Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Jour 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-06 20:40 UTC-7

Jason Mercier Eliminated by Niall Farrell

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Niveau 6 : 150/300, 75 ante

Jason Mercier headed out the door with his wife, Natasha, and friends. According to Mrs. Mercier, Jason was all in with a draw to a nine-seven against Niall Farrell's pat ten.

Lars Gronning has now replaced Mercier at Table 110.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Niall Farrell	18,000 5,600	5,600

Lars Gronning	7,500 7,500	7,500
Jason Mercier	Eliminé

2017-06-06 21:11 UTC-7

JC Tran Busts Todd Brunson, and More Counts

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Niveau 6 : 150/300, 75 ante

Things are happening fast in Event #7.

Todd Brunson three-bet shoved from the small blind against a JC Tran open. Both players stood pat, and Tran won the hand after getting dealt an . Brunson was dealt a pat jack.
Rep Porter called a raise from Max Kruse. Kruse drew two. "I feel like I should have raised," said Porter. He drew one and made a king, which was good enough to win the pot when Kruse mucked what he said was a pair of sixes.
Chris Bjorin pipped Adam Owen when both players made a ten, after Owen called Bjorin's raise to 700 from the big blind. Owen drew two, and Bjorin stood pat. Owen's hand was a ten-nine-seven, and Bjorin won the pot with .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
JC Tran	34,000 23,100	23,100
Adam Owen	20,000 4,000	4,000
Chris Bjorin	8,200 5,000	5,000

Ben Yu	6,000 6,000	6,000

Daniel Weinman	3,600 -1,400	-1,400

Todd Brunson	Eliminé

2017-06-06 21:32 UTC-7

Travis Pearson Gets Praise from Billy Baxter

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Niveau 6 : 150/300, 75 ante

Travis Pearson raised to 800 from the cutoff, and the big blind called.

The big blind stood pat, and Pearson drew two. Pearson bet 2,000, and after some consideration, the big blind called.

Pearson spread an eight-perfect — — across the felt.

"Now that's a good hand," said tablemate Billy Baxter as Pearson raked in the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Travis Pearson	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Billy Baxter

2017-06-06 21:37 UTC-7

Marco Johnson Moves to Table 110

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Niveau 6 : 150/300, 75 ante

Jared Bleznick is sitting at 56,000 chips nearing the third break of the day. His table has been packed full of bracelet winners with millions of dollars in tournament winnings between them. Marco Johnson just joined the table that already included Farzad Bonyadi and Niall Farrell. And so far, John Racener, Jason Mercier, and Huck Seed have all been eliminated from Table 110.

Below are some more chip counts from the field, including three-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael Gathy and Las Vegas mixed-game grinder Adam Haman.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jared Bleznick	56,000 1,900	1,900
Marco Johnson	27,000 27,000	27,000

Adam Haman	19,000 19,000	19,000
Michael Gathy	17,000 17,000	17,000

Farzad Bonyadi	14,500 7,600	7,600

Niall Farrell	10,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Adam Haman Farzad Bonyadi Huck Seed Jared Bleznick Jason Mercier John Racener Marco Johnson Michael Gathy Niall Farrell

2017-06-06 21:57 UTC-7

Phil Hellmuth Hits the Felt Running

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Niveau 6 : 150/300, 75 ante

Shortly after 14-time WSOP Bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth joined the tournament, he won two hands in a row.

Hand #1:

Daniel Strelitz opened to 800, and Hellmuth called behind, as did one other player. All three players drew one. Strelitz and Hellmuth checked, and the player on the button bet 1,300. Hellmuth was the lone caller and showed , which was good for the win.

Hand #2:

This time, it was Hellmuth who opened for 800, and Louis Creamer called. Hellmuth stood pat, and Creamer drew two.

"Two?! Now I have to bet fifteen hundred," said Hellmuth as he tossed out three purple T500 chips.

Creamer called.

"I got you," Hellmuth said. "If you didn't raise, I got you." He showed and won the pot.

During those two hands, three-time WSOP bracelet winner and Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein sat down to Hellmuth's left.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Strelitz	17,500 17,500	17,500

Louis Creamer	12,000 12,000	12,000
Phil Hellmuth	11,000 11,000	11,000

Barry Greenstein	6,750 4,750	4,750

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Niveau: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 100

2017-06-06 21:58 UTC-7

Felipe Ramos Doubles Through John Duthie

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Niveau 7 : 200/400, 100 ante

John Duthie raised from the cutoff, and Felipe Ramos defended his small blind.

Both players drew one, and Ramos checked to Duthie, who bet 2,000. Ramos then check-raised all in for 5,900, and Duthie insta-called.

Ramos showed for a Number Four, beating the of Duthie.

"Nice hand," said Duthie, "Nice catch."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Felipe Ramos	12,500 5,100	5,100
John Duthie	6,500 -7,600	-7,600

Tags: Felipe Ramos John Duthie

2017-06-06 22:20 UTC-7

Updated Chips and Bust-Outs

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Niveau 7 : 200/400, 100 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rep Porter	53,500 42,500	42,500

Ryan Riess	47,000 2,000	2,000

Andrey Zaichenko	36,000 26,600	26,600

Max Kruse	31,000 23,400	23,400

Tom Schneider	30,000 5,500	5,500

Randy Ohel	27,000 16,000	16,000

Bryce Yockey	26,200 19,700	19,700

Darren Elias	23,000 10,800	10,800
Rick Alvarado	16,100 12,300	12,300
Naoya Kihara	15,000 11,400	11,400

James Obst	14,000 4,000	4,000

Konstantin Puchkov	11,000 2,200	2,200

Erik Seidel	11,000 1,000	1,000

Stuart Rutter	9,700 -800	-800
Phil Hui	6,700 900	900
Mike Leah	6,000 6,000	6,000

Chris Ferguson	5,000 5,000	5,000

Ryan D'Angelo	Eliminé

Fernando Brito	Eliminé
John Duthie	Eliminé
Luis Velador	Eliminé

2017-06-06 22:28 UTC-7

Anthony Zinno Busts One

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Niveau 7 : 200/400, 100 ante

The player under the gun moved all in for his remaining 2,500, and Anthony Zinno called on the button.

The all in player drew two, and Zinno stood pat and spread on the felt.

"I'm live," his opponent said, showing .

Instead of sweating his cards, he took the all-in-one approach of flipping both the and face-up at the same time, meaning that he paired and was eliminated. Zinno moved up to around 18,000 chips.