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Paul Volpe among those looking to add to his multiple bracelet collection
Only 57 players remain in Event #7: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball. There were 225 players to start Day 1 which created a total prize pool of $562,500 and a first-place prize of $130,948. Players are just 23 places away from the money with 34 spots being paid, so the money bubble is likely to burst very quickly in the first few levels of the day.
Leading the pack at the end of Day 1 was Sampo Ryynanen who bagged up 102,000. But following close behind are several notable players and bracelet winners. Jason Mercier (36,000), Paul Volpe (46,000), Barry Greenstein (30,200), Lyle Berman (54,400), Ian Johns (70,700), and Brandon Shack-Harris (68,800) are all looking to add to their multiple bracelet collections.
Rounding out the top five stacks at the end of the day was Wes Self (97,000), Jared Bleznick (91,300), Joseph Wagganer (85,300), and James Kwon (81,400).
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Jason Mercier lost a big pot to Brent Hale, leaving him short stacked headed into hand-for-hand play.
2-7 Triple Draw:
Brent Hale raised. He was called by Daniel Hirleman and Jason Mercier from the big blind.
All three players took two cards on the first draw. Hirleman bet. Mercier raised. Hale folded. Hirleman raised again, and Mercier moved all in for just 900 more. Hirleman called, and action was frozen until all hands were complete on other tables.
Hirleman stood pat while Mercier took one on the second draw. Hirleman stood pat again on the third draw. He showed . Mercier showed and was still live, but drew a on the last draw to be eliminated from the tournament.
Mercier's elimination brings the final 34 players into the money, where they are guaranteed at least $3,775.
While we didn't catch the entire action of the hand, Jake Schwartz was showing and collecting the last of Day 1 chip leader Sampo Ryynanen's chips as he headed to the payout desk.
Martin Staszko raised, and action folded around to Randy Ohel in the big blind. With most of his chips already committed, he labored over whether or not to put in his last 1,000.
"I have to draw five," Ohel said.
"Draw more, win more," Crystal Doan said, who was also sitting at the table.
Eventually, Ohel called and kept his word. He drew five. Staszko took two. On the second draw, Ohel took three, and Staszko took two again.
On the third draw, Ohel stood pat.
"You pat?" Doan asked, surprised.
Staszko, looking frustrated, drew two cards. Ohel turned up for an eighty-six low. Staszko showed and slammed his last two cards over on the table, revealing a and a . Ohel, stood up from the table, shocked. He wished everyone luck and proceeded to the payout desk.
Terry Jennings opened with a raise. Next to act was Jake Schwartz, and he called. Eric Wasserson was next to go, and he raised. Both Schwartz and Jennings called.
On the first draw, Jennings and Schwartz took two, while Wasserson took one. Action checked to Wasserson, who bet, and both players called.
All three players took one card on the second draw, and all three players checked as well.
"Queen," Jennings said.
"Wait, wait," Wasseron said, warning him that the drawing wasn't done yet.
"I know, I know," Jennings said.
Jennings and Wasserson took one while Schwartz stood pat on the third draw.
"Uh-oh," Jennings said. Jennings bet. Schwartz called and Wasserson folded. Jennings showed but Schwartz showed and he scooped the pot.
"How was that?" Schwartz asked Wasserson. "Did I play that good? Can we be friends again?"
"Well, you saved me one bet, so yeah, I think you played it good," Wasserson said.
Lyle Berman raised and was called by Matthew Schreiber from the big blind. Schreiber took two, and Berman took one. Schreiber checked to Berman. Berman bet, and Schreiber called.
Both players took one on the second draw. This time, Schriber bet, and Berman called. Before any draws happened, Schreiber saw that Berman only had 1,000 left. He bet before any action or the third draw had happened. Berman looked at his hand and drew one. Schreiber stood pat again.
Now, facing an all-in bet, Berman had to decide whether or not to call. He looked at his hand, showed , then mucked, leaving himself with just 1,000. He was elminated the next hand by James Kwon when Kwon made a jack-low Badugi.
Matthew Schreiber raised. Daniel Hirleman made it three bets, and Schreiber called. Hirleman stood pat, while Schreiber drew two.
Hirleman bet, and Schreiber called. Hirleman stood pat again, and Schreiber took two.
Hirleman bet again, and Schreiber called all in for the rest of his stack. Hirleman stood pat, and Schreiber took one.
"You might be drawing dead," Hirleman said, showing for a six badugi. Schreiber looked at his draw, threw it into the muck, jokingly grabbed the top card off the dealers deck, looked at that too, then mucked his cards.
, and that earned him the pot.
while Obst showed 
he drew and received a full double through Obst.
on the last draw to be eliminated from the tournament. 
, then mucked, leaving himself with just 1,000. He was elminated the next hand by James Kwon when Kwon made a jack-low Badugi.
