Event #44: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-22-2018 22:33 UTC-7

Buchanan Eliminated by Gray

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Catching the action on the final draw with Shawn Buchanan all in, Jason Gray stood pat and Buchanan drew one.

Gray:
Buchanan:

Needing to spike a six, five, or four to stay alive, Buchanan hit the , and was consequently eliminated in 20th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristijonas Andrulis	365,000 20,000	20,000
Mike Matusow	311,000 -39,000	-39,000

Jason Gray	220,000 74,000	74,000
Jordan Siegel	120,000 -35,000	-35,000
Shawn Buchanan	Busted

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06-22-2018 22:29 UTC-7

Le Eliminated by Andrulis

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Nam Le raised all in for 12,000 from the button and Kristijonas Andrulis called from the big blind.

Andrulis drew four, two, then one, while Le drew two, one, and then stood pat.

Le tabled , whiel Andrulis held and pulled a on his final draw to eliminate Le.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristijonas Andrulis	345,000 115,000	115,000
Nam Le	Busted

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06-22-2018 21:58 UTC-7

Ross Eliminated by Seiken

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Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Mike Ross raised from the cutoff and Nicholas Seiken called from the small blind.

Seiken drew two on the initial draw, Ross drew three, Seiken bet, and Ross called all in for 5,000. Seiken drew two on the second draw, Ross stood pat, and both stood pat on the final draw.

Seiken tabled , Ross mucked, and Seiken scored the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Seiken	335,000 123,000	123,000

Mike Ross	Busted

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06-22-2018 19:00 UTC-7

Elezra Eliminated by Noori

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Level 15 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Catching the action after the second draw, Samuel Touil bet out 10,000 from the small blind and Eli Elezra called all in for his last 500 from the big blind.

Michael Noori called on the button, and both he and Elezra drew one as Touil stood pat.

Touil checked, as did Noori, and Touil tabled his .

Noori fanned his as Elezra was drawing to his and could only find a , and was consequently eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Noori	560,000 45,000	45,000

Samuel Touil	26,500 -108,500	-108,500
Eli Elezra	Busted

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06-22-2018 17:35 UTC-7

Vitch Eliminated by Kruk

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Level 14 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Matt Glantz raised from under the gun, Christopher Kruk called from the cutoff, Nicholas Seiken called from the button and Chris Vitch called from the small blind.

Vitch drew two, Glantz drew two, Kruk drew two, and Seiken drew one. Vitch bet his remaining 3,500, Glantz raised, Kruk called and Seiken called.

On the second draw Vitch took one, Glantz took one, Kruk drew two and Seiken drew one. Glantz bet, Kruk called and Seiken folded.

On the final draw, each player took one. Glantz check-called a bet from Kruk who showed .

Neither Glantz nor Vitch could beat it and Kruk scored the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Kruk	440,000 85,000	85,000
Matt Glantz	300,000 -35,000	-35,000
Nicholas Seiken	120,000 -10,000	-10,000

Chris Vitch	Busted

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06-22-2018 16:47 UTC-7

Ivey Eliminated by Kelsall

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Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Phil Ivey limped in for his last 4,000 from under the gun, and Andrew Kelsall called from the cutoff. Jordan Siegel checked the big blind, and each player drew two.

Action checked through and Ivey reduced his draw to one, as Kelsall and Siegel drew two again.

Siegel checked, Kelsall bet 8,000, and Siegel folded. On the final draw, Ivey drew one, and Kelsall stood pat.

Kelsall:
Ivey:

Ivey drew the to make a pair, and consequently was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	135,000 55,000	55,000

Jordan Siegel	130,000 -13,000	-13,000
Phil Ivey	Busted

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06-22-2018 16:26 UTC-7

Selbst Eliminated by Anderson

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Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Vanessa Selbst raised from the hijack, Calvin Anderson three-bet from the button and Selbst called all in for 10,500.

Selbst drew two, then stood pat on the final two draws, while Anderson drew one, one then stood pat.

Selbst showed , but Anderson tabled to score the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Calvin Anderson	59,000 14,000	14,000

Vanessa Selbst	Busted

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06-22-2018 15:04 UTC-7

Place	Prize (in USD)	Place	Prize (in USD)
1st	$287,987	7-8th	$34,450
2nd	$177,992	9-10th	$25,712
3rd	$125,190	11-12th	$19,428
4th	$89,078	13-17th	$14,864
5th	$64,131
6th	$46,722

From under the gun, Nicholas Seiken raised to 6,000 and Stuart Rutter made it three bets to go from the button. John Racener called in the big blind, and Seiken upped it to four bets. Rutter called all in for 9,500, and Racener called also.

On the first draw, Racener and Rutter both drew two, and Seiken stood pat and bet. Racener check-called, then on the second draw took two again while Rutter drew two and Seiken stood pat.

Racener checked, Seiken bet 6,000, and Racener folded. On the final draw, Seiken stood pat and Rutter drew one.

Seiken:
Rutter:

Rutter needed to find a six or a four to stay alive, but when he squeezed the , he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Seiken	145,000 60,000	60,000

John Racener	8,000 -42,000	-42,000

Stuart Rutter	Busted

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06-22-2018 09:56 UTC-7

Michael Noori Leads 41 Players Into Day 2 of the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship

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Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite and Casino and the 2018 World Series of Poker for Day 2 of the Event #44: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship!

Day 1 saw 100 players take to the felt throughout the day, and while the action was fast and furious, just 41 players would be there at the end of the day. Fortunately for many players, registration is open until play begins here on Day 2, and with players busting late in Event #42, the total entries number is expected to climb.

Leading those players into Day 2 is Michael Noori who bagged an impressive 335,000 in chips. Noori sat atop the chip counts for the majority of Day 1, and held off a late run from Germany's Max Kruse (282,000) and Canada's Christopher Kruk (247,500).

A plethora of WSOP bracelet winners remain, including Lawrence Berg (171,000), Andrey Zhigalov (170,500), Chris Vitch (159,500), Benny Glaser (156,000), Eli Elezra (155,500), Farzad Bonyadi (143,000), Todd Brunson (137,500), and Mike Matusow (136,500) all sitting with an above-average chip stack. Also in contention is Hanh Tran (72,000) who won the $1,500 buy-in version of this game just under a week ago.

Play is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates throughout the day. So stay tuned to PokerNews for all your Event #44 coverage, along with updates from the remainder of the 2018 WSOP!