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

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 19:33 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.

Level: 9

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

06-19-2025 19:50 UTC-8

Biggest Stacks In The Room

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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

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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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

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 20:21 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 20:21 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 20:37 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 20:43 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.