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

06-08-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Recent Counts

Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Here are some recent counts based on the WSOP+ app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	230,000 142,100	142,100

Ali Eslami	214,000 141,900	141,900

Darren Elias	190,000 60,000	60,000

Jonathan Krela	169,500 39,500	39,500
James Obst	138,200 3,200	3,200

Frank Kassela	116,400 26,400	26,400

Farzad Bonyadi	113,700 33,700	33,700

Adam Owen	112,000 50,000	50,000
Dario Alioto	111,100 1,100	1,100

Eric Wasserson	106,000 30,000	30,000

Philip Sternheimer	96,300 6,300	6,300

Robert Mizrachi	87,700 87,700	87,700

Joshua Faris	82,000 8,000	8,000
Justin Marsh	79,300 16,600	16,600
Christopher Vitch	79,000 19,000	19,000

Daniel Negreanu	77,600 17,600	17,600

Benjamin Lamb	75,900 75,900	75,900
Walter Chambers	75,700 15,700	15,700

Bariscan Betil	75,000 7,000	7,000
Bryce Yockey	75,000 75,000	75,000

Brian Breck	74,000 9,000	9,000
Patrick Stacey	71,800 42,800	42,800
James Chen	71,200 15,800	15,800

Jason Papastavrou	70,600 4,600	4,600
Ryutaro Suzuki	68,400 6,600	6,600

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06-08-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Harman Not Off to a Good Start on Second Bullet

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Jen Harman reenetered during the break after losing the massive cooler to James Obst earlier and quickly went heads-up against David Lin in a blind versus blind battle.

Harman led out for 5,500 after the draw and Lin raised to 14,000. Harman called, then mucked when Lin showed 8x7x6x4x3x.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Lin	65,000 25,000	25,000
Jen Harman	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: David Lin Jen Harman

06-08-2025 17:46 UTC-8

Paur Gets Paid by Elias; Ivey Shoves on Wasserson

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Taylor Paur and Darren Elias were heads-up after the draw when Paur bet 11,000 from the small blind. Elias called in the cutoff and Paur showed 9x6x5x4x2x to win the pot.

At the same time on another table, while Billy Baxter was regaling his tablemates with old timers stories, Phil Ivey raised to 2,400 on the button and Eric Wasserson three-bet to 9,000 in the small blind.

Ivey quickly pushed forward his stack of 60,000 and Wasserson instantly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taylor Paur	230,000

Darren Elias	130,000 60,000	60,000

Eric Wasserson	80,000 26,000	26,000

Phil Ivey	70,000 21,800	21,800

Tags: Darren Elias Eric Wasserson Phil Ivey Taylor Paur

06-08-2025 17:50 UTC-8

Krela Takes Out Monnette

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Jonathan Krela raised to 2,200 in the hijack and John Monnette three-bet to 7,000 on the button. Krela then moved all in and Monnette called for 33,000.

Both players stood pat and Krela turned over 9x7x6x3x2x. Monnette mucked and quickly made his way to another table for his second bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Krela	180,000 10,500	10,500
John Monnette	60,000 20,500	20,500

Tags: John Monnette Jonathan Krela

06-08-2025 17:55 UTC-8

Betil Leads Into Negreanu and Rogers

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Dave Rogers raised to 2,600 under the gun and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 9,000 on the button. Bariscan Betil called in the big blind, while Rogers also called.

Betil and Rogers both drew one while Negreanu stood pat. Betil then led out for 25,000, Rogers folded, while Negreanu quickly called.

Betil showed 8x7x4x3x2x and Negreanu mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bariscan Betil	110,000 35,000	35,000
Daniel Negreanu	40,000 37,600	37,600

Dave Rogers	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Bariscan Betil Daniel Negreanu Dave Rogers

06-08-2025 18:00 UTC-8

Chen Calls Korn Correctly With a Jack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

David "ODB" Baker opened to 2,500 first to act and was called by Andres Korn in the hijack. James Chen then squeezed to 11,500 from the cutoff, which got a fold from Baker and a call from Korn.

Korn drew one and Chen stood pat.

Korn then fired 27,400 into the middle and Chen counted out a call and tanked for quite some time before placing it into the middle.

Korn showed a pair of fives and Chen tabled Jx9x7x6x4x to claim the pot with his jack-low.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	100,000 28,800	28,800

Andres Korn	49,000 4,200	4,200

David "ODB" Baker	45,000 15,700	15,700

Tags: Andres Korn James Chen David "ODB" Baker

06-08-2025 18:02 UTC-8

Park Sniffs Out a Bluff From Bonyadi

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

With around 20,000 in the pot in a blind versus blind battle, Jonathan Park led out for 8,500 after the draw and Farzad Bonyadi raised to 25,500.

Park took nearly a minute before calling and Bonyadi instantly mucked, allowing Park to take the pot without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Park	70,000 16,400	16,400
Farzad Bonyadi	55,000 58,700	58,700

Tags: Farzad Bonyadi Jonathan Park

06-08-2025 18:09 UTC-8

Moreschi Draws Better Than Negreanu

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 2,500 in the cutoff, Stephen Moreschi three-bet to 6,000 on the button, and Negreanu called.

"I know you're not drawing, but I will," Negreanu said as he took one. Moreschi also drew one. "Oh, you are taking one. Now it's a race to see who can hit," Negreanu added.

Both players received their card and Negreanu led out for 25,000. Moreschi quickly grabbed the rest of his stack and slammed it into the middle.

"I either have a pair or a hand I'm calling with," said Negreanu before flipping over two nines and folding. Moreschi showed him 7x6x4x3x2x as he took the pot.

"I'm glad I didn't hit the ten," Negreanu added after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Moreschi	80,000 40,400	40,400
Daniel Negreanu	18,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Stephen Moreschi

06-08-2025 18:13 UTC-8

Hall Can't Catch as Morris Doubles

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Ali Eslami raised to 3,000 under the gun and Galen Hall called in the hijack. Arthur Morris then moved all in for 18,000 on the button, Eslami folded, while Hall called.

Morris stood pat and showed 10x9x8x3x2x, while Hall took one with 9x7x5x3x. Hall drew a Kx on his last card and Morris took the pot to earn a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	250,000 36,000	36,000

Galen Hall	55,000 12,800	12,800

Arthur Morris	40,000 5,800	5,800

Tags: Ali Eslami Arthur Morris Galen Hall

06-08-2025 18:14 UTC-8

Livingston Sends Seiver to Reenter

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 1,200 ante

Scott Seiver was already all in pre-draw and at risk on the button against Alex Livingston, who was in the small blind.

Both players drew one and hands were revealed:

Scott Seiver: 8x6x4x3x All in
Alex Livingston: 8x7x5x3x

Seiver held the lead, but Livingston drew a 6x to give him an eight. Seiver drew a Qx and was forced to surrender the rest of his stack over to Livingston.

Seiver immediately reentered following his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Livingston	98,000 65,000	65,000

Scott Seiver	60,000 2,100	2,100

Tags: Alex Livingston Scott Seiver