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

06-02-2025 14:44 UTC-8

Owen Out After Attempting Bluff

Frank Visser

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

Adam Owen in the big blind and J Austin Hijar in middle position had gathered a sizable pot of 240,000 when they arrived post-draw. Owen then put Hijar all-in for 364,000, sending Hijar into the tank.

After a few minutes, Hijar committed the call for his tournament life. Owen flashed 10x10x before Hijar tabled 9x8x5x4x2x for a nine-low, catching a huge double-up.

Owen was left with just under nine big blinds, which he lost not much later to be eliminated from the tournament.

Meanwhile, start-of-day chipleader Han Liu, also seated at this table, had reached a seven-figure stack

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	1,155,000 430,000	430,000

J Austin Hijar	968,000 528,000	528,000
Adam Owen	Busted

Tags: Adam Owen Han Liu J Austin Hijar

06-02-2025 14:38 UTC-8

Seed Over-Bets Huge

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Frank Visser

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

The action was picked up after the draw had already taken place. Huck Seed was in the small blind and made a massive all-in bet of 202,000 into the pot of 75,000. Brian Yoon sat in the hijack and took a few minutes to think things through while talking to his opponent.

Eventually, he decided to make the call. Seed tabled 8x7x6x3x2x for an eight-low, and Yoon's cards were added to the muck as he admitted his defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	820,000 355,000	355,000

Huck Seed	479,000 239,000	239,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Huck Seed

06-02-2025 14:36 UTC-8

Hoenig Gets One Through

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Jonathan Borenstein opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Ryan Hoenig in the small blind and Brian Yoon in the big blind. All there players drew one.

After the draw Hoenig bet 77,000 and both opponents folded.

"Finally one of your bluffs work" Huck Seed said to Hoenig. "They call you four times in a row and now they fold."

"I can make hands too" Hoenig said to which Seed replied "No you can't. All you do is pair" which got some laughs from the other players at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	1,175,000 125,000	125,000

Jonathan Borenstein	810,000 285,000	285,000
Ryan Hoenig	340,000 190,000	190,000

Christopher Leslie	290,000 35,000	35,000
Huck Seed	240,000 20,000	20,000

Jun Weng	215,000 25,000	25,000
Yueqi Zhu	210,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Huck Seed Jonathan Borenstein Ryan Hoenig

06-02-2025 14:33 UTC-8

Emerson Left With One Chip

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Frank Visser

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

Jacob Ikuma raised to 25,000 from middle position, Alan Emerson three-bet to 75,000 in the cutoff, and Tomasz Gluszko called on the button. Ikuma got out of the way before both players stood pat.

Emerson checked to Gluszko, who almost tabled his hand, thinking Emerson had gone all in predraw. After the confusion was cleared up, Gluszko made a bet of 80,000 and was snap-called by Emerson.

Gluszko tabled 8x7x6x5x2x, leaving Emerson with a single T-1,000 chip as he mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ikuma	635,000 120,000	120,000
Tomasz Gluszko	422,000 238,000	238,000
Alan Emerson	1,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Alan Emerson Jacob Ikuma Tomasz Gluszko

06-02-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ikuma	755,000 70,000	70,000
Tyler Phillips	665,000 145,000	145,000
Jonathan Borenstein	525,000 55,000	55,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	490,000 40,000	40,000
Brad Ruben	449,000 114,000	114,000

Sean Yu	419,000 54,000	54,000
Bhargav Kakani	398,000 133,000	133,000
Matthew Bae	385,000 110,000	110,000
Gerald Tejada	375,000 65,000	65,000

Oliver Vereschagin	349,000 164,000	164,000
Christopher Leslie	325,000 8,000	8,000
Thomas Eychenne	317,000 7,000	7,000
Owais Ahmed	290,000 140,000	140,000

Stephen Moreschi	289,000 182,000	182,000
Yueqi Zhu	285,000 45,000	45,000

Stephen Hubbard	266,000 6,000	6,000
Huck Seed	260,000 20,000	20,000

Eric Moum	255,000 112,000	112,000
Vasu Amarapu	245,000 23,000	23,000
Ray Henson	229,000 99,000	99,000

James Chen	228,000 127,000	127,000

Tomasz Gluszko	184,000 33,000	33,000
Grant Oen	155,000 65,000	65,000
Johnathan Morrell	155,000 40,000	40,000
Alan Emerson	131,000 59,000	59,000

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06-02-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Chen Leaves Park With One Chip

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Action was picked up between two players just before the draw with around 110,000 in the middle. Hye Park drew one from middle position while James Chen stood pat from the button.

After the draw Park bet 71,000, leaving a single T-5,000 chip behind. Chen called.

"Straight" Park said, showing 6x5x4x3x2x.

"That's no good" Chen replied, which got a laugh from Park and the rest of the table. Chen turned over a jack with Jx8x7x6x5x to win the hand and leave Chen with just over one small blind.

Park moved all in with his last chip from under the gun the following hand. Alan Emerson called from the button and Owais Ahmed checked from the big blind.

Ahmed drew five, Park drew three and Emerson drew one. Park could only show a paired hand with 9x9xAx8x6x while Emerson had a ten with 10x9x6x4x3x to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Ikuma	685,000 255,000	255,000
James Chen	355,000 135,000	135,000

Tomasz Gluszko	217,000 127,000	127,000
Alan Emerson	190,000 75,000	75,000
Owais Ahmed	150,000 10,000	10,000

Kevin Xu	120,000 5,000	5,000
Hye Park	Busted

Tags: Alan Emerson Hye Park James Chen Owais Ahmed

06-02-2025 13:45 UTC-8

Owen Pats Queen

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Alessandro Ponzio made it 21,000 to go in the hijack, which Adam Owen three-bet to 75,000 on the button. Ponzio made the call once the action folded back to him, after which he drew one card.

Owen, on the other hand, stood pat, and the players quickly checked to showdown. Ponzio revealed a Kx, prompting Owen to table his Qx8x7x6x5x, winning the hand with his queen-low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	850,000 190,000	190,000
Alessandro Ponzio	180,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Adam Owen Alessandro Ponzio

06-02-2025 13:16 UTC-8

More Players Hit the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Avina	Busted
Joshua Adcock	Busted
Oliver Tot	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

Iman Alsaden	Busted
Will Berry	Busted
Veerachai Vongxaiburana	Busted

06-02-2025 13:15 UTC-8

Yoon Keeps Climbing

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Huck Seed made it 16,000 to go in the hijack. Ryan Hoenig called on the button, after which Brian Yoon and Jun Weng tossed in calls from the blinds.

Yoon and Weng drew two cards, Seed stood pat, and Hoenig took one.

Yoon then led out for 95,000, getting three folds for his efforts as he expended his monster stack even further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	1,300,000 215,000	215,000

Jonathan Borenstein	470,000 80,000	80,000
Huck Seed	240,000

Jun Weng	240,000 15,000	15,000
Ryan Hoenig	150,000 82,000	82,000

Will Berry	90,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Huck Seed Jun Weng Ryan Hoenig

06-02-2025 13:14 UTC-8

Park Leads into Leslie

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 17 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Christopher Leslie opened to 20,000 from the hijack and Hye Park called from the small blind, drawing one while Leslie stood pat.

After the draw Park bet 80,000 into the 60,000 pot. Leslie weighed his options for about a minute before folding and Park took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Leslie	317,000 8,000	8,000
Hye Park	235,000 168,000	168,000
James Chen	220,000 69,000	69,000

Owais Ahmed	140,000 87,000	87,000

Kevin Xu	115,000 37,000	37,000
Tomasz Gluszko	90,000 25,000	25,000
Mark Fraser	45,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Christopher Leslie Hye Park