Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Day 2 Started
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2022 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$687,525
Entries
309
Level
29
Limits
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Entries
134
Players Left
17
Robert Campbell in the Hunt on Day 2 of $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 2 p.m. local time in the Bally's Grand Ballroom for the second of three days in this popular mix of lowball variants.
The event drew 309 players that generated a prize pool of $687,525, and the winner will take home $164,243 and the WSOP gold bracelet. The top 47 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $4,026.
James Opie of Pinehurst, Texas, leads the returning field of 147, and he will be in search of his first bracelet and an opportunity to top his previous best WSOP finish of 20th in the 2018 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Opie | United States | 196,500 |
| 2 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 177,000 |
| 3 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | 173,000 |
| 4 | Kimberly Stone | United States | 167,500 |
| 5 | Jonas Mackoff | Canada | 166,500 |
| 6 | Alex Epstein | United States | 165,000 |
| 7 | Sumir Mathur | United States | 160,000 |
| 8 | Paul Martino | United States | 150,500 |
| 9 | David Funkhouser | United States | 146,500 |
| 10 | Hasan Kural | United States | 145,000 |
Opie is followed by the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell in second and 2012 $3,000 Limit Hold’em champion Kenny Hsiung in third. Kimberly Stone and Jonas Mackoff round out the top five chip counts.
Other notables returning for Day 2 include Alex Epstein, Ari Engel, Brandon Shack-Harris, Marco Johnson, John Monnette, Daniel Negreanu, and Joao Vieira.
Play will continue in Level 11 with blinds at 1,500/2,500 and limits at 2,500/5,000. Day 2 will be ten 60-minute levels long with a 15-minute break after every two and a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 16.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the day for live updates from the floor of the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw tournament and other events at the 2022 World Series of Poker.
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500-2,500
Limits: 2,500-5,000
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
The remaining 134 players are in their seats and play is underway on Day 2.
Yoon Stands Pat Against Esposito; Bleznick Blinding Down
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
A-5 Triple Draw
Brian Yoon raised from the button and John Esposito called in the big blind. Both players drew one and Esposito check-called a bet.
Esposito took one, flashing an ace, before allowing Yoon to act. "Don't need it," Yoon said as he stood pat.
He bet and Esposito raised. "You might need it now," Esposito replied.
Yoon called, then called another bet after the third draw. He showed 6-4-3-2-A to take down the pot.
Jared Bleznick was the small blind on this hand but has yet to take his seat here on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000 | 12,000 |
|
27,500 | -32,500 |
Nguyen Makes a Six in Big Pot
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
A-5 Triple Draw
There was already a pile of chips in the middle on the third draw in a pot between Scotty Nguyen and Tamon Nakamura when both players drew one.
Nakamura checked, allowing the Poker Hall of Famer to put out a bet. Nakamura quickly called but mucked when Nguyen showed 6-5-4-2-A.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 11,500 |
|
43,000 | -8,000 |
Reunion on Table 511
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Venkata Tayi and Nick Pupillo both made deep runs in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em event that finished last night and are seated together again today.
Tayi took the last hand off, but Pupillo went three ways to the second with Steve Zolotow and Christopher Roman. Zolotow and Roman took one, while Pupillo took two.
Roman put out a bet and only Zolotow called. Roman then stood pat and showed 
while Zolotow made a pair of fours and mucked.
"Short stacks keep doubling up. The table of death, No. 511," Tayi said after the hand, as he has already increased the 17,000 with which he began the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | 29,500 |
|
78,000 | 78,000 |
|
38,000 | 21,000 |
|
26,500 | -8,500 |
Glaser Takes From Bleznick
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Benny Glaser raised from the cutoff and Jared Bleznick three-bet from the small blind. Glaser called and Bleznick drew one on the first draw. Glaser took two.
Bleznick check-called a bet from Glaser and both players took one on the second draw. Bleznick checked once again called when and Glaser bet.
Glaser was pat after Blesnick took one for the final draw. Both players checked and Glaser turned over 
to win with ten-eight while Bleznick tossed the losing hand in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000 | |
|
9,000 |
Kruse Climbing the Counts
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Badugi
Max Kruse put out a bet on the second draw and was called by Daniel Starkey.
Starkey stood pat, while Kruse took one then bet again after the final draw. Starkey quickly called but mucked when Kruse showed 
for a Badugi.
The German soccer star is now sitting on one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | 38,000 |
|
60,000 | -7,000 |
Stone Pressures Martino
Level 11
: 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
A-5 Triple Draw
Paul Martino raised from the button and Kimberly Stone three-bet from the next seat over in the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Martino tossed in chips to call. Stone drew one and Martino took two.
Stone bet and Martino called the first draw before Stone took one and Martino took two.
Martino folded to a bet after the second draw and Stone dragged the pot to move in the right direction in early Day 2 action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
176,000 | 8,500 |
|
|
110,000 | -40,500 |