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

06-19-2025 22:02 UTC-8

Biggest Stacks In The Room

Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Moss	193,000 193,000	193,000
Nam Le	192,000 29,000	29,000
Ken Aldridge	188,000 71,500	71,500
Mark Klecan	185,000 30,000	30,000
Nicholas Burris	179,000 69,000	69,000
Brian Tate	179,000 140,000	140,000
Schuyler Thornton	175,000 175,000	175,000
Renan Bruschi	172,500 172,500	172,500

Clint Wolcyn	170,000 17,000	17,000
David Prociak	163,000 2,000	2,000

Andrey Zaichenko	157,500 78,500	78,500

John Bell	154,000 154,000	154,000
Kelvin Kerber	150,000 150,000	150,000

Larry Tull	148,000 148,000	148,000
Aalok Arora	148,000 148,000	148,000
David Gee	146,500 146,500	146,500
Brian Breck	145,000 39,500	39,500
Stephen Moreschi	144,000 144,000	144,000
James Woods	141,500 141,500	141,500
Scott Bohlman	141,000 106,000	106,000

Ali Eslami	140,000 34,000	34,000

Junhyoung Ki	140,000 140,000	140,000
Thor Morstoel	139,500 139,500	139,500
Amir Nematinia	136,000 83,000	83,000
Takuro Matsumoto	135,500 135,500	135,500

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

06-19-2025 22:14 UTC-8

Three-Bet Pot for Friedman

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Friedman raised from under the gun and Patrick Gunn three-bet in the small blind which saw Friedman call.

Gunn drew one and Friedman drew two and called a bet from Gunn.

On the second draw, both players drew one and Gunn check-called a bet from Friedman.

The final draw saw Gunn draw one and Friedman patted with both players checking.

Friedman tabled 9x7x6x5x2x for a nine and Gunn flashed 6x6x, ceding the pot to the five-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	73,000 73,000	73,000

Patrick Gunn	69,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Adam Friedman Patrick Gunn

06-19-2025 22:19 UTC-8

Mamiya Takes a Big Pot Off Hellmuth and Leah

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

A-5 Triple Draw

With the action being caught just after the first draw and just under 35,000 in the middle, Phil Hellmuth checked from out of position, Ruiko Mamiya checked and Mike Leah bet in position. Hellmuth called, Mamiya raised, Leah called and Hellmuth called. Leah and Hellmuth each drew one while Mamiya stood pat.

After the second draw action checked around to Mamiya who bet. Once again Leah and Hellmuth called, drawing one while Mamiya stood pat again.

With no draws remaining the action checked around to Mamiya who fired another bet. This time both Leah and Hellmuth folded and Mamiya took won the sizable pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruiko Mamiya	165,000 34,000	34,000
Allen Kessler	115,000 85,000	85,000
Lawrence Berg	98,500 14,500	14,500

Phil Hellmuth	71,000 40,500	40,500

Mike Leah	42,500 14,000	14,000

Anthony Hu	11,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Mike Leah Phil Hellmuth Ruiko Mamiya

06-19-2025 22:28 UTC-8

No Longer in the Tournament

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

Player	Chips	Progress
James Tilton	Busted
Dario Alioto	Busted

Jon Turner	Busted

Yuichi Kanai	Busted
Oscar Johansson	Busted
Iman Al-Saden	Busted
Ashish Gupta	Busted
Mike Leah	Busted

Jonathan Krela	Busted
Lawrence Brandt	Busted

Ralph Porter	Busted

Michael Boik	Busted

06-19-2025 22:31 UTC-8

Ruhl Doubles Through The Defending Champion

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Robert Ruhl raised in the cutoff and was called by Patrick Moulder on the button and Matthew Valeo in the big blind.

Valeo and Ruhl drew one on the first draw and Moulder drew one. Valeo checked to Ruhl who bet and got two callers.

On the second draw, Valeo drew two while both Ruhl and Moulder drew one. Valeo checked to Ruhl who bet and Moulder raised. Valeo folded and Ruhl called to put himself at risk.

Both of them drew one.

Robert Ruhl: Jx7x4x3x2x All in
Patrick Moulder: 5x4x4x3x2x

Moulder paired up which left Ruhl's jack-seven as the best hand to double at the expense of the defending champion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Ruhl	51,500 12,100	12,100
Patrick Moulder	35,500 35,500	35,500

Tags: Matthew Valeo Patrick Moulder Robert Ruhl

06-19-2025 22:48 UTC-8

McCormick Doubles His Stack Without Showdown

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Tom McCormick opened from the under the gun, Frank Menendez called from the cutoff and Stephen O'Dwyer three-bet from the small blind. McCormick four-bet, Menendez folded and O'Dwyer called. Both players drew one.

After the first draw O'Dwyer bet, McCormick raised and O'Dwyer called, drawing one while McCormick stood pat.

O'Dwyer check-called a bet from McCormick after the second draw and drew one more while McCormick stood pat again.

With no draws remaining McCormick bet, leaving just a few chips behind. O'Dwyer folded and McCormick took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Zerbib	152,000 108,000	108,000
Daniel Blum	103,000 76,900	76,900
Frank Menendez	96,000
Terrance Jennings	80,000 45,000	45,000
Stephen O'Dwyer (CA)	62,000 24,500	24,500
Tom McCormick	51,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Frank Menendez Stephen O'Dwyer Tom McCormick

06-19-2025 22:54 UTC-8

Ki Catches Bohlman Speeding

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Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Limits: 2,500/5,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Thomas Muehlocker raised from first position and Scott Bohlman called in the small blind which Junhyoung Ki calling in the big blind.

Both Bohlman and Ki drew two while Muehlocker drew one and action checked around to Muehlocker who bet and received two callers.

Bohlman drew two while both of his opponents drew one and Bohlman bet which prompted Ki to raise. Muehlocker folded and Bohlman clicked it back which Ki called.

The final draw saw Bohlman pat and bet dark while Ki drew one and then called.

Ki tabled 8x5x4x3x2x for eight perfect which was enough to best Bohlman's Kx7x6x6x2x and he raked in the pot.