Glaser Leads; Negreanu and Schwartz Return for Day 3 of Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
Benny Glaser leads the eight players that will return for the finale of Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The final eight will return tomorrow live at PokerGO for the opportunity to take home the WSOP gold bracelet and $297,051 for the victory.
Glaser’s last WSOP title came when he went back-to-back in the $1,500 and $10,000 Omaha 8-or-Better events in 2016. He is seeking gold bracelet number four, and he is joined in the final group by fellow bracelet winners Johannes Becker, Farzad Bonyadi, Daniel Negreanu, and Julien Martini. This is Glaser’s fifth cash at the 2021 WSOP.
Negreanu will enter Day 3 in the middle of the pack, and the six-time champion will look for an opportunity to jump into contention. He came into Day 2 with one of the smaller stacks and fought hard to bag over a half-million chips with which he will return for the finale.
Jake Schwartz continues his red-hot 2021 WSOP with his 10th cash and his fifth final table. He will return for an opportunity to chase his first WSOP bracelet after several near misses. Schwartz joins Ben Diebold and Dustin Dirksen as the players that will try to win their first title.
Event #49 $10K NL 2-7 Championship Seat Draw
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 2,101,000 |
| 2 | Farzad Bonyadi | United States | 1,106,000 |
| 3 | Johannes Becker | Germany | 1,381,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 517,000 |
| 5 | Dustin Dirksen | United States | 953,000 |
| 6 | Julien Martini | France | 270,000 |
| 7 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 468,000 |
| 8 | Ben Diebold | United States | 522,000 |
Shawn Sheikhan, Mike Gorodinsky, Shaun Deeb, Anthony Zinno and Dan Shak were among the players that cashed but fell short of Day 3.
Day 1 ended with 106 players and the field climbed to 122 when late registration ended at the start of Day 2, up from 91 in 2019. The record-setting field for this tournament generated a prize pool of $1,137,650. The top 8 players returning tomorrow are guaranteed at least $32,162.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $297,051 |
| 2 | $183,591 |
| 3 | $132,685 |
| 4 | $97,199 |
| 5 | $72,185 |
| 6 | $54,359 |
| 7 | $41,515 |
| 8 | $32,162 |
The final eight players return on Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. and play will continue until there is a winner. Blinds will continue in Level 18 at 8,000/16,000 with an ante of 24,000, and levels will once again last 90 minutes long.
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