Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-08-2025 19:52 UTC-8

Dzivielevski Doubles Off Kassela

David Salituro

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,800 ante

Samuel Sternfield raised to 3,000 under the gun and Yuri Dzivielevski moved all in for 23,000 on the button. Frank Kassela reshoved in the big blind and Sternfield folded.

Dzivielevski and Kassela both stood pat and Dzivielevski showed 9x7x6x4x2x. Kassela went digging through the muck to find out what he would've gotten on a draw before mucking and handing over the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	90,000 26,400	26,400

Yuri Dzivielevski	50,000 25,700	25,700

Samuel Sternfield	50,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Frank Kassela Yuri Dzivielevski Samuel Sternfield

06-08-2025 19:44 UTC-8

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Moreschi	288,000 208,000	208,000
Taylor Paur	230,000 90,000	90,000

Pedro Bromfman	200,000 185,800	185,800

Darren Elias	190,000 5,000	5,000

Jonathan Krela	189,500 9,500	9,500
Joshua Faris	187,900 27,900	27,900
Dario Alioto	173,000 4,000	4,000

James Obst	171,500 33,300	33,300

Philip Sternheimer	151,200 11,200	11,200

Ben Lamb	145,900 35,900	35,900

Ali Eslami	143,000 97,000	97,000

Matthew Schreiber	139,700 9,700	9,700

Bariscan Betil	138,600 28,600	28,600
Nick Schulman	135,200 95,200	95,200

Galen Hall	134,400 79,400	79,400

Chance Kornuth	122,700 2,700	2,700

Frank Kassela	116,400 16,400	16,400

Farzad Bonyadi	113,700 58,700	58,700

Jonathan Park	113,700 43,700	43,700
Adam Owen	112,000
Eric Wasserson	106,000 26,000	26,000

Jason Papastavrou	105,600 35,000	35,000
Greg Mueller	99,000

Majid Yahyaei	81,500 13,800	13,800
Christopher Vitch	79,000

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06-08-2025 19:26 UTC-8

Paur Pays Seiver Off

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Scott Seiver opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 8,000 by Taylor Paur on the button. It was folded back to Seiver, who called.

Seiver drew one and Paur stood pat. Seiver then bet 15,000 and Paur decided to look him up after a bit of thought.

"Nine-seven," Seiver said as he turned over 9x7x5x4x3x as advertised. Paur mucked his hand and Seiver added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	140,000 90,000	90,000

Scott Seiver	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Scott Seiver Taylor Paur

06-08-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Bluff-Catch Doesn't Work Out For Schreiber

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

With around 25,000 in the pot, Matthew Schreiber and Philip Sternheimer went heads-up after the draw. Sternheimer then bet 25,000 from the hijack.

"I have no sevens or deuces in my hand. That makes me want to call," Schreiber said.

"I feel like you're snowing me, Philip. But every time I pay you off you have it," Schreiber added. "Okay, you deserve it," he added, tossing in the chips.

Sternheimer showed 9x7x6x5x2x and Schreiber mucked. "You have me pipped," Schreiber told him as Sternheimer took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Sternheimer	140,000 43,700	43,700

Matthew Schreiber	130,000

Tags: Philip Sternheimer Matthew Schreiber

06-08-2025 19:13 UTC-8

Zack Outdraws Elias to Double

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Darren Elias raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and Taylor Wilson three-bet to 10,000 on the button. Dan Zack called in the small blind, while Elias also stuck around and called.

All three players took one and Zack then moved all in for 22,500. Elias called and Wilson got out of the way.

Zack showed 8x7x5x3x2x and Elias mucked 9x7x6x4x3x as Zack earned the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	185,000 55,000	55,000

Daniel Zack	75,000 75,000	75,000

Taylor Wilson	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Dan Zack Darren Elias Taylor Wilson

06-08-2025 19:07 UTC-8

Volpe Gets Paid by Eslami

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Paul Volpe raised to 2,600 under the gun and Ali Eslami three-bet to 6,500 on the button. Volpe called and drew one, while Eslami stood pat.

Volpe then led out for 12,000 and Eslami quickly called. Volpe showed 9x8x7x5x4x and Eslami mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	240,000 10,000	10,000

Paul Volpe	70,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Paul Volpe

06-08-2025 19:00 UTC-8

Stacey Draws to Number Two

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Robert Mizrachi raised to 2,500 from early position and was called by Andres Korn in the hijack and Patrick Stacey in the big blind.

Stacey drew two, and both Mizrachi and Korn drew one.

Action then checked through and Stacey turned over 7x6x4x3x2x for the second nuts.

"Going for check-raise," Mizrachi said, tossing his hand into the muck. Korn mucked as well, and Stacey was sent the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Mizrachi	68,000 19,700	19,700

Patrick Stacey	39,000 32,800	32,800
Andres Korn	28,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Andres Korn Patrick Stacey Robert Mizrachi

06-08-2025 18:57 UTC-8

Lamb Shows a Ten, Turner Breaks a Ten

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Jon Turner raised to 2,600 in the cutoff and Robert Wells called in the small blind. Ben Lamb then three-bet to 12,600 in the big blind and only Turner called.

Lamb stood pat and Turner took one. Lamb checked over to Turner who peeked at his cards before flinging his arms in the air and tossing them away.

"Did you make it?" Lamb asked, showing 10x9x5x4x2x.

"I broke that," Turner replied.

"Usually when someone flails and goes like that, they didn't make it," tablemate Nick Schulman added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	110,000 30,000	30,000

Jon Turner	80,000 1,000	1,000

Robert Wells	70,000 7,500	7,500

Nick Schulman	40,000 25,900	25,900

Tags: Ben Lamb Jon Turner Robert Wells

06-08-2025 18:45 UTC-8

Kupin Pips Turner

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Aaron Kupin opened to 2,200 first to act and was called by Jon Turner in the cutoff and Walter Chambers on the button for a three-way pot.

Kupin and Turner drew one while Chambers took two off.

Kupin then checked to Turner, who bet 5,500. Chambers folded and Kupin called.

"Ten," turner said as he revealed 10x9x6x4x2x.

Kupin fanned out 10x9x5x3x2x for a better ten and collected the pot.

"Finally won one!" Kupin said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Chambers	85,000 9,300	9,300

Jon Turner	81,000 31,000	31,000

Aaron Kupin	46,000 6,200	6,200

Tags: Aaron Kupin Jon Turner Walter Chambers

06-08-2025 18:43 UTC-8

Negreanu Off to Clear His Head After Tangling With Kyte

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David Salituro

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,500 ante

Daniel Negreanu was all in for his last 18,000 from the cutoff and up against Jon Kyte in the hijack.

Kyte stood pat with 10x9x7x6x3x, while Negreanu drew one with 8x4x3x2x. "It's something, three-sided. I'm 50-50," Negreanu said as he slowed peeled his last card.