Event #49: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Day 1 of Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship has been played to completion with Sam Soverel emerging as the current chip leader with 454,500 in chips after 10 levels of play. Soverel is a regular in high-stakes tournaments and has amassed more than $16 million in live-tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob. Soverel will be looking to earn his second WSOP gold bracelet. His first bracelet came back in 2016 after he took down a $1,000 Omaha event. Not too far behind Soverel is fellow gold-bracelet winner Johannes Becker, who managed to bag 373,000 in chips by the day's end.

Day 1 got underway with just 11 players but would gradually build throughout the day until eventually topping the 91-player field from the same event in 2019 and ending at 106 entrants. That number is expected to grow as late registration is still available up until the start of Day 2.

As expected in any championship event, the field was laden with notables. Some who bagged into Day 2 include Julien Martini (338,500), Dan Shak (190,500), James Chen (149,000), Matt Vengrin (210,500), Chris Vitch (83,000), Scott Seiver (99,500), Nick Schulman (90,000), Ryan Leng (74,500), Benny Glaser (290,500) and Saya Ono (125,000), who is thus far the only female to enter the event.

A few less fortunate, having busted twice and thus ineligible to re-enter, include Jake Daniels, Michael Noori, Galen Hall and Phil Hellmuth, who will have to wait until another event to continue his stellar WSOP run this year.

Day 2 will resume tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time. Play will begin at level 11 (1,500/3,000 with a 4,500 big blind ante) and is scheduled to play down until five players remain. Players will receive 10-minute breaks after every two hour-long levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level 14 (approximately 8:30 p.m.)

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Play has ended for the day and players are bagging their chips. Stay tuned for a full recap of today's action.

Sam Soverel	454,500	44,500
Johannes Becker	373,500	373,500
Julien Martini	338,500	118,500
Shaun Deeb	302,500	63,000
Benny Glaser	290,500	15,500
Benjamin Diebold	277,500
David McGowan	269,500	206,400
Yuval Bronshtein	225,500	500
Farzad Bonyadi	215,500	168,400
Matt Vengrin	210,500	210,500
Shawn Sheikhan	202,500	-18,500
George Wolff	199,000	87,000
Dan Shak	190,500	35,500
Maxx Coleman	158,500	38,500
Dustin Dirksen	157,000	-11,000
James Chen	149,000	57,000
Andrew Kelsall	146,000
Tobias Schwecht	137,500	52,500
Joshua Faris	129,500	8,500
Saya Ono	125,500	-96,000
Bradley Berman	123,000	88,000
Randy Ohel	119,500	-23,500
Ian O'Hara	119,000	4,000
Ian Steinman	118,500	58,500
Cary Katz	114,500	32,000
Scott Seiver	99,500	54,300
Mike Wattel	97,000	88,500
Jeff Lennon	96,500	-48,500
Jason Papastavrou	90,500	9,500
Nick Schulman	90,000	-17,500
Charles Sinn	85,000
Christopher Vitch	83,000
Paul Volpe	78,500	-1,500
Ryan Leng	71,500	-90,500
Samuel Spiwak	65,000
John Monnette	64,500	4,500
Mike Gorodinsky	64,500	-90,500
Daniel Negreanu	59,500	-30,500
Joao Vieira	59,500	-153,500
Brian Rast	47,500
Yuri Dzivielevski	36,500	-140,000
Wil Wilkinson	30,500	-26,500
Johnny Chan	21,500	-128,000

Ryan Riess was all in for around 35,000 and Shawn Sheikhan was the lone caller.

Riess drew one and Sheikhan stood pat.

Ryan Riess:      /  
Shawn Sheikhan:      

Riess was live but he peeled a   to make a pair and he was headed for the rail. Sheikhan chipped above 200K as Day 2 draws to a close.

Shawn Sheikhan	221,000	169,100
Ryan Riess	0	-44,000

David "ODB" Baker raised to 7,000 from the button and Benny Glaser three-bet to 26,000 from the small blind.

Baker thought for a moment before he grabbed the all-in button and placed it on his stack. The dealer counted out 109,500 while Glaser spent the time to think it over. Glaser called and stayed pat. Baker drew one.

David "ODB" Baker:      /  
Benny Glaser:      

Baker was live but he peeled a queen and Glaser's eight-seven held to take a big pot late in Day 1.

Benny Glaser	275,000	183,000
David "ODB" Baker	0	-151,000

Phil Hellmuth shoved from the small blind for around 14,000 and Darren Elias called from the button.

Phil Hellmuth:      /  
Darren Elias:      /  

Both players drew one card. Elias peeled first and saw a  , rendering Hellmuth's card powerless to win the hand. It was   anyways, and Hellmuth headed for the door.

Darren Elias	200,000	65,000
Phil Hellmuth	0	-49,000

With three-way action and around 50,000 in the pot, Ryan Leng stood pat while Benny Glaser and Mike Gorodinsky each drew one card.

Glaser checked after the draw and Gorodinsky shoved more than 90,000 into the middle. Leng folded quickly and Glaser thought it over for a moment before getting away. Gorodinsky's shove earned him a big pot to chip up above 150K.

Ryan Leng	162,000	13,500
Mike Gorodinsky	155,000	83,000
Benny Glaser	92,000	70,900

Frank Kassela raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Wil Wilkinson called. David "ODB" Baker three-bet to 35,000 and Kassela four-bet jammed for around 65,000. Wilkinson got out of the way and Baker called with Kassela covered.

Frank Kassela:      /  
David "ODB" Baker:      

Baker stood pat and Kassela drew one, but he was drawing dead. It was an   and Kassela hit the rail.

David "ODB" Baker	151,000	151,000
Frank Kassela	0	-146,500

Maxx Coleman opened to 5,000 in the cutoff and was called by Daniel Negreanu in the small blind.

Both players drew one and then Negreanu shoved for a bit over 30,000. Coleman let his hand go and Negreanu collected the pot.

Maxx Coleman	120,000	47,500
Daniel Negreanu	43,000	-13,000

Players are now on the final 15-minute break of the evening. Two levels remain until the end of Day 1.

Julien Martini	220,000	148,000
AJ Kelsall	179,000	179,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	176,500	-13,500
Shaun Deeb	170,000	-43,000
Dan Shak	155,000	-30,000
Johnny Chan	149,500	64,100
Ryan Leng	148,500	83,000
Frank Kassela	146,500	61,500
Randy Ohel	143,000	27,000
Darren Elias	135,000	-5,500
Joshua Faris	125,000	56,600
George Wolff	112,000	-16,000
Nick Schulman	107,500	53,500
Yuval Bronshtein	96,500	4,100
Chris Vitch	93,000	35,000
James Chen	92,000	-28,000
Tobias Schwecht	85,000	-1,600
Jason Papastavrou	81,000	-7,000
John Monnette	60,000	17,000
Erik Seidel	58,000	-40,400
Mike Matusow	56,100	-20,900
Daniel Negreanu	56,000	-57,800
Shawn Sheikhan	51,900	9,900
Phil Hellmuth	49,000	-11,000
Scott Seiver	45,200	-2,800
Bradley Berman	35,000	-36,000
Ryan Riess	32,000	14,000
Benny Glaser	21,100	-29,900