Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Day 1 Completed

06-11-2018 01:28 UTC-8

Galen Hall Bags Chip Lead on Day 1 of Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

After ten levels of play filled with jokes, sweats and some exciting poker, it is Galen Hall who has bagged the chip lead with 389,800 at the end of Day 1 in Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship.

Hall has one WSOP cash in this format, coming back in 2012 where he cashed the $1,500 event in 32nd place. Hall is also yet to cash a WSOP event this year, but once registration closes at the start of Day 2, he will be in a prime position to record his first one.

Hall was closely followed by three-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (352,000). Glaser min-cashed the $1,500 8-Game earlier in the day before switching to the single-game format. Glaser already has three bracelets, with one of those coming in the 2015 $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw.

Behind the pair were Timothy McDermott (304,800), Stephen Chidwick (222,800) and Dario Sammartino (212,500).

Defending champion John Monnette also bagged (90,000) along with multiple bracelet-winners John Hennigan (135,100), Billy Baxter (94,000), Erik Seidel (91,8000), Chris Ferguson (85,500) and Eli Elezra (51,400).

Other notables through to Day 2 include Scott Seiver (142,600), Mike Wattel (135,500), Jean-Robert Bellande (100,800), German professional soccer player Max Kruse (72,800), Darren Elias (70,600), Illya Trincher (42,200) and Shaun Deeb (30,100).

The first player to bust was last year's $10,000 Razz Championship runner-up Eric Kurtzman who lost out to McDermott when his pat-nine came up against his opponent's pat-eight.Frank Kassela and Mark Weitzman would also bust early on, with Kassela taking advantage of the single re-entry.

There was no runaway chip leader in the first four levels of play, with Mike Wattel, Kruse and James Chen all hovering around the double starting stack mark. It wasn't until after the second break that Alex Foxen moved clear and established himself as a real contender for chip leader after eliminating Calvin Anderson.

Glaser joined Foxen with a stack in excess of 200,000 and Hall would push the envelope further, chipping up to over 300,000 as the night drew to a close. Late entries from the likes of Shaun Deeb, Jean-Robert Bellande, Mike Leah and Chris Ferguson would make things interesting as they looked to chip up, but by the end of the night it was Hall who bagged the chip lead.

The remaining players will return tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Day 2. Registration and reentry are open until the start of the day tomorrow, so keep following PokerNews to see who else will be jumping into the action.

Room	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Amazon	430	1	Jyri Merivirta	Finland	92,100	31
Amazon	430	2	James Alexander	United States	15,500	5
Amazon	430	3	Adam Owen	United Kingdom	37,600	13
Amazon	430	4	Eli Elezra	United States	51,400	17
Amazon	430	5	Mike Wattel	United States	132,500	44
Amazon	430	6	Mike Leah	Canada	30,500	10

Amazon	431	1	Timothy Mcdermott	United States	304,800	102
Amazon	431	2	Scott Seiver	United States	142,600	48
Amazon	431	3	Jesse Martin	United States	75,800	25
Amazon	431	4	Galen Hall	United States	389,800	130
Amazon	431	6	Ray Dehkharghani	United States	203,900	68
Amazon	431	7	Philip Sternheimer	United States	104,600	35

Amazon	438	1	Darren Elias	United States	70,600	24
Amazon	438	2	Xavier Kyablue	United States	85,600	29
Amazon	438	4	Shawn Sheikhan	United States	73,600	25
Amazon	438	6	Chris Ferguson	United States	88,500	30
Amazon	438	7	John Monnette	United States	90,000	30

Amazon	439	1	Paul Volpe	United States	128,300	43
Amazon	439	2	Daniel Zack	United States	165,600	55
Amazon	439	3	Nick Schulman	United States	105,800	35
Amazon	439	4	Billy Baxter	United States	94,000	31
Amazon	439	6	Farzad Bonyadi	United States	87,300	29
Amazon	439	7	Cary Katz	United States	59,900	20

Amazon	445	1	Frank Kassela	United States	19,200	6
Amazon	445	3	Dario Sammartino	Italy	212,500	71
Amazon	445	4	James Chen	Taiwan	17,500	6
Amazon	445	5	Mikhail Zlotnik	United States	84,200	28
Amazon	445	6	Jean-Robert Bellande	United States	100,800	34

Amazon	446	1	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	352,000	117
Amazon	446	2	Shaun Deeb	United States	30,100	10
Amazon	446	4	John Hennigan	United States	135,100	45
Amazon	446	5	Illya Trincher	United States	92,200	31
Amazon	446	6	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	222,800	74

Amazon	447	1	Kane Kalas	United States	47,200	16
Amazon	447	3	Erik Seidel	United States	91,800	31
Amazon	447	5	Larry Wright (TX)	United States	74,500	25
Amazon	447	6	Max Kruse	Germany	72,800	24
Amazon	447	7	Mike Gorodinsky	United States	126,500	42

Tags: Benny Glaser Billy Baxter Daniel Ospina Eli Elezra Erik Seidel Galen Hall Jeff Lisandro John Hennigan John Monnette Robert Mizrachi Scott Seiver Timothy McDermott

06-11-2018 01:27 UTC-8

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	389,800 9,800	9,800

Benny Glaser	352,000 -8,000	-8,000

Timothy McDermott	304,800 64,800	64,800
Stephen Chidwick	222,800 152,800	152,800

Dario Sammartino	212,500 72,500	72,500

Ray Dehkharghani	203,900 110,900	110,900

Daniel Zack	165,600 75,600	75,600

Scott Seiver	142,600 2,600	2,600

John Hennigan	135,100 43,100	43,100

Mike Wattel	132,500 -22,500	-22,500

Paul Volpe	128,300 107,300	107,300

Mike Gorodinsky	126,500 46,500	46,500

Nick Schulman	105,800 80,800	80,800

Philip Sternheimer	104,600 -7,400	-7,400
Jean-Robert Bellande	100,800 35,800	35,800

Billy Baxter	94,000 19,000	19,000

Illya Trincher	92,200 72,200	72,200
Jyri Merivirta	92,100 41,100	41,100
Erik Seidel	91,800 71,800	71,800

John Monnette	90,000 -30,000	-30,000

Chris Ferguson	88,500 38,500	38,500

Farzad Bonyadi	87,300 -2,700	-2,700

Xavier Kyablue	85,600 -39,400	-39,400

Mikhail Zlotnik	84,200 84,200	84,200
Jesse Martin	75,800 58,800	58,800

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06-11-2018 01:04 UTC-8

Four More Hands

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

The clock has been paused for the night and each table will play four more hands before bagging their chips for Day 2.

06-11-2018 00:59 UTC-8

Bellande Spikes to Double

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande opened to 5,000 and Illya Trincher three-bet shoved over the top for about 50,000. That cleared the table and with the action back around, Bellande put his last 28,000 in the middle.

Bellande drew one and Trincher stood pat, tabling a . Bellande turned over a and drew a to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	65,000 65,000	65,000

Illya Trincher	20,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Illya Trincher Jean-Robert Bellande

06-11-2018 00:42 UTC-8

Gorodinsky Fortuitously Doubles

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Mike Gorodinsky was all in for 39,800 against Xavier Kyablue with both players drawing one.

Mike Gorodinsky:
Xavier Kyablue:

Gorodinsky had the better draw, but he drew a to leave Kyablue with a myriad of outs to send Gorodinsky to the rail. As he peeled his card, he pulled a face, revealing the to pair and double Gorodinsky up.

"Not the prettiest way to double," admitted Gorodinsky.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xavier Kyablue	125,000 -25,000	-25,000

Mike Gorodinsky	80,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Mike Gorodinsky Xavier Kyablue

06-11-2018 00:40 UTC-8

Lamb Busts, Deeb Re-Enters and the Battle at the Top

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	380,000 80,000	80,000

Benny Glaser	360,000 70,000	70,000

Shaun Deeb	50,000

Ben Lamb	Busted

06-11-2018 00:36 UTC-8

Wattel Doubles Through Owen

[user270022]

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Adam Owen opened to 7,500 only to see Mike Wattel three-bet shove for 75,500. Owen made the call to put Wattel at risk. Owen drew one and Wattel stood pat.

Wattel tabled a and needed to fade Owen's draw. Owen peeled a to make a pair and Wattel scored the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wattel	155,000 113,000	113,000

Adam Owen	60,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Adam Owen Mike Wattel

06-11-2018 00:32 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 10 : 1,200/2,400, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	140,000 90,000	90,000
Dario Sammartino	140,000 35,000	35,000

Alex Foxen	130,000 -38,000	-38,000

Mike Gorodinsky	47,000 -3,000	-3,000

Illya Trincher	25,000 -18,000	-18,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 600