Day 1 of WSOP 2013 Event #59 $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball saw 282 entrants pay the buy-in to contribute to the $641,550 prize pool. 88 players survived the Day, including three times WSOP and WPT champion Michael Mizrachi, WSOP title holder David ‘ODB’ Baker, Justin Bonomo and Farzad Bonyadi – to look at the top 10 only. Once again, an illustrious player pool was formed.
The 30 in the money finishes were reached on Day 2. Of the most renowned players, Jon Turner finished 29th, Naoya Kihara 28th, Dario Alioto 27th, Calvin Anderson 18th, Benjamin Pollak 17th, Marco Johnson 16th and Konstantin Puchkov 14th. Only 10 participants remained with ‘ODB’ in the chiplead but the likes of David Chiu, Scott Seiver, Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Watson and Eli Elezra were not far behind.
Watson, Mizrachi, Alexander Condon and Eric Wasserson had to be eliminated for the following Final Table to be drawn:
Seat 1: Daniel Negreanu – 617,000
Seat 2: Scott Seiver – 288,000
Seat 3: Eli Elezra – 456,000
Seat 4: David Chiu – 235,000
Seat 5: David ‘ODB’ Baker – 283,000
Seat 6: Brian Brubaker – 217,000
In the early hands of the illustrious finale, Seiver lost a major pot and dropped down to only 18,000 in chips. Although doubling up twice, he did finish in 6th place eventually, Chiu taking his chips with 7-6-5-3-2.
Baker was out in 5th, also by the hands of Chiu. Baker had 8-6-4-3-2 but Chiu held exactly the same hand as before, 7-6-5-3-2. Next, despite the strong start, Chiu busted out before the heads-up was formulated with the elimination of Brian Brubaker, losing his stack to Negreanu.
Daniel Negreanu – 1,110,000
Eli Elezra – 991,000
Despite starting from behind, Elezra managed to take the lead and the tournament was over on Level 26 (30,000/60,000). In the last hand, Elezra stood pat on 9-8-6-5-2, Negreanu drew one to 8-6-4-3 and it was a king, giving the victory to Elezra.
Eli Elezra won his second bracelet after his triumph in WSOP 2007 $3,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Eli Elezra – $173,236
2nd: Daniel Negreanu – $107,055
3rd: Brian Brubaker – $70,743
4th: David Chiu – $48,077
5th: David ‘ODB’ Baker – $33,399
6th: Scott Seiver – $23,698
The 30 in the money finishes were reached on Day 2. Of the most renowned players, Jon Turner finished 29th, Naoya Kihara 28th, Dario Alioto 27th, Calvin Anderson 18th, Benjamin Pollak 17th, Marco Johnson 16th and Konstantin Puchkov 14th. Only 10 participants remained with ‘ODB’ in the chiplead but the likes of David Chiu, Scott Seiver, Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, Mike Watson and Eli Elezra were not far behind.
Watson, Mizrachi, Alexander Condon and Eric Wasserson had to be eliminated for the following Final Table to be drawn:
Seat 1: Daniel Negreanu – 617,000
Seat 2: Scott Seiver – 288,000
Seat 3: Eli Elezra – 456,000
Seat 4: David Chiu – 235,000
Seat 5: David ‘ODB’ Baker – 283,000
Seat 6: Brian Brubaker – 217,000
In the early hands of the illustrious finale, Seiver lost a major pot and dropped down to only 18,000 in chips. Although doubling up twice, he did finish in 6th place eventually, Chiu taking his chips with 7-6-5-3-2.
Baker was out in 5th, also by the hands of Chiu. Baker had 8-6-4-3-2 but Chiu held exactly the same hand as before, 7-6-5-3-2. Next, despite the strong start, Chiu busted out before the heads-up was formulated with the elimination of Brian Brubaker, losing his stack to Negreanu.
Daniel Negreanu – 1,110,000
Eli Elezra – 991,000
Despite starting from behind, Elezra managed to take the lead and the tournament was over on Level 26 (30,000/60,000). In the last hand, Elezra stood pat on 9-8-6-5-2, Negreanu drew one to 8-6-4-3 and it was a king, giving the victory to Elezra.
Eli Elezra won his second bracelet after his triumph in WSOP 2007 $3,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Eli Elezra – $173,236
2nd: Daniel Negreanu – $107,055
3rd: Brian Brubaker – $70,743
4th: David Chiu – $48,077
5th: David ‘ODB’ Baker – $33,399
6th: Scott Seiver – $23,698
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