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

06-09-2025 13:41 UTC-8

Seiver up; Kornuth Down

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Chance Kornuth opened to 8,000 first to act and was three-bet to 21,000 by Scott Seiver in the cutoff. Action folded back to Kornuth, who called.

Kornuth drew one and Seiver stood pat. Kornuth then announced a dark check before receiving his card and Seiver said, "Check is good."

Kornuth announced a queen and Seiver turned over Jx9x8x5x2x to claim the pot with his jack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	300,000 34,000	34,000

Chance Kornuth	70,000 26,000	26,000

06-09-2025 13:49 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

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Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship drew 233 entrants, generating a prize pool of $2,166,900.

A total of 35 players will make the money, with a min-cash being worth $20,528 and the eventual winner taking home $497,356.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$497,356	8-9	$45,883
2	$336,421	10-11	$35,012
3	$231,321	12-14	$27,214
4	$161,721	15-20	$21,555
5	$114,989	21-35	$20,528
6	$83,179
7	$61,231

06-09-2025 13:51 UTC-8

Sacks Triples, Alexander Takes Out Bellande in Massive Three-Way All In

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 10,000 under the gun and George Alexander called in the hijack. Aaron Sacks then moved all in for 33,000 in the small blind and Bellande reraised to 94,000. Alexander tanked for several minutes before calling.

Sacks and Alexander drew one, while Bellande stood pat. Bellande checked to Alexander who announced he was all in.

Bellande then went deep into the tank, himself taking several minutes before calling for his last 140,000. Alexander showed 9x6x5x4x2x and Sacks 9x6x4x3x2x. Bellande mucked and headed for the exit as Sacks tripled up, while Alexander took the side pot.

"I know I should've shoved, but I think my bet looks even stronger. It does the same thing," Bellande told Alexander on his way out.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	320,000 125,000	125,000

Aaron Sacks	110,000 76,000	76,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

Tags: Aaron Sacks George Alexander Jean-Robert Bellande

06-09-2025 13:54 UTC-8

Life Outside Poker: Embattled Poker Pro Brad Booth Vows to Make Amends

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 25th episode, Connor speaks with embattled poker pro Brad Booth about learning poker from his grandfather, climbing up stakes in Canada, living at the Bellagio and playing in Bobby's Room, bluffing Phil Ivey and getting cheated on Ultimate Bet.

Booth, who the poker community hasn't heard from for several years, opened up about his absence and going missing in 2020, as well as his gambling addiction and various poker debts to players like Doug Polk that he says he plans to make right.

"I got caught up in all of it and all I can try and do is make right now," he told PokerNews of his poker debts.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Brad Booth by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Tags: Brad Booth Connor Richards Doug Polk Phil Ivey

06-09-2025 13:55 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	Busted

Chris Hundley	Busted
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Jonathan Borenstein	Busted
Christopher Claassen	Busted

Steve Zolotow	Busted
Alex Livingston	Busted

Justin Marsh	Busted
Arthur Morris	Busted
Jason Mercier	Busted

Hye Park	Busted
Renan Bruschi	Busted

Alexander Wilkinson	Busted

06-09-2025 13:58 UTC-8

Guagenti's Turn to Triple

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Nick Guagenti moved all in for 27,000 from the big blind and was up against Dylan Smith in the hijack and James Chen in the cutoff.

Guagenti and Chen both stood pat, while Smith drew one. Guagenti ended up with 9x7x6x5x3x, while Smith flashed a Kx as he mucked and Chen gave up a 9-8 to surrender the triple up to Guagenti.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	320,000 49,000	49,000

Nick Guagenti	90,000 37,500	37,500

Dylan Smith	60,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Nick Guagenti James Chen Dylan Smith

06-09-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Moncek Falls to Moreschi Among Many Others

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Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Stephen Moreschi opened to 9,000 from the hijack and Michael Moncek shoved for his last 40,000 on the button. Action folded back to Moreschi, who called to put Moncek at risk.

Moreschi drew one and Moncek stood pat.

Michael Moncek: 10x9x8x5x4x All in
Stephen Moreschi: 8x7x4x2x

Moreschi quickly turned over a 3x — leaving him best with an eight to eliminate Moncek from the tournament.

At other tables, several more players busted as the chips are flying.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Moreschi	370,000 17,000	17,000
Michael Moncek	Busted

Corel Theuma	Busted
John Monnette	Busted

Jonathan Park	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

Chino Rheem	Busted
Dan Shak	Busted

Tags: Michael Moncek Stephen Moreschi

06-09-2025 14:11 UTC-8

Obst Doubles Off Ausmus; Zhou Shoves on Ivey

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

James Obst raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 25,000 on the button. Obst then moved all in for 127,500 and Ausmus called.

Both players stood pat and Obst showed 9x8x5x3x2x to win the pot and double up.

At another table, Quan Zhou and Phil Ivey went heads-up after the draw. Zhou then bet 16,000 from under the gun and Ivey came back with a raise to 50,000 in the big blind.

Zhou then moved all in and Ivey, with around 60,000 remaining, took only a few seconds before mucking.