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

06-02-2025 21:10 UTC-7

Final Table Redraw

Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Brian Yoon	United States	1,400,000	56
2	Tyler Phillips	United States	1,875,000	75
3	Jun Weng	China	2,400,000	96
4	Yueqi Zhu	China	1,830,000	73
5	Han Liu	United States	2,350,000	94
6	Brad Ruben	United States	2,835,000	113
7	Eric Moum	United States	665,000	27

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	2,835,000 5,000	5,000

Jun Weng	2,400,000 60,000	60,000
Han Liu	2,350,000 335,000	335,000

Tyler Phillips	1,875,000 195,000	195,000
Yueqi Zhu	1,830,000 480,000	480,000

Brian Yoon	1,400,000

Eric Moum	665,000 250,000	250,000

06-02-2025 21:06 UTC-7

Stephen Hubbard Eliminated in 8th Place ($11,646); Sean Yu Eliminated in 9th Place ($11,646)

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

Stephen Hubbard raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, to which button Sean Yu responded by moving all in for 640,000. Brad Ruben sat in the big blind and confirmed both players' counts before reshoving.

Hubbard took some time and called off his stack of 655,000 as well, creating a three-way all-in. Ruben stood pat, causing Hubbard and Yu to take one card each.

Sean Yu: 8x6x5x4x All in
Stephen Hubbard: 8x6x4x2x All in
Brad Ruben: 9x8x7x6x3x

Hubbard drew a Qx and Yu was dealt an Ax. Ruben's nine-eight held to secure the double elimination, setting up the final table of seven.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	2,830,000 1,180,000	1,180,000

Sean Yu	Busted
Stephen Hubbard	Busted

Tags: Brad Ruben Sean Yu Stephen Hubbard

06-02-2025 21:00 UTC-7

Tomasz Gluszko Eliminated in 10th Place ($9,006)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

Tomasz Gluszko opened from the button, Yueqi Zhu three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind and Gluszko four-bet shoved for 555,000. Zhu called with a covering stack to put him at risk and stood pat while Gluszko took one.

Tomasz Gluszko: 8x6x3x2x All in
Yueqi Zhu: Jx10x6x5x2x

Gluszko called for a five but drew a Qx, resulting in his elimination. Zhu was good at showdown with a jack and took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	1,350,000 400,000	400,000

Tomasz Gluszko	Busted

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06-02-2025 20:54 UTC-7

Alessandro Ponzio Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,006)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

Brad Ruben opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Alessandro Ponzio three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind, leaving 200,000 back. Ruben called and both players stood pat.

After the draw Ponzio shoved and Ruben called. Ponzo had ninety-eight with 9x8x7x4x3x but Ruben had him beat with 9x7x5x3x2x to eliminate Ponzio and take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	1,650,000 580,000	580,000

Alessandro Ponzio	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Ponzio Brad Ruben

06-02-2025 20:46 UTC-7

Tomas Szwarcberg Eliminated in 12th Place ($7,146)

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

On the first hand back from dinner break, Tomas Szwarcberg moved all in for 400,000 from the cutoff. Brian Yoon made the call in the small blind and stood pat/ Szwarcberg took a few moments before breaking his hand and drawing one card.

Tomas Szwarcberg: 8x6x5x4x All in
Brian Yoon: 8x6x5x4x2x

Szwarcberg was drawing to a chop at best, but the 10x he received left him with nothing instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Yoon	1,400,000 395,000	395,000

Tomas Szwarcberg	Busted

Tags: Brian Yoon Tomas Szwarcberg

06-02-2025 20:39 UTC-7

Updated Counts of Final 12

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Frank Visser

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 35,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	2,685,000 135,000	135,000

Jun Weng	2,340,000 292,000	292,000
Tyler Phillips	1,680,000 10,000	10,000
Brad Ruben	1,070,000 130,000	130,000

Stephen Hubbard	1,070,000 390,000	390,000
Brian Yoon	1,005,000 13,000	13,000

Yueqi Zhu	950,000 55,000	55,000

Sean Yu	645,000 250,000	250,000
Tomasz Gluszko	625,000 206,000	206,000
Alessandro Ponzio	490,000 105,000	105,000
Eric Moum	415,000 5,000	5,000
Tomas Szwarcberg	400,000 25,000	25,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 35,000

06-02-2025 20:13 UTC-7

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Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

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06-02-2025 19:41 UTC-7

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

The players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break.

The action is expected to resume around 8:35 p.m. local time.

06-02-2025 19:38 UTC-7

Kevin Xu Eliminated in 13th Place ($7,146)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Han Liu opened to 66,000 from the hijack, Kevin Xu three-bet shoved for around 300,000 from the big blind and Liu called with a covering stack to put Xu at risk. Both players drew one.

Kevin Xu: 8x7x4x2x All in
Han Liu: 8x5x4x2x

Both players were drawing to an eight but Liu drew into a 3x for eight-perfect leaving Xu drawing dead. After Xu picked up an inconsequential 10x he was sent to the rail while Liu took the rest of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Han Liu	2,550,000 425,000	425,000

Kevin Xu	Busted

Tags: Han Liu Kevin Xu