Event #8: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-02-2018 17:35 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Weinman	26,600	11,600
Sampo Ryynanen	19,000	1,500
Shawn Buchanan	19,000
Allen Kessler	9,600	-2,300
Fabrice Soulier	8,300	-3,100
Chip Jett	7,300	-5,200
Dan Zack	4,300	-8,200
Brian Brubaker	4,000	-3,500

Photos: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Day 1

mnuwwarah

06-02-2018 17:27 UTC-7

Glaser on a Downhill

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 250/500, 0 ante

Badugi

Benny Glaser was on the button, competing in a three-way pot against a player on the cutoff to his right and Dan Shak to his left.

Shak drew one on the first draw while the cutoff and Glaser took two apiece. Shak led out, earning two calls and they all went to the second draw.

Shak remained drawing one but the cutoff patted. Glaser took one and the cutoff took the betting initiative. Glaser and Shak called and drew one each but they both folded to the last bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	12,000	12,000
Benny Glaser	3,500	3,500

Tags: Benny Glaser Dan Shak

Level: 3

Limits: 250/500

Ante: 0

06-02-2018 17:01 UTC-7

First Break

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

Players are on the first break of the day with 212 entries logged in the event.

06-02-2018 16:56 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Wong	27,000	14,500
Chris Vitch	23,000	10,500
Nick Pupillo	22,000	9,500
Randy Ohel	16,500	4,000
Jon Turner	16,500	4,000
Jameson Painter	15,200	2,700
Adam Owen	13,000	-800
Jeff Lisandro	12,000	500
James Woods	11,500
Carol Fuchs	9,800	-3,700
Andrew Kelsall	8,000	-7,500

Hastings Trending Up

Jan_Kores

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Brian Hastings was in the big blind and defended against a raise from late position. He drew three and his opponent took one.

Hastings check-called and they drew two and one. Hastings check-raised this time and his opponent wanted to go to the last draw, calling.

Hastings patted and his rival drew one again. Hastings fired another bet and that was enough to win as his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	17,800	5,300

Tags: Brian Hastings

06-02-2018 16:42 UTC-7

Merivirta Pat Twice

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Jyri Merivirta had the button and a hand he liked enough to pat on the last two draws against an opponent in the cutoff who was check-calling. On the end a final bet was called and Merivirta rolled over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jyri Merivirta	8,500	-4,000

Tags: Jyri Merivirta

06-02-2018 16:32 UTC-7

"Do You Have the Cards Marked?"

mnuwwarah

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Frank Kassela and John Racener got to the end and Racener check-called a bet from Kassela.

"I have an eight-high straight," Kassela said with a laugh.

Racener rolled over for a pair. At first, Kassela seemed to think Racener had mucked face up.

"He didn't call me, did he?" Kassela asked as the pot got pushed the other way. "That's a strong call. Do you have the cards marked? I feel like I have an RFID under my spot. What the hell just happened?"

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	15,000	2,500
Frank Kassela	14,000	14,000

Tags: Frank Kassela John Racener

06-02-2018 16:18 UTC-7

Owen Wins Without Showing

Jan_Kores

Level 2 : 200/400, 0 ante

Badugi

British pro Adam Owen is fresh off a huge win for a seven-figure payday in Europe, in No-Limit Hold'em. While he's an accomplished player in the most popular poker variant, Owen is mostly acknowledged for his mixed games skillset.

He has a goose egg in the "bracelets won" cell, but it's a general opinion that it's only a matter of time until Owen binks his first.

Owen was in position, playing a heads-up pot with a player in the big blind. They both drew two on the first draw where the big blind led out. Owen called and drew two while his rival discarded one.

Owen then raised on the penultimate betting round, earning a bet-call. Both players stood pat and Owen fired for one last time, convincing his opponent to fold.