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

06-08-2025 21:40 UTC-8

Owen Happy to Not Break His Ten

David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Action folded to Andres Korn who raised to 5,000 in the small blind. Adam Owen then moved all in for 63,000 in the big blind and Korn snap-called.

Korn stood pat while Owen spent a few minutes pondering his decision before announcing he was pat as well. Korn showed Jx9x6x5x2x, but Owen had 10x9x8x5x4x to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	130,000 18,000	18,000
Andres Korn	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Adam Owen Andres Korn

06-08-2025 21:45 UTC-8

Smith Draws Good For a Double

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 800/1,600, 2,400 ante

Paul Volpe was in the hijack with a raise of 15,000 in front of him before Dan Smith moved all in for 57,000 in middle position. Volpe called.

Smith drew one and Volpe stood pat. Smith had 7x5x3x2x, while Volpe showed 10x8x5x3x2x. "You're in trouble," Smith said as he slowly peeled his card, eventually turning over a 9x to make a 9-7 and earn the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	120,000 120,000	120,000

Paul Volpe	80,000 57,800	57,800

Tags: Dan Smith Paul Volpe

06-08-2025 22:01 UTC-8

Updated Counts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Updated chip counts per the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	350,000 130,000	130,000

Nick Schulman	279,500 144,300	144,300

Joshua Faris	227,500 39,600	39,600
Eric Wasserson	196,000 90,000	90,000

Aaron Kupin	195,000 70,000	70,000
Greg Mueller	195,000 96,000	96,000

Scott Seiver	191,500 76,500	76,500

Huck Seed	180,000 180,000	180,000

Chris Vitch	160,000 160,000	160,000

Frank Kassela	159,000 69,000	69,000

Ryutaro Suzuki	156,000 106,000	106,000

Galen Hall	155,500 21,100	21,100

James Obst	151,500 16,500	16,500

Chance Kornuth	150,000 10,000	10,000

Jason Papastavrou	145,500 14,500	14,500
Adam Owen	145,000 15,000	15,000
Robert Wells	134,500 66,700	66,700

Dario Sammartino	134,000 6,000	6,000
Arthur Morris	133,000 82,600	82,600
David "ODB" Baker	131,000 70,300	70,300

Jonathan Krela	130,500 59,000	59,000
Taylor Wilson	122,500 7,500	7,500
Dan Smith	117,000 3,000	3,000

David Lin	110,000 33,800	33,800
Cary Katz	103,000 71,500	71,500

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06-08-2025 22:10 UTC-8

Negreanu Gets a Massive Double Off Kornuth

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 5,000 in middle position and David Funkhouser called on the button. Daniel Negreanu then three-bet to 18,500 in the big blind and Kornuth four-bet to 42,500. Funkhouser got out of the way, while Negreanu called.

Both players stood pat and Kornuth bet 70,000. Negreanu came back with an all-in shove for 92,000 and Kornuth called.

Negreanu showed 8x5x4x3x2x and Kornuth mucked as Negreanu doubled up in a massive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	270,000 136,000	136,000

Chance Kornuth	25,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Daniel Negreanu

06-08-2025 22:15 UTC-8

Wilkinson Sends Breck Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Alexander Wilkinson opened to 5,000 from middle position and was called by Brian Breck in the hijack. Dario Alioto then squeezed to 25,000 from the cutoff and both Wilkinson and Breck called for a bloated three-way pot.

All three players took one off and Wilkinson checked to Breck, who quickly went all in for 23,500. Alioto folded, but Wilkinson called.

Breck turned over Qx7x6x5x2x, which was no good against Wilkinson's 10x8x5x4x2x to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Alioto	205,000 35,000	35,000

Alexander Wilkinson	170,000 78,500	78,500

Brian Breck	Busted

Tags: Alexander Wilkinson Brian Breck Dario Alioto

06-08-2025 22:18 UTC-8

A Quick Flurry of KOs

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Bohlman	Busted

Brian Breck	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

Paul Volpe	Busted

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

06-08-2025 22:28 UTC-8

Schulman Doesn't Believe

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Ben Lamb raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Nick Schulman defended his big blind.

Schulman drew two and Lamb drew one. Schulman then checked to Lamb, who announced a bet of 11,000.

Schulman didn't take long to put in a call and Lamb said, "I have a pair of tens" — prompting Schulman to table Qx8x7x6x3x.

Lamb sent his hand into the muck and Schulman padded his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	200,000 79,500	79,500

Ben Lamb	85,000 60,900	60,900

Tags: Nick Schulman Ben Lamb

06-08-2025 22:42 UTC-8

Tang Doubles Through Katz

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Danny Tang was already all in for approximately 50,000 post-draw in the big blind with 10x9x8x6x2x in front of him against Cary Katz, who was on the button.

Katz had drawn one with the 8x6x5x3x in front of him. He turned over an Ax — leaving Tang best with his ten for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	106,000 86,000	86,000

Cary Katz	78,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Cary Katz Danny Tang

06-08-2025 22:49 UTC-8

Monnette Busts For a Second Time

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

John Monnette was in the cutoff with a raise of 13,500 in front of him before Dario Alioto moved all in from the big blind. Monnette called for 80,000.

Both players stood pat and Alioto turned over 9x8x7x5x4x. Monnette flashed a ten as he mucked and headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Alioto	220,000 15,000	15,000

John Monnette	Busted

Tags: Dario Alioto John Monnette

06-08-2025 22:53 UTC-8

Hall Makes an Unwanted Straight

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 3,000 ante

Corel Theuma raised to 4,500 in the hijack and Galen Hall moved all in for 24,500 on the button. Dan Smith called in the small blind, while Theuma got out of the way.

Both players drew one. Smith had 7x5x4x2x and drew a 10x to make a 10-7, while Hall was showing 8x7x6x4x but drew a 5x to make a straight as he headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	160,000 43,000	43,000

Corel Theuma	150,000 40,000	40,000
Galen Hall	Busted

Tags: Corel Theuma Dan Smith Galen Hall