Randy Ohel (mavsrule3) Captures 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball WSOP Bracelet

Dan · June 13, 2012

Event #22 of the ongoing World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, a $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball tournament, attracted 228 players and shelled out a first place prize of $145,000. In the end, Randy mavsrule3 Ohel (pictured), who has been a member of PocketFives since its first year in operation back in 2005, took home his first gold bracelet in just his fourth career WSOP cash.

Ohel edged out Benjamin Lazer heads-up in what the WSOP live coverage team called “one of the most epic duels in World Series of Poker history.” The heads-up matched lasted over six hours and “the chip lead changed sides so many times we lost count. Both players had 90% of the chips in play at least twice each, but both somehow managed to fight their way back from fumes on each occasion.”

The action concluded after 2:00am local time at the Rio in Las Vegas after one estimate had the chip lead changing hands 14 times.

Lazer, who was playing in his first WSOP event, drew a pair of fives on the final hand to bust in second place and earn $89,000. Ohel recorded the first six-figure live tournament cash of his career, according to the Hendon Mob. Prior to Tuesday, his largest live score to date was worth $67,000 and came by virtue of winning a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em event during the 2009 L.A. Poker Classic.

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Online, Ohel won the Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee in 2010 for $96,000, his largest tracked online score to date. According to WSOP officials, he’s been playing poker professionally for the last four years. Here were the final six players in Event #22 of the WSOP:

1. Randy mavsrule3Ohel – $145,247
2. Benjamin Lazer – $89,714
3. David Baker – $59,925
4. Farzad Bonyadi – $40,987
5. Jason StatusUp Lavallee – $28,585
6. Shawn Buchanan – $20,332

Meanwhile, Event #24, $5,000 Omaha High-Low Split Eight or Better, features none other than Phil Ivey (pictured) atop its leaderboard with 27 players remaining. Ivey, who owns eight WSOP bracelets, finished second in the Pot Limit Hold’em World Championship this year and has generated quite a buzz after sitting out the 2011 WSOP. Ivey is seeking his third final table of the 2012 WSOP, but has quite a strong field to wade through.

Bracelet winner and longtime PocketFiver Dan djk123 Kelly is in second place entering the finale of Event #24 on Wednesday. The action resumes at 2:00pm PT with the following chip stacks. When play paused on Tuesday, the blinds were at 5,000-10,000:

1. Phil Ivey – 446,500
2. Dan djk123Kelly – 297,000
3. Mike Matusow – 290,000
4. Meng La – 276,500
5. Brendan Taylor – 270,500
6. Brian Stinger885 Hastings – 251,000
7. Bart Hanson – 231,500
8. Scotty Nguyen – 212,500
9. Joe Cassidy – 166,500
10. Michael Wattel – 143,500
11. Viacheslav Zhukov – 141,500
12. James Hoeppner – 137,500
13. Andreas Krause – 133,000
14. Gregory Jamison – 129,500
15. Stephen stevie444 Chidwick – 109,000
16. Ryan Lenaghan – 79,500
17. Matthew Wood – 78,000
18. Jeremy Harkin – 71,000
19. Elie Doft – 69,500
20. Robert Stevanovski – 68,000
21. Alex Dovzhenko – 60,000
22. Ismael Bojang – 51,500
23. Frank Russomanno – 38,000
24. Michael Kleist – 35,500
25. Matt Lefkowitz – 24,500
26. Raymond Davis – 18,200
27. John Guth – 11,500

Finally, Bertrand ElkYGrospellier, Taylor taypaurPaur (pictured), Ryan toetaguFair, and Scott r_a_yMontgomery are among the final 18 players standing in Event #23, $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed. The top finisher will bank $567,000 and everyone remaining is guaranteed to earn at least $21,000. When the action stopped on Tuesday night, the blinds were at 4,000-8,000 with an ante of 1,000. Here’s who is still standing:

1. Artem Metalidi – 1,523,000
2. Luis Rodriguez Turko_man Cruz – 1,005,000
3. Foster Hays – 679,000
4. Joseph MarleyGroup Urgo – 572,000
5. Damien Lhommeau – 511,000
6. Bertrand ElkY Grospellier – 487,000
7. Freddy Deeb – 425,000
8. Taylor taypaur Paur – 424,000
9. Simon pokerbrat13 Charette – 405,000
10. Eddie Blumenthal – 395,000
11. Craig HU4ROLLZ Bergeron – 375,000
12. Scott r_a_y Montgomery – 288,000
13. Thiago TheDecano Nishijima – 272,000
14. Andrew luckychewy Lichtenberger – 246,000
15. Alexander Nudin – 245,000
16. Toan Trinh – 224,000
17. Ryan toetaguFair – 199,000
18. Eugene Katchalov – 84,000