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

06-20-2025 13:48 UTC-8

Blum Wins Without Showdown

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

2-7 Triple Draw

Daniel Blum opened from the cutoff, Kyohei Watanabe called from the small blind and Mike Dreese defended from the big blind. Watanabe drew two while the other two players each drew one.

After the first draw, action checked around to Blum, who bet. Only Dreese called, drawing one, while Blum stood pat.

Blum bet again when checked to after the second draw, and this time Dreese mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Blum	200,000 84,000	84,000
Kevin Gerhart	175,000 18,000	18,000

Francois Scapula	167,000 50,000	50,000
Mike Dreese	137,000 123,000	123,000
Allen Kessler	110,000
Kyohei Watanabe	85,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Daniel Blum Kyohei Watanabe Mike Dreese

06-20-2025 13:50 UTC-8

Rheem Plays A Capped Pot

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Liam Gannon

Level 14 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Junhyoung Ki called in early position and in the big blind, Chino Rheem checked his option.

Rheem drew three and Ki drew one, which saw Rheem check over to Ki, who bet, and Rheem raised. Ki clicked it back and Rheem called.

On the second draw, Rheem drew one while Ki stood pat and Rheem checked over to Ki, who bet and Rheem raised. Ki clicked it right back, prompting Rheem to put in another bet and Ki capped it to see Rheem call.

Both players patted and Rheem bet, prompting Ki to raise and Rheem raised him all in, which Ki called.

Junhyoung Ki: 5x4x3x2xAx All in
Chino Rheem: 5x4x3x2xAx

"Wow, what a shocking result," table-mate David "ODB" Baker said in a muted tone as Rheem and Ki chopped up the pot.

Ki sat shaking his head while Rheem prodded for some information after the fact.

"Limpy, limpy," Rheem said after the hand to Ki. "You limped a pretty good hand there. Which one did you catch?"

Despite his efforts, Ki did not seem too keen to reveal any information to Rheem after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	284,000 115,000	115,000
Junhyoung Ki	125,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Chino Rheem David ODB Baker Junhyoung Ki

06-20-2025 14:00 UTC-8

Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 14 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

The players have gone on a 15-minute break.

06-20-2025 14:04 UTC-8

Samuel Rosborough Wins First WSOP Bracelet in Event #52: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em

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Milko van Winden

Level 14 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

06-20-2025 14:05 UTC-8

More Eliminations Before Break

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Liam Gannon

Level 14 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristan Lord	Busted
Steve Hyung	Busted
Matthew Schultz	Busted
Ian Pelz	Busted

Nicholas Burris	Busted
Felipe Ramos	Busted

Clinton Cartwright	Busted
Philip Sternheimer	Busted

Denis Strebkov	Busted

Mike Dreese	Busted
Ryutaro Suzuki	Busted

Mark Fraser	Busted
Aaron Kupin	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Limits: 6,000/12,000

06-20-2025 14:20 UTC-8

Top Stacks After First Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Limits: 6,000/12,000

These are the top 25 stacks in the room after first break according to the WSOP+ App.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Klecan	664,000 334,000	334,000
David Prociak	450,000 80,000	80,000

George Alexander	424,000 235,000	235,000

Greg Mueller	406,000 113,000	113,000

Yuval Bronshtein	405,000 144,000	144,000

David Bach	400,000 175,000	175,000

Sebastian Schulz	384,000 300,000	300,000
Schuyler Thornton	375,000 137,000	137,000
Adam Owen	367,000 245,000	245,000
Daniel Habl	345,000 261,000	261,000
Ken Aldridge	340,000 112,000	112,000
Christopher Vitch	325,000 20,000	20,000

Chris Klodnicki	325,000 138,000	138,000

Joshua Thatcher	290,000 5,000	5,000
Johannes Becker	275,000 125,000	125,000

Scott Bohlman	274,000 133,000	133,000

Takuro Matsumoto	268,000 34,000	34,000
Hooman Nikzad	263,000 131,000	131,000
Michael Balan	260,000 141,000	141,000

Bryan Buonocore	260,000 162,000	162,000
Kelvin Kerber	258,000 37,000	37,000

Kyle Loman	250,000 80,000	80,000
Benny Glaser	242,000 17,000	17,000

Stephen Moreschi	241,000 97,000	97,000
Jampana Appalaraju	241,000 16,000	16,000

06-20-2025 14:30 UTC-8

Breck Busts

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Limits: 6,000/12,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up in a pot with Brian Breck in the small blind all in for his last chips up against Francois Scapula in the big blind, and Daniel Blum in the hijack.

Breck drew three, Scapula drew two, and Blum drew one. Everyone checking the first betting wrong.

On the second draw, Breck drew two with Scapula and Blum both drawing one. Scapula checked over to Blum who bet and Scapula called.

The final draw saw Breck draw two and Scapula drew one while Blum stood pat. Everyone checked the final betting round.

Brian Breck: 6x4x4x3x3x All in
Francois Scapula: 7x6x5x3x2x
Daniel Blum: 9x4x3x2xAx

Scapula's seven-six was good for the pot to eliminate Breck from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Scapula	173,000 6,000	6,000
Daniel Blum	154,000 46,000	46,000
Brian Breck	Busted

Tags: Brian Breck Daniel Blum Francois Scapula

06-20-2025 14:41 UTC-8

Two in a Row for Kessler

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Limits: 6,000/12,000

Badugi

Allen Kessler opened from under the gun, and Francois Scapula defended from the big blind, drawing two while Kessler stood pat.

Scapula check-called a bet from Kessler after the first draw, and took one while Kessler stood pat again.

Both players checked after the second draw, with Scapula drawing one and Kessler standing pat. With no draws remaining, both players checked.

Kessler showed a jack-badugi with J♦10♣9♠7♥ to win the hand.

Badugi

The next hand, Daniel Blum opened from under the gun and called a three-bet from Kessler in the big blind. Kessler stood pat while Blum drew one.

Kessler bet after the first draw, and Blum called, drawing one while Kessler stood pat again. After the second draw, Kessler bet, and Blum folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	215,000 105,000	105,000
Kyohei Watanabe	185,000 100,000	100,000
Francois Scapula	152,000 21,000	21,000
Daniel Blum	140,000 14,000	14,000
Kevin Gerhart	85,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Daniel Blum Francois Scapula

06-20-2025 14:49 UTC-8

Woods Sends Out O'Dwyer

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Liam Gannon

Level 15 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Limits: 6,000/12,000

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was picked up after the first draw in a three-way pot between Justin Liberto under the gun, James Woods in the cutoff, and Stephen O'Dwyer on the button.

Liberto checked to Woods, who bet, and O'Dwyer called for his last 3,000 to be put all in while Liberto called behind him.

On the second draw, Liberto drew one while Woods stood pat, and O'Dwyer drew one. Liberto check-called a bet from Woods.

With identical drawing action, everyone checked on the end.

Stephen O'Dwyer: 8x5x4x3x2x All in
James Woods: 7x4x3x2xAx
Justin Liberto: Jx6x5x3x2x

Woods' seven-perfect was good for the pot, and he eliminated O'Dwyer from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	161,000 78,000	78,000
Justin Liberto	88,000 6,600	6,600

Stephen O'Dwyer (CA)	Busted

Tags: James Woods Justin Liberto Stephen O'Dwyer