Event #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Andrew Kelsall opened to 28,000 in the hijack and Dan Shak moved all in for 132,000 in the big blind. Kelsall called.

Shak stood pat and Kelsall thought for a bit before deciding to draw one and break his ten.

Dan Shak:      
Andrew Kelsall:      /  

Kelsall made a good break, but still needed to catch. He slowly peeled and revealed a   to win the pot, eliminating Shak in 10th place for $25,026.

Andrew Kelsall	930,000	50,000
Phil Hellmuth	470,000	-30,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	380,000	120,000
Cary Katz	220,000	-60,000
Dan Shak	0	-260,000

Cary Katz opened to 24,000 in middle position, Phil Hellmuth called in the hijack, and Andrew Kelsall raised to 114,000 on the button. Katz called and Hellmuth went into the tank.

Hellmuth pondered his decision and even laughed at the prospect of folding, before he showed table-neighbor Dan Shak his hand and let him know this was how to play poker as he sent his cards into the muck.

Katz drew one and Kelsall stood pat.

Both players checked post-draw and Kelsall tabled       for the winning hand, sending Hellmuth into a classic mini-tirade as he jumped out of his seat in disbelief and claimed to have folded     , while the audience on the rail enjoyed the show and Kelsall took the pot.

Pedro Bromfman	1,100,000	-10,000
Andrew Kelsall	880,000	330,000
Phil Hellmuth	500,000	120,000
Cary Katz	280,000	-290,000
Dan Shak	260,000	10,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	260,000	-90,000

Pedro Bromfman opened to 30,000 in the cutoff and Mark Johns shoved for approximately 140,000 on the button. Action folded back to Bromfman who called.

Bromfman stood pat and, after a few moments of thought, so did Johns. The two players revealed their holdings.

Mark Johns:      
Pedro Bromfman:      

Bromfman had ten-seven to defeat the ten-nine, and Johns was eliminated in 13th place for $20,000.

Pedro Bromfman	1,110,000	350,000
Cary Katz	570,000	90,000
Andrew Kelsall	550,000	155,000
Phil Hellmuth	380,000	-160,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	350,000	-160,000
Dan Shak	250,000	-237,000
Mark Johns	0	-173,000

After David Lambard opened 25,000 under the gun, Alex Livingston raised to 100,000 from the cutoff. Lambard put his last 125,000 or so in the middle and both players stood pat.

Livingston's eight perfect       was good enough to beat Lambard's       to send the bracelet winner to the rail in 14th place.

Alex Livingston	500,000	154,000
David Lambard	0	-169,000

The 2022 World Series of Poker continues at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas and the final day of Event #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship will begin at 2 p.m. local time.

The 14 remaining players will battle it out on the felt for the coveted gold bracelet in addition to the $294,616 first-place prize. The tournament attracted 121 total entries to create a $1,128,325 prize pool, the vast majority of which will be awarded today.

Event #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Scott Seiver will be returning to the felt as the chip leader and will be looking to snag a fifth career bracelet and second bracelet of the series after his victory in Event #3: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em only a couple of weeks ago.

Pedro Bromfman is a film composer and music producer and sits just behind Seiver in the current chip standings. Although he doesn't have the poker résumé that many of his opponents have, his limited poker results do include a sixth-place finish in this event during the 2019 WSOP, and he will have an opportunity to surpass that.

Farzad Bonyadi is looking to defend his title as he won this exact event during the 2021 WSOP for his fourth career bracelet, and today he could find number five. Eli Elezra is another player with a possibility of a fifth bracelet if he can accumulate all of the chips at the end of the day.

Brazil's Yuri Dzivielevski has a shot at a third piece of gold jewelry, and Canada's Alex Livingston is hoping he can win a second one after he won, lost, and reunited with his first not too long ago. Jerry Wong, Cary Katz, and Dan Shak are among those with an opportunity to secure a maiden bracelet.

Phil Hellmuth has his eyes set on bracelet number 17, and with a stack in the top half of the leaderboard, his vision could soon become a reality. His most recent bracelet was won during the 2021 WSOP in a $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw event, and he is hoping to stay positive enough to continue his success in the format.

The final day is set to begin soon at 2 p.m. local time. It is scheduled to be streamed on delay on PokerGO once the field is whittled down further. Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team returns to bring you updates until a champion is crowned.