James Chen raised to 36,000 from the button and John Monnette called in the big blind, then drew two. Chen drew one and checked before folding to a bet worth 73,000 by Chen.
Mike Gorodinsky raised from under the gun to 35,000 and Monnette in the small blind as well as Darren Elias in the big blind called. Elias drew two while both other players drew one only. There was no betting action and Monnette won the pot with a .
Monnette lost a small pot to Mike Leah right after but remains the only player above one million.
Play has concluded and the eight remaining contenders for the title and golden bracelet have bagged up. The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time and a recap of today's action is to follow shortly.
After another 10 levels of play in Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship, only eight players remain from the starting field of 92 entries. On top of the chip counts is two-time bracelet winner John Monnette with 1,051,000.
Day 2 began with 30 players and Monnette flew under the radar for the early portion of the day. When play reached the money at 14 players, Monnette had slightly less than his start-of-day count and was 10th in chips. However, a sizable triple up through Mike Watson and Mike Leah catapulted Monnette to the top of the chip counts. He remained there the rest of the day, and padded his lead by eliminating Shaun Deeb in 13th place and Watson in 11th place, en route to his bagging the chip lead and being in pole position to capture his third World Series of Poker bracelet.
Here is the Day 3 lineup and chip counts:
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Paul Volpe
United States
315,000
20
2
John Monnette
United States
1,051,000
65
3
Darren Elias
United States
637,500
40
4
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
591,000
37
5
Mike Leah
Canada
618,500
38
6
Xavier Kyablue
United States
484,500
30
7
Per Hildebrand
Sweden
474,500
29
8
James Chen
Taiwan
428,000
36
Play resumes at 2:00 pm Tuesday and will continue until a winner is reached. Keep it here for live updates on all the action.