Daniel Alaei opened with a raise to 5,500. Next to act was Phil Galfond, and he reraised, making it a total of 18,000. Alaei moved all in with a covering stack. Galfond called. Both players stood pat, then Galfond revealed 
for an eighty-seven low. Alaei mucked, and that allowed Galfond to get a full double.
Jean-Robert Bellande moved all in for his last 17,000, and Dario Sammartino called in the small blind.
"You are staying pat?" Bellande asked, and Sammartino nodded, turning over his 
. "I am drawing," Bellande added, and showed his before taking one card. It was a 
, and Bellande scored a double but remains below the starting stack with 42 players remaining.
Steve Gee moved all in for his last 9,400 and was called by Bernard Lee from one seat over, Ned Price in the small blind, and David Benyamine in the big blind. Price stood pat, Benyamine and Lee took one card apiece, and Lee took two.
Price bet 15,000 with not much behind, and Benyamine called. Lee then moved all in and picked up a call from Price and a fold from Benyamine. Lee showed a wheel, Price had an eighty-seven, and Gee's cards quickly went into the muck.
The double elimination vaulted Lee's stack well above the average. He's aiming to finish one spot higher than he did in Event #13: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw.
James Chen raised to 5,300, and John Racener moved all in for 31,100 total. Chen called.
Chen took one, while Racener tabled his 
, standing pat. Chen showed , but the he drew was not good enough, and Racener was able to double through.
Jon Turner sent Philip Sternheimer to the rail, while Darren Elias and Jean-Robert Bellande doubled up their respective short stacks.
Elias faced a raise to 5,500 by Felipe Ramos and shoved for 26,000. Ramos called and stood pat, showing . Elias revealed and spiked the as his last card.
Bellande was all in for 15,000, and Majid Yahyaei looked him up, then stood pat and showed . Bellande had and got there with a .
With registration now closed, the field for this years No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship is set at 92 entrants. A prize pool of $864,800 has been formed and the top 14 places will leave with a portion of that. A min-cash is worth $15,333, with the winner taking home $256,610 and the gold bracelet, of course.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $256,610 |
| 2 | $158,596 |
| 3 | $110,944 |
| 4 | $79,016 |
| 5 | $57,316 |
| 6 | $42,357 |
| 7 | $31,903 |
| 8 | $24,498 |
| 9-11 | $19,187 |
| 12-14 | $15,333 |
Chris Ferguson opened with a raise to 4,000, and Matthew Szymaszek moved all in for 15,300 from the small blind. Ferguson called.
Syzmaszek stood pat, while Ferguson took one.
Syzmaszek showed , while Ferguson turned up . He sweated his last card, then turned up a , which was good enough to eliminate Syzmaszek from the tournament.
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 500
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