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

06-02-2025 14:54 UTC-7

Chen Leaves Park With One Chip

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 14:45 UTC-7

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 14:39 UTC-7

Amarapu Calls Off

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Frank Visser

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

From middle position, most of Vasu Amarapu's had gone in the middle before the draw, leading to a pot of 200,000 in the middle. He then checked over to Nick Polydoros in the cutoff, who put him all-in for his final 34,000.

After some thought, Amarapu slammed in his stack. Polydoros tabled 10x8x6x3x2x, but Amarapu had the better ten with 10x6x5x4x2x and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	268,000 160,000	160,000
Nick Polydoros	53,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Nick Polydoros Vasu Amarapu

06-02-2025 14:35 UTC-7

Zolotow Falls to Hubbard

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Steve Zolotow shoved from the cutoff for 64,000 and Stephen Hubbard called with a covering stack from the big blind to put him at risk. Both players drew one.

Steve Zolotow: 7x6x5x2x All in
Stephen Hubbard: 9x6x4x2x

Hubbard paired after catching a 4x but Zolotow caught 7x for a bigger pair and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Phillips	810,000 255,000	255,000
Stephen Hubbard	165,000 110,000	110,000
Lok Chan	161,000 31,000	31,000

Johnathan Morrell	97,000 154,000	154,000
Grant Oen	90,000 29,000	29,000
Jeffrey Goldstein	70,000 145,000	145,000
Steve Zolotow	Busted

Tags: Stephen Hubbard Steve Zolotow

06-02-2025 14:26 UTC-7

Wang Went Home

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Frank Visser

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

Eric Moum in the small blnid, Gerald Tejada in the big blind, and Zhun Wang in the cutoff each drew one card after the predraw action.

It was then checked to Wang, who shoved his stack of 112,000 into the pot of 165,000. Moum released his cards, but Tejada snap-called with 9x6x5x4x2x.

Wang briefly showed a 10x before he got up from his seat to collect his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerald Tejada	440,000 225,000	225,000

Eric Moum	143,000 3,000	3,000
Zhun Wang	Busted

Tags: Eric Moum Gerald Tejada Zhun Wang

06-02-2025 14:16 UTC-7

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 14:15 UTC-7

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 14:14 UTC-7

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

06-02-2025 14:07 UTC-7

Monette Pairs to Exit

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Frank Visser

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

Still in the previous level, John Monnette raised to 13,000 in the hijack before he was put all-in by Ryan Hoenig in the cutoff. It folded back to Monnette, who tanked for a while before calling off his stack of 99,000.

Monnette drew one card, and Hoenig immediately stood pat.

John Monnette: 8x7x3x2x All in
Ryan Hoenig: Jx9x8x5x3x