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

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 20:51 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

Level: 10

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

06-19-2025 21:03 UTC-8

Negreanu Among the Latest Eliminations

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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
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

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

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 21:22 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 21:29 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 21:43 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.