A raising war resulted in the all in of Paul Volpe for around 26,000, and Jean-Robert Bellande called. Bellande stood pat, while Volpe drew one card.
Bellande tabled his , and Volpe said, "You were trying to get me off that one," and showed . He squeezed the last card, said, "Oh wait, that's not good," before tabling a jack. His jack-eight was no good to the jack-seven of Bellande, and Volpe headed to the rail.
At the same time one table over, Steve Gee raised to 1,800 from under the gun, and Nick Schulman called. Randy Ohel three-bet to 7,000 in the big blind, and Gee folded. "How much do you have?" Schulman asked, and Ohel replied with, "Starting stack." Schulman called.
Ohel stood pat and drew one card. Once the draw was finished, Ohel checked, and Schulman moved all in for 31,625. Ohel called after one minute of consideration, and Schulman showed a pair of eights, whiel Ohel had beat with .
After the draw, Galen Hall was facing off against Samuel Touil with just around 15,000 in the middle of the table already. Hall had a bet of 12,400 in front of him, and Touil was in the tank. He thought for just a bit before calling.
Hall turned up for an eighty-seven, and that was good enough to earn him the pot as Touil mucked.
Hall is the definitive chip leader at this point in the tournament, but seeing as this is a no-limit game, that could all change very quickly.
Jason Mercier opened with a raise to 1,100. Next to act was Marvin Karlins. He raised to 3,000. Darren Elias called from the big blind. Action was back to Mercier and he folded.
Both Elias and Karlins took one card. Karlins checked in the dark. Elias looked at his card, then bet 4,000. Karlins took a look at his draw, then called.
"I have a ten-eight," Karlins said. Elias pitched his cards in, but Karlins turned up for a pair of sixes, not a ten-eight.
Elias then retrieved his hand. He showed , then kicked his hand back into the muck, showing that he was beat either way.
"That's why I turned my hand up," Karlins said. "I've got bad eyes. I really did think I had a ten-eight."
Karlins was pushed the pot and the rest of the table just laughed.
An elite field will gather today to battle for one of the most sought-after gold bracelets of the summer. Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship kicks off at 3 p.m. inside the Brasilia room Sunday afternoon.
This is the second no-limit 2-7 event of the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP). 2010 WSOP Player of the Year Frank Kassela bested Bernard Lee just three days ago to win his third bracelet and $89,151 in the $1,500 installment.
With the warm-up out of the way, it’s time to get down to business. In 2016, Jason Mercier topped a 100-strong field filled with the best poker players in the world. Mercier defeated Mike Watson heads up to capture his fourth bracelet and a first-place prize of $273,335.
Joining Mercier and Watson at the final table were Wil Wilkinson, David Grey, Benny Glaser (who also final tabled the $1,500 no-limit 2-7 last week), Stephen Chidwick and Alex Luneau.
Past winners of this prestigious event include Phil Galfond, Paul Volpe, Jesse Martin and Nick Schulman.
Year
Champion
Entries
Prize
2016
Jason Mercier
100
$273,335
2015
Phil Galfond
77
$224,383
2014
Paul Volpe
87
$253,524
2013
Jesse Martin
87
$253,524
2012
Nick Schulman
101
$294,321
Players will begin taking their seats at 3 p.m. local time and play for 10 hour-long levels before bagging for Day 2. Follow along all event long as PokerNews will be on the floor providing live coverage until a new champion is crowned.
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, and Volpe said, "You were trying to get me off that one," and showed 
. He squeezed the last card, said, "Oh wait, that's not good," before tabling a jack. His jack-eight was no good to the jack-seven of Bellande, and Volpe headed to the rail.
