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 21:46 UTC-8

Final Break

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Dan O'Hair

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

Players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the day.

So far, there have been 166 entries. Of those, 93 remain.

06-08-2025 21:49 UTC-8

2025 WSOP “Not Going to Be About Results” for Daniel Negreanu

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Elijah Farrow

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

Daniel Negreanu will enter the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) "with a little bit of a different attitude" in his first year of Seniors Event eligibility, GGPoker's top ambassador told PokerNews.

The 50-year-old is coming off three straight losing summers. But that doesn't concern him, especially considering he ended an 11-year bracelet drought in 2024 when he took down the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship. He's more focused on having fun and playing sound poker than the results.

"The World Series for me, it's not going to be about results that much, because that's luck, right," Negreanu explained. "Luck is going to play into the results. For me, I want to have a good time."

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Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 3,000

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 22:23 UTC-8

Hall Begins His Comeback Attempt

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David Salituro

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

Galen Hall moved all in for 20,000 from under the gun and Corel Theuma put him at risk in the small blind.

Hall drew one and Theuma took two. Hall opened up 8x5x4x3x and caught a 9x on the draw to make a 9-8, while Theuma had 8x7x3x showing as he received his last two cards. He made a pair of sevens on the first one and tossed the other in the muck as Hall doubled up.

"Only 200,000 to go," Hall said as he took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Corel Theuma	190,000 130,000	130,000
Galen Hall	40,000 115,500	115,500

Tags: Corel Theuma Galen Hall