Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker

06-14-2019 02:25 UTC-7

Benny Glaser Bags Big on Day 1 of Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Mickey Doft

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Day 1 of Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw has come to an end with approximately 139 players of the 467 starting entries advancing to Day 2.

The unofficial chip leader appears to be Benny Glaser, who bagged a healthy stack of 79,500. Already with one final table made earlier this summer in the $1,500 Dealer's Choice, the three-time bracelet winner continues to show his prowess as one of the best all-round players in poker with his much-admired mixed game prowess.

The field today was stacked with notable players and many of them will be returning for Day 2 action.Brett Bader (69,000), Owais Ahmed (64,100), Scott Bohlman (63,000), Tuan Le (62,000), Brian Hastings (54,500), Shirley Rosario (45,400), James Obst (45,000) and Max Kruse (43,600) all bagged above average stacks. On the flip side, defending champion Hanh Tran (29,700), Phil Hellmuth (24,100), Daniel Negreanu (12,800) and Nick Schulman (10,900) are below average.

Among those who took part in the action but who won't be returning on Friday include Ben Yu, Justin Bonomo, David "ODB" Baker, Chris Vitch, Brandon Shack-Harris, Calvin Anderson and Mike Matusow.

Day 2 begins Friday at 2 p.m. and PokerNews be back to provide live updates on the action.

Tags: Benny Glaser

06-14-2019 00:57 UTC-7

Event #33 Prize Pool Announced; $144,027 to the Winner!

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

The prize pool for Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw has been announced with the 467-entry field generating a prize pool of $630,450 that will pay the top 71 finishers.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1st	$144,027	7th - 8th	$13,593
2nd	$88,995	9th - 10th	$10,037
3rd	$58,343	11th - 12th	$7,603
4th	$39,126	13th - 18th	$5,912
5th	$26,855	19th - 24th	$4,723
6th	$18,875	25th - 30th	$3,879
		31st - 36th	$3,278
		37th - 42nd	$2,853
		43rd - 48th	$2,559
		49th - 54th	$2,368
		55th - 66th	$2,263
		67th - 71st	$2,235

06-14-2019 00:45 UTC-7

Defending Champion Hanh Tran Going Strong

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Hanh Tran, who won this event last year, raised from the button and David Prociak called from the small blind.

Both drew two and Prociak check-called a bet from Tran.

On the second draw, Prociak drew two while Tran stood pat. Prociak checked, Tran bet, Prociak check-raised, Tran reraised and Prociak folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanh Tran	66,000	8,000
David Prociak	32,000	-8,000

Tags: David Prociak Hanh Tran

06-14-2019 00:30 UTC-7

"I Had All Four Sevens. That's Why I Drew Three Twice"

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

The player in the hijack limped in, Allen Kessler raised from the button, Joe Weinberger called from the small blind, the player in the big blind called and the limper called.

Weinberger drew two, the big blind drew two, the hijack drew one and Kessler drew three. Action checked to the hijack who bet, and all three opponents called.

The drawing remained the same on the second draw and action was checked around.

On the third draw (which required folded cards and previous betting round discards to be reshuffled back in), Weinberger took one, the big blind took two, the hijack drew one and Kessler drew one.

Action was checked around again and Kessler was best with .

"I had all four sevens. That's why I drew three twice," explained Kessler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	32,000	5,000
Joe Weinberger	15,000	-3,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Joe Weinberger

06-14-2019 00:08 UTC-7

Final Entrants

Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Among the final entrants into Event #33 is Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, fresh off winning his fifth bracelet earlier today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	10,000	10,000
Dan Zack	10,000	10,000
Jon Turner	10,000	10,000
Chris Ferguson	10,000	10,000
Kane Kalas	10,000	10,000
Michael Mizrachi	10,000	10,000

06-13-2019 12:23 UTC-7

Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Begins at 3 p.m.

Mickey Doft

Welcome to Day 1 coverage of Event #33: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw.

The 2019 World Series of Poker is two weeks in and more mixed games are coming to the forefront. Today, the first pure Limit 2-7 Lowball tournament gets underway.

Since the event was changed from a $2,500 buy-in to $1,500 in 2014, the event has consistently drawn between 326 and 388 entries. However, that number is expected to rise this year as one re-entry is permitted during the registration period, which lasts for the first eight levels.

Last year, taking this event down was Austrian Hanh Tran, who captured his first WSOP bracelet by besting a field of 356 players. Tran went on to win his second bracelet at WSOP-E just a few months later.

$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Over the Years

Year	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Country	First-Place Prize
2018	356	$480,600	Hanh Tran	Austria	$117,282
2017	326	$440,100	Brian Brubaker	United States	$109,967
2016	358	$483,300	Andrey Zaichenko	Russia	$117,047
2015	388	$523,800	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	$136,215
2014	348	$469,800	Todd Bui	United States	$124,510

Players begin with 10,000 in chips and the blinds last one hour in length throughout the tournament. The schedule for Day 1 is for 10 levels to be played with 15-minute breaks every two levels. There is no dinner break.

The cards will be in the air at 3 p.m., so be sure to keep it here for live updates on the action.