Adam Owen raised his button to 16,000, which Lawrence Brandt called in the big blind. Brandt threw one card before Owen exchanged two.
After the draw, Brandt checked over to Owen, who went into the tank for a bit. Eventually, he announced his all-in, garnering a quick fold from his opponent.
James Tilton open-shoved from middle position for 38,000. It folded to Sean Yu in the big blind, who called off. Yu drew one card, after which Tilton decided to stay pat.
James Tilton: 9x8x7x3x2x
Sean Yu: 7x6x4x2x
"Oh, two across!" Yu exclaimed as he peeled his card. He turned over a 5x to make a seven-six and eliminate Tilton.
Ray Henson opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Jacob Ikuma shoved for 76,000 from the small blind. Oliver Vereschagin called from the big blind and Henson got out of the way.
Ikuma drew one while Vereschagin stood pat.
Jacob Ikuma: 7x6x5x4x
Ray Henson: 10x9x7x4x3x
Henson had a pat ten but Ikuma made number four after catching a 2x to double up through Henson.
Steve Zolotow started Day 2 with exactly a starting stack, which he got in from the cutoff. Jonathan Borenstein made the call in the big blind before he drew one card. Zolotow also tossed one, and the players tabled their cards.
Steve Zolotow: 10x7x6x2x
Jonathan Borenstein: 9x8x5x4x
Zolotow made a ten-low by drawing a 3x, doubling up when Borenstein paired with an 8x.
The final 78 players from a field of 532 entries are set to return at 1:00 p.m. to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas today for Day 2 of Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw here at the 2025 World Series of Poker. The 78 returnees are all guaranteed at least a min-cash of $3,045 while the winner will receive the top prize of $138,080 and a WSOP Gold Bracelet.
Han Liu finished the day with the chip lead after bagging 711,000, worth just under 120 big blinds going into Day 2. Liu is most closely followed by five-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon who finished the night with 588,000 after making a great call for his tournament life against Ryan Hoenig on the stone bubble yesterday.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Han Liu
United States
711,000
119
2
Brian Yoon
United States
588,000
98
3
Adam Owen
United Kingdom
453,000
76
4
Joshua Adcock
United States
439,000
73
5
Ray Henson
United States
424,000
71
6
Oliver Vereschagin
United States
394,000
66
7
Tomas Szwarcberg
Mexico
363,000
61
8
Iman Alsaden
United States
340,000
57
9
Zhun Wang
China
314,000
52
10
Christopher Leslie
United States
309,000
52
Huck Seed
Several big names remain in contention for the bracelet, including Huck Seed (285,000), Barry Greenstein (212,000), Brad Ruben (187,000), Frank Kassela (161,000) and John Monnette (81,000).
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$138,080
12-14
$7,146
2
$90,569
15-20
$5,823
3
$60,738
21-27
$4,875
4
$41,654
28-34
$4,198
5
$29,228
35-41
$3,721
6
$20,994
42-48
$3,397
7
$15,446
49-55
$3,197
8-9
$11,646
56-78
$3,045
10-11
$9,006
The plan for today is to play as many 60-minute levels as needed until just five players remain. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the final day taking place tomorrow, June 3.
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