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Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000-1,500
Limits: 1,500-3,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
2-7 Triple Draw
A player in the cutoff opened and received calls from Nitesh Rawtani on the button and Maxx Coleman in the big blind. Coleman drew three while the other players each drew two.
After the first draw Coleman checked, the cutoff bet, Rawtani raised and both Coleman and the cutoff called. Rawtani stood pat while his two opponents each drew one.
Rawtani bet when checked to after the second draw and was called by both opponents. Once again Rawtani stood pat while his opponents drew one each.
All three players checked with no draws remaining. Rawtani tabled 8x7x5x4x3x which was good enough to take down a nice pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
78,000 | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
The event attracted a total of 371 entries, generating a prize pool of $825,475.
The top 56 players will earn at least $5,054, while the champion will take home $177,045 along with the WSOP gold bracelet.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $177,045 | 10-11 | $11,138 |
| 2 | $115,073 | 12-17 | $8,861 |
| 3 | $76,547 | 18-23 | $7,252 |
| 4 | $52,140 | 24-29 | $6,111 |
| 5 | $36,387 | 30-35 | $5,307 |
| 6 | $26,033 | 36-41 | $5,181 |
| 7 | $19,106 | 42-56 | $5,054 |
| 8-9 | $14,393 |
A-5 Triple Draw
Scott Drobes opened from the hijack and Josh Arieh defended from the big blind. Both players drew two.
After the first draw Arieh check-called a bet from Drobes and drew one while Drobes stood pat.
Arieh checked again for the first draw and Drobes bet. Arieh raised to two big bets and Drobes made the call. Both players stood pat for the final draw and checked.
Arieh announced he had an eight-six but Drobes tabled a seven with 7x5x4x3x2x to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Badugi
Action was picked up between three players just before the second draw with around 10,000 already in the middle. Steve Zolotow drew one from the small blind, a player in the big blind drew one and Shaun Deeb drew two from the hijack.
After the second draw Zolotow bet and was called by both opponents. All three players drew one.
With no draws remaining action checked around to Deeb who bet. Zolotow called while the big blind got out of the way.
Deeb tabled A♥4♣3♠2♠ for a three-card four which was good enough to take the pot.
Meanwhile at another table, Matthew Schreiber has amassed one of the top stacks in the room so far at just under 160,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
|
||
|
118,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
A-5 Triple Draw
Kevin Gerhart was forced all in from the big blind, at risk against two opponents. Gerhart asked for four cards on the first draw, seeing the other two players draw two and check.
Gerhart then patted the second draw as both opponents took two and checked again. Another pat from Gerhart saw him turn up 8x6x5x4x2x for an eight-six, good enough to triple up for the moment.
A few hands later, Gerhart had lost those chips and was headed to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000-2,000
Limits: 2,000-4,000
