PokerNews live coverage of this event will begin on Day 2 (July 1). Until then, we will keep readers informed with updates on chip counts and core event statistics, including entries and the prize pool. Scroll down to see more.
Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Day 1 Completed
From the 508 players who jumped in Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball at the 2026 World Series of Poker, just 151 remain.
They are led by China's Dong Chen, who picked up his second WSOP bracelet earlier in the year in Event #38: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship.
He's the only former bracelet-winner inside the top 10, but it also features American actor and producer James Woods, who has enjoyed a fruitful WSOP this year, with four cashes so far — all in mixed games.
Woods' best run in a WSOP event came in 2018, when he final tabled Event #12: $1,500 Dealer's Choice, finishing fifth.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dong Chen | China | 352,000 |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 300,500 |
| 3 | Alon Huberman | Israel | 298,000 |
| 4 | James Woods | United States | 263,000 |
| 5 | Ted Jackson-Spivack | United Kingdom | 243,500 |
| 6 | Akira Morikawa | Japan | 241,500 |
| 7 | Jonathan Park | United States | 239,500 |
| 8 | Karl Tretter | United States | 234,500 |
| 9 | Gustavo Silva Campos | Brazil | 230,000 |
| 10 | Frederic Moss | Canada | 226,500 |
Day 2 of Event #77 gets underway at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1. From the 151 players remaining, just 77 will be paid, with a min-cash worth $5,009. The winner will walk away with $223,177 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates.
Day 1 of Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw has concluded. Of the 508 entrants, 151 players have bagged and tagged to advance to Day 2.
ESPN is ramping up its WSOP Main Event coverage this year, the first year the Bristol, CT-based sports network has aired poker's premier tournament since COVID.
The $10,000 buy-in World Championship event begins July 2 at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, and runs through Aug. 5, with a three-week break when the final table is reached. Poker fans who watched the WSOP on ESPN before it moved to CBS Sports Network from 2021-2025 will notice some similarities to the broadcasts of old, and a new, enhanced Main Event television and livestream schedule.
The prize pool for this event stands at $1,130,300. The top 77 players will make the money, with $223,177 set aside for the outright winner.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $223,177 | 12 -17 | $11,255 |
| 2 | $145,365 | 18 -23 | $9,201 |
| 3 | $96,888 | 24 -29 | $7,740 |
| 4 | $66,103 | 30 -35 | $6,707 |
| 5 | $46,191 | 36 -41 | $5,992 |
| 6 | $33,077 | 42 -47 | $5,524 |
| 7 | $24,289 | 48 -53 | $5,260 |
| 8 -9 | $18,301 | 54 -77 | $5,009 |
| 10 -11 | $14,149 |
Late registration has now closed. These are the chip leaders following the final break, according to the WSOP LIVE app.
Texas Hold'em may be far and away the most popular variant of poker, but true grinders know the joy of switching it up with variants like Omaha, Stud and 2-7.
Some of poker's most decorated players have made mixed games their bread and butter. This includes Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, who won three bracelets in a single summer way back in 2002, as well as Scott Seiver and Benny Glaser, who pulled off the same feat the last two summers.
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The rail around the feature table in the Paris Ballroom is packed. One of poker's all-time greats, Nick Schulman, is chasing a ninth World Series of Poker bracelet, but most of the crowd isn't there to watch him. They're there for Koji Fujimoto.
When Fujimoto closes out the heads-up battle to defeat the Hall of Famer and capture his maiden WSOP bracelet, the room erupts. The cheers come from dozens of students who have traveled from Japan, where Fujimoto teaches poker free of charge.
As per the WSOP LIVE app.
Poker fans were treated to many exciting hands at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) the past week.
But there's always a player involved in one of these juicy hands who doesn't find it as interesting as the rest of us. Take Allen Kessler, for example, who took a cruel Razz bad beat to bust from the $3,000 Nine Game Mix event, a hand you'll read about in just a bit.
"The Chainsaw" isn't the only recipient of a bad beat or on the wrong end of a brutal cooler the past week at the WSOP.
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