Event #20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-10-2022 22:00 UTC-8

Bai Bests Nesterenko in Blind Battle

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Lewis Powell

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Richard Bai raised from the small blind and Denis Nesterenko called. Both players drew two.

Bai continued by betting and Nesterenko called. Bai stood pat while Nesterenko drew one.

Nesterenko raised Bai's bet and Bai called.

Bai continued to stay pat and Nesterenko drew one. Action checked after the final draw and Bai showed the winner with

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Nesterenko	367,000 273,000	273,000

Richard Bai	300,000 85,000	85,000

06-10-2022 22:17 UTC-8

Villaman Eliminated, Three Table Redraw Imminent

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Action folded to Georgios Sotiropoulos on the button who raised. Christopher Heafner three-bet out of the small blind and Ray Villaman called for the rest of his chips in the big blind. Sotiropoulos made the call to send the three players to the first draw.

Heafner stood pat while Villaman drew three and Sotiropoulos one. Heafner bet and Sotiropoulos called to generate a side pot.

On the second draw both Heafner and Villaman stood pat. Sotiropoulos took one. Heafner led out for a second time and was again called by Sotiropoulos.

The final draw saw Heafner stand pat for a third time and both Villaman and Sotiropoulos take one card. Action checked through and Heafner showed . Sotiropoulos mucked as did Villaman, who just missed out on making the final three tables.

During the same hand on another table Patrick Moulder exited to setup the final three table redraw for the remaining 17 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Sotiropoulos	415,000 195,000	195,000

Christopher Heafner	320,000 125,000	125,000
Ray Villaman	Busted
Patrick Moulder	Busted

Tags: Christopher Hefner Georgios Sotiropoulos Patrick Moulder Ray Villaman

06-10-2022 22:21 UTC-8

FInal Three Table Redraw (full)

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Lewis Powell

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
636	1	Robert Mizrachi	United States	13,000	0
636	2	Kenny Hsiung	United States	950,000	32
636	3	James Maguire	United States	520,000	17
636	4	Empty			0
636	5	Phil Hui	United States	460,000	15
636	6	Evan Sayer	United States	407,000	14

637	1	Peter Lynn	United States	260,000	9
637	2	Yufei Zhong	China	1,600,000	53
637	3	Christopher Heafner	United States	325,000	11
637	4	Adam Friedman	United States	140,000	5
637	5	Georgios Sotiropoulos	Greece	400,000	13
637	6	Hieu Luu	United States	460,000	15

638	1	Von Altizer	United States	910,000	30
638	2	Jake Schwartz	United States	725,000	24
638	3	Richard Bai	United States	390,000	13
638	4	Toby Mulloy	United States	370,000	12
638	5	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	750,000	25
638	6	Denis Nesterenko	Russia	485,000	16

Player	Chips	Progress
Yufei Zhong	1,600,000 650,000	650,000
Kenny Hsiung	950,000 245,000	245,000

Von Altizer	910,000 335,000	335,000
Benny Glaser	750,000 30,000	30,000

Jake Schwartz	725,000 3,000	3,000
James Maguire	520,000 120,000	120,000
Denis Nesterenko	485,000 118,000	118,000

Phillip Hui	460,000 205,000	205,000
Hieu Luu	460,000 220,000	220,000
Evan Sayer	407,000 209,000	209,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	400,000 15,000	15,000

Richard Bai	390,000 90,000	90,000
Toby Mulloy	370,000 203,000	203,000
Christopher Heafner	325,000 5,000	5,000
Peter Lynn	260,000 73,000	73,000
Adam Friedman	140,000 270,000	270,000

Robert Mizrachi	13,000 417,000	417,000

06-10-2022 22:27 UTC-8

Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,054)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Shortly after the three table redraw, Robert Mizrachi got the remainder of his stack in the middle with a jack high.

Unfortunately for him, it was not good enough and he was sent to the rail in 17th place, a result good for $5,054.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Tags: Robert Mizrachi

06-10-2022 22:33 UTC-8

Lynn Gets the Fold

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Lewis Powell

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Hieu Luu raised under the gun and was called by Peter Lynn in the cutoff. Both players drew two.

Luu bet and was raised by Lynn. Luu called. Luu drew one while Lynn stood pat.

Luu check-called Lynn's bet and drew one again while Lynn stood pat.

Lynn kept the aggression on a bet again which got the fold from Luu as last year's runner up chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hieu Luu	410,000 50,000	50,000
Peter Lynn	315,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Hieu Luu Peter Lynn

06-10-2022 22:40 UTC-8

Adam Friedman Eliminated in 16th Place ($5,054)

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Action folded to Yufei Zhong in the small blind who raised enough to force Adam Friedman in the big blind all in. Friedman made the call for his tournament life.

On the first draw both players took two cards. The second draw was no different, though Friedman did expose a discarded ace. During the final draw Zhong took one and showed . Friedman discarded one card and revealed he held . Drawing very much live, Friedman peeled the last card. It was a , giving Friedman an unwanted straight and sending him to the payout desk in 16th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yufei Zhong	1,382,000 218,000	218,000
Adam Friedman	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Yufei Zhong

06-10-2022 22:45 UTC-8

Maguire Wins with Eight-Six

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Lewis Powell

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

James Maguire raised from under the gun and was called on the button by Phillip Hui . Maguire drew one and Hui drew two.

Maguire bet and was called by Hui. Maguire stood pat while Hui drew one.

Again Maguire put out a bet and Hui continued. Maguire stayed pat and Hui drew one.

After the final draw the action went check-check and Maguire took down the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Hui	621,000 161,000	161,000
James Maguire	440,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Hieu Luu James Maguire

06-10-2022 22:49 UTC-8

Final Break of the Day

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Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

The remaining 15 players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day. When they return, limits will be 20,000-40,0000 and play will continue for two more 60-minute levels before ending for the night.

Level: 24

Limits: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 0

06-10-2022 23:18 UTC-8

Sotiropoulos Triples Twice

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Lewis Powell

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Georgios Sotiropoulos moved all in from under the gun and was called by Yufei Zhong and Richard Bai. Zhong drew three, Bai drew four and Sotiropoulos drew two.

Action checked through and Zhong drew two, Bai drew three and Sotiropoulos stood pat.

Action checked again and Zhong and Bai drew two while Sotiropoulos stood pat again. Sotiropoulos won with to triple up.

Sotiropoulos tripled up again the next hand. Again Zhong and Bai were the opponents. Zhong raised and both Bai and Sotiropoulos called in the blinds. Bai drew two while Sotiropoulos and Zhong drew three.

Bai bet and Sotiropoulos moved all in. Both players called.

Bai stood pat while Sotiropoulos drew one and Zhong drew two. Bai bet and was called by Zhong.

Bai stood pat, Sotiropoulos drew one and Zhong drew pat. Action checked after the final draw. Zhong showed but was beaten by Sotiropoulos, who tripled up again as he showed

Player	Chips	Progress
Yufei Zhong	1,670,000 288,000	288,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos	270,000 130,000	130,000

Richard Bai	265,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Georgios Sotiropoulos Richard Bai Yufei Zhong