Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-13 16:31 UTC-7

Xavier Kyablue Eliminated in 4th Place ($79,016)

MrCleverFox

Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

John Monnette opened with a raise to 65,000. Next to act was Darren Elias and he called. Xavier Kyablue then moved all in from the small blind for roughly 580,000. Monette folded, but Elias called.

Kyablue took one card while Elias stood pat and showed . Kyablue flipped up and was drawing live, but he was dealt a to pair up and seal his elimination. For his fourth-place finish, he will take home $79,016.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Darren Elias	2,000,000 790,000	790,000
Xavier Kyablue	Eliminé

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette Xavier Kyablue

2017-06-13 16:40 UTC-7

Monnette Scoops a Monster

[user270022]

Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

John Monnette opened to 65,000, Darren Elias three-bet to 240,000, and Monnette called.

They both drew one and Elias fired out a bet of 525,000. Monnette quickly called and Elias snap-mucked his hand. Monnette took down the huge pot without a showdown.

Monnette now holds more than half of the chips in play.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,600,000 762,000	762,000

Darren Elias	1,350,000 -650,000	-650,000
Per Hildebrand	650,000 -205,000	-205,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette

2017-06-13 16:48 UTC-7

Elias Falters; Hildebrand Doubles

MrCleverFox

Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Darren Elias opened with a raise to 75,000 from the small blind. Per Hildebrand called from the big. Elias took one while Hildebrand took two.

Elias then led out for 150,000. Hildebrand thought for a moment before moving all in for a total of 476,000. Elias thought for about a minute before calling.

Hildebrand showed . Elias was forced to table his and to send over the double-up to Hildebrand as well.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Per Hildebrand	1,105,000 455,000	455,000
Darren Elias	950,000 -400,000	-400,000

Tags: Darren Elias Per Hildebrand

2017-06-13 17:05 UTC-7

Monnette Puts Pressure on Hildebrand

[user270022]

Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened and John Monnette defended his big blind. Hildebrand drew two and Monnette swapped one.

Hildebrand led with a bet of 75,000 and folded when Monnette bumped it up to 175,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,560,000 -40,000	-40,000

Per Hildebrand	1,240,000 135,000	135,000
Darren Elias	800,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: John Monnette Per Hildebrand

2017-06-13 17:15 UTC-7

"Queen Good?"

MrCleverFox

Niveau 23 : 12,000/24,000, 6,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 75,000 from the small blind. John Monnette called from the big. Monnette took two while Hildebrand took one.

As the dealer was dealing Monnette's two, one card was briefly exposed, showing the . The dealer and floor agreed and Monnette was dealt another card.

Hildebrand then bet 150,000. Monnette thought for a bit, then folded.

"Queen good?" Monnette asked. "My first card gave me a seven."

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,590,000 30,000	30,000

Per Hildebrand	1,230,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: John Monnette Per Hildebrand

Niveau: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 7,000

2017-06-13 17:32 UTC-7

Elias Doubles Through Monnette

[user270022]

Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

John Monnette open-jammed from the small blind and Darren Elias put himself at risk in the big blind.

Both drew one and tabled their hands. Elias revealed and drew a . Monnette has a and was drawing live. Monnette, unfortunately, paired his nine and Elias was awarded the double-up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,450,000 -140,000	-140,000

Per Hildebrand	1,250,000 20,000	20,000
Darren Elias	900,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette

2017-06-13 17:42 UTC-7

Hildebrand Grabs a Three-Way Pot

MrCleverFox

Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 80,000. Monnette called from the small blind, and Elias called from the big blind.

Monnette and Elias both took one while Hildebrand stood pat. All three players then checked. Monnette showed a . Elias mucked. Hildebrand showed and that was good to take down the whole pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,200,000 -250,000	-250,000

Per Hildebrand	1,450,000 200,000	200,000
Darren Elias	950,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: John Monnette Darren Elias Per Hildebrand

2017-06-13 18:02 UTC-7

Not Much Movement Last Couple Orbits

[user270022]

Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

The three finalists are playing to win it right now. Each pot the last couple orbits has been opened and a few have even seen bets and calls after the draw phase.

All three have taken a sizeable pot off each other but their chip stacks have roughly remained the same.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	2,250,000 50,000	50,000

Per Hildebrand	1,350,000 -100,000	-100,000
Darren Elias	1,000,000 50,000	50,000

2017-06-13 18:07 UTC-7

Monnette Makes Two Folds

MrCleverFox

Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 7,000 ante

Hand 1:

Darren Elias opened with a raise to 75,000 from the button. Monnette called from the big blind. Monnette took two and Elias took one.

Monnette then led with a bet of 130,000. Elias thought for a while before making it 425,000 total. Monnette then thought for a while and folded his hand.

Hand 2:

Per Hildebrand opened with a raise to 80,000 from the small blind. From the big blind Monnette made it 245,000. Hildebrand then opted to put in a reraise to 625,000 total. Monnette thought for a while before releasing his hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
John Monnette	1,745,000 -505,000	-505,000

Per Hildebrand	1,610,000 260,000	260,000
Darren Elias	1,180,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Darren Elias John Monnette Per Hildebrand