of deuces as he quickly wished the table luck and left the tournament area, his first WSOP bracelet forced to wait for another event.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Frank Kassela	270,000 20,000	20,000

Alex Foxen	Eliminado

Tags: Alex Foxen Frank Kassela

2022-06-14 15:51 UTC-7

"Mixed Game Specialist" Depaulo Eliminates Defending Champ Hellmuth

Nível 12 : 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

With a healthy stack on Day 2, popular vlogger and WSOP bracelet holder Ryan Depaulo, known more for his play in No-Limit Hold 'em tweeted this recently...

I’m basically a mixed game specialist now
— Ryan Depaulo: Degenerate Gambler (@depaulo_ryan)

Well, he can now add busting the defending champion of this event and 16-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth to his growing mixed game resume.

Hellmuth raised in middle position and Depaulo moved all in from the button, slightly covering Hellmuth's roughly 90,000 chip stack.

Both players stood pat and the hands were revealed.

Phil Hellmuth:
Ryan Depaulo:

The win vaults Depaulo into the upper echelon of chip stacks in the room and likely calls for a "PARKOUR!" during the upcoming break.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ryan Depaulo	196,000 96,000	96,000

Phil Hellmuth	Eliminado

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Ryan DePaulo

2022-06-14 16:55 UTC-7

Nawabi Wins Raymer's Chips and a Fossil

dsalituro

Nível 13 : 1,500/3,000, 4,500 ante

Greg Raymer - sits under his Main Event Winners Banner

Yosif Nawabi raised under the gun and got a call from Matthew Dames on the button. In the small blind, Greg Raymer shoved all in for around 100,000 and Nawabi called.

Dames went into the tank for a few moments before calling as both players stood pat.

Nawabi showed nine-eight-six as the 2004 Main Event champion flashed a ten-eight-seven. Raymer asked Nawabi how to spell his name before signing a fossil over to him and making his exit a few spots shy of the money.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Yosif Nawabi	350,000 161,000	161,000
Matthew Dames	40,000 -22,500	-22,500
Greg Raymer	Eliminado

Tags: Greg Raymer Matthew Dames Yosif Nawabi

2022-06-14 17:34 UTC-7

Schulman, Nayak Knocked Out on Bubble

dsalituro

Nível 14 : 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

In a blind versus blind battle, Neeraj Nayak moved all in for his last 25,000 and David Matthews called. Both players drew one.

"Do you want to squeeze together," Matthews asked as he showed nine-eight. Nayak finished with a ten-low and was eliminated.

On the same hand on another table, Nick Schulman raised all in for 80,000 from the button and Alex Livingston called in the small blind. Schulman patted with jack-eight, while Livingston took one with .

Livingston pulled a deuce on the draw to knock out Schulman as he and Nayak split 66th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alex Livingston	238,000 66,000	66,000

David Matthews	230,000 176,500	176,500
Neeraj Nayak	Eliminado
Nick Schulman	Eliminado

Tags: Alex Livingston David Matthews Neeraj Nayak Nick Schulman

2022-06-14 18:03 UTC-7

Paul Felts Depaulo

Nível 14 : 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Ryan Depaulo's run in the tournament has come to an end.

He open jammed approximately 90,000 on the button and was called by chip leader Gabe Paul in the small blind. Paul patted, while Depaulo needed one card.

Paul showed , while Depaulo was live with .

Unfortunately for Depaulo, he pulled another , and the 'Game Over' screen will be appearing over this hand on his vlog.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gabe Paul	635,000 225,000	225,000
Ryan Depaulo	Eliminado

Tags: Gabe Paul Ryan Depaulo

2022-06-14 18:56 UTC-7

Matusow Eliminated After Huge Three-Way Pot

Nível 15 : 2,500/5,000, 7,500 ante

A huge pot just developed that saw a three-way all-in that left Mike Matusow on fumes and eliminated shortly after.

Frank Kassela raised to 14,000 in early position and was called by Max Kruse on the button. Mike Matusow then moved all in from the small blind for approximately 125,000 and was called by Kassela. Kruse then went into the tank and opted to call as well.

Matusow needed to draw one, Kasella stood pat, and Kruse drew one as well.

Matusow was drawing to an eight and drilled it, making , which put him ahead of Kassela's .

Kruse however was yet to draw and was drawing live to a wheel , which he actually hit to scoop the pot.

Shortly after, now on fumes, Matusow got his last 9,500 in against Kenneth Po and couldn't outdraw his

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Max Kruse	363,000 203,000	203,000

Kenneth Po	280,000 5,000	5,000
Frank Kassela	242,000 -133,000	-133,000

Mike Matusow	Eliminado

Tags: Frank Kassela Kenneth Po Max Kruse Mike Matusow

2022-06-14 19:28 UTC-7

Shack-Harris Clocks Himself, Then Busts

dsalituro

Nível 15 : 2,500/5,000, 7,500 ante

Kyle Miholich raised to 13,500 from early position and Ryan Leng and Brandon Shack-Harris came along from the blinds. Leng took two, Shack-Harris one, and Miholich stood pat.

Shack-Harris bet out 70,000 after the draw and Miholich responded by moving all in, placing a dog figurine on top of a stack of chips and easily covering Shack-Harris' last 115,000. Leng quickly folded as action went back on Shack-Harris.

The two-time bracelet winner went into the tank for nearly five minutes, apologizing to the table. "Wow, I can't believe I'm thinking about folding this," he said.

Shack-Harris eventually asked that the clock be called on himself. As the tournament floor was counting down to zero, he eventually committed the chips and Miholich showed him .

Shack-Harris flashed an eight-six as he tapped the table and made his way to the payout desk.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Kyle Miholich	500,000 227,000	227,000
Ryan Leng	125,000 -15,000	-15,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	Eliminado

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Kyle Miholich Ryan Leng