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

06-03-2018 00:26 UTC-7

Negreanu Finished

mnuwwarah

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Daniel Negreanu put in a third bet before the draws on the button and got action from the cutoff. Both players drew two and checked before Negreanu was revealed to be behind in the draw taking two again. The cutoff bet and Negreanu called. Both players drew one and Negreanu called a final bet.

The cutoff sloppily tossed into the middle.

"I have no idea what that is," Negreanu observed as cards faced in several directions.

When it was revealed to be a six, Negreanu mucked, preserving just 1,100. That went in the next hand in badugi, with Negreanu pulling two the whole way and showing down with a laugh and failing to win against a nine-badugi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

06-03-2018 00:17 UTC-7

Ivey Blasts Right Away

Jan_Kores

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Greg Mueller raised and his new neighbour, Phil Ivey, three-bet. A player in the big blind came along and Mueller called. The big blind drew two, Mueller one and Ivey two.

Mueller continued and Ivey raised, getting rid of the big blind. Mueller called and they both drew one.

Mueller fired again and Ivey called one more time.

Mueller then patted the last draw while Ivey still needed to improve, drawing one.

They both knuckled and Mueller turned up . Ivey instantly mucked and dropped to 5,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	23,000	-1,000
Phil Ivey	5,600	-6,900

Tags: Greg Mueller Phil Ivey

06-03-2018 00:12 UTC-7

Monnette, Ferguson, Ivey Among Late Arrivals

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Level 9 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Phil Ivey, pictured in an earlier event.

A-5 Triple Draw

John Monnette, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey are among the group that has showed up and pushed registrations to 321 at close.

Monnette got off to a good start when he and two other players drew one the whole way. We didn't see who led the betting on early streets, but on the end, everyone checked and Monnette won showdown with .

Ivey and Ferguson just took their seats and will have to get cooking in a hurry with less than 10 big bets.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	20,000
Phil Ivey	12,500
Chris Ferguson	12,500

Tags: Phil Ivey Chris Ferguson John Monnette

Level: 9

Limits: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

06-02-2018 23:45 UTC-7

Final Break for the Day

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Players are headed on their final break before playing the last two levels tonight.

06-02-2018 23:41 UTC-7

Seiver Drops Four-Bet Pot

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Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Scott Seiver opened button and got three-bet by Alex Simma before Shaun Deeb called the bets. Seiver raised it back and it went three ways to the first draw, where Seiver and Simma were pat and Deeb took a card. Seiver kept the lead and stayed pat with Deeb dropping out before the end when he couldn't improve, but Seiver couldn't beat the pat of Simma.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Simma	59,000
Scott Seiver	45,000	-5,000

Tags: Alex Simma Shaun Deeb

06-02-2018 23:37 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

George Trigeorgis is sitting on heaps while Scott Seiver also ran it impressively up, quadrupling his stack since the last measurements.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Trigeorgis	75,000	42,000
David "ODB" Baker	56,000	12,000
Daniel Weinman	55,000	1,000
Scott Seiver	50,000	38,000
Adam Owen	49,500	1,500
Nick Pupillo	47,100	-2,900
Jameson Painter	46,000	13,000
Bryce Yockey	41,500	12,300
Shaun Deeb	35,000	-7,000
Mike Leah	33,000	-1,000
Ismael Bojang	31,000	20,000
Jesse Martin	28,000	1,900
Greg Mueller	24,000	24,000
Mikhail Semin	21,000	-1,500
Chris Vitch	20,000	3,000
Todd Brunson	17,000	4,200
James Obst	15,500	-5,500
Mike Wattel	9,500	-6,500
Carol Fuchs	7,500	-5,500
Daniel Negreanu	7,100	-4,900
Matthew Schreiber	5,500	5,500

06-02-2018 23:35 UTC-7

Ohel Back Where He Started

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Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Randy Ohel went bust earlier and took a seat on his reentry in Amazon Tan. After that table broke, Ohel drew the exact seat he busted from earlier.

Things are off to a better start for him this time as he played a pot wherein he check-raised after the second draw against a player on the button, who called. Both players patted and checked and Ohel took showdown with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Ohel	22,000	19,900

Tags: Randy Ohel

06-02-2018 23:20 UTC-7

Wolansky Eliminated

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Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Steven Wolansky was all in with about 9,000 in the pot after the second draw and his opponent stood pat. Wolansky took a card but his opponent turned over a wheel and Wolansky showed quickly and then mucked, saying he was drawing dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Wolansky	Busted

Tags: Steven Wolansky

06-02-2018 23:17 UTC-7

Hastings Scores a Double KO

Jan_Kores

Level 8 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

A-5 Triple Draw

Mike Ross was all-in pre-draw, facing off in a three-way pot against Brian Hastings and another player. There was 9,100 in the middle and Ross and Hastings both drew one while the other player took two.

They checked for the side pot and all players changed one. Hastings bet in position and called off for 2,000 total, trying to bust two players.

Hastings had made and patted while Ross and the other player both tried to improve, drawing one.

Ross then observed that he was drawing dead, having kept a seven in his hand. He eventually made . The other player rolled over a seventy-six and Hastings notched the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	36,000	25,500
Mike Ross	Busted

Tags: Brian Hastings Mike Ross