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

06-14-2019 14:54 UTC-8

Kruse Gets Pipped

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Max Kruse opened and called a raise from Scott Hirsch. Both players drew one and Hirsch check-called. Hirsch drew one as Kruse stood pat. Hirsch check-called a bet from the German.

Both players stood pat and checked.

"Eight-seven-six," said Hirsch.

"Same," said Kruse.

"Perfect," said Hirsch showing and Kruse mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Hirsch	29,000 9,000	9,000
Max Kruse	16,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Max Kruse Scott Hirsch

06-14-2019 14:48 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarred Graham	Busted

Josh Damm	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

Allen Kessler	Busted
Joseph Melancon	Busted
Nick Schulman	Busted

Nicholas Derke	Busted
Brian Canavan	Busted
Wei Jie Weng	Busted
Yuval Bronshtein	Busted

Georgios Sotiropoulos	Busted

Stephen Day	Busted

Rijnbeek Wins Battle of the Big Stacks

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Three-players were involved with Brian Hastings drawing one and both Marc Rijnbeek and Michael Noori drawing two. Hastings bet and got two calls.

Hastings stood pat, Noori drew two and Rijnbeek drew one. Hastings bet and again got two callers. He stood pat again and his opponents drew one. The trio checked with Hastings showing and Rijnbeek showed winning the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	80,000 25,500	25,500

Michael Noori	65,000 12,700	12,700

Marc Rijnbeek	60,000 38,500	38,500

Tags: Brian Hastings Marc Rijnbeek Michael Noori

06-14-2019 14:35 UTC-8

Hutchinson Bests Kruse Twice in a Row

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

John Hutchinson and Max Kruse both drew two and Hutchinson check-called a bet. Hutchinson drew two and Kruse drew one. Hutchinson check-called.

Both players drew one on the end and Hutchinson bet. Kruse called but was shown the which took down the pot.

On the very next hand Hutchinson raised and Kruse called. Hutchinson drew one and Kruse drew two. Kruse called a bet and then both players drew one. Kruse called another bet and Hutchinson stood pat. Kruse drew one and both players checked.

Hutchinson showed and that took down another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hutchinson	75,000 22,500	22,500
Max Kruse	10,000 30,300	30,300

Tags: Max Kruse John Hutchinson

06-14-2019 14:32 UTC-8

Bohlman Wins Three-Way Pot

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

In a three-way pot between Farah Galfond in the small blind, Scott Bohlman in the hijack, and Kyle Miaso on the button, each player put two bets in after the first draw. Second draws went one, pat, one and Galfond checked to Bohlman, who put out a bet. Miaso and Galfond both called and final draws again went one, pat, one. All three players checked through to showdown.

Bohlman tabled , good enough to take down the pot as Galfond and Miaso mucked their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	87,500 22,500	22,500

Kyle Miaso	80,000 43,600	43,600
Farah Galfond	30,700 6,200	6,200

Tags: Farah Galfond Kyle Miaso Scott Bohlman

06-14-2019 14:21 UTC-8

Defending Champ Wins at Showdown

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Hanh Tran opened from the hijack and was three-bet by Benjamin Friesen in the cutoff. After action folded back to him, Tran made the call and each player proceeded to take one and check each of the first two draws. Third draws went one and one again and Tran bet on the end. Friesen flung in a chip to make the call and verbalized an -low.

Tran tabled and Friesen flung his cards to the muck.

"Really? Eight-six?" said Tran, somewhat surprised. Friesen confirmed he was not lying.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hanh Tran	50,800 21,700	21,700

Benjamin Friesen	32,100 1,000	1,000

Tags: Benjamin Friesen Hanh Tran

06-14-2019 14:15 UTC-8

Glaser Still Going Strong

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Joining the action after the first draw Lena Wang bet and start-of-day chip leader Benny Glaser called. Wang drew one and Glaser drew two.

Wang bet and Glaser raised. Wang called and drew one as Glaser stood pat. Both players checked. Wang turned over a but Glaser showed and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	110,000 10,000	10,000

Lena Wang	32,000 10,100	10,100

Tags: Benny Glaser Lena Wang

06-14-2019 14:14 UTC-8

Kuzmin Wins With Nine-Seven

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Alexander Kuzmin raised from under the gun and was three-bet by Alexander Freund in the cutoff. Action folded back to Kuzmin, who made the call before each player drew one card. Both players checked and again drew one each on the second draw. After the draw, Kuzmin bet and Freund called. Final draws went pat and one and Kuzmin checked to Freund, who checked behind to take their hands to showdown.

Kuzmin tabled and Freund mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Freund	27,900 24,200	24,200
Alexander Kuzmin	18,800 5,300	5,300

Tags: Alexander Freund Alexander Kuzmin

06-14-2019 14:06 UTC-8

More Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	53,600 35,000	35,000

Shirley Rosario	50,500 5,040	5,040
Frankie O'Dell	50,300 5,300	5,300

Valentin Vornicu	48,300 14,600	14,600
Max Kruse	40,300 3,300	3,300

Keith Kiyomura	34,000 400	400
Farah Galfond	24,500 5,000	5,000
Phil Hellmuth	24,100 700	700

Matthew Smith	15,800 4,200	4,200
Kristijonas Andrulis	14,500 24,300	24,300
Keith Lehr	13,300 2,400	2,400

Stephen Moreschi	4,400 15,800	15,800