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

06-19-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Biggest Stacks In The Room

Liam Gannon

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

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Zaichenko	157,000 100,100	100,100

Mark Klecan	155,000 155,000	155,000
David Prociak	145,000 42,000	42,000

Yueqi Zhu	143,000 143,000	143,000

David Lin	137,500 60,000	60,000
Brian Breck	135,000 107,500	107,500
Jordan Siegel	125,000 125,000	125,000
Clyde Gaskins	120,000 120,000	120,000
Sean Yu	120,000 91,000	91,000
Aron Dermer	116,500 116,500	116,500
Ken Aldridge	116,500 80,500	80,500
Luiz Hota Neto	115,000 115,000	115,000
Tom McCormick	110,000 110,000	110,000
Ruiko Mamiya	110,000 110,000	110,000
Nicholas Burris	110,000 110,000	110,000
Nicolas Milgrom	107,500 40,500	40,500

David Bakes Baker	107,000 107,000	107,000

Ali Eslami	106,000 22,000	22,000

Nam Le	103,500
Young Ko	100,000 100,000	100,000
Francois Scapula	97,500 39,500	39,500
Clint Wolcyn	97,000 97,000	97,000
Mike Thorpe	96,500 96,500	96,500
Phil Hellmuth	95,000 95,000	95,000

Brian Hastings	95,000 60,000	60,000

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Level: 9

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

06-19-2025 19:33 UTC-8

Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

The players have gone on another 15-minute break.

At the conclusion of this break, registration will be closed.

06-19-2025 19:30 UTC-8

Ivens' Three-Card Is Good

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

Badugi

Todd Ivens raised in the cutoff and in the big blind, Koji Fujimoto three-bet which Ivens called.

Fujimoto stood pat while Ivens drew one and Fujimoto bet which Ivens called.

The second draw saw Fujimoto stand pat again and Ivens drew one which saw Fujimoto bet and Ivens called.

On the final draw, Fujimoto stood pat and checked over to Ivens who drew one and checked behind.

At showdown, Fujimoto turend over 10♦3♥A♠/4♠ for a three-card ten. As he turned his hand over, he muttered to himself about misreading his hand. Ivens did a double take before tabling 8♣6♦2♠/6♥ for a three-card eight and it was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	74,000
Koji Fujimoto	45,000

Tags: Koji Fujimoto Todd Ivens

06-19-2025 19:12 UTC-8

Suzuki Makes a Wheel and Gets Paid

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

A-5 Triple Draw

Daniel Negreanu opened from middle position, Ryutaro Suzuki three-bet from the hijack, Scott Lake called from the button and Negreanu called. Negreanu drew two, Suzuki drew two and Lake drew one.

After the first draw action checked around to Lake who bet. Negreanu called, Suzuki raised, Lake called and Negreanu called. Suzuki stood pat while the other two players took one each.

Suzuki bet again when checked to after the second draw and once again both opponents called and drew one. Suzuki stood pat.

With no draws remaining action checked around to Suzuki who bet. This time only Lake called.

Suzuki showed 5x4x3x2xAx to take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryutaro Suzuki	84,000 23,000	23,000

Daniel Negreanu	43,000 33,000	33,000

Scott Lake	21,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Scott Lake Ryutaro Suzuki

06-19-2025 19:10 UTC-8

Vieira and Pupillo Go To War

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

Badugi

Joao Vieira raised from the cutoff and Nick Pupillo called in the big blind.

Both players drew two on the first draw and Pupillo lead out, prompting Vieira to raise and Pupillo called.

Each one of them drew one on the second draw and Pupillo checked over to Vieira who bet and Pupillo raised, which Vieira called.

On the final draw, both players drew one and Pupillo bet which prompted Vieira to raise and Pupillo called.

Vieira tabled 5♠4♣A♥ Q♥ for a three-card five and Pupillo tabled 3♦2♠A♣ 6♦ for a three-card three and the former mixed triple draw champion raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Pupillo	45,000 45,000	45,000

Joao Vieira	28,500 28,500	28,500

Tags: Joao Vieira Nick Pupillo

06-19-2025 19:03 UTC-8

Owen Leaves Schindler Short

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

Badugi

Barbara Schindler raised from the small blind and Adam Owen defended from the big blind, drawing two while Schindler drew one.

After the first draw Schindler bet and Owen raised. Schindler called and drew one while Owen stood pat.

Schindler check-called a bet from Owen after the second draw and drew one more while Owen stood pat again.

With no draws remaining Schindler check-folded to a final bet from Owen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Choi	72,000 5,700	5,700
Song Wang	70,000 70,000	70,000
Wayne Palitz	59,000 59,000	59,000
Adam Owen	54,000 19,000	19,000
Barbara Schindler	10,500 10,500	10,500
Jampana Appalaraju	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Adam Owen Barbara Schindler

06-19-2025 18:51 UTC-8

Milgrom Forces a Fold from Funkhouser

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

Badugi

David Funkhouser opened from under the gun and Nicolas Milgrom defended from the big blind. Both players drew one.

Milgrom check-called a bet from Funkhouser after the first draw. Both players then drew one, checked and drew one more.

With no draws remaining Milgrom bet and Funkhouser mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Akhavi	83,000
Nicolas Milgrom	67,000

Xixiang Luo	45,000

David Margolis	43,000 8,000	8,000
David Funkhouser	30,000

Tom Steinbach	19,000

Tags: David Funkhouser Nicolas Milgrom

06-19-2025 18:49 UTC-8

Schreiber's Six Is Good

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Liam Gannon

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 0 ante

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

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up on the first betting round in a pot with Ralph Rudd in the small blind and Matthew Schreiber in the big blind. Rudd checked over to Schreiber who bet and Rudd called.

On the second draw, Rudd drew one and Schreiber stood pat with the betting action repeating identically.

The final draw saw Rudd draw one and Schreiber stood pat and Rudd check-called another bet from Schreiber.

Schreiber tabled 6x5x4x3xAx and it was good for the pot.