Mark Dickstein opened to 600 on the button and received calls from both the small and big blind.
The small blind took two while the big blind and Dickstein chose to draw one. Action then checked to Dickstein who led out for 2,200, getting a fold from the small blind but a call from the big blind. "Straight to the seven" announced Dickstein as he turned over 7x6x5x4x3x. His opponent had managed to find the call holding Jx10x9x6x4x, good enough to take down the pot.
Shawn Sheikhan checked his option from the small blind and David Inhofe checked his from the big.
Sheikhan, with three no-limit 2-7 top-ten finishes to his name drew four, and Inhofe, who finished 5th in the 2000 $1,500 Limit A-5 Lowball Draw event, drew two. "What can I do?" asked Sheikhan. "I got dealt a flush!"
Sheikhan checked to Inhofe, who laid out four maroon 100 chips in front of him. Sheikhan folded, laughing, "Dude's bluffing me!"
Jon Shoreman opened from under the gun and was called by Andy Black in the big blind.
Both players took once card after which Black check-called a bet of 600 from Shoreman. "Pair of fives" Shoreman announced as he tabled 9x5x5x4x2x. "I can beat that" Black responded, turning over Jx10x6x5x2x to take down a small pot early in the day.
It’s time to turn those hands upside down and shove all your chips in the middle as the No-Limit 2-7 Lowball portion of the World Series of Poker starts off with a bang Monday at 2:00 p.m. local time with Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Single Draw, followed by Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship, June 29th.
Yuval Bronshtein, the 2019 winner of this event characterized no-limit 2-7 as, “... the purest form of poker... It’s really about reading people.” With the no-limit format, and just the single draw to improve your hand, many pros share that sentiment. The action on Day 1 should be fast and intense as those players jockey to bag the largest stacks heading to Day 2, on their way to a bracelet of their own on Day 3.
The defending champion in this event is Maxx Coleman, who won his first bracelet, and a $127,809 first prize, muscling through a record-smashing field of 437 that generated a prize pool of $583,395.
Coleman came into the event with 44 career WSOP cashes and three final table appearances dating back to 2013, but no bracelet to show for it.
“It feels great. It’s something I’ve wanted to win,” he said after the event. “I’ve had some deep runs and good scores, but no bracelet.”
With seven WSOP cashes and a 3rd-place finish in Event #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship already in 2023, it would be no surprise to see Coleman among the leaders in this event again.
But as last year’s event showed, with Yuri Dzivielevski, Max Kruse, and Roland Israelashvili all making the final table, and previous event bracelet winners like Phil Hellmuth, Bronshtein, and Frank Kassela, this is an event that attracts the best mixed-game pros and some of the fiercest competition at the WSOP.
Yuval Bronshtein
Previous $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Champions
Year
Winner
Country
Prize
Entrants
2022
Maxx Coleman
United States
$127,809
437
2021
Phil Hellmuth
United States
$84,851
272
2019
Yuval Bronshtein
Israel
$96,278
296
2018
Daniel Ospina
Colombia
$87,678
260
2017
Frank Kassela
United States
$89,151
266
2016
Ryan D'Angelo
United States
$92,338
279
2015
Christian Pham
United States
$81,314
219
2014
Steven Wolansky
United States
$89,483
241
2012
Larry Wright
United States
$101,975
285
2011
Matt Perrins
United Kingdom
$102,105
275
2010
Yan Chen
United States
$92,817
250
2002
Thor Hansen
Norway
$62,600
111
Play on Day 1 of this three-day event begins on Monday at 2:00 p.m. local time in the Paris Ballroom at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas Players will begin Day 1 with 25,000 in chips and blinds beginning at 100/100/200. Day 1 will comprise ten 60-minute levels, with 15-minute breaks every two levels. Late registration will be open for the first eight levels (approximately 11:00 p.m.).
Day 2 will feature a restart Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. local time and play down to five players, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after level 16 (approximately 7:30 p.m.).
The restart of Day 3 is Wednesday, time TBD, playing down to a winner with 15-minute breaks every two levels, and a dinner break TBD.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of this inaugural event as we begin the road to the crowning of another champion at the 2023 World Series Of Poker.
