Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed)

Day 1 Completed

06-29-2024 01:20 UTC-8

Naoya Kihara Leads Star-Studded Field After Day 1 in Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Day 1 in Event #72: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (7-Handed) has ended at Horeshoe and Paris Las Vegas at the 2024 World Series of Poker. The field grew quickly as the day progressed, with 129 entries after the conclusion of Day 1, with 47 players bagging at the end of the night. Many big names remain in the mix, but the player who bagged the most chips is Japan's Naoya Kihara with 379,000 chips.

Bracelet winner Kihara will have his eyes on bracelet number two, but it will be no easy task in a field full of the poker world's best. Behind him in second place is $25K Fantasy Draft Team Lucky member Matt Glantz (365,000) and in third is two-time bracelet winner Taylor Paur (360,000).

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips
1	Naoya Kihara	Japan	379,000
2	Matt Glantz	United States	360,500
3	Taylor Paur	United States	360,000
4	Bariscan Betil	United States	356,500
5	Shaun Deeb	United States	327,000
6	Alex Foxen	United States	303,500
7	David Funkhouser	United States	282,500
8	Robert Mizrachi	United States	272,500
9	Billy Baxter	United States	258,000
10	Chris Hundley	United States	241,500

This event has brought out some of the biggest names in the poker world. With players like Shaun Deeb (327,000), Alex Foxen (303,500), Robert Mizrachi (272,500), Erik Seidel (178,500), Dario Sammartino (176,000), and Nick Schulman (165,000) all coming back for Day 2.

Some players who did not make it to the end of Day 1 include Chance Kornuth, Jared Bleznick, Jeremy Ausmus, Brad Ruben, Calvin Anderson and Maxx Coleman.

With players being able to register and reenter for the first two levels of Day 2, many more entries are expected with big names joining the mix. Players are allowed one reentry so surely some of the players who busted on Day 1 will be back tomorrow to fire their second bullet.

Action is set to resume at 1 p.m. local time on June 29. Play will resume in Level 11 at the 1,500-3,000 blind levels.

Make sure you stay tuned in to PokerNews as we will have live updates in real time, throughout the entirety of this tournament.

Tags: Alex Foxen Bariscan Betil Billy Baxter Brad Ruben Calvin Anderson Chance Kornuth Dario Sammartino David Funkhouser Erik Seidel Jared Bleznick Jeremy Ausmus Matt Glantz Maxx Coleman Naoya Kihara Nick Schulman Robert Mizrachi Shaun Deeb Taylor Paur

06-29-2024 01:19 UTC-8

Seat Draw For Day 2

Jon Pill

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Horseshoe	662	1	Arthur Morris	United States	57,500	19
Horseshoe	662	2	Frederic Breton	Canada	134,000	45
Horseshoe	662	3	Mike Matusow	United States	138,000	46
Horseshoe	662	4	Kahle Burns	Australia	144,500	48
Horseshoe	662	6	Christopher Vitch	United States	200,000	67

Horseshoe	663	1	Majid Yahyaei	United States	110,000	37
Horseshoe	663	2	Taylor Paur	United States	360,000	120
Horseshoe	663	3	Jake Schwartz	United States	150,000	50
Horseshoe	663	4	Chino Rheem	United States	115,000	38
Horseshoe	663	5	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	55,000	18
Horseshoe	664	1	Yueqi Zhu	United States	160,500	54
Horseshoe	664	2	Paul Volpe	United States	210,000	70
Horseshoe	664	3	David Funkhouser	United States	282,500	94
Horseshoe	664	4	Erik Seidel	United States	178,500	60
Horseshoe	664	6	Nick Schulman	United States	165,000	55

Horseshoe	666	1	Ryan Riess	United States	83,000	28
Horseshoe	666	3	Chris Hundley	United States	241,500	81
Horseshoe	666	4	Brian Yoon	United States	101,000	34
Horseshoe	666	5	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	105,000	35

Horseshoe	667	1	Bariscan Betil	United States	356,500	119
Horseshoe	667	3	Darren Elias	United States	190,500	64
Horseshoe	667	4	Tobias Lerzer	Germany	117,500	39
Horseshoe	667	5	Wil Wilkinson	United States	17,000	6

Horseshoe	668	2	Shaun Deeb	United States	327,000	109
Horseshoe	668	3	Robert Mizrachi	United States	272,500	91
Horseshoe	668	5	Naoya Kihara	Japan	379,000	126
Horseshoe	668	7	Matt Glantz	United States	360,500	120

Horseshoe	669	1	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	18,500	6
Horseshoe	669	2	Ren Lin	United States	93,000	31
Horseshoe	669	3	Michael Rocco	United States	181,000	60
Horseshoe	669	5	Scott Seiver	United States	105,000	35
Horseshoe	669	7	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	124,500	42

Horseshoe	670	1	Joao Vieira	Portugal	262,500	88
Horseshoe	670	3	Patrick Stacey	United States	93,000	31
Horseshoe	670	4	Mike Watson	Canada	138,500	46
Horseshoe	670	5	Dan Shak	United States	173,000	58
Horseshoe	670	6	Jason Papastavrou	United States	93,000	31

Horseshoe	671	1	Alexander Wilkinson	United States	35,000	12
Horseshoe	671	3	Jason Daly	United States	27,500	9
Horseshoe	671	4	Dario Sammartino	Italy	176,000	59
Horseshoe	671	5	Jennifer Harman	United States	207,000	69
Horseshoe	671	6	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	127,000	42

Horseshoe	672	1	Jason Mercier	United States	57,500	19
Horseshoe	672	3	Xavier Kyablue	United States	207,000	69
Horseshoe	672	4	Alex Foxen	United States	303,500	101
Horseshoe	672	6	Billy Baxter	United States	256,500	86
Horseshoe	672	7	Yingui Li	China	113,000	38

06-29-2024 00:14 UTC-8

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	379,000 119,000	119,000

Matt Glantz	360,500 500	500
Taylor Paur	360,000 140,000	140,000

Bariscan Betil	356,500 126,500	126,500
Shaun Deeb	327,000 167,000	167,000

Alex Foxen	303,500 95,500	95,500

David Funkhouser	282,500 12,500	12,500

Robert Mizrachi	272,500 22,500	22,500

Billy Baxter	256,500 -8,500	-8,500

Chris Hundley	241,500 63,500	63,500
Paul Volpe	210,000 50,000	50,000

Jen Harman	207,000 -33,000	-33,000

Xavier Kyablue	207,000 72,000	72,000

Christopher Vitch	200,000 60,000	60,000

Darren Elias	190,500 55,500	55,500

Michael Rocco	181,000 41,000	41,000

Erik Seidel	178,500 -31,500	-31,500

Dario Sammartino	176,000 66,000	66,000

Dan Shak	173,000 13,000	13,000
Nick Schulman	165,000 -20,000	-20,000

Joao Vieira	162,500 -2,500	-2,500

Yueqi Zhu	160,500 45,500	45,500

Jake Schwartz	150,000 38,000	38,000
Kahle Burns	144,500 144,500	144,500

Mike Watson	138,500 -26,500	-26,500

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06-29-2024 00:09 UTC-8

Day 1 Ends

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

All tables are bagging and tagging as Day 1 has reached its conclusion.

Stay tuned for full chipcounts and a recap of the day.

06-29-2024 00:01 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Avoids Late-Night Departure

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Yuri Dzivielevski tossed in his final 10,000 chips from the cutoff and was called by David Funkhouser in the big blind. Each player drew two cards and showed down.

Yuri Dzivielevski: 7x6x2x All in
David Funkhouser: 7x6x5x

Funkhouser turned over 7x3x for a pair of sevens, and Dzivielevski was safe after he revealed a 4x. The Kx completed his hand as he survived during the final hands of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Funkhouser	270,000 -10,000	-10,000

Yuri Dzivielevski	24,500 9,500	9,500

Tags: David Funkhouser Yuri Dzivielevski

06-28-2024 23:55 UTC-8

Five More Hands

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

The floor have announced that five more hands will be played on each table before play concludes for Day 1.

06-28-2024 23:54 UTC-8

Matusow Starting to Build His Stack

Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

When action folded to Mike Matusow in the cutoff, he raised to 7,000. David "Bakes" Baker made the call on the button.

Matusow chose to stand pat, while Baker drew one.

Both players checked and Matusow tabled Jx10x7x3x2x as Baker mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Matusow	140,000 55,000	55,000

David "Bakes" Baker	135,000 15,500	15,500

Tags: Mike Matusow

06-28-2024 23:48 UTC-8

Seiver Over-Bets Mercier

Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Scott Seiver made it 7,000 to go in the hijack and Jason Mercier defended his big blind. Each player drew one and Mercier checked to Seiver.

Seiver made a bet of 28,000 and this sent Mercier into the tank.

"Why so big, Scott? What is this?" Seiver asked his opponent. Seiver said nothing until Mercier finally tossed in a call.

"You got it," he stated, and Mercier tabled 10x8x6x4x3x for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	250,000 -25,000	-25,000

Nick Schulman	185,000

Patrick Stacey	150,000 38,000	38,000
Christopher Vitch	140,000 60,000	60,000

Chino Rheem	115,000 45,000	45,000
Jason Mercier	110,000 30,000	30,000

Dario Sammartino	110,000 -25,000	-25,000

Julio Belluscio	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Scott Seiver

06-28-2024 23:39 UTC-8

Breton's Aggression Gets It Done

Tyler Boyer

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 3,500 ante

Action folded to Danny Tang in the cutoff, and he raised to 7,000, before Fredric Breton three-bet him to 27,000 on the button. When it folded back to Tang, he made the call.

Both players drew one card.

After the draw, Tang checked to Breton, who bet out 15,000. After eyeing up Breton's remaining 20,000 chips, Tang made the fold, gaving the pot to Brenton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Breton	95,000 10,000	10,000
Danny Tang	85,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Danny Tang Fredrick Brenton