Event #30: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-10-2025 12:31 UTC-8

Bariscan Betil Eliminated in 15th Place ($21,555)

David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 50,000 under the gun and James Chen called on the button. Bariscan Betil then moved all in for 215,000 in the big blind and Negreanu reshoved.

"What are you looking at me, for?" Negreanu asked Chen as he stared across the table for a few seconds.

"Trying to get a read," Greg Mueller added.

"Read what? I have five cards," Negreanu replied.

Chen eventually folded and Betil stood pat. "That makes my decision so easy," Negreanu said as he tossed away a jack.

Betil turned over 10x6x5x4x2x, while Negreanu had 7x5x3x2x and drew a 9x to make a 9-7 and send Betil to the rail in 15th place.

The remaining 14 players are drawing for seats at the last two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	1,650,000 250,000	250,000

James Chen	750,000 10,000	10,000

Bariscan Betil	Busted

06-10-2025 12:37 UTC-8

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	George Alexander	United States	1,400,000	70
1	2	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	1,650,000	82.5
1	3	Brian Rast	United States	620,000	31
1	4	Darren Elias	United States	850,000	42.5
1	5	James Chen	Taiwan	750,000	37.5
1	6	Oscar Johansson	Sweden	730,000	36.5
1	7	Stuart Rutter	United Kingdom	550,000	27.5

2	1	Elior Sion	United Kingdom	500,000	25
2	2	Nick Schulman	United States	1,325,000	66.25
2	3	Ben Yu	United States	920,000	46
2	4	Greg Mueller	Canada	1,100,000	55
2	5	Chad Eveslage	United States	1,550,000	77.5
2	6	Dan Smith	United States	1,400,000	70
2	7	Ali Eslami	United States	500,000	25

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	1,650,000

Chad Eveslage	1,550,000

George Alexander	1,400,000 50,000	50,000

Dan Smith	1,400,000 200,000	200,000

Nick Schulman	1,325,000 130,000	130,000

Greg Mueller	1,100,000 30,000	30,000

Ben Yu	920,000 130,000	130,000

Darren Elias	850,000 330,000	330,000

James Chen	750,000

Oscar Johansson	730,000 195,000	195,000
Brian Rast	620,000 20,000	20,000

Stuart Rutter	550,000 10,000	10,000
Elior Sion	500,000 70,000	70,000

Ali Eslami	500,000 100,000	100,000

Elias Puts in a Big Shove on Negreanu

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

George Alexander raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 150,000 on the button.

Darren Elias then moved all in for 880,000 in the big blind and Alexander quickly folded, while Negreanu gave it some thought before also tossing his cards away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	1,750,000 100,000	100,000

Darren Elias	1,050,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Darren Elias George Alexander

06-10-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Chen Leaves Rast on Fumes

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Brian Rast raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and Darren Elias called on the button. James Chen then three-bet to 210,000 in the small blind and only Rast called.

Both players took one and Chen then moved all in. "It's an easy decision card," Rast said as he peeled his last card, but he didn't like what he saw and tossed all five away.

The next hand, Daniel Negreanu raised to 50,000 in middle position and Chen three-bet again, this time making it 175,000 on the button. Negreanu called and drew one, while Chen stood pat.

Both players checked and Chen showed 10x7x6x5x3x to win another pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	1,700,000 50,000	50,000

James Chen	1,100,000 350,000	350,000

Brian Rast	210,000 410,000	410,000

Tags: Brian Rast Daniel Negreanu Darren Elias James Chen

06-10-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Eveslage	1,500,000 50,000	50,000

Dan Smith	1,350,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Schulman	1,200,000 125,000	125,000

Greg Mueller	1,100,000

Ali Eslami	900,000 400,000	400,000

Ben Yu	750,000 170,000	170,000

Elior Sion	525,000 25,000	25,000

Brian Rast Eliminated in 14th Place ($27,214)

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu raised to 50,000 under the gun and Brian Rast called in middle position. James Chen then three-bet for the third time in as many hands, making it 210,000 in the cutoff. Negreanu folded, while Rast called all in for the same amount.

Rast took one with 8x4x3x2x, while Chen patted 10x9x5x3x2x. Rast paired his four on the draw and the Poker Hall of Famer was eliminated in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	1,400,000 300,000	300,000

Brian Rast	Busted

Tags: Brian Rast Daniel Negreanu James Chen

06-10-2025 12:59 UTC-8

All Eyes Are on Daniel Negreanu

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Kasey Taormino

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

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06-10-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Nick Schulman Headed Into the Final Day

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Kasey Taormino

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

https://twitter.com/WSOP/status/1932533159700410591

06-10-2025 13:04 UTC-8

Eslami Pays Yu Off

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Nick Schulman opened to 40,000 from middle position and was called by Ben Yu in the hijack and Ali Eslami in the big blind .

Eslami drew one and both Schulman and Yu took two off.

Action then checked to Yu, who bet 125,000. Eslami called and Schulman folded after tanking for a bit.

Yu spread out 8x7x6x4x2x and Eslami sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Schulman	1,200,000

Ben Yu	1,050,000 300,000	300,000

Ali Eslami	650,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Nick Schulman Ben Yu

06-10-2025 13:09 UTC-8

Elias Doesn't Want to Play With Rutter Twice

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 30,000 ante

Darren Elias raised to 45,000 in the cutoff and Stuart Rutter moved all in for 375,000 in the big blind. Elias folded and Rutter took the pot.

The next hand, Elias opened to 45,000 again from the hijack and Rutter shoved for a second time. Elias gave up his hand once more and Rutter added some more chips.