The action was picked up on the first draw in a hand between Patrick Moulder in the cutoff and Bin Weng on the button with each player having committed 100,000 before the draw.
Moulder stood pat while Weng drew one. Moulder led for 90,000 and Weng quickly folded after he checked his new card.
Moulder tabled 7x5x4x3x2x for a wheel as he dragged a sizeable pot.
Melanie Weisner called all in from the big blind after Michel Leibgorin had raised. She drew two cards while her opponent drew one.
Melanie Weisner: 10x7x4x
Michel Leibgorin: 9x8x6x2x
Leibgorin turned over a Kx, and Weisner doubled up with her Qx5x for a queen-low.
On another table, Justin Saliba was automatically all in in the big blind, and Steve Zolotow and David Bach had limped in on the button and small blind.
Bach drew one card, Saliba three, and Zolotow two. Bach then bet the minimum of 6,000 and Zolotow folded.
Justin Saliba: 3x2x
David Bach: 9x8x7x6x3x
"It's gonna be hard to beat that," Saliba said. He was right, as the first card he turned over was a 2x, pairing him up and leaving him drawing dead.
On another table, Ryan Leng also got in his short stack unsuccesfully
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #63: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw. Owais Ahmed comes into the day with a massive chip lead, but mixed games crusher David "ODB" Baker is not too far off in second place.
The 453 entrants were eventual able to play down to the money on Day 1 as we return with 68 players remaining with exactly 68 in the money. Ryan Riess earned the the unfortunate title of bubble boy after he paired his three against the ace-low of his opponent on the final hand of Day 1.
Ryan Riess
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Owais Ahmed
United States
633,000
106
2
David "ODB" Baker
United States
480,000
80
3
Ali Eslami
United States
458,000
76
4
Antonio Seremet
Australia
457,000
76
5
Jen Harman
United States
364,000
61
6
Patrick Moulder
United States
360,000
60
7
Dario Alioto
Italy
335,000
56
8
Christopher Roman
United States
335,000
56
9
Ryan Depaulo
United States
308,000
51
10
David Funkhouser
United States
304,000
51
The remaining 68 players are set to play 10 60-minute levels on Day 2 with a dinner break after Level 21. Play will resume in the Horseshoe Event Center starting at 1 p.m. local time today.
This event is known for bringing out the brightest stars in poker, and this year's edition was no different. Some of those who return for Day 2 in the money include Poker Hall of Famer Jen Harman (364,000), popular vlogger and bracelet winner Ryan Depaulo (308,000), nosebleed no-limit crusher Chance Kornuth (184,000), and five-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Brian Yoon (146,000).
Jen Harman
Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$123,314
10-11
$8,125
2
$81,412
12-14
$6,408
3
$54,868
15-20
$5,180
4
$37,764
21-27
$4,295
5
$26,555
28-34
$3,654
6
$19,087
35-41
$3,192
7
$14,030
42-68
$3,040
8-9
$10,552
Stay tuned to Pokernews for the action in Event #63: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw and all other events at the 2024 World Series of Poker.
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