Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship (6-Handed) Day 1 | 2024 World Series of Poker

06-10-2024 22:16 UTC-8

Bryce Yockey, Defending Champ Benny Glaser Highlight Surviving Players on Day 1 of the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Championship

David Salituro

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Bryce Yockey waited seven years to win his second World Series of Poker bracelet when he took down the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event earlier this series. His quest for a third might be a lot shorter.

Yockey ended Day 1 of Event #29: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship among the chip leaders with 213,000. He’s joined atop the leaderboard by fellow bracelet winners Naoya Kihara (237,000), Calvin Anderson (210,500), and Jason Mercier (206,500) as 65 players will return tomorrow.

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Bets
1	Naoya Kihara	Japan	237,000	40
2	Marco Johnson	United States	227,000	38
3	Bryce Yockey	United States	213,000	36
4	Calvin Anderson	United States	210,500	35
5	Jason Mercier	United States	206,500	34
6	Danny Noam	United States	201,500	34
7	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	199,000	33
8	Bin Weng	United States	196,500	33
9	Taylor Wilson	United States	196,000	33
10	Maxx Coleman	United States	196,000	33

Defending champion Benny Glaser also advanced to Day 2 with 195,500, as did Bin Weng (196,500), Chino Rheem (175,500), Jeremy Ausmus (175,000), Chad Eveslage (162,500), and Nacho Barbero (155,000). Further down the leaderboard are Allen Kessler (123,500), Eric Wasserson (115,000), Paul Volpe (95,000), last year’s runner-up Oscar Johansson (82,500), and Yuri Dzivielevski (51,000).

A total of 125 players entered over the course of the day, putting the event on pace to surpass last year’s field of 130 with late registration still open for the first hour of Day 2. Among the players to miss out on bagging up for the night were Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, Dylan Weisman, and Scott Seiver.

Day 2 resumes tomorrow (June 11) at 1 p.m. local time inside the Horseshoe Event Center. The action picks up on Level 10 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and 3,000-6,000 limits. Levels 10-13 will be 60 minutes long before extending to 90 minutes with Level 14. Play will last eight levels on Day 2 before a champion is crowned on June 12.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow providing live updates from this star-studded field.

Tags: Allen Kessler Benny Glaser Bin Weng Bryce Yockey Calvin Anderson Chad Eveslage Chino Rheem Daniel Negreanu Dylan Weisman Eric Wasserson Jason Mercier Jeremy Ausmus Mike Matusow Nacho Barbero Naoya Kihara Oscar Johansson Paul Volpe Scott Seiver Yuri Dzivielevski

06-10-2024 21:50 UTC-8

Barbero Frustrates Wasserson

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Eric Wasserson raised in the cutoff and was called by Hal Rotholz on the button and Nacho Barbero in the big blind.

All three players drew two and Barbero led out with a bet. Wasserson and Rotholz both called.

Barbero and Rotholz then drew one while Wasserson took two. Wasserson then bet, Rotholz folded, and Barbero called.

Wasserson stood pat and Barbero took one. Barbero led out with a bet, sending Wasserson deep into the tank.

He spent more than a minute shuffling his cards in his hand and muttering to himself before mucking. Barbero showed him an 8-6 as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	170,000 40,000	40,000

Eric Wasserson	75,000 15,000	15,000

Hal Rotholz	20,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Eric Wasserson Hal Rotholz Nacho Barbero

06-10-2024 21:37 UTC-8

Mirzikinian Bests Glaser Again

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Warwick Mirzikinian bet from the big blind on the first draw and Benny Glaser called on the button.

Mirzikinian stood pat and Glaser took one. Mirzikinian then bet and Glaser called.

Mirzikinian again patted the last draw and Glaser drew one more. Both players checked and Mirzikinian showed 8x7x5x4x3x to win the pot.

At the same time at another table, Nacho Barbero won a pot and called out to Chino Rheem to tell him about it.

"Hey Chino, I just won the best pot. I was dealt a wheel and got many bets in," Barbero said.

"He's running bad, though," a tablemate added.

"I'm running so bad. I haven't won a tournament in forever. Like two months," Barbero replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Warwick Mirzikinian	150,000 10,000	10,000
Nacho Barbero	130,000 60,000	60,000

Benny Glaser	100,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Nacho Barbero Warwick Mirzikinian

06-10-2024 21:37 UTC-8

Rheem Clashes With Weng in Four-Bet Pot

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Bin Weng opened from the hijack, Chino Rheem three-bet from the button and Weng put in a four-bet that was called by Rheem. Weng drew one while Rheem drew two.

After the first draw Rheem called a bet from Weng and drew one while Weng stood pat.

Weng bet again after the second draw and was called by Rheem. Once again Weng stood pat while Rheem drew one.

With no draws remaining Weng bet once more and Rheem's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bin Weng	210,000 80,000	80,000
Chino Rheem	137,500 12,500	12,500

Tags: Bin Weng Chino Rheem

06-10-2024 21:30 UTC-8

Bruschi's Eight Good For a Massive Pot

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Anthony Lazar raised under the gun before Justin Saliba reraised in the cutoff. Renan Bruschi put in another raise on the button, big blind Patrick Moulder called, as did Lazar and Saliba.

Moulder, Saliba, and Bruschi drew one while Lazar took two. Action checked to Bruschi who bet, and Moulder raised.

Lazar called, Saliba folded, and Bruschi called. Moulder stood pat, as did Bruschi, while Lazar drew one. Moulder then bet and both opponents called.

Moulder and Bruschi stood pat again on the last draw while Lazar took one. All three players checked and Bruschi showed 8x6x5x3x2x. Moulder and Lazar both mucked.

"Big pot," Bruschi said as he raked in the chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Saliba	140,000 80,000	80,000

Anthony Lazar	130,000 30,000	30,000
Renan Bruschi	100,000 50,000	50,000

Patrick Moulder	90,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Anthony Lazar Justin Saliba Patrick Moulder Renan Bruschi

06-10-2024 21:27 UTC-8

Hamid Takes Eveslage to Value Town

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Chad Eveslage opened from the hijack and Sami Hamid defended from the big blind. Both players drew two.

After the first draw Hamid bet and Eveslage called. Both players drew one.

Hamid bet again after the second draw and was called by Eveslage. Hamid stood pat while Eveslage took one.

With no draws remaining Hamid bet and Eveslage called. Hamid tabled 7x6x5x4x2x for number four to take down a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	162,000 28,000	28,000

Sami Hamid	67,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Chad Eveslage Sami Hamid

06-10-2024 21:16 UTC-8

More for Yockey

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

A player limped in from under the gun and Bryce Yockey limped behind in the cutoff. Paul Volpe checked in the big blind and drew three while the original limper drew one and Yockey drew two.

After the first draw Volpe checked, the limper bet, Yockey called and Volpe folded. Both remaining players drew one.

The limper checked after the second draw, Yockey bet and the limper folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	211,000 11,000	11,000

Paul Volpe	92,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Paul Volpe

06-10-2024 21:13 UTC-8

Lazar Wheels Seiver to the Exit

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Scott Seiver was all in on the second draw against Anthony Lazar as Lazar stood pat.

Seiver drew two and turned over 7x5x3x, but Lazar already had the nuts with 7x5x4x3x2x. Seiver turned over an eight as one of his last cards and flung the rest into the muck on his way to the exit.