Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw

The second day of Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball is officially in the books! Play began today with 55 of the 87 original entrants returning to the felt. By the end of the day, the official final table of seven was reached with none other than six-time WSOP bracelet winner Layne Flack leading the way. Flack leads a star-studded final table whose participants own a combined 16 gold WSOP bracelets.

Flack, who sat among the chip leaders for most of the day, will be a force to be reckoned with heading into the final table. Hot on Flack's heels is Jesse Martin who is still in search for his first gold bracelet. Rounding out the top three is none other than David "Bakes" Baker who won this very event back in 2010. This event marks Baker's fourth official final table appearance at the 2013 WSOP. Baker has proven his skill in 2-7 once in the past and the combination of his experience and skill may be enough to land a third bracelet around his wrist.

With the stacked field that turned out for this event it was no shock that almost every name to hit the rail was recognizable. Players like Erik Seidel, Jean-Robert Bellande, Johnny Chan, 2009 & 2012 champion Nick Schulman, Phil Galfond, Billy Baxter, Joseph Cheong, Phil Ivey, Ali Eslami, Tom Schneider, and Frank Kassela all fell before the money was reached. As the players were whittled down to the final fifteen, the bubble loomed. In the end, it was birthday boy Brian Hastings who would also adopt the title of bubble boy. Hastings fell to Calvin Anderson and the field was officially in the money.

Players dropped quickly after the money was reached with Dan O'Brien, Larry Wright, and Naoya Kihara being the first three to go. All three collected $16,601 in prize money. Start-of-day chip leader Anderson was the next to fall and was forced to settle for an eleventh place finish. Following Anderson out the door and also taking home $19,283 were James Lee and Ashton Griffin, respectively. The elimination of Griffin prompted a total redraw to the unofficial final table of eight where Paul Volpe became the final casualty of the night when he was eliminated by Konstantin Puchkov.

Official Final Table

*Denotes that the player is a bracelet winner.

The final table will commence play at 2:00 PM PST on Tuesday right here in the Amazon room of the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino. Be sure to stay tuned to all of our live updates as document the crowning of the newest WSOP champion!

Jon Turner raised to 15,000 in the hijack seat, Konstantin Puchkov called in the cutoff, and Paul Volpe moved all in for 65,000 out of the big blind. Turner quickly folded, and Puchkov went into the tank.

"Slow roll, chirp," Mark Herm said from the rail.

"Yup," Volpe said.

Finally Puchkov called. Volpe stood pat, Puchkov drew one, and Volpe fanned      . Puchkov was drawing very live with      and started to squeeze his down card. After squeezing it, he slowly picked it up off of the felt so that only he could see it, and after two or three seconds revealed a  , giving him a winning ten-seven.

Volpe will receive $22,399 for his eighth-place finish - the highest of his World Series of Poker career.

Paul Volpe

0

-80,000

Jon Turner raised to 15,000 in the cutoff, and Ashton Griffin, who was recently crippled by Layne Flack in a hand where Flack made an eighty-seve, moved all in for 93,000 on the button. Both blinds released, and the action was back on Turner, who tanked for a considerable amount of time before calling.

Turner stood pat fairly quickly, and then it was Griffin's turn to tank. He placed his hands on his head, closing his eyes to assess the situation as best he could. Finally, he spoke to Turner, and what he said sounded like, "I remember you saying something about taking your time."

Finally, Griffin flicked one card away, and Turner sighed. He showed      , and obviously didn't want Griffin to draw to a better hand. Griffin showed     , and could survive with a seven, six, or four.

Unfortunately for Griffin he turned over an  , and was eliminated in ninth place for $19,283.

The remaining eight players will join together at the unofficial final table. We will have a seat draw and counts for you shortly.

Ashton Griffin

0

-200,000

Jesse Martin raised to 17,000 on the button, Paul Volpe called in the small blind, and David "Bakes" Baker three-bet to 56,000 in the big blind. Martin folded, and Volpe tank-called.

Volpe drew one, Baker stood pat, and both players checked.

"Queen," Volpe announced.

Baker showed the      , winning the pot.

David Bakes Baker	330,000	95,000
Paul Volpe	153,000	-47,000

Calvin Anderson open-shoved all in for 96,000 in the cutoff, Jeff Lisandro tanked for quite some time before calling in the small blind, and Layne Flack tanked even longer before calling in the big blind. Lisandro stood pat, Flack slapped the railing, standing pat as well, and Calvin anderson sighed.

"S***," he said under his breath.

He tossed away one card.

Lisandro and Flack quickly checked, and Flack flashed a ten-high before mucking. Lisandro fanned       for a ninety-seven, and Anderson was forced to show       for a pair of fours.

Anderson hit the rail in 11th place, earning $19,283

Jeff Lisandro	460,000	175,000
Layne Flack	353,000	-91,500
Calvin Anderson	0	-79,000

While at Table 359, we noticed that there was action going down at Table 360. When we arrived, Calvin Anderson and Jeff Lisandro were heads up post draw, and Anderson tossed out 18,500. Lisandro opted to raise, sliding out 78,500, and Anderson tank-called.

Lisandro quietly fanned       for an eight perfect, and Anderson frustratedly dropped his cards into the muck, revealing an  .

Jeff Lisandro	285,000	85,000
Calvin Anderson	79,000	-74,500

Ashton Griffin shoved for 89,000 from under the gun. Layne Flack tank-called on the button, and both blinds released. Griffin and Flack both drew one card.

Griffin ripped over a  , leaving Flack, who tabled a meaningless  , drawing dead.

Layne Flack	435,000	-50,000
Ashton Griffin	189,000	119,000