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

06-08-2025 14:43 UTC-8

Park Gets a Raise Through in Four-Way Pot

David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

Four players went to the draw where Dan Shak took two, while Eric Wasserson, Jonathan Park, and Joel Deutsch all drew one.

Wasserson then bet 1,200 from under the gun and Park raised to 6,500 in the hijack. Deutsch and Shak both quickly got out of the way, while Wasserson also mucked as Park took the pot.

Eric Kurtzman recently became the first player to bust out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Wasserson	70,000 15,000	15,000

Jonathan Park	63,000 63,000	63,000
Joel Deutsch	45,000 15,000	15,000
Dan Shak	40,000 20,000	20,000
Eric Kurtzman	Busted

Tags: Dan Shak Eric Wasserson Joel Deutsch Jonathan Park

06-08-2025 14:48 UTC-8

Suzuki Lays Down to Taylor; Elias up Big Early

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

Thomas Taylor opened to 1,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 3,500 by Ryutaro Suzuki in the hijack. Action folded back to Taylor who called.

Taylor drew one and Suzuki stood pat. Taylor then led out for 8,000 and Suzuki laid his hand down.

Meanwhile, Darren Elias has gotten off to a great start and appears to be the current chip leader with approximately 135,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	135,000 30,000	30,000

Ryutaro Suzuki	55,000 55,000	55,000

Thomas Taylor	50,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Darren Elias Ryutaro Suzuki Thomas Taylor

06-08-2025 14:51 UTC-8

Kornuth Gets Paid by Faris

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

Chance Kornuth raised to 1,600 under the gun and Joshua Faris three-bet to 6,500 in the hijack. Eric Wasserson called on the button, while Kornuth also called.

Kornuth drew two, and Faris and Wasserson both took one. Kornuth then led out for 9,000 and Faris called, while Wasserson got out of the way.

Kornuth showed 9x7x5x4x2x and Faris mucked 9x8x7x3x2x.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	70,000 20,000	20,000

Eric Wasserson	65,000 5,000	5,000

Joshua Faris	31,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Eric Wasserson Joshua Faris

06-08-2025 14:57 UTC-8

Lin, Rogers Get Into a Raising War

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

David Lin and Dave Rogers went past the draw when Lin bet 1,700 from under the gun. Rogers then raised to 4,100 in the big blind.

Lin came back with a reraise to 15,000 and Rogers called. Lin showed 8x6x5x4x2x and Rogers mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lin	70,000 70,000	70,000
Dave Rogers	35,000

Tags: David Lin Dave Rogers

06-08-2025 14:57 UTC-8

Jansen Shows Seiver an Eight

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

Bradley Jansen opened to 1,200 from the hijack and was called by Scott Seiver in the cutoff and Shaun Deeb in the big blind.

All three players took one off and Deeb checked to Jansen, who bet 5,200. Seiver called and Deeb folded.

Seiver mucked after Jansen turned over 8x7x5x4x2x and Jansen padded his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	68,000 7,000	7,000

Bradley Jansen	60,000 3,000	3,000

Shaun Deeb	51,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Bradley Jansen Scott Seiver Shaun Deeb

06-08-2025 15:00 UTC-8

First Break

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 200/400, 600 ante

Players are going on the first 15-minute break of the day.

The field has grown to 58 entries so far, with 57 players remaining.

Level: 3

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 800

06-08-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Darren Elias	117,000 18,000	18,000

Naoya Kihara	101,400 35,400	35,400

Ryan Riess	91,600 36,600	36,600

Taylor Paur	87,900 2,900	2,900

James Chen	87,000 27,000	27,000

David Lin	76,200 6,200	6,200
Eric Wasserson	76,000 11,000	11,000

Chance Kornuth	74,000 4,000	4,000

Ali Eslami	72,100 11,100	11,100

Scott Bohlman	70,000 12,000	12,000

Frank Kassela	66,000 3,000	3,000

Nick Schulman	65,900 8,900	8,900

Scott Seiver	65,000 3,000	3,000

Brian Tate	63,600 1,600	1,600
Ben Lamb	63,300 3,300	3,300

Majid Yahyaei	63,000 3,000	3,000
Justin Marsh	62,700 2,700	2,700
Walter Chambers	62,700 4,700	4,700

David "ODB" Baker	60,500 500	500

Ryutaro Suzuki	57,500 2,500	2,500

Jason Papastavrou	57,000 4,000	4,000
Bariscan Betil	55,000
Oscar Johansson	55,000 5,000	5,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	54,600 5,400	5,400

Hye Park	52,600 2,400	2,400

Baxter Raises Morris

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 800 ante

Adam Owen, Billy Baxter, and Arthur Morris all drew one and Morris then bet 2,000 from the cutoff.

Owen folded in the small blind, but Baxter raised to 6,000 in the big blind. Morris snap-called and Baxter showed 9x7x6x5x2x as the Poker Hall of Famer, who has six WSOP bracelets in this game, took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Baxter	60,000 17,000	17,000

Adam Owen	55,000 55,000	55,000
Arthur Morris	40,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Adam Owen Arthur Morris Billy Baxter

06-08-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Lamb Can't Bluff Chambers

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 800 ante

Three players went past the draw when Walter Chambers bet 3,500 from the button. Ben Lamb then raised to 14,000 in the big blind.

Nick Schulman folded in the hijack as action went back on Chambers, and he quickly called. "Straight," Lamb said, and instantly mucked his cards. Chambers flashed a 9-8 as he took the pot.