Level: 7
Blinds: 600-1,200
Limits: 1,200-2,400
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (2-7, A-5, Badugi)
Day: 1
Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$825,475
Entries
371
Level
31
Limits
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
0
Entries
371
Players Left
104
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Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Badugi
A player in the hijack opened before Allen Kessler three-bet from the button, receiving calls from Yuebin Guo in the small blind and the original raiser.
After the first draw action checked around to Kessler who bet and was called by Guo while the hijack got out of the way. Guo drew one while Kessler stood pat.
Guo check-called another bet from Kessler after the second draw. This time both players stood pat.
With no draws remaining Guo bet. Kessler commented that he had "the worst badugi possible" before opting to fold and Guo took the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
42,100
42,100
|
42,100 |
Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Badugi
Josh Arieh raised before Damjan Radanov made it three bets to go in the big blind. Arieh called and Radanov stood pat before Arieh took one card.
A bet and call followed, after which the same drawing sequence occurred. Radanov stood pat, Arieh drew one, a bet flew in and a call was tossed in.
Radanov stood pat once more before Arieh took a final card. The action then went check-check and Radanov tabled K♣Q♦8♠5♥ for the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
17,500 |
Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
A player opened from middle position and was called by Damjan Radanov in the hijack. Both players drew two.
After the first draw the original raiser check-called a bet from Radanov and drew two again while Radanov stood pat.
Radanov bet again when checked to after the second draw and this time his opponent opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
A-5 Triple Draw
The action was picked up at the first draw, where Stuart Rutter drew two cards from the small blind and Todd Brunson drew one on the button.
Rutter checked and Brunson bet, which Rutter call. Rutter improved to drawing one card, but Brunson also improved and stood pat.
Rutter checked, Brunson bet, but this time Rutter raised. Brunson called and both players stood pat on the final draw.
Rutter led out and Brunson made it two bets to go. Rutter then three-bet and Brunson called.
Rutter tabled 5x4x3x2xAx for the wheel, beating the second-best 6x4x3x2xAx of Brunson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,000 | |
|
35,000 | |
|
5,700
4,600
|
4,600 |
|
||
|
2,800
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
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Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Picking up the action on the first draw, Jeff Madsen, who just reentered, drew two cards from the small blind. The big blind drew three cards while the player under the gun drew two.
The action checked around and Madsen exchanged two cards still. The big blind drew one and the under the gun player took two. Madsen then led out after the second draw, receiving two calls.
Madsen then stood pat on the final draw while both his opponents drew one card. Madsen bet out and both other players mucked their cards.
"Is this the first time we don't have a showdown?" Jon Kyte, also at the table, asked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,500
700
|
700 |
|
39,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
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Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
Badugi
A player opened from the hijack only for Naoya Kihara to three-bet from the small blind. The hijack made the call and drew one while Kihara stood pat.
After the first draw Kihara bet and was called by his opponent, who drew one while Kihara stood pat again.
Kihara bet again after the second draw and this time his opponent opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,000
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
|
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Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Ruth Sun opened from the button and was called by a player in the big blind who drew two while Sun drew one.
After the first draw the big blind check-called a bet from Sun and once again drew two to Sun's one.
Sun bet again when checked to after the second draw. This time both players drew one.
Both players checked with no draws remaining. The big blind had bricked, ending with Qx8x5x4x2x while Sun had made an eight with 8x7x6x5x2x to take the pot.
Two hands later at the same table, Sun opened from the hijack and was called by a player in the big blind. Both players drew two, checked and drew two again.
After the second draw the big blind checked, Sun bet, the big blind raised and Sun called, drawing one while the big blind stood pat.
With no draws remaining the big blind check-called a final bet from Sun and tabled an eight with 8x6x5x4x2x, Sun turned over 7x6x4x3x2x for number two and took down another sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
94,500
50,500
|
50,500 |
Level 7
: Limits 1,200/2,400, 0 ante
2-7 Triple Draw
Arriving to a four-way pot on the second draw, James Hinton drew two cards from the big blind, while Alex Epstein and Vincent Calicchia both drew one.
The action then checked around, after which each player drew one card. It checked to Calicchia on the button, who made a bet. Hinton quickly folded but Epstein put in a raise.
Calicchia instantly called and Epstein flashed 4x4x for a pair of fours. Calicchia raked in the pot with his 9x8x5x3x2x, claiming he would not be folding anything to raises anymore.
Meanwhile, Todd Brunson was seen sitting down with a fresh stack of 35,000 chips after having reentered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,500
55,500
|
55,500 |
|
52,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
35,000
32,200
|
32,200 |
|
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Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000-1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000
