Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
228
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Break Time
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players will return in 15 minutes.
Two Players Down
As the end of the second level approaches two players have just been eliminated.
The honor of the first out goes to Warick Mirzikinian who fell to Kenneth Aldbridge.
Moments later Andy Bloch was on his way as well. Nikolai Yakovenko took his scalp.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,000 | 5,500 |
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7,700 | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Agression Pays
This may be a limit game but an aggressive approach can still pay dividends.
- Justin Smith has halted his bad start. He was in the big blind and called an under the run raise, along with the small blind. All three players drew one card before they all checked. The small blind drew two cards to the other two's one. Smith led for 200 and only the under-the-gun player called. Smith stood pat and his opponent drew one. Smith came out firing for another 200 and his opponent folded.
- Richard Ashby is somewhat of a mix-game specialist and came third for $143,833 in the $10,000 Championship version of this event last year. He checked his big blind option after the small blind had limped. Both players drew three cards and the small blind check-raised Ashby's 100 bet up to 200. Ashby called, drew two cards to his opponent's stand pat, and quickly folded when faced with a 200 bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,400 | 1,900 |
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4,950 | -2,550 |
Come and Play
Registration is open until the beginning if level 5, which will roughly be at 9:50pm. We expect players to register all the way up until that point. More players to arrive include:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 |
To Love the Game, Learn the Game
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The poker variant of 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball is a relatively young game that has emerged in the last 15 years or so. It's steadily growing in popularity and offers a freshness after all the Hold'em events in the schedule.
But how's it played we hear you ask. Here is our guide on the rules:
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Unions and Poker
Talk at table #350 is all about Unions rather than poker right now. Nikolai Yakovenko, Allen Kessler, Bill Chen et al went from unions all the way to how socialism doesn't work in practice.
Poker was still being played though, and Kessler took a pot off Chen with 
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Kessler raised from under the gun and Chen called out of the small blind. Both drew two cards, one card, and one card on each draw. Both players checked after the first draw, Kessler bet after the second draw, and Chen led after the third draw. "Oh, I missed" said Chen after his last bet was called. He opened 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,300 | 800 |
|
6,300 | -1,200 |
Been There, Done That, Got the Bracelet
Level 1
: 50/75, 0 ante
They all want to be awarded with the bracelet come Monday evening. They want to follow in the footsteps of these lucky few:
| Year | Player | Prize | # of Entrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Rafi Amit | $227,005 | 209 |
| 2008 | Bon Phan | $151,911 | 238 |
| 2009 | Abe Mosseri | $165,513 | 258 |
| 2010 | Peter Gelencser | $180,730 | 291 |
| 2011 | Lenny Martin | $189,818 | 309 |
Devonshire Drops Chips Early
Bryan Devonshire is down to 6,675 after mucking upon seeing his opponent's hand.
He was in the big blind and three-bet the button's open. He was called before both players drew one card.
He check-called 100 and drew another card as his opponent stood pat. He check-called 150 and drew one more as his opponent stood pat once more. After the third draw he check-called 200 and was shown 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,675 | -825 |