2018 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x6x5x3x2x
Prize
$117,282
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$480,600
Entries
356
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Kassela With a Hot Start

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Frank Kassela
Frank Kassela

The button called one bet, Frank Kassela called and the big blind checked.

Kassela patted, the player in the big blind drew and the button patted as well.

Kassela made it one bet with both other players calling, Kassela patted with the big blind drawing one and the button patting.

All players opted to check and pat with the button showing a {9-}{8-}{5-}{4-}{2-} but was bested by Kassela's {8-}{7-}{6-}{3-}{2-} and Kassela is stacking chips early in Day 1.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
10,500 10,500

Tags: Frank Kassela

Mcdermott Loses a Bit

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

The player made it two bets from under the gun and Timothy Mcdermott called in the big blind. Both players chose to draw three.

Mcdermott check-called a bet before he drew three again and the player drew one.

Mcdermott again check-called a bet before both players drew one last card.

Mcdermott bet and the player made it two bets with Mcdermott quickly calling.

The player showed a {7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}{2-} and Mcdermott mucked.

Mcdermott took second in Event #14 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw for $54,180 this year and is aiming for another deep run in this event.

Tags: Timothy McDermott

Leah Gets Some Back

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante
Mike Leah
Mike Leah

The player in the button made it two bets and called a three-bet from Mike Leah in the small blind. Both players drew two and Leah bet, getting called once more.

Leah drew one and his opponent drew two. Leah bet and his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
7,100 500

Tags: Mike Leah

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Time for Triple Draw to Take Over the 2-7 Tables

2017 Champion Brian Brubaker
2017 Champion Brian Brubaker

With the 2-7 single draw events wrapped up, it's time for some 2-7 triple draw. The 2018 World Series of Poker continues on Wednesday afternoon with Day 1 of Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. Cards hit the air at 3 PM at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

Players will start with 7,500 tournament chips and blind levels will be 60-minutes in length. Day 1 will play 10 levels with a 15-minute break every two hours. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break following Level 8.

At the 2017 WSOP, Brian Brubaker topped a field of 326 runners en route to his first WSOP gold bracelet and a first-place prize worth $109,967. Brubaker joined the likes of Andrey Zaichenko, Benny Glaser, and Todd Bui as champions of the event.

Past Results:

YearChampionEntriesTop Prize
2017Brian Brubaker326$109,967
2016Andrey Zaichenko358$117,947
2015Benny Glaser388$136,215
2014Todd Bui348$124,510

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Tags: Andrey ZaichenkoBenny GlaserBrian BrubakerTodd Bui

Event #29: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

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