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

06-09-2025 17:28 UTC-8

Yu Stands Pat to Bust Ausmus

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Jeremy Ausmus moved all in for 122,000 under the gun and both Philip Sternheimer on the button and big blind Ben Yu called.

Yu stood pat, while Ausmus and Sternheimer both drew one. Yu turned over 9x8x7x3x2x and Ausmus' and Sternheimer's cards quickly hit the muck as Ausmus was sent to the rail.

Maxx Coleman was also recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	550,000 220,000	220,000

Philip Sternheimer	230,000 88,000	88,000

Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Maxx Coleman	Busted

Tags: Ben Yu Jeremy Ausmus Maxx Coleman Philip Sternheimer

06-09-2025 18:06 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	1,130,000 30,000	30,000

Greg Mueller	732,000 232,000	232,000

Nick Schulman	681,000 151,000	151,000

Dario Alioto	677,000 477,000	477,000

Brian Rast	667,000 64,000	64,000

Ali Eslami	660,000 230,000	230,000

George Alexander	620,000 70,000	70,000

Matthew Schreiber	610,000 80,000	80,000

Ben Yu	523,000 27,000	27,000

Darren Elias	508,000 12,000	12,000

James Chen	496,000 220,000	220,000

Elior Sion	470,000 90,000	90,000

Daniel Negreanu	437,000 47,000	47,000

Oscar Johansson	435,000 126,000	126,000
Ben Diebold	397,000 77,000	77,000

Bariscan Betil	391,000 309,000	309,000
Phil Hellmuth	387,000 63,000	63,000

Philip Sternheimer	318,000 88,000	88,000

Frank Kassela	295,000 5,000	5,000

Danny Wong	291,000 21,000	21,000

David Funkhouser	275,000 5,000	5,000

Robert Wells	270,000 50,000	50,000

James Obst	264,000 12,000	12,000

Stuart Rutter	253,000 13,000	13,000
Felipe Ramos	244,000 34,000	34,000

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Chad Holloway

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

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06-09-2025 18:34 UTC-8

Hand for Hand

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

With 36 players remaining and 35 getting paid, the tournament director has just announced hand-for-hand play will commence until the money bubble has burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	Busted

06-09-2025 18:46 UTC-8

Schulman Bombs Away at Kassela

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Frank Kassela raised to 22,000 in the hijack and Nick Schulman three-bet to 65,000 in the cutoff. Kassela called and they each drew one.

Schulman then slid forward 150,000 and Kassela tossed his cards away. "I thought about bluffing," Kassela said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	700,000 19,000	19,000

Frank Kassela	300,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Frank Kassela Nick Schulman

06-09-2025 18:59 UTC-8

Negreanu's Eight is Best

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 25,000 from the small blind and was three-bet to 85,000 by Philip Sternheimer in the big blind. Negreanu called.

Negreanu stood pat and Sternheimer drew one. Both players then stood pat and Negreanu fanned out 8x5x4x3x2x.

Sternheimer sent his hand into the muck and Negreanu added to his stack as the money bubble continues.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	555,000 118,000	118,000

Philip Sternheimer	200,000 118,000	118,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Philip Sternheimer

06-09-2025 19:04 UTC-8

Jansen Doubles Through Eslami

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Bradley Jansen was already all in first to act against Ali Eslami, who was in the small blind.

Eslami drew one and Jansen stood pat.

Bradley Jansen: 9x5x4x3x2x All in
Ali Eslami: 7x6x5x2x

Eslami had Jansen peel his draw, which turned out to be a 10x — awarding Jansen the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	580,000 80,000	80,000

Bradley Jansen	130,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Bradley Jansen

06-09-2025 19:08 UTC-8

Negreanu Catches Sion Bluffing, Gets Called Down by Sternheimer

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu and Elior Sion went to the draw when Sion bet 75,000 from the hijack. Negreanu called on the button and Sion instantly mucked. Negreanu showed 8x7x5x4x2x as he took the pot.

"I had a pair. I had to bluff," Sion said.

"The top pair bluff. I done that before," Brian Rast replied.

The next hand, Negreanu went four ways to the draw when he bet 85,000 from the cutoff. Only Philip Sternheimer called on the button. Negreanu showed a 9-8, but Sternheimer turned over an 8-7 to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	570,000 15,000	15,000

Philip Sternheimer	370,000 170,000	170,000

Elior Sion	275,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Elior Sion Philip Sternheimer

06-09-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Tilton Picks the Right Time to Wake Up With a Monster

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Action folded to Danny Wong who moved all in from the small blind as James Tilton quickly called for his last 37,000 in the big blind.

Wong took one, but it was of no use as Tilton turned over 7x5x4x3x2x for a pat wheel. "I'll say you're the favorite," Ali Eslami said.

Wong didn't even bother looking at his cards before mucking and giving up the pot. "What is that? I keep getting f**ked. I've had like four tilting things happen to me in the last hour and a half," Wong lamented.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Wong	240,000 51,000	51,000

James Tilton	80,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Danny Wong James Tilton

06-09-2025 19:23 UTC-8

Wilkinson Bubbles; Smith More Than Doubles

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Wil Wilkinson shoved for his last 40,000 from the hijack and was called by Dario Alioto in the small blind. Dan Smith raised to approximately 140,000 from the big blind — leaving himself just 1,000 behind and Alioto called.

Alioto drew one and both Smith and Wilkinson stood pat.

Alioto bet to put Smith all in before looking at his draw and Smith called all in.

Dan Smith: 8x7x6x4x2x All in
Dario Alioto: 7x6x4x3x