We don't know the exact betting action, but we know that both Daniel Negreanu and Konstantin Puchkov had 6,000, or four bets, in front of them going to the first draw. Both players drew one, then Negreanu check called a bet from Puchkov. Negreanu drew one again while Puchkov stood pat, then check raised after Puchkov bet out. Puchkov called, and both players stood pat on the final draw.
They also both checked, and Negreanu announced "eighty-seven," and started to reveal . However, he stopped revealing his cards when Puchkov tabled a better . After taking that one, Puchkov jumped up to 58,000, while Negreanu dropped to 55,000.
Tom Schneider was down to just 600 — less than the small blind — and was all in from the SB before the first draw. Alexander Condon opened from middle position, and all the others folded.
Schneider took two, then one, then one, while Condon took three, then three, then one. Condon then tabled , and Schneider showed his four cards — — before squeezing the last. It was another , pairing him up and sending him railward in 10 spots shy of the cash.
Ola Amundsgard raised it up from the button, and Dany Georges called all in for less then the big blind. Daniel Negreanu also called from the big blind, then all three players drew two cards. Negreanu bet out, and Amundsgard called, then Georges and Negreanu drew one, while Amundsgard drew two again. The same betting action occured, and Negreanu stood pat, while the other two drew one card.
It was checked through, and Negreanu showed . Both Amundsgard and Georges couldn't beat that, as they both mucked their hands. Negreanu is showing signs of life here as we approach the money bubble, sitting on one of the big stacks with 71,000.
Eric Wasserson raised from under the gun, Eli Elezra three-bet from late position, and both Matthew Smith (big blind) and Wasserson called the three bets. Smith and Wasserson took two cards on the first draw, and after a slight pause Elezra decided to toss back one of his original five.
It checked to Elezra who bet and both of his opponents called. On the second draw Smith took two, Wasserson one, and Elezra one again. Again it checked to Elezra who bet, and again both Smith and Wasserson called.
On the third draw the first two players took but one card and Elezra stood pat, and it checked around. Elezra showed his hand — — and the others mucked. Elezra then explained how he'd gotten his nine back after breaking his hand on the first draw.
"There was a guy who stood pat with a earlier," continued Elezra to Wes Self on his left, contrasting his own deuce-to-seven strategy with that of others.
"Oh wow," said Self in response. "I've been doing that all tournament… I'll stop now!" he added, and both laughed.
Leonard Martin knows a thing or two about limit 2-7 triple draw, as he won this very event just two years ago. Well he's sitting at a tough table of young pros today that includes Scott Seiver, Jon Turner, and Ryan Tepen, and to no one's surprise, he is holding his own against the sharks.
We just saw Martin in a three way pot with the aforementioned Seiver and Turner, and we caught up with the action after the first draw. Seiver and Turner checked to Martin who fired out. Seiver came back with a check raise, and Turner immiedately made a frustrated motion before spiking his cards into the muck. Martin called, and both players drew one card. They both checked, and they drew the same on the final draw, then Seiver fired out. Martin call, and Seiver announced nine. We were only able to catch a before he mucked his hand, as Martin showed a better .
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