Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball 10-12 June (Completed)

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Congratulations to Randy Ohel on Winning Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ($145,247)

Coming back today most of the eyes, and probably a lot of money in the Rio Sportsbook, were on first-time bracelet hunting David Baker and Shawn Buchanon. Layne Flack and Josh Arieh have enjoyed their spills; surely one of these two renowned players would close the deal. It wasn’t to be as Benjamin Lazer and Randy Ohel were the ones to make it to head-up. Then began one of the most epic duels in World Series of Poker History. Their battle lasted for six and a half hours including a dinner break. 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. Something, or someone, had to give and it turned out to be Lazer. He got down to less than one big blind at nearly 2:00 AM and that situation, even for him, was too much to come back from. Ohel had a rail full of fans with him for hours upon hours and they, as he, were just as full as relief, as well as joy, come the end of the match.

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[TR=class: even] [TH]Place[/TH] [TH]Name[/TH] [TH]Cash[/TH] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]1st[/TD] [TD]Randy Ohel[/TD] [TD]$145,247[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2nd[/TD] [TD]Benjamin Lazer[/TD] [TD]$89,714[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]3rd[/TD] [TD]David Baker[/TD] [TD]$59,925[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4th[/TD] [TD]Farzad Bonyadi[/TD] [TD]$40,987[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]5th[/TD] [TD]Jason Lavallee[/TD] [TD]$28,585[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6th[/TD] [TD]Shawn Buchanan[/TD] [TD]$20,332[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]7th[/TD] [TD]Von Altizer[/TD] [TD]$14,725[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]8th[/TD] [TD]Layne Flack[/TD] [TD]$14,725[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]9th[/TD] [TD]Josh Arieh[/TD] [TD]$10,970[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]19th[/TD] [TD]Thomas Keller[/TD] [TD]$4,782[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]