Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Limits: 800/1,600
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,030,175
Entries
463
Level
33
Limits
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
0
Entries
463
Players Left
133
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Level 4
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/600
Limits: 600/1,200
Limits: 600/1,200
Badugi
Action was picked up on the first betting round of Badugi. Lauren Bunch in the small blind checked over to Kyle Arora in the big blind who bet and she called.
Bunch drew one and Arora stood pat which saw Bunch check-call a second bet from Arora.
On the third draw, Bunch drew one while Arora stood pat and both players checked.
Arora turned over K♣Q♥4♦3♠ for a king badugi, while Bunch only mustered 7♥4♠3♦/J♠ for a three card seven.
"I drew a spade everytime," Bunch said as Arora raked in the pot. "They were all good cards but they were all spades."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,600
39,600
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39,600 |
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36,400
36,400
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36,400 |
Level 4
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/600
Limits: 600/1,200
Limits: 600/1,200
A-5 Triple Draw
Action was picked up on the first betting round in a pot between Mengqi Chen in the small blind, Heather Alcorn in the big blind, and Gina Hecht on the button.
Alcorn bet after Chen checked to her and everyone called.
On the second draw, Chen and Alcorn drew one while Hecht drew two. Action checked around to Hecht who bet and Chen raised which earned calls from both Alcorn and Chen.
The final draw saw Chen stand pat, while Alcorn and Hecht both drew one. Chen checked to Alcorn who checked to Hecht who bet and only Chen called.
"Wheel," said Hecht as she tabled 5x4x3x2xAx and she was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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53,500
18,500
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18,500 |
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42,000
9,300
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9,300 |
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14,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Limits: 600/1,200
Level 3
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
61,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
||
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
57,200
22,200
|
22,200 |
|
56,900
56,900
|
56,900 |
|
|
||
|
56,700
56,700
|
56,700 |
|
|
||
|
56,400
56,400
|
56,400 |
|
56,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
54,600
19,600
|
19,600 |
|
|
||
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
52,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
51,600
51,600
|
51,600 |
|
|
51,300
51,300
|
51,300 |
|
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
50,300
50,300
|
50,300 |
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
The players have gone on their first 15-minute break.
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
A-5 Triple Draw
Chofungalan Wong raised in first position and both Ryan Hoenig on the button and Jonathan Park in the big blind called.
Everyone drew two on the first draw and Park checked over to Wong who bet and Hoenig raised. Park folded and Wong called.
Both players drew one on the second draw and Wong check-called a bet from Hoenig.
Wong drew one while Hoenig stood pat and Wong bet, prompting a raise from Hoenig and Wong called.
Hoenig turned over 6x4x3x2xAx for number two and Wong mucked his hand to the WSOP bracelet winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000 | |
|
|
||
|
32,000 | |
|
21,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
A-5 Triple Draw
Michael Wolff raised on the button and Brian Breck called in the big blind.
Breck drew four cards and Wolff drew two which saw Breck check-call a bet from Wolff.
The second draw saw Breck pitch two cards while Wolff pitched one and he checked over to Wolff a second time. Wolff bet and Breck responded with a raise which Wolff called.
On the final draw both players stood pat and Breck bet which Wolff called.
At showdown, Breck tossed over 7x6x5x3x2x, but it was second best against Wolff's 7x5x3x2xAx.
"Oh my god I didn't see the games switched," Breck sat shaking his head.
"You still had a pretty good hand," table mate Amir Nematinia chirped in as Wolff raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500 | |
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27,500 |
Level 3
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
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Level 3
: 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300/500
Limits: 500/1,000
Limits: 500/1,000
Badugi
WSOP bracelet winner Ryutaro Suzuki raised in the cutoff and Allen Kessler called in the small blind with Jun Weng calling in the big blind behind him.
"It's gonna go two, one, one," Kessler said as he accurately predicted what his opponents were drawing. Action checked over to Suzuki who bet and both Kessler and Weng called.
Kessler drew two a second time with Weng and Suzuki both drawing one again. It checked to Suzuki again who bet and Kessler called while Weng raised. Suzuki clicked it back and both Kessler and Weng called.
"I need perfect," Kessler said as he pitched one card while Weng stood pat and Suzuki drew one. Action checked around to Suzuki who bet and only Weng called.
"Eight-six," said Suzuki as he turned over 8♠6♥5♦2♣ and Weng mucked his hand.
"You cost me a fortune that hand by raising with the worst hand of the three of us," Kessler remarked as Suzuki raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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46,000 | |
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39,000 | |
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20,500 | |
