Event #21: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-11-2019 14:12 UTC-8

Elias Creeping Back Up

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Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Darren Elias raised to 60,000 on the button and Prahlad Friedman defended the big blind. Each player drew one and Friedman check-folded to 125,000.

Then, Elias raised to 60,000 under the gun and got called by Jean-Robert Bellande on his left and Jim Bechtel in the big blind. Elias stayed pat while his opponents each pitched a card. Everyone checked the end and Elias won it with the roughest of jacks: .

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	825,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jim Bechtel Prahlad Friedman

06-11-2019 14:14 UTC-8

Musso Above a Milly

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Vince Musso three-bet to 260,000 from the button and Bellande called.

Bellande drew one, Musso stood pat, Bellande checked and Musso checked behind with a . Bellande mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	1,710,000 -250,000	-250,000

Vince Musso	1,200,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Vince Musso

06-11-2019 14:23 UTC-8

Queen Enough for Elias

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mnuwwarah

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Prahlad Friedman raised to 50,000 second to act and was called by Vince Musso on his left. Darren Elias called in the big blind. Elias needed two, Friedman patted and Musso took one. Everyone checked the end and Elias showed a to take it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vince Musso	1,100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Darren Elias	875,000 50,000	50,000

Prahlad Friedman	670,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Darren Elias Prahlad Friedman Vince Musso

06-11-2019 14:25 UTC-8

Friedman Doubles Into the Lead

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 75,000 from the small blind, Prahlad Friedman three-bet shoved for 640,000 from the big blind and Bellande called after a few moments.

Both stood pat and Friedman fanned . Bellande couldn't beat it with a ten-nine and Friedman doubled up into the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Prahlad Friedman	1,310,000 640,000	640,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	1,010,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande Prahlad Friedman

06-11-2019 14:31 UTC-8

Bechtel Sliding

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mnuwwarah

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Jim Bechtel raised to 60,000 in the small blind and Darren Elias called in the big. Each took a card and Bechtel checked. Elias bet 100,000. Bechtel tanked awhile then called.

Elias showed and Bechtel tossed a nine-seven in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	1,000,000 125,000	125,000

Jim Bechtel	765,000 -415,000	-415,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jim Bechtel

06-11-2019 14:32 UTC-8

Elias' Check-Raise Gives Him the Lead

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Prahlad Friedman raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Darren Elias called from the small blind.

Both drew one, Elias checked, Friedman bet 175,000, Elias check-raised to 700,000 and Friedman quickly folded.

With that pot, Elias took the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	1,340,000 340,000	340,000

Prahlad Friedman	1,120,000 -190,000	-190,000

Tags: Darren Elias Prahlad Friedman

06-11-2019 14:37 UTC-8

One for Bechtel

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Darren Elias raised to 60,000 from under the gun, Jean-Robert Bellande called from the cutoff and Jim Bechtel called from the big blind.

Bechtel drew two, Elias drew one and Bellande drew two.

It was checked around and Bechtel took it down with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	1,280,000 -60,000	-60,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	960,000 -50,000	-50,000

Jim Bechtel	895,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Jim Bechtel Darren Elias Jean-Robert Bellande

06-11-2019 14:43 UTC-8

Bechtel Bet-Folds

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mnuwwarah

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 75,000 second to act, Jim Bechtel called in the small blind and Darren Elias called in the big. Bechtel took one, Elias two and Bellande one. Bechtel came out firing with 100,000. Elias thought awhile and mucked. Bellande slid in a full stack of T25,000s for a raise to 500,000. Bechtel gave it up in a hurry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	1,240,000 280,000	280,000

Jim Bechtel	720,000 -175,000	-175,000

Tags: Darren Elias Jim Bechtel

06-11-2019 14:51 UTC-8

Bechtel Four-Bet Shoves on Bellande

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Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Jim Bechtel raised to 60,000 from the button, Jean-Robert Bellande-Robert Bellande three-bet to 200,000 from the big blind, Bechtel four-bet shoved for 600,000 and Bellande folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	890,000 -350,000	-350,000

Jim Bechtel	840,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Jim Bechtel Jean-Robert Bellande

06-11-2019 14:55 UTC-8

Friedman Bets Out Three

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mnuwwarah

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Darren Elias raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and was called by everyone behind him. Prahlad Friedman took one, Vince Musso two, Elias patted and Bellande took one. Friedman led into the field for 200,000 and everyone folded without much delay.

Player	Chips	Progress
Prahlad Friedman	1,400,000 280,000	280,000

Tags: Darren Elias Prahlad Friedman Vince Musso