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

06-19-2025 21:03 UTC-8

Negreanu Among the Latest Eliminations

Ryan Lashmar

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

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hoenig	Busted

Tom Steinbach	Busted
Donny Rubinstein	Busted
Thomas Patzner	Busted
Fabrice Soulier	Busted

Andrey Zhigalov	Busted

Jeff Madsen	Busted

Phillip Hui	Busted

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Koji Fujimoto	Busted

Level: 10

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

06-19-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Brandt Wins Multiway Hand

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

Badugi

Brian Breck limped in from under the gun and Terrence Chan raised from the cutoff. Lawrence Brandt called from the big blind and Breck called. Brandt dew three, Breck drew two and Chan drew one.

Action checked around to Chan who bet after the first draw. Both opponents called and took one each while Chan stood pat.

Chan bet again when checked to after the second draw. One again both opponents called and drew one while Chan stood pat. The three players then checked with no draws remaining.

Brandt tabled a nine-badugi with 9♣7♠6♦2♥ which was enough to take down the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devin Looney	140,000 4,000	4,000
Mike Thorpe	130,000 9,000	9,000
Brian Breck	105,500 14,500	14,500
David ODB Baker	75,000 39,000	39,000

Lawrence Brandt	52,000

Terrence Chan	6,000

Tags: Brian Breck Lawrence Brandt Terrence Chan

06-19-2025 20:51 UTC-8

Crazy Mike Produces Number Two

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

A-5 Triple Draw

David ODB Baker raised in the hijack and Devin Looney raised which saw Brian Breck call in the small blind and Mike "Crazy Mike" Thorpe call in the big blind with Baker calling behind him.

Breck, Thorpe, and Baker all drew two while Looney stood pat and action checked around to him who bet and everyone called.

On the second draw, Breck and Thorpe drew one and Baker drew two while Looney stood pat once more. Action checked around to him again and he bet which saw Breck call and Thorpe raise. Baker folded with Looney and Breck calling.

The final draw saw Breck draw one and Thorpe stood pat along with Looney. Breck checked over to Thorpe who bet and both players called.

"I will now produce numbert two," Thorpe said as he tabled 6x4x3x2xAx for a perfect six and he raked in a sizable pot off of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devin Looney	136,000 136,000	136,000
Mike Thorpe	121,000 24,500	24,500
Brian Breck	91,000 44,000	44,000
David ODB Baker	36,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Brian Breck David ODB Baker Devin Looney Mike Thorpe

06-19-2025 20:43 UTC-8

Kerbel With an Eight

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Action was picked up on the first draw which saw Jay Kerbel in the small blind, Andrey Zaichenko in the big blind, David Prociak in first position, and James Morris on the button, all draw two.

Everyone checked over to Morris who bet and everyone called.

Kerbel and Morris drew one while Zaichenko and Prociak both drew two. Kerbel bet which folded out Zaichenko while Prociak and Morris called.

The final draw saw Kerbel stand pat, Prociak draw one, and Morris stand pat. Kerbel bet and only Morris called.

"Eight, seven, six," said Kerbel as he tabled 8x7x6x3x2x and added "smooth."

It was good for the pot as Kerbel rose up the counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Prociak	165,000 20,000	20,000

Jay Kerbel	83,000 1,800	1,800
Andrey Zaichenko	79,000 78,000	78,000

James Morris	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Andrei Zaichenko David Prociak James Morris Jay Kerbel

06-19-2025 20:37 UTC-8

Hellmuth Takes from Leah

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

2-7 Triple Draw

With two players heads-up just before the first draw and around 12,500 in the middle, Mike Leah drew three from under the gun and Phil Hellmuth drew two from the button.

Leah check-called a bet from Hellmuth after the first draw and drew three more while Hellmuth took one.

After the secon draw Leah check-called another bet and drew one while Hellmuth stood pat.

Both players checked with no draws remaining. Hellmuth turned over a nine with 9x7x4x3x2x and Leah mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruiko Mamiya	131,000 21,000	21,000
Phil Hellmuth	111,500 29,500	29,500

Lawrence Berg	84,000 56,000	56,000

Mike Leah	56,500 31,000	31,000

Jonathan Krela	43,000
Allen Kessler	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Mike Leah Phil Hellmuth

06-19-2025 20:21 UTC-8

Registration Closed; Up Nearly 100 Entries From Last Year

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

The registration period of Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw has come and gone. A grand total 463 entrants come out to play this event.

Last year's number of 377 entrants was blown past and a prize pool of $1,030,175 that the final 70 players will be in the money. Here below are the prize pool numbers.

Place	Prize
1	$208,552
2	$135,506
3	$90,139
4	$61,409
5	$42,872
6	$30,690
7	$22,542
8-9	$17,000
10-11	$13,172
12-17	$10,495
18-23	$8,605
24-29	$7,267
30-35	$6,326
36-41	$5,682
42-47	$5,272
48-53	$5,147
54-70	$5,021

06-19-2025 20:21 UTC-8

Eliminated Players

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

Player	Chips	Progress
William Mical	Busted
Barbara Schindler	Busted
Jean Kabbaj	Busted
Mengqi Chen	Busted
Calvin Anderson	Busted

Chofungalan Wong	Busted
Heather Alcorn	Busted
Timothy Knauf	Busted
Xiaochuan Zhang	Busted
Nacho Barbero	Busted

Jonathan Park	Busted
Leyla Rogers	Busted
Scott Hirsch	Busted
Derek Fudesco	Busted
Pawel Andrzejewski	Busted
Joseph Wagganer	Busted
Jonathan Breneman	Busted
Christopher Claassen	Busted

06-19-2025 20:07 UTC-8

Berg Pairs Up Against Hellmuth

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Phil Hellmuth raised in the cutoff and Lawrence Berg raised on the button which Hellmuth called.

Hellmuth drew one and Berg drew two which saw Hellmuth bet in the dark and Berg called.

Both players drew one on the following draw and each one of them checked to the following draw where they both drew one again.

The final betting round saw Hellmuth bet and Berg flashed 3x3x before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	82,000 13,000	13,000

Lawrence Berg	28,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Lawrence Berg Phil Hellmuth

06-19-2025 20:06 UTC-8

Julien Takes from Ware

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Limits 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Limits: 1,500/3,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Ronald Ware opened from under the gun and Nicolas Julien three-bet from the cutoff. Ware called and drew two while Julien drew one.

After the first draw Ware check-called a bet from Julien and drew two more while Julien drew one again.

Ware check-called another bet after the second draw and took one while Julien stood pat.

With no draws remaining both players checked. Ware had a king-low with Kx5x4x2xAx while Julien had an eight with 8x6x3x2xAx to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chun Yam	111,000 111,000	111,000
Ronald Ware	64,000 64,000	64,000

Nicolas Julien	60,000 60,000	60,000
Chris Klodnicki	58,500

Martin Schamaun	34,500 34,500	34,500
Chris Hunichen	32,500 32,500	32,500