Thursday, June 14, 2018 2:12 AM Local Time
Jared Bleznick Leads After Day 1 of Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Jared Bleznick leads the pack at the end of Day 1 of Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, bagging up an impressive 72,900. A few of the other notables who also bagged up healthy stacks for Day 2 include Jon Turner (26,100), David Baker (65,100), David Prociak (65,100) and David Pham (64,600).
The field of 356 surpassed the 328 mark from last year and generated a total prize pool of $480,600. A total of 86 players made it through to Day 2. Payouts were confirmed after registration closed the payouts, with a total of 54 places paid and a min-cash worth $2,243.
Those remaining in the field will be competing for the $117,282 top prize in addition to the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
After the first break, the field grew with the additions of Shaun Deeb, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, and Daniel Ospina. Eight levels of late registration were plenty, with players continuing to register throughout the night.
Some of the notable bust outs who failed to make the Day 2 cut included Matt Waxman, Valentin Vornicu, Michael Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, and defending champion Brian Brubaker.
The money bubble is expected to burst midway through Day 2, with the tournament playing down to a winner on Day 3 on Friday, June 15.
The remaining players will return on Thursday, June 14 at 2:00 P.M. local time for a Day 2 restart playing 10 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels.
Make sure to come back on Day 2 to follow all of the live action as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide you with all of the updates as Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw continues.
Thursday, June 14, 2018 2:07 AM Local Time
Day 2 Seating and Chip Counts
Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
Amazon | 403 | 1 | Horacio Chaves Cortes | Paraguay | 28,900 | 29 |
Amazon | 403 | 2 | Nicholas Derke | United States | 36,000 | 36 |
Amazon | 403 | 3 | David Bell | United States | 3,700 | 4 |
Amazon | 403 | 4 | Daniel DiPasquale | United States | 3,700 | 4 |
Amazon | 403 | 5 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 36,100 | 36 |
Amazon | 403 | 6 | Ajay Chabra | United States | 9,300 | 9 |
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Amazon | 404 | 1 | Brian Hastings | United States | 9,100 | 9 |
Amazon | 404 | 2 | Andrii Nadieliaiev | Ukraine | 20,600 | 21 |
Amazon | 404 | 3 | Craig Love | United States | 19,700 | 20 |
Amazon | 404 | 4 | Kerim Atouani | Germany | 48,500 | 49 |
Amazon | 404 | 5 | Sardor Gaziev | United States | 34,100 | 34 |
Amazon | 404 | 6 | David Bach | United States | 22,900 | 23 |
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Amazon | 405 | 1 | Kyle Miaso | United States | 28,300 | 28 |
Amazon | 405 | 2 | Steven Klein | Canada | 36,100 | 36 |
Amazon | 405 | 3 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 7,000 | 7 |
Amazon | 405 | 4 | Timothy Frazin | United States | 36,300 | 36 |
Amazon | 405 | 5 | Randall Pace | United States | 9,200 | 9 |
Amazon | 405 | 6 | Thomas Taylor | Canada | 9,500 | 10 |
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Amazon | 406 | 1 | Cody Wagner | United Kingdom | 29,400 | 29 |
Amazon | 406 | 2 | Timothy McDermott | United States | 13,100 | 13 |
Amazon | 406 | 3 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 29,400 | 29 |
Amazon | 406 | 4 | Jason Papastavrou | United States | 12,700 | 13 |
Amazon | 406 | 5 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 23,800 | 24 |
Amazon | 406 | 6 | Yueqi Zhu | China | 21,200 | 21 |
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Amazon | 407 | 2 | Christopher Grzadziel | United States | 27,300 | 27 |
Amazon | 407 | 3 | Randolph Jensen | United States | 39,000 | 39 |
Amazon | 407 | 4 | Haresh Thaker | United Kingdom | 20,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 407 | 5 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 13,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 407 | 6 | Daniel Ospina | Colombia | 30,800 | 31 |
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Amazon | 411 | 1 | Danny Wong | United States | 31,700 | 32 |
Amazon | 411 | 2 | Steven Tabb | United States | 53,700 | 54 |
Amazon | 411 | 3 | Scott Milkey | United States | 33,000 | 33 |
Amazon | 411 | 4 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 41,100 | 41 |
Amazon | 411 | 5 | Matthew Smith | United States | 30,500 | 31 |
Amazon | 411 | 6 | Christian Calcano | United States | 43,800 | 44 |
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Amazon | 412 | 1 | Robert Goldfarb | United States | 29,700 | 30 |
Amazon | 412 | 2 | Hernan Salazar | United States | 19,800 | 20 |
Amazon | 412 | 3 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 6,800 | 7 |
Amazon | 412 | 4 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 72,900 | 73 |
Amazon | 412 | 5 | Brett Bader | United States | 33,100 | 33 |
Amazon | 412 | 6 | Alessio Isaia | Italy | 10,400 | 10 |
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Amazon | 413 | 1 | Allen Kessler | United States | 8,800 | 9 |
Amazon | 413 | 2 | James Scott | United States | 50,700 | 51 |
Amazon | 413 | 3 | Ralph Rudd | United States | 24,900 | 25 |
Amazon | 413 | 4 | Rick Fuller | United States | 66,200 | 66 |
Amazon | 413 | 5 | Walter Chambers | United States | 57,400 | 57 |
Amazon | 413 | 6 | Brian Tate | United States | 36,500 | 37 |
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Amazon | 414 | 1 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 34,300 | 34 |
Amazon | 414 | 2 | Matthew Smith | United States | 39,900 | 40 |
Amazon | 414 | 3 | Masayoshi Tanaka | Japan | 34,200 | 34 |
Amazon | 414 | 4 | William Toh | United States | 34,500 | 35 |
Amazon | 414 | 5 | Hope Williams | United States | 32,200 | 32 |
Amazon | 414 | 6 | Jon Turner | United States | 26,100 | 26 |
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Amazon | 415 | 1 | John Prather | United States | 50,200 | 50 |
Amazon | 415 | 2 | Philip Long | United Kingdom | 52,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 415 | 3 | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | 34,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 415 | 4 | Frank Kassela | United States | 30,600 | 31 |
Amazon | 415 | 6 | John Bunch | United States | 41,600 | 42 |
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Amazon | 419 | 1 | Matt Savage | United States | 43,400 | 43 |
Amazon | 419 | 2 | Oscar Johansson | Sweden | 57,300 | 57 |
Amazon | 419 | 3 | Abdel Hamid | United States | 7,200 | 7 |
Amazon | 419 | 4 | Neil Yekell | United States | 11,800 | 12 |
Amazon | 419 | 5 | Pete Thomas | United States | 20,000 | 20 |
Amazon | 419 | 6 | Yong Wang | China | 39,200 | 39 |
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Amazon | 420 | 1 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 12,400 | 12 |
Amazon | 420 | 2 | Brendan Taylor | United States | 39,500 | 40 |
Amazon | 420 | 3 | Phillip Hui | United States | 31,800 | 32 |
Amazon | 420 | 4 | Adam Friedman | United States | 63,200 | 63 |
Amazon | 420 | 6 | Benjamin Scholl | United States | 25,500 | 26 |
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Amazon | 421 | 1 | Aron Dermer | United States | 25,300 | 25 |
Amazon | 421 | 2 | Kenny Shei | United States | 37,200 | 37 |
Amazon | 421 | 3 | Scott Clements | United States | 15,800 | 16 |
Amazon | 421 | 4 | Alejandro Torres | United States | 32,100 | 32 |
Amazon | 421 | 5 | David Pham | United States | 64,600 | 65 |
Amazon | 421 | 6 | Jeremy Heartberg | United States | 25,000 | 25 |
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Amazon | 422 | 1 | Yan Shing Tsang | Hong Kong | 44,300 | 44 |
Amazon | 422 | 3 | Shunjiro Uchida | United States | 34,400 | 34 |
Amazon | 422 | 4 | David Prociak | United States | 65,100 | 65 |
Amazon | 422 | 5 | Ian Shaw | Mexico | 26,900 | 27 |
Amazon | 422 | 6 | Hanh Tran | United States | 27,400 | 27 |
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Amazon | 423 | 1 | Brian Jordan | United States | 25,100 | 25 |
Amazon | 423 | 2 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 40,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 423 | 3 | Brant Hale | United States | 4,900 | 5 |
Amazon | 423 | 4 | John David Rogers | United States | 43,100 | 43 |
Amazon | 423 | 5 | Bradley Beetz | United States | 17,900 | 18 |
Amazon | 423 | 6 | Jason C Lipiner | United States | 41,200 | 41 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 2:06 AM Local Time
End of Day Chip Counts
Jared Bleznick | 72,900 | -5,100 |
Rick Fuller | 66,200 | |
David Prociak | 65,100 | 3,100 |
David Pham | 64,600 | 13,100 |
Adam Friedman | 63,200 | 21,200 |
Walter Chambers | 57,400 | |
Oscar Johansson | 57,300 | 1,300 |
Steven Tabb | 53,700 | |
Philip Long | 52,000 | |
James Scott | 50,700 | |
John Prather | 50,200 | 0 |
Kerim Atouani | 48,500 | |
Yan Shing Tsang | 44,300 | |
Christian Calcano | 43,800 | 19,700 |
Matt Savage | 43,400 | 6,400 |
John David Rogers | 43,100 | |
John Bunch | 41,600 | 8,600 |
Jason C Lipiner | 41,200 | |
Andrew Yip | 41,100 | |
Aliaksei Boika | 40,000 | |
Matthew Smith (SC) | 39,900 | |
Brendan Taylor | 39,500 | |
Yong Wang | 39,200 | |
Randolph Jensen | 39,000 | |
Kenny Shei | 37,200 | |
Brian Tate | 36,500 | |
Timothy Frazin | 36,300 | |
Steven Klein | 36,100 | |
Chris Vitch [Christopher Vitch] | 36,100 | |
Nicholas Derke | 36,000 | |
William Toh | 34,500 | |
Shunjiro Uchida | 34,400 | |
David "ODB" Baker | 34,300 | -25,700 |
Masayoshi Tanaka | 34,200 | |
Sardor Gaziev | 34,100 | |
Sampo Ryynanen | 34,000 | |
Brett Bader | 33,100 | |
Scott Milkey | 33,000 | |
Hope Williams | 32,200 | |
Alejandro Torres | 32,100 | |
Phil Hui [Phillip Hui] | 31,800 | |
Danny Wong | 31,700 | |
Daniel Ospina | 30,800 | 23,800 |
Frank Kassela | 30,600 | -3,400 |
Robert Goldfarb | 29,700 | |
Calvin Anderson | 29,400 | 4,900 |
Cody Wagner | 29,400 | -15,200 |
Horacio Chaves Cortes | 28,900 | |
Kyle Miaso | 28,300 | |
Hanh Tran | 27,400 | |
Christopher Grzadziel | 27,300 | |
Ian Shaw | 26,900 | |
Jon Turner | 26,100 | -5,400 |
Benjamin Scholl | 25,500 | |
Aron Dermer | 25,300 | |
Brian Jordan | 25,100 | |
Jeremy Heartberg | 25,000 | |
Ralph Rudd | 24,900 | |
Shaun Deeb | 23,800 | -3,200 |
David Bach | 22,900 | -2,100 |
Yueqi Zhu | 21,200 | |
Andrii Nadieliaiev | 20,600 | |
Pete Thomas | 20,000 | |
Haresh Thaker | 20,000 | |
Hernan Salazar | 19,800 | -7,200 |
Craig Love | 19,700 | 0 |
Bradley Beetz | 17,900 | |
Scott Clements | 15,800 | 4,800 |
Timothy McDermott | 13,100 | -6,900 |
Andrey Zhigalov | 13,000 | |
Jason Papastavrou | 12,700 | |
Bryce Yockey | 12,400 | 400 |
Neil Yekell | 11,800 | |
Alessio Isaia | 10,400 | |
Thomas Taylor | 9,500 | -500 |
Ajay Chabra | 9,300 | -9,700 |
Randall Pace | 9,200 | |
Brian Hastings | 9,100 | -11,900 |
Allen Kessler | 8,800 | -5,200 |
Abdel Hamid | 7,200 | -13,800 |
Ryan Hughes | 7,000 | -15,000 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | 6,800 | -16,200 |
Brant Hale | 4,900 | |
David Bell | 3,700 | |
Daniel DiPasquale | 3,700 | |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:52 AM Local Time
Three More Hands
The clock has been paused on Day 1. Each table will play three more hands before bagging their chips for Day 2.
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:47 AM Local Time
Clements Cut Down
Scott Clements opened two bets and called three bets from the player in the big blind. Both players drew two and Clements bet once more. His opponent made it to bets with very little behind and Clements added the rest to put the player at risk.
Both players drew one and then Clements drew one again while his opponent stood pat.
Clements flipped over a drawing live against his opponent's . Clements drew a making a pair and doubled up his opponent.
Scott Clements | 11,000 | -20,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:40 AM Local Time
Fallen During the Final Level
Benny Glaser | 0 | -8,500 |
Chris Ferguson | 0 | -21,300 |
Greg Raymer | 0 | -20,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:19 AM Local Time
Top Stacks Heading Towards the Bag
Jared Bleznick | 78,000 | 36,000 |
David "ODB" Baker | 60,000 | 8,000 |
Oscar Johansson | 56,000 | |
Chris Vitch | 55,000 | -15,000 |
David Pham | 51,500 | 23,500 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:02 AM Local Time
Prize Pool & Payout Structure Released
The official numbers are in and with 356 entries on Day 1, a prize pool worth $480,600 was created. The top 54 spots will get paid with anyone making the money guaranteed at least $2,243.
Awaiting the eventual champion is, of course, a shiny, new WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize worth $117,282.
Here's how the prize pool will be distributed:
Place | Prize |
1 | $117,282 |
2 | $72,471 |
3 | $46,729 |
4 | $30,926 |
5 | $21,021 |
6 | $14,687 |
7-8 | $10,555 |
9-10 | $7,809 |
11-12 | $5,953 |
13-18 | $4,680 |
19-24 | $3,799 |
25-30 | $3,186 |
31-36 | $2,765 |
37-42 | $2,485 |
43-48 | $2,317 |
49-54 | $2,243 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 1:02 AM Local Time
Level 10 started
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:58 AM Local Time
Ferguson Triples Up
The player under-the-gun made it two-bets, Chris Ferguson called in the small blind and the big blind then made it three bets. The under-the-gun player then made it four-bets, Ferguson called and the big blind capped it at five bets with both players calling.
Ferguson drew two and the other players each drew one. The under-the-gun player then bet with Ferguson and the big blind calling.
On the second draw, Ferguson opted for two cards again with the others each drawing one and the action checked around.
On the third and final draw each player drew one with Ferguson betting all-in for his last 1,200 with the big blind being the only caller.
Ferguson revealed and despite the last minute registration has quickly tripled the 7,500 starting stack.
Chris Ferguson | 21,300 | 15,300 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:37 AM Local Time
Assorted Stack Updates
Chris Vitch | 70,000 | 46,000 |
Adam Friedman | 42,000 | 31,000 |
Matt Savage | 37,000 | 20,000 |
Jon Turner | 31,500 | -200 |
Scott Clements | 31,000 | -8,000 |
Shaun Deeb | 27,000 | 14,300 |
David Bach | 25,000 | 16,000 |
Brian Hastings | 21,000 | 5,000 |
David Prociak | 18,000 | -7,000 |
Bryce Yockey | 12,000 | -8,000 |
Thomas Taylor | 10,000 | -13,000 |
Benny Glaser | 8,500 | -17,500 |
Ben Yu | 7,000 | -500 |
Daniel Ospina | 7,000 | -2,600 |
Paul Volpe | 6,500 | |
Mikhail Semin | 4,000 | -3,500 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:25 AM Local Time
Baker Sitting on Top
The player in the cutoff made it two bets, David Baker made it three on the button and the player called. They both opted to draw two.
The cutoff bet and Baker called. On the second draw, each of them drew one with Baker calling a bet from the cutoff once more.
On the final draw, the cutoff patted with Baker opting to draw one more. The player in the cutoff then check-called a bet from Baker.
Baker rolled over for a number three and the player mucked as Baker leads the field towards the end of Day 1.
David "ODB" Baker | 52,000 | 9,000 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:17 AM Local Time
A Round of Counts
David "ODB" Baker | 43,000 | 8,500 |
Jared Bleznick | 42,000 | 24,000 |
Frank Kassela | 34,000 | 2,000 |
John Bunch | 33,000 | 18,500 |
David Pham | 28,000 | 21,500 |
Hernan Salazar | 27,000 | -3,200 |
Calvin Anderson | 24,500 | 3,500 |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | 23,000 | 6,000 |
Ron Ware | 22,000 | -5,300 |
Abdel Hamid | 21,000 | 9,500 |
Greg Raymer | 20,000 | 5,000 |
Phil Hui | 19,000 | -5,000 |
Allen Kessler | 14,000 | 6,500 |
Dutch Boyd | 13,000 | -4,500 |
Chris Ferguson | 6,000 | -1,500 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:09 AM Local Time
Registration Closed; Ferguson, Yu, Wolansky Among Last to Enter
Registration has officially closed and today's field looks to have attracted a total of 356 entries. Prize pool and payout information will be posted as soon as it becomes available.
The tournament clock currently displays 126 players remaining.
Steven Wolansky | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Ben Yu | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Chris Ferguson | 7,500 | 7,500 |
Thursday, June 14, 2018 12:03 AM Local Time
Level 9 started
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:47 PM Local Time
Break Time
The players are now on a 15-minute break. Late registration will end at the end of this break.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:45 PM Local Time
Clements Loses Some to Turner
Jon Turner made it two bets with the player on the button calling and Scott Clements coming along in the big. Clements drew three with Turner and button each drawing two.
Clements made it one bet and Turner made it two, the player on the button called and Clements tossed in the call. Clements drew one, Turner drew two and the button drew one.
Clements then checked to Turner who bet, the button called and Clements called again. Both Clements and Turner patted and the button drew one final card.
The action checked around with Turner revealing a and scooped the pot.
Scott Clements | 35,000 | 1,000 |
Jon Turner | 31,700 | 7,700 |
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 11:38 PM Local Time
Mizrachi Pairs to Bust
Michael Mizrachi had just 200 left after the second draw and put it in the middle, getting called by one of his two opponents. Mizrachi drew one and his opponent stood pat tabling an .
Mizrachi was drawing live to a but paired his seven and was eliminated.
Michael Mizrachi | 0 | -7,500 |