With registration now closed, Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw has officially drawn a total of 522 entries — generating a total prize pool of $696,870.
Of those entrants, 79 will get paid. First place will take home $145,863 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet, while a min-cash will be worth $2,405.
David "ODB" Baker was all in pre-draw from under-the-gun in a four-way pot.
Divakaran Marella drew two from the small blind, Daniel Negreanu drew two from the big, Baker drew one and the player in the cutoff drew two.
Marella bet and Negreanu raised. The cutoff folded and Marella called.
All players drew one on the second round and then Marella check-called a bet from Negreanu.
Marella drew one on the final betting round, Negreanu stood pat, and Baker drew one.
Action checked down on the final betting round and Marella showed 8x7x5x4x3x for an eight. It was good against Negreanu's nine and Baker ended up pairing his seven to be sent to the rail.
Damjan Radanov bet from the cutoff and received one caller from Viktor Blom from the big blind. Radanov drew two and Blom drew three.
Blom bet after the first draw and Radanov raised to two bets. Blom made the call.
Both players drew one on the second draw and Blom check-called another bet from Radanov.
Blom drew one on the final draw and Radanov stood pat. Blom checked, Radanov bet and this time Blom was forced to fold.
Ben Yu bet from the small blind and Ari Engel called from the big blind, leaving action heads up going into the first draw. Yu drew one and Engel drew three.
Yu bet again after the first draw and received a call from Engel. Both players drew one.
After the second draw Yu slowed down with a check, and called when Engel bet. Yu drew one and Engel stood pat.
With no draws left Yu checked and Engel bet. Yu thought about his decision for about 20 seconds before making the call.
Engel tabled 7x5x4x3x2x for the best possible hand and Yu was forced to concede the pot.
Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Limits: 800/1,600
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Registration will close at the start of the next level.
Action was picked up three-way just before the final draw with about 17,000 in the middle. Kyle Miholich drew one from the small blind, a player in the cutoff stood pat and David "ODB" Baker stood pat from the button.
With no draws left Miholich fired one last bet and received a call from both opponents.
Miholich tabled 7x6x5x3x2x for number three to take down a large pot while Baker was left short-stacked.
Action was picked up at the second draw, with both Dan Shak drawing one from the big blind and his opponent doing the same from the button.
Shak checked-called a bet, choosing to draw one again while his opponent stood pat.
With no draws left Shak took the initiative and bet. His opponent put in the call and Shak showed 8x7x4x3x2x to take the pot down.
Shak is currently sitting on one of the bigger stacks in the tournament at just over 60,000.
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