2-7 is Chen's Game
Yan Chen raised to 400 from under the gun and Tom Schneider called from the next seat over. Jon Turner called from the cutoff seat and then Tom Dwan called from the small blind. Here's what they all drew.
Dwan - 2
Chen - 1
Schneider - 2
Turner - 1
After the draw, Dwan checked and Chen bet 1,150. Schneider folded and then Turner raised to 3,200. Dwan folded and then Chen tank-called. He held a and Turner mucked his hand. Turner dropped to 4,500 with one add-on chip left while Chen moved up to 17,000 with all three add-on chips left.
Chen is well known as a deuce-to-seven specialist and at the beginning of the event some of the players joked with him by saying, "Yan, I heard you have to pay $20,000 to play this event." Chen just won his first bracelet the other day in Event No. 14: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball. He beat Mike Wattel and won $92,817. Last year, Chen came in 3rd in the $2,500 2-7 Lowball event for $38,891.