Event #34: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Day 2 | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-18-2021 15:09 UTC-8

New Chip Leader At Break

Mike Patrick

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Andreas Hole has rocketed to the top of the chip counts as the remaining 47 players have gone on break, with 43 of them making the money when they return.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Hole	465,000 285,000	285,000
Adam Owen	344,000 51,000	51,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	300,000 171,500	171,500
Matt Grapenthien	290,000 20,000	20,000

Vincent Griboski	285,000 248,000	248,000
Colin Wickersheim	280,000 100,000	100,000
Brian Yoon	260,000 120,000	120,000

Kevin Funkhouser	230,000 230,000	230,000
David "Bakes" Baker	220,000 140,500	140,500

Daniel Anton	216,000 1,000	1,000
Dan Shak	170,000 10,000	10,000
Cory Zeidman	150,000 15,000	15,000

Shirley Rosario	145,000 20,000	20,000
Frankie O'Dell	132,000 3,000	3,000

Hal Rotholz	105,000 3,000	3,000

Joe McKeehen	70,000 20,000	20,000

Jennifer Kellar	46,500 6,000	6,000
Matt Schultz	45,000 45,000	45,000
John Esposito	45,000 45,000	45,000

Katherine Fleck	36,000 21,000	21,000

10-18-2021 14:51 UTC-8

Rotholz Finds a Fold

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Matt Hansen

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Hal Rotholz raised from middle position and Michael Wagner called from the big blind.

Both players drew two cards.

Wagner led with a bet and Rotholz raised. Wagner fired back and raised to three bets. Rotholz went into the tank.

After a moment of thought, Rotholz got away from it.

"Do you have trip twos?" asked Rotholz.

Wagner turned over .

"I had trip threes. I was making the same move!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wagner	127,000 21,000	21,000
Hal Rotholz	108,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Hal Rotholz Michael Wagner

10-18-2021 14:48 UTC-8

Grapes Growing Again

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Mike Patrick

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Matt Grapenthien has joined Adam Owen over 300,000 chips after dragging a recent pot.

Grapenthien raised the button and was three-bet by Ziya Rahim in the big blind. Grapenthien called and drew two, while Rahim drew one.

Rahim bet out with the lead and Grapenthien called. Both players each drew one card, then checked the next round of betting.

They each drew one again, and Rahim checked once more.

Grapenthien bet and Rahim folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	395,000
Matt Grapenthien	310,000 30,000	30,000

Ziya Rahim	72,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Adam Owen Matt Grapenthien Ziya Rahim

10-18-2021 14:33 UTC-8

Grapenthien Gives Some Back

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Mike Patrick

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Matt Grapenthien's stack has been steadily growing on Day 2, but recently took a small hit courtesy of Ian Feller.

Feller raised in the cutoff and Grapenthien defended his big blind.

Both players drew two, and Grapenthien led out with a bet which Feller called.

On the second draw, Grapenthien drew two and Feller took one.

Grapenthien then check-called a bet and drew one again, while Feller stood pat.

Action on the end was checked through and Feller turned over for the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Grapenthien	280,000 6,000	6,000

Ian Feller	138,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ian Feller Matt Grapenthien

10-18-2021 14:23 UTC-8

Schwagler Beats Schultz

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Matt Hansen

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Matthew Schwagler raised under the gun and action folded to Matthew Schultz on the button for another raise to three bets. Schwagler called.

Schwagler drew two cards and Schultz took one.

Schwagler check-called a bet from Schultz after the first draw. Schultz stood pat and Schwagler took two cards.

Schwagler check-called another bet from Schultz after the second draw. Both players stood pat for the third draw.

Schwagler check-called one more bet from Schultz after the third draw and turned over . Schultz tabled as the losing hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Schwagler	137,000 32,500	32,500
Matthew Schultz	98,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Matthew Schultz Matthew Schwagler

10-18-2021 14:13 UTC-8

Owen Building Lead

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Mike Patrick

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Adam Owen continues to grow his chip lead, with no other player in the field yet to cross the 300,000 chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	395,000 30,000	30,000
Matt Grapenthien	274,000 34,000	34,000

David Funkhouser	255,000 50,500	50,500

Daniel Anton	217,000 9,500	9,500
Marc Booth	192,000 10,000	10,000
Colin Wickersheim	180,000 35,500	35,500
Andreas Hole	180,000 45,000	45,000
Cory Zeidman	165,000 30,000	30,000

Shirley Rosario	165,000 138,500	138,500
Dan Shak	160,000 38,000	38,000
Brian Yoon	140,000 86,500	86,500

Frankie O'Dell	135,000 32,000	32,000

Hal Rotholz	105,000 68,000	68,000

John Esposito	90,000 15,000	15,000

Joe McKeehen	90,000 49,000	49,000

Katherine Fleck	57,000 18,500	18,500
Andy Pokrivnak	8,500

Tags: Adam Owen

Level: 17

Limits: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 0

10-18-2021 13:59 UTC-8

Simpson Takes from Amin

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Matt Hansen

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Ahmed Amin raised from the cutoff and Conrad Simpson called from the big blind.

Amin stood pat and Simpson drew three cards.

Simpson check-called a bet from Amin after the draw.

Simpson took one card on the second draw and Amin remained pat.

Simpson check-called another bet from Amin after the draw and both players stood pat for the third draw.

Both players checked the third draw and Simpson turned over . Amin mucked the losing hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Amin	142,000 87,500	87,500
Conrad Simpson	136,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Ahmed Amin Conrad Simpson

10-18-2021 13:54 UTC-8

Owen Finishes Off Gurney-Goldman

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Mike Patrick

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

After taking a large chunk of his chips earlier, Adam Owen recently eliminated Steven Gurney-Goldman.

Before the final round of draws, Owen led into his opponent, who called, leaving himself just 1,500 behind.

Owen patted his hand and Gurney-Goldman drew one.

Owen then bet, and Gurney-Goldman smiled and shrugged before tossing in the last of his chips.

Owen showed , which just pipped Gurney-Goldman's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	365,000 75,000	75,000
Steven Gurney-Goldman	Busted

10-18-2021 13:43 UTC-8

Esposito Gets it Back With a Wheel

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Mike Patrick

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

After falling in the previous pot, John Esposito just got his chips back and then some in a three-way pot with Matt Grapenthien and Ian Feller.

After the final round of draws, Keller checked to Esposito who bet, and got called by both Grapenthien and Feller.

Esposito proudly turned over a wheel to vault his stack over 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Grapenthien	240,000 30,000	30,000

Ian Feller	120,000 33,000	33,000
John Esposito	105,000 51,500	51,500