Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Jour 3 a débuté
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
Jours 3
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entrants
296
Niveau
26
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
45,000
Chabra Leads the Final Table as Wong Chases His First Podium
It has taken 21 hours of play to find out the final six-handed lineup in the Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw which emerged from the 296-entry field, the largest for this event and buy-in level at the World Series of Poker. The remaining finalists have one thing in common; they are vying for the first bracelet of their respective careers. It's now time to find out who will take the $96,278 top-prize and join the ranks of WSOP champions.
Ajay Chabra holds over a third of the chips in play (1,031,000) and that alone would be enough to make him an early favorite. If that wasn't enough, Chabra's advantage might be emphasized by his precision which was observed by Frank Kassela, former champion of this tournament who called Chabra "Ajay, The Deuce Machine".
Chabra proved his talent for the game when he executed a savage bluff against Jerry Wong in a battle of two final table big stacks, putting his tournament life on the line.
Former November Niner Wong finished with a solid stack himself (535,000), and while Chabra has nearly twice as many chips, Wong's experience with tough final tables both live and online immediately puts him among the prime candidates for the win.
There is one thing that needs to be sorted between WSOP and Wong, though. "I have the second-most final tables without a top three finish," Wong told the table yesterday. He found out about that when he was following the story of Dan Zack who had the same trouble with the finishes at World Series until this week. Zack erased his curse by winning the $2,500 mixed triple draw and Wong will surely try to follow in his stride at the eighth attempt.
Final table seat order and chip counts:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajay Chabra | United States | 1,031,000 |
| 2 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 378,000 |
| 3 | Bjorn Geissert | Germany | 170,000 |
| 4 | Steven Tabb | United States | 522,000 |
| 5 | Jerry Wong | United States | 535,000 |
| 6 | Michael Sortino | United States | 350,000 |
The final table also features Circuit grinder Steven Tabb who has already improved his 10th place finish from last year. Tabb led the tournament not only after Day 1 but also through a significant portion of Day 2. He enters the final day with 522,000.
The bottom half of the leaderboard includes seasoned veterans Yuval Bronshtein (378,000) and Michael Sortino (350,000) along with Bjorn Geissert from Germany, the only non-American player at the final table. Geissert is in possession of the shortest stack with 170,000.
It's certainly a fine mix to watch so come back to PokerNews at 2 p.m. local time to follow more live updates from the dynamic event which is about to crown its champion.
Niveau: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 18,000
Play Underway
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Cards, five to each player every hand (sometimes more), are back in the air as the six-handed final table starts its journey towards awarding a Deuce to Seven WSOP bracelet.
Geissert Down to a Nub
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Jerry Wong raised to 30,000 under the gun and Bjorn Geissert called in the small blind. Geissert drew one and Wong stood pat. Geissert let Wong fire 40,000 and called after about 30 seconds.
Wong turned up 
and Geissert mucked his hand. Geissert continued with his last 60,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000 | 95,000 |
|
60,000 | -110,000 |
Early Double for Geissert
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Bjorn Geissert three-bet all in on the button over a raise to 24,000 from Ajay Chabra.
"That's seventy, right?" asked Chabra, before making the call. Geissert stood pat with what turned out to be 
while Chabra drew one to 
. The one he drew was an ace; Geissert doubles up.
"All you gotta do is keep winning all-ins," his tablemate said. "Did he apologise?"
This was in reference to Geissert's doubling repeatedly in the wee hours of the morning as Day 2 played to six handed. He tended to apologise for keeping his opponents up - and in return they didn't begrudge him his boosts in chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
940,000 | -91,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 100,000 |
Northbound Trend for Geissert
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Bjorn Geissert made it 27,000 in the first position and his neighbor Steven Tabb called. They peeled one a piece and Geissert checked to Tabb who fired a bet of 100,000. Geissert called and Tabb rolled over for a pair of eights. Geissert tabled and eclipsed 300,000 in chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | -122,000 |
|
|
310,000 | 150,000 |
Bjorn Geissert Eliminated in 6th Place ($13,892)
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
After being involved (on the winning side) of most of the action in the first fifteen minutes, Bjorn Geissert is suddenly on the rail, illustrating the fickle nature of the no limit poker gods.
From the second position, Jerry Wong raised to 25,000, button Ajay Chabra made it 65,000 and then Geissert moved his stack across the line once more. The bet was around 295,000. Chabra made the call and both players stood pat.
Geissert:
Chabra:
"Headline: Ajay nit rolled..." said Jerry Wong, as Geissert shook hands with all of his erstwhile opponents. There was some good-natured discussion on the amount of time a decision has to take to count as a nit-roll, and then play continued five-handed.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,240,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Sortino Cold Four-Bet Shoves
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Steven Tabb opened to 27,000 and Jerry Wong re-raised to 80,000 from the button before Michael Sortino woke up with a hand in the small blind. Sortino announced he was all in and Wong asked for a count, learning that it was exactly 300,000.
Wong thought for a bit but he eventually waived the white flag.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | -160,000 |
|
435,000 | 85,000 |
Three in a Row for Tabb, One Bigger One for Bronshtein
Niveau 22
: 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante
Steven Tabb took down three pots in a row - raising under the gun to 32,000 with no caller, getting a walk from Yuval Bronshtein, and raising from the small blind to 40,000 and taking Jerry Wong's big blind.
The next hand, Ajay Chabra spotted an exposed 
on the deal that was meant for Bronshtein and it was taken as the burn. "If it was a king, I wouldn't see it!" Chabra joked. Then he made it 24,000 to go under the gun, called by his neighbour Bronshtein. Both players drew one card. Chabra check-called Bronshtein's 55,000 bet and was shown a winning 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000 | 87,000 |