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

06-19-2025 16:56 UTC-8

Le Eclipses Six Figures

Liam Gannon

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

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

2-7 Triple Draw

Action was picked up in a three-way pot between Phillip Hui in the big blind, Nam Le in first position, and Donny Rubinstein in the hijack.

Hui drew three on the first drawing round while Le and Rubinstein both drew two. Hui checked over to Le who bet and Rubinstein called while Hui folded.

Both players drew one on the second draw and Le bet a second time over to Rubinstein who called.

Le stood pat while Rubinstein drew one and Le check-called a bet from Rubinstein.

"Rough nine," said Rubinstein but Le could beat that holding 8x7x6x4x2x for an eight-seven. He raked in the pot and crossed the six figures mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	103,000 33,000	33,000
Phillip Hui	41,000

Nick Guagenti	36,500 1,500	1,500

Yuval Bronshtein	32,000

Donny Rubinstein	30,000
Sean Yu	29,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Phillip Hui Nam Le Donny Rubinstein

06-19-2025 17:06 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Eslami	88,000

Felipe Ramos	68,000 33,000	33,000

Roland Israelashvili	56,000 700	700

Thomas Taylor	51,100 16,100	16,100
Joshua Thatcher	46,000
Dan Shak	46,000 11,000	11,000
Ken Aldridge	36,000
Chris Brewer	34,000 22,000	22,000

Allen Kessler	33,000 6,000	6,000
Nacho Barbero	30,000

Benny Glaser	29,000

Owais Ahmed	28,500 6,500	6,500

Brian Yoon	25,500

John Monnette	25,000 10,000	10,000

Jesse Lonis	24,500

Heather Alcorn	24,000 18,000	18,000
Chino Rheem	22,000
Nick Guagenti	22,000 14,500	14,500

Jon Turner	17,000 5,000	5,000

David Bach	7,600 27,400	27,400

Ryan Hoenig	6,000 35,000	35,000

Claassen Takes from Johns

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

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

Badugi

Ian Johns raised from the cutoff, and Christopher Claassen three-bet from the big blind. Johns four-bet and Claassen called, drawing one while Johns stood pat.

Action repeated itself after the first draw with Claassen check-calling a bet from Johns and taking one while Johns stood pat again. After the second draw, Claassen check-called another bet, once again drawing one before Johns stood pat.

With no draws remaining, Claassen bet, and Johns called. Classen showed a ten-badugi with 10♣A♦8♥5♠, and Johns mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sangjae You	62,000 11,700	11,700
Michael Amato	51,000 16,000	16,000
Christopher Claassen	35,700 35,700	35,700

Ian Johns	30,000 5,000	5,000

Timothy Knauf	25,200 25,200	25,200
Yuichi Kanai	19,100 19,100	19,100

Tags: Christopher Claassen Ian Johns

06-19-2025 17:20 UTC-8

Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

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

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400

06-19-2025 17:34 UTC-8

Top Stacks After Third Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400

According to the WSOP+ App, these are the top 25 stacks in the room after the third break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	103,500 500	500
David Prociak	103,000 103,000	103,000

Albert Luna	101,700 101,700	101,700
Martin Knorr	99,800 36,800	36,800
Timothy Frazin	91,000 91,000	91,000
Stephen O'Dwyer (CA)	86,500 86,500	86,500
Denis Strebkov	86,000 86,000	86,000

Carol Anderson	85,800 85,800	85,800
Ali Eslami	85,600 2,400	2,400

Kyohei Watanabe	83,400 83,400	83,400
Eli Ross	83,000 83,000	83,000
Lamar Wilkinson	82,000 82,000	82,000
Jay Kerbel	81,200 46,200	46,200
Mark Roland	80,000 80,000	80,000
Hooman Nikzad	79,500 79,500	79,500
Kyle Arora	79,300 42,900	42,900
Eduards Rakuss	78,600 44,700	44,700
Kevin Choi	77,700 77,700	77,700
John Evans	77,000
Thor Morstol	77,000 77,000	77,000
Gershon Distenfeld	75,200

Luiz Neto	75,000 75,000	75,000
Frank Athey	74,400 74,400	74,400
Jesse Lonis	9,600 14,900	14,900

06-19-2025 17:38 UTC-8

Phil Ivey is the Big Chip Leader with 10 Left in WSOP $25K PLO High Roller

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400

Phil Ivey is starting to heat up at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP), and he could be just one day away from capturing his 12th gold bracelet.

The Poker Hall of Famer, with 10 players remaining at the time of publishing, held the chip lead in Event #51: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, a tournament with 489 entrants.

Bryn Kenney, who is closing in on $80 million in live tournament cashes, busted in 11th place ($134,007). The remaining players still have a shot at the $2,292,155 first-place prize, to be awarded on Friday.

Read About Ivey's PLO Run!

Tags: Bryn Kenney Phil Ivey

06-19-2025 17:49 UTC-8

Lombardo Makes A Six

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Liam Gannon

Level 7 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up on the first betting round in a pot between John Lombardo in the small blind and Joshua Rhodes in the big blind.

Lombardo bet, and Rhodes called, which was followed by Lombardo standing pat and Rhodes drawing one.

The second betting round saw Lombardo bet a second time, and Rhodes called again.

On the final draw, Lombardo stood pat and Rhodes drew one, which saw Lombardo bet once more and Rhodes call.

"Six," said Lombardo, who turned over 6x4x3x2xAx for number two, and it was good.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Lombardo	48,500 48,500	48,500
Joshua Rhodes	37,500 37,500	37,500

Tags: John Lombardo Joshua Rhodes

06-19-2025 17:53 UTC-8

Luna Leaves Lonis With Dust

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

Blinds: 600/1,200
Limits: 1,200/2,400

2-7 Triple Draw

Jesse Lonis opened from the hijack, and Albert Luna defended from the big blind, drawing three while Lonis drew two.

Luna checked after the first draw, and Lonis bet. Luna raised, and Lonis called. Both players drew one.

After the second draw, Luna bet, and Lonis called. Luna stood pat while Lonis drew one.

With no draws remaining, Luna bet. Lonis showed 5x5x from his hand before folding, leaving himself with just under 2,000 in his stack.

Luna showed that he had 7x6x4x2x after the first draw and caught a three after the second draw to make number two before taking the pot.

Lonis was eliminated shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Albert Luna	103,000 1,300	1,300
Stuart Rutter	55,000 55,000	55,000
Mike Dreese	37,000 37,000	37,000
Thomas Taylor	31,500 19,600	19,600
Ian Pelz	12,000 12,000	12,000

Jesse Lonis	Busted