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

06-20-2025 23:14 UTC-8

Bronshtein Muscles a Pot

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Yuval Bronshtein raised from the small blind and David "Bakes" Baker three-bet from the big blind. Bronshtein called.

Bronshtein drew three and Baker drew one on the first draw. Bronshtein then check-raised a bet from Baker, who called.

On the second draw, Bronshtein stood pat and Baker drew one. Bronshtein bet and Baker let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "Bakes" Baker	1,450,000 315,000	315,000

Yuval Bronshtein	475,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Yuval Bronshtein David "Bakes" Baker

06-20-2025 23:15 UTC-8

Matsumoto Wins Without Showdown

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

Badugi

Takuro Matsumoto opened from the button and received calls from George Alexander in the small blind and Todd Ivens in the big blind. Alexander drew two, Ivens drew one and Matsumoto drew one.

After the first draw action checked around to Matsumoto who bet. Both opponents called and drew one while Matsumoto stood pat.

Matsumoto bet again when checked to after the second draw and this time both opponents mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	1,350,000 50,000	50,000

Takuro Matsumoto	1,050,000 340,000	340,000
James Woods	735,000 105,000	105,000
Jampana Appalaraju	450,000 10,000	10,000
Todd Ivens	115,000 445,000	445,000

Tags: George Alexander Takuro Matsumoto Todd Ivens

06-20-2025 23:22 UTC-8

Glaser Takes A Big Chunk From Rheem

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Liam Gannon

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Benny Glaser raised from the hijack and in the big blind, Chino Rheem raised. Glaser clicked it back and Rheem capped it which Glaser called.

Both players stood pat and Rheem bet which saw Glaser call.

Rheem stood pat once more and Glaser thought for a bit before deciding to draw one. Rheem bet and Glaser responded with a raise, earning a call from Rheem.

On the final draw both players stood pat and Rheem checked over to Glaser, who bet.

"I got dealt number three," said Rheem as he put the chips into the pot. Glaser turned over bad news for Rheem as he showed 5x4x3x2xAx for a wheel, prompting a frustrated sigh from Rheem as he mucked 6x5x3x2xAx face up.

"You broke a seven?" asked Rheem after the hand.

"Yes," replied Glaser "seven-four. I wasn't sure what to do."

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	1,040,000 310,000	310,000
Benny Glaser	1,010,000 335,000	335,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Chino Rheem

06-20-2025 23:24 UTC-8

Matsumoto Believes Alexander

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Takuro Matsumoto raised from the cutoff and George Alexander called on the button.

Matsumoto stood pat on the first draw, which got a "You're pat!? I'll take three. I'll go wild," from Alexander.

Alexander then called a bet from Matsumoto, who remained pat on the next draw.

"It's getting better," Alexander said as he drew one.

Matsumoto bet again and Alexander raised. Matsumoto scooped up his cards and tossed them into the muck — conceding the pot to Alexander.

"I had a strong eight," Alexander claimed. "The chances of you having a pat seven..."

Player	Chips	Progress
George Alexander	1,050,000 300,000	300,000

Takuro Matsumoto	900,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: George Alexander Takuro Matsumoto

06-20-2025 23:30 UTC-8

Yu Takes from Tarbet

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

A-5 Triple Draw

With two players going into the first draw and around 200,000 in the middle, David Tarbet drew two from the small blind and Ben Yu drew three from the button. Both players then checked and drew the same number of cards each.

After the second draw Tarbet bet and Yu called. This time Tarbet stood pat while Yu took one.

Tarbet checked with no draws remaining and Yu bet. Tarbet called.

Tarbet had a seven with 7x5x3x2xAx but Yu had a six with 6x5x3x2xAx to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	540,000 175,000	175,000

David Tarbet	440,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Ben Yu David Tarbet

06-20-2025 23:30 UTC-8

Menendez Falls To Becker

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Liam Gannon

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up after the first draw in a pot between Johannes Becker on the button and Frank Menendez in the hijack.

The first betting round saw Menendez bet and Becker raised which saw Menendez call.

Both players drew one on the second draw and Menendez check-called a bet from Becker.

Menendez drew one and Becker stood pat which saw Menendez check-fold to a bet from Becker, leaving himself with 5,000.

On the following hand, Menendez was forced all-in from the big blind and Becker raised from the cutoff to fold out all other players.

Both players started drawing two, then one, then both stood pat.

Frank Menendez: 9x8x5x2xAx All in
Johannes Becker: 8x6x5x3xAx

The eight-six was good for Becker to take down the pot and Menendez was eliminated.

All 18 of the surviving players are now redrawing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Becker	1,415,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Frank Menendez	Busted

Tags: Frank Menendez Johannes Becker

06-20-2025 23:36 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets
662	1	Takuro Matsumoto	Japan	840,000	14
662	2	Chris Klodnicki	United States	1,155,000	19
662	3	Michael Balan	United States	1,850,000	31
662	4	David "Bakes" Baker	United States	1,610,000	27
662	5	Ben Yu	United States	340,000	6
662	6	Sean Akhavi	United States	525,000	9

666	1	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	320,000	5
666	2	James Woods	United States	720,000	12
666	3	Schuyler Thornton	United States	1,670,000	28
666	4	George Alexander	United States	980,000	16
666	5	Chino Rheem	United States	810,000	14
666	6	Mark Klecan	Canada	1,205,000	20

668	1	Johannes Becker	Germany	1,415,000	24
668	2	David Tarbet	United Kingdom	415,000	7
668	3	Jampana Appalaraju	United States	320,000	5
668	4	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	1,050,000	18
668	5	Todd Ivens	United States	475,000	8
668	6	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	375,000	6

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Balan	1,850,000 350,000	350,000

Schuyler Thornton	1,670,000 680,000	680,000
David "Bakes" Baker	1,610,000 160,000	160,000

Johannes Becker	1,415,000 35,000	35,000

Mark Klecan	1,205,000 720,000	720,000
Chris Klodnicki	1,155,000 80,000	80,000

Benny Glaser	1,050,000 40,000	40,000

George Alexander	980,000 70,000	70,000

Takuro Matsumoto	840,000 60,000	60,000
Chino Rheem	810,000 230,000	230,000
James Woods	720,000 15,000	15,000
Sean Akhavi	525,000 105,000	105,000
Todd Ivens	475,000 360,000	360,000
David Tarbet	415,000 25,000	25,000
Kelvin Kerber	375,000 265,000	265,000

Ben Yu	340,000 200,000	200,000

Yuval Bronshtein	320,000 155,000	155,000

Jampana Appalaraju	320,000 130,000	130,000

06-20-2025 23:45 UTC-8

Glaser Leaves Kerber Short

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

Badugi

Benny Glaser opened from the cutoff and Kelvin Kerber three-bet from the small blind. Glaser four-bet and Kerber called, drawing one while Glaser stood pat.

After the first draw Kerber check-called a bet from Glaser and drew one more. Glaser stood pat again.

Glaser bet again when checked to after the second draw and Kerber called, drawing one while Glaser stood pat again.

With no draws remaining both players checked. Kerber had a three card hand with 7♠3♥2♠A♠ while Glaser had a jack-badugi with J♦7♣5♥A♠ to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	1,275,000 225,000	225,000

Kelvin Kerber	185,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Kelvin Kerber

06-20-2025 23:46 UTC-8

Appalaraju Gets Some Breathing Room

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

Badugi

Jampana Appalaraju raised from the small blind and Benny Glaser defended his big blind.

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

On the second draw, Appalaraju drew one and Glaser again drew two, which got a "Wow!" from Appalaraju.

"Why wow?" Glaser inquired. "You're playing good," Appalaraju responded, which got a laugh from the table.

Appalaraju then bet and Glaser called.

On the final draw, Appalaraju drew one and Glaser drew two. Glaser then called a bet from Appalaraju, who tabled 7♠5♦3♣2♥.

"Ahh, you got there," Glaser said before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	1,130,000 145,000	145,000

Jampana Appalaraju	450,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Jampana Appalaraju

06-20-2025 23:54 UTC-8

Bronshtein Nearly Doubles

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Dan O'Hair

Level 22 : Limits 30,000/60,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Limits: 30,000/60,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Yuval Bronshtein raised from the cutoff and was three-bet by Schuyler Thornton in the small blind. Bronshtein called.

Thornton drew one and Bronshtein drew two on the first draw. Bronshtein then called a bet from Thornton.

On the second draw, both players drew one and then Bronshtein raised a bet from Thornton, who called.

Thornton drew one on the final draw and Bronshtein stood pat. Thornton then check-folded after Bronshtein bet his last 30,000 — effectively doubling him up without a showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Schuyler Thornton	1,500,000 170,000	170,000
Yuval Bronshtein	530,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Schuyler Thornton Yuval Bronshtein