Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-02-2025 17:00 UTC-8

Ray Henson Eliminated in 20th Place ($5,823)

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 24,000 ante

Ray Henson open-raised to 150,000 under the gun, leaving only 17,000 back. Han Liu in the cutoff took some time before the clock was called on him. Not long into his countdown, he called.

Both Henson and Liu stood pat and checked it down. Henson tabled Jx9x6x4x3x for a jack-nine low, which Liu beat with Jx6x4x3x2x for a jack-six.

Henson's final chips were automatically put all in in the big blind two hands later. Thomas Eychenne then limped in under the gun, and Alessandro Ponzio completed his small blind.

Ponzio took two cards, Henson exchanged no fewer than four, and Eychenne drew one. Ponzio and Eychenne checked the empty side pot down, revealing all hands.

Ponzio had made a king-low with Kx9x8x6x2x. Hensen had made a pair of tens with 10x10x5x4x2x, and Eychenne also paired up with Jx5x3x2x2x, shipping the pot to Ponzio and eliminating Henson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	1,475,000 205,000	205,000

Thomas Eychenne	936,000 85,000	85,000
Alessandro Ponzio	430,000 192,000	192,000
Ray Henson	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Ponzio Han Liu Ray Henson Thomas Eychenne

06-02-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Jonathan Borenstein Eliminated in 21st Place ($4,875)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 24,000 ante

Jonathan Borenstein opened from the hijack, Brad Ruben three-bet to 115,000 from the button, Borenstein four-bet shoved for 281,000 and Ruben called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Borenstein stood pat and Ruben stood pat behind. Borenstein had a ten with 10x6x5x4x2x but Ruben had him beat with 8x7x6x4x2x to win the hand while Borenstein was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	1,125,000 247,000	247,000

Jonathan Borenstein	Busted

Tags: Brad Ruben Jonathan Borenstein

06-02-2025 16:33 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 24,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	1,270,000 5,000	5,000

Jun Weng	1,110,000 40,000	40,000
Tyler Phillips	1,084,000 74,000	74,000
Brad Ruben	878,000 288,000	288,000

Sean Yu	855,000 25,000	25,000
Stephen Hubbard	853,000 3,000	3,000
Thomas Eychenne	851,000 56,000	56,000
J Austin Hijar	823,000 193,000	193,000
Brian Yoon	701,000 101,000	101,000

Oliver Vereschagin	649,000 144,000	144,000
Eric Moum	600,000 85,000	85,000
Kevin Xu	556,000 6,000	6,000
Tomasz Gluszko	506,000 10,000	10,000
James Chen	505,000 125,000	125,000

Huck Seed	437,000 158,000	158,000

Jonathan Borenstein	435,000 285,000	285,000
Yueqi Zhu	398,000 32,000	32,000

Bhargav Kakani	303,000 67,000	67,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	297,000 71,000	71,000
Alessandro Ponzio	238,000 38,000	38,000
Ray Henson	175,000 120,000	120,000

06-02-2025 16:03 UTC-8

Three-Table Redraw

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/120,000, 18,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
632	1	Brian Yoon	United States	600,000	50
632	2	Huck Seed	United States	595,000	50
632	3	Stephen Hubbard	United States	850,000	71
632	4	Kevin Xu	United States	550,000	46
632	5	Eric Moum	United States	685,000	57
632	6	Tomasz Gluszko	Poland	496,000	41
632	7	Tyler Phillips	United States	1,010,000	84

633	1	Bhargav Kakani	India	370,000	31
633	2	Tomas Szwarcberg	Mexico	368,000	31
633	3	J Austin Hijar	United States	690,000	58
633	4	Oliver Vereschagin	United States	505,000	42
633	5	Jonathan Borenstein	United States	720,000	60
633	6	Jun Weng	China	1,103,000	92
633	7	Brad Ruben	United States	590,000	49

641	1	Thomas Eychenne	France	795,000	66
641	2	Han Liu	United States	1,200,000	100
641	3	Sean Yu	United States	960,000	80
641	4	James Chen	Taiwan	630,000	53
641	5	Yueqi Zhu	China	430,000	36
641	6	Alessandro Ponzio	United States	200,000	17
641	7	Ray Henson	United States	295,000	25

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	1,200,000 110,000	110,000

Jun Weng	1,103,000 97,000	97,000
Tyler Phillips	1,010,000 30,000	30,000
Sean Yu	960,000 230,000	230,000
Stephen Hubbard	850,000 587,000	587,000
Thomas Eychenne	795,000 160,000	160,000
Jonathan Borenstein	720,000 120,000	120,000
J Austin Hijar	690,000 335,000	335,000
Eric Moum	685,000 25,000	25,000
James Chen	630,000 190,000	190,000

Brian Yoon	600,000 27,000	27,000

Huck Seed	595,000 25,000	25,000

Brad Ruben	590,000 141,000	141,000

Kevin Xu	550,000 445,000	445,000
Oliver Vereschagin	505,000 70,000	70,000
Tomasz Gluszko	496,000 74,000	74,000
Yueqi Zhu	430,000 220,000	220,000

Bhargav Kakani	370,000 10,000	10,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	368,000 122,000	122,000
Ray Henson	295,000 66,000	66,000

Alessandro Ponzio	200,000 68,000	68,000

06-02-2025 15:50 UTC-8

Hoenig Heads Home

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/120,000, 18,000 ante

Ryan Hoenig was all in from the cutoff, committing his stack of 98,000. Thomas Eychenne asked for a count in the big blind before making the call and drawing one card.

Hoenig also drew one card, after which the players showed down.

Ryan Hoenig: Jx7x4x2x All in
Thomas Eychenne: Jx9x5x2x

Hoenig peeled first and turned over a Qx, which was not enough when Eychenne made a jack-low with a 10x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Weng	1,200,000 405,000	405,000
James Chen	820,000 592,000	592,000

Thomas Eychenne	635,000 135,000	135,000
Brian Yoon	627,000 105,000	105,000

Huck Seed	620,000 35,000	35,000

Ryan Hoenig	Busted

Tags: Ryan Hoenig Thomas Eychenne

06-02-2025 15:42 UTC-8

Seed Pairs But Still Wins

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/120,000, 18,000 ante

Thomas Eychenne opened to 30,000 from the small blind and Huck Seed defended from the big blind. Both players drew one and checked.

Seed showed a pair with 2x2x7x6x4x and Eychenne mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	823,000 543,000	543,000
Jun Weng	795,000 20,000	20,000
Huck Seed	585,000 5,000	5,000

Brian Yoon	522,000 59,000	59,000

Ryan Hoenig	155,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Huck Seed Thomas Eychenne

06-02-2025 15:25 UTC-8

Yoon Doubles Back Up

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/120,000, 18,000 ante

Jonathan Borenstein made a raise to 25,000 in middle position. Ryan Hoenig flat-called in the cutoff, prompting Brian Yoon to pile in his stack of 260,000 on the button.

Borenstein quickly folded, but Hoenig called off and stood pat. Yoon also took zero cards, creating a showdown.

Hoenig showed 10x8x7x6x2x for a pat ten, but Yoon had the better ten-low with 10x6x5x3x2x and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Borenstein	840,000 65,000	65,000
Brian Yoon	581,000 331,000	331,000

Ryan Hoenig	130,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Jonathan Borenstein Ryan Hoenig

06-02-2025 15:12 UTC-8

Four Tables Remain

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Owais Ahmed	Busted

Gerald Tejada	Busted

Johnathan Morrell	Busted
Alan Emerson	Busted
Charles Odenz	Busted
Michael Manis	Busted
Grant Oen	Busted

06-02-2025 15:10 UTC-8

Weng Gets Four-Bet Through

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Frank Visser

Level 18 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Christopher Leslie put in a raise to 30,000 in the hijack before Brian Yoon made it 85,000 to go on the button. Small blind Jun Weng then piled in his entire stack, putting the other players at risk.

Leslie took some time before making a seemingly agonizing fold, and Yoon eventually followed suit to settle the pot in Weng's favor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Borenstein	905,000 95,000	95,000
Jun Weng	600,000 100,000	100,000
Huck Seed	590,000 111,000	111,000

Ryan Hoenig	335,000 5,000	5,000

Brian Yoon	250,000 200,000	200,000

Christopher Leslie	195,000 95,000	95,000