Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-19-2025 22:19 UTC-8

Mamiya Takes a Big Pot Off Hellmuth and Leah

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

A-5 Triple Draw

With the action being caught just after the first draw and just under 35,000 in the middle, Phil Hellmuth checked from out of position, Ruiko Mamiya checked and Mike Leah bet in position. Hellmuth called, Mamiya raised, Leah called and Hellmuth called. Leah and Hellmuth each drew one while Mamiya stood pat.

After the second draw action checked around to Mamiya who bet. Once again Leah and Hellmuth called, drawing one while Mamiya stood pat again.

With no draws remaining the action checked around to Mamiya who fired another bet. This time both Leah and Hellmuth folded and Mamiya took won the sizable pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruiko Mamiya	165,000 34,000	34,000
Allen Kessler	115,000 85,000	85,000
Lawrence Berg	98,500 14,500	14,500

Phil Hellmuth	71,000 40,500	40,500

Mike Leah	42,500 14,000	14,000

Anthony Hu	11,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Mike Leah Phil Hellmuth Ruiko Mamiya

06-19-2025 22:14 UTC-8

Three-Bet Pot for Friedman

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Friedman raised from under the gun and Patrick Gunn three-bet in the small blind which saw Friedman call.

Gunn drew one and Friedman drew two and called a bet from Gunn.

On the second draw, both players drew one and Gunn check-called a bet from Friedman.

The final draw saw Gunn draw one and Friedman patted with both players checking.

Friedman tabled 9x7x6x5x2x for a nine and Gunn flashed 6x6x, ceding the pot to the five-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	73,000 73,000	73,000

Patrick Gunn	69,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Patrick Gunn

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

06-19-2025 22:02 UTC-8

Biggest Stacks In The Room

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Moss	193,000 193,000	193,000
Nam Le	192,000 29,000	29,000
Ken Aldridge	188,000 71,500	71,500
Mark Klecan	185,000 30,000	30,000
Nicholas Burris	179,000 69,000	69,000
Brian Tate	179,000 140,000	140,000
Schuyler Thornton	175,000 175,000	175,000
Renan Bruschi	172,500 172,500	172,500

Clint Wolcyn	170,000 17,000	17,000
David Prociak	163,000 2,000	2,000

Andrey Zaichenko	157,500 78,500	78,500

John Bell	154,000 154,000	154,000
Kelvin Kerber	150,000 150,000	150,000

Larry Tull	148,000 148,000	148,000
Aalok Arora	148,000 148,000	148,000
David Gee	146,500 146,500	146,500
Brian Breck	145,000 39,500	39,500
Stephen Moreschi	144,000 144,000	144,000
James Woods	141,500 141,500	141,500
Scott Bohlman	141,000 106,000	106,000

Ali Eslami	140,000 34,000	34,000

Junhyoung Ki	140,000 140,000	140,000
Thor Morstoel	139,500 139,500	139,500
Amir Nematinia	136,000 83,000	83,000
Takuro Matsumoto	135,500 135,500	135,500

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06-19-2025 21:47 UTC-8

Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

The players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the night.

06-19-2025 21:43 UTC-8

Tran Takes from Becker

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up between three players just before the second draw with around 30,000 in the middle. Johannes Becker drew two from under the gun, James Tilton drew one from the hijack and Hanh Tran drew one from the big blind. Action then checked around to Tran who bet. Only Becker called.

For the final draw Becker drew one while Tran stood pat. Both players checked.

Becker had a ten-low with 10x5x4x3xAx but Tran had him beat with 7x6x4x3x2x for a seven-low to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Akhavi	140,000 57,000	57,000
Johannes Becker	102,000

Kyohei Watanabe	82,000 1,400	1,400
Hanh Tran	80,000

Alan Bostick	41,000
James Tilton	11,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Hanh Tran James Tilton Johannes Becker

06-19-2025 21:29 UTC-8

More Players Hit the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuuki Minamimoto	Busted
Nick Pupillo	Busted

Scott Lake	Busted
Brian Yoon	Busted

Kenji Hamamoto	Busted
Charles Thomas	Busted
Thomas Taylor	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Nicholas Julia	Busted

Lauren Bunch	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted
Ariel Mantel	Busted
Gina Hecht	Busted
Stuart Rutter	Busted
Roland Israelashvili	Busted

Mark Gregorich	Busted
Jason Daly	Busted

Christopher Chung	Busted
Yegor Tsurikov	Busted
Matthew Schreiber	Busted

Kevin Choi	Busted

06-19-2025 21:22 UTC-8

Funkhouser Takes From Hu

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Anthony Hu raised from under the gun and David Funkhouser called in the big blind.

Funkhouser drew two while Hu drew one and Hu bet after Funkhouser checked, which earned Hu a call.

On the second draw Funkhouser drew two and Hu stood pat, and Funkhouser bet to see Hu call.

The final draw saw Funkhouser draw one and Hu stood pat. Funkhouser bet and Hu went into the tank before deciding to call.

"Number four," Funkhouser said as he turned over 7x6x5x4x2x for a seven-six and it was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Hu	53,000
David Funkhouser	52,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Anthony Hu David Funkhouser

06-19-2025 21:19 UTC-8

Le Wins Battle of the Pat Hands

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

Badugi

Nam Le opened from the hijack and received calls from Ryan Johnson on the button and Stephan Nussrallah in the big blind. All three players drew one.

After the first draw Nussrallah checked, Le bet, Johnson called and Nussrallah called. Johnson and Le both stood pat while Nussrallah took one.

All three players checked after the second draw. Nussrallah took one while his two opponents each stood pat again.

With no draws remaining Nussrallah checked, Le bet, Johnson called and Nussrallah folded.

Johnson had a nine-badugi with 9♥5♠5♣2♦ but Le had him beat with 8♥3♠2♣A♦ for an eight-badugi to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	163,000 59,500	59,500
Christopher Vitch	140,000 100,000	100,000

Stephan Nussrallah	74,000
Ryan Johnson	39,500 53,000	53,000
Kazuhito Okuda	31,000
Joshua Brower	30,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Nam Le Ryan Johnson Stephan Nussrallah

06-19-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Owen With an Eight

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Limits: 2,000/4,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Owen raised in the cutoff and Song Wang called on the button.

Both players drew two and Owen checked over to Wang who bet and Owen raised, earning a quick call from Wang.

Owen stood pat and Wang drew one which prompted Owen to bet and Wang responded by raising, to which Owen called.

On the final draw both players stood pat and checked with Owen tabling 8x6x5x4x3x. The eight was good for him to take down the pot as Wang mucked behind him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	116,000 62,000	62,000
Song Wang	77,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Adam Owen Song Wang