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

06-20-2025 16:35 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	850,000 850,000	850,000

Mark Klecan	808,000 144,000	144,000
George Alexander	663,000 239,000	239,000

Hooman Nikzad	545,000 282,000	282,000
Yuval Bronshtein	528,000 123,000	123,000

Scott Bohlman	514,000 240,000	240,000

John Monnette	476,000 14,000	14,000

Adam Owen	456,000 151,000	151,000
Renan Bruschi	434,000 64,000	64,000

Benny Glaser	425,000 80,000	80,000

Sebastian Schulz	415,000 5,000	5,000
Bryan Buonocore	410,000 85,000	85,000
Takuro Matsumoto	408,000 140,000	140,000
Chino Rheem	408,000 133,000	133,000
Chris Klodnicki	390,000 88,000	88,000

Joshua Rhodes	387,000 324,000	324,000
David Bach	374,000 26,000	26,000

Kelvin Kerber	366,000 108,000	108,000

Jampana Appalaraju	361,000 41,000	41,000
Daniel Habl	349,000 4,000	4,000
Tomasz Gluszko	332,000 243,000	243,000
Sean Akhavi	330,000 168,000	168,000
Kevin Gerhart	323,000 238,000	238,000

David Prociak	319,000 172,000	172,000

Michael Lin	315,000 79,000	79,000

Break Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

The remaining 56 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.

06-20-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Glaser Snows Rheem

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Chino Rheem raised in the cutoff and in the small blind Benny Glaser three-bet which saw Rheem call.

"How many Benny?" asked Rheem as Glaser drew one. "If we were in 2-7 I would be drawing one as well," Rheem responded as he pitched two cards. Glaser bet on the first betting round and Rheem called.

On the second draw, both players drew one and Rheem called a second bet from Glaser.

Glaser stood pat on the final draw and Rheem pitched one and folded to Glaser's bet on the end.

"I caught this," Rheem said flashing as Jx, "did you have a wheel?"

"No, I have this," Glaser said turning over AxAx as a smile crept across his face.

"Oh wow! Benny got me guys! He snowed me!" shouted Rheem to the entire room. "This is why he won two bracelets this summer!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	345,000

Chino Rheem	275,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Chino Rheem

06-20-2025 16:21 UTC-8

Thatcher Pads His Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Joshua Thatcher opened on the cutoff and was three-bet by Sebastian Schulz in the small blind. Thatcher called.

Both players drew one and then checked on the first and second round.

On the third draw, each player drew one again and Schulz check-called a bet.

Thatcher fanned out 6x5x4x3x2x for a six and Schulz sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulz	410,000 55,000	55,000
Joshua Thatcher	120,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Joshua Thatcher Sebastian Schulz

06-20-2025 16:12 UTC-8

Player Who Coolered Matusow at 2005 Main Event Final Table Runs Deep in WSOP Seniors

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Jon Sofen

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

Twenty years ago, Scott Lazar doubled up eventual champion Joe Hachem and coolered Mike Matusow at one of the most entertaining and memorable World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables ever.

Two decades later, the 2005 sixth-place finisher in poker's most prestigious event ran deep in another WSOP event. This one, Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold'em Championship, a tournament that attracted 7,575 entrants. Lazar, who spoke to PokerNews on a Day 3 break, busted in 31st place for $21,950, his second-largest tournament cash since his televised $1.5 million score.

Read the Full Interview Here

Tags: Scott Lazar

06-20-2025 16:11 UTC-8

Watanabe KOs Mohamed

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

Badugi

Two players were heads-up just before the final draw, with around 70,000 in the middle and Ahmed Mohamed already all-in from the cutoff. He was up against Kyohei Watanabe, who had him covered from the big blind.

Watanabe stood pat while Mohamed drew one.

Ahmed Mohamed: A♦6♠5♣ All in
Kyohei Watanabe: J♠7♣4♥3♦

Mohamed mentioned he had correctly folded a queen-badugi upon seeing Watanabe had a jack-badugi. Mohamed drew the A♥ and was sent to the rail while Watanabe won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renan Bruschi	370,000 149,000	149,000

Bryan Buonocore	325,000 65,000	65,000
Eduards Rakuss	240,000 129,000	129,000
Daniel Blum	205,000 65,000	65,000
Kyohei Watanabe	185,000 88,000	88,000
Patrick Stacey	155,000 18,000	18,000
Johannes Becker	140,000 135,000	135,000

Ahmed Mohamed	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Mohamed Kyohei Watanabe

06-20-2025 16:10 UTC-8

Misdeal no Problem for Kessler

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Immediately following a misdeal, Jampana Appalaraju raised and was three-bet by Allen Kessler in the small blind. Appalaraju called.

Kessler drew one and Appalaraju drew two on the first draw. Appalaraju then called a bet from Kessler.

The same drawing action occurred on the second draw and Kessler led out for another bet.

Appalaraju let his hand go and Kessler said "I usually get screwed on a misdeal, but I had it!" as he collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jampana Appalaraju	320,000 79,000	79,000
Allen Kessler	190,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Jampana Appalaraju

06-20-2025 16:08 UTC-8

Gaskins Can't Hold Against Ivens

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Liam Gannon

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Todd Ivens raised on the button and Clyde Gaskins raised all in from the small blind which saw James Woods in the big blind and Ivens both call.

Gaskins stood pat while both of his opponents drew two which saw Woods bet and Ivens call.

The second draw saw Gaskins stand pat again while Woods and Ivens drew one each. Woods bet and Ivens raised which saw Woods call.

Everyone stood pat on the final draw and Woods check-called a bet from Ivens.

Clyde Gaskins: 8x7x4x3x2x All in
Todd Ivens: 7x6x5x3x2x
James Woods: 7x6x5x4x2x

Ivens had made number three to beat Woods' number four for the side pot and to eliminate Gaskins from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Ivens	361,000 244,000	244,000
James Woods	239,000 78,000	78,000
Clyde Gaskins	Busted

Tags: Clyde Gaskins James Woods Todd Ivens

06-20-2025 15:56 UTC-8

Monnette's Ten is Good

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Adam Owen raised on the button and was called by John Monnette in the small blind.

Both players drew two and then checked on the first draw.

On the second draw, each took two off again and Monnette check-called a bet from Owen.

Both players drew one on the final round and Monnette check-called another bet from Owen, who fanned out 8x7x7x5x2x for a pair.

Monnette showed 10x8x4x3x2x and was sent the pot with his ten-low.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	490,000 382,000	382,000

Adam Owen	305,000 62,000	62,000

06-20-2025 15:52 UTC-8

Post-Bubble Bustouts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Limits: 8,000/16,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted
Brian Tate	Busted
John Lombardo	Busted
Clint Wolcyn	Busted
Long Tran	Busted

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Glaser Snows Rheem

Thatcher Pads His Stack

Player Who Coolered Matusow at 2005 Main Event Final Table Runs Deep in WSOP Seniors

Watanabe KOs Mohamed

Misdeal no Problem for Kessler

Gaskins Can't Hold Against Ivens

Monnette's Ten is Good

Post-Bubble Bustouts