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

06-20-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Mohamed Has Klodnicki Pipped

Liam Gannon

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

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

2-7 Triple Draw

Ahmed Mohamed called in the cutoff and David Tarbet called in the small blind which saw Chris Klodnicki raise and only Mohamed called.

Klodnicki drew one and Mohamed drew two which saw Klodnicki bet and Mohamed call.

On the second draw Klodnicki stood pat and bet dark which saw Mohamed call after drawing one himself.

Both players stood pat on the final draw and checked through, prompting Klodnicki to turn over 8x7x6x4x3x. It was no good against Mohamed who turned over 8x7x6x4x2x to have him pipped by one and Mohamed raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	224,000 101,000	101,000

Ahmed Mohamed	195,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Ahmed Mohamed Chris Klodnicki David Tarbet

06-20-2025 14:55 UTC-8

Rheem Wins Without Showdown

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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

A-5 Triple Draw

Junhyoung Ki limped in from under the gun, Michael Lin limped behind in the small blind and Chino Rheem checked in the big blind, drawing two while his two opponents each drew one.

After the first draw Lin checked, Rheem bet and both opponents called. This time Rheem stood pat while his two opponents each drew one.

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulz	355,000 29,000	29,000
Chino Rheem	305,000 21,000	21,000
Junhyoung Ki	170,000 45,000	45,000
Michael Lin	105,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Junhyoung Ki Michael Lin

06-20-2025 15:00 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Yu	Busted
Lawrence Berg	Busted

Ilkka Heikkila	Busted
Carol Anderson	Busted
Larry Tull	Busted
Mark Epstein	Busted
John Bell	Busted
Thor Morstoel	Busted
Chun Yam	Busted
Justin Liberto	Busted

David Rodriguez	Busted
Jerry Wong	Busted

Hrair Danielyan	Busted

06-20-2025 15:02 UTC-8

Hand-for-Hand

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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

With 70 spots paid and 71 players remaining the tournament staff have announced the start of hand-for-hand play.

06-20-2025 15:14 UTC-8

Lombardo Doubles from the Brink

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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

2-7 Triple Draw

Benny Glaser opened from the hijack. All players folded except John Lombardo, who was automatically all-in from the big blind after being left with just 2,000 chips from the previous hand.

On the first draw Lombardo drew three and Glaser drew two. On the second draw Lombardo drew three and Glaser stood pat.

Lombardo stood pat on the third draw and Glaser broke his hand, drawing one.

John Lombardo: 8x7x6x4x2x All in
Benny Glaser: 8x6x3x2x

Lombardo had an eight-seven and only needed to fade a four, five or seven from Glaser. Glaser paired up after catching a 3x and Lombardo doubled up on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	235,000 7,000	7,000

John Lombardo	6,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Benny Glaser John Lombardo

06-20-2025 15:17 UTC-8

Tate Survives With Eight-Perfect

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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

2-7 Triple Draw

David Prociak opened from the hijack and Brian Tate three-bet from the small blind which saw Prociak call.

Both players drew one and Tate bet to see Prociak call.

Tate stood pat on the second draw while Prociak drew one and Tate moved all in for his last bet which saw Prociak call.

The final draw saw Tate stand pat and Prociak drew one.

Brian Tate: 8x5x4x3x2x All in
David Prociak: 8x6x5x3x2x

Tate's eight perfect was good to survive and the bubble process continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Prociak	491,000 41,000	41,000

Brian Tate	61,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: Brian Tate David Prociak

06-20-2025 15:26 UTC-8

Rheem Knocks Out Ki to Burst the Money Bubble

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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

A-5 Triple Draw

Action was caught between three players just before the second draw, with Junhyoung Ki already all-in from a previous street after starting the hand very short-stacked. Michael Lin drew one from the small blind, Chino Rheem drew one from the big blind and Junhyoung Ki drew two from the hijack.

Lin check-folded to Rheem after the second draw. Rheem and Ki then each drew one.

Junhyoung Ki: 5x3x2xAx All in
Chino Rheem: 6x3x2xAx

Ki caught a Jx while Rheem drew a 5x to make a six-low and eliminate Ki on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chino Rheem	310,000 5,000	5,000
Michael Lin	236,000 131,000	131,000
Junhyoung Ki	Busted

Tags: Chino Rheem Junhyoung Ki Michael Lin

Level: 16

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

06-20-2025 15:46 UTC-8

Tarbet Shows Down Eight-Perfect

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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

2-7 Triple Draw

Ben Yu opened from the hijack, David Tarbet three-bet from the cutoff, Chris Klodnicki called from the button and Yu called. Tarbet drew one while the other two players drew two each.

After the first draw Yu checked, Tarbet bet, Klodnicki raised to two bets, Yu called and Tarbet called. All three players drew one, checked and drew one again.

With no draws remaining Yu checked, Tarbet bet, Klodnicki folded and Yu called. Tarbet showed 8x5x4x3x2x and Yu mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Klodnicki	302,000 78,000	78,000

David Tarbet	280,000 143,000	143,000
Ken Aldridge	217,000 123,000	123,000
Ahmed Mohamed	146,000 49,000	49,000
Ben Yu	135,000 58,000	58,000

Kyohei Watanabe	97,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Ben Yu Chris Klodnicki David Tarbet

06-20-2025 15:52 UTC-8

Nematinia Wins With a Nine

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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

Action was picked up in a three-way pot between Michael Balan in the big blind, Amir Nematinia in first position, and Joshua Brower in the cutoff.

Balan and Nematinia drew two while Brower drew one and action checked around to Brower who bet to receive two callers.

On the second draw, Balan drew two while Nematinia and Brower both drew one. Balan checked over to Nematinia who bet and both of his opponents called.

The final draw saw Balan draw one, Nematinia stand pat, and Brower drew one. Action checked through and Nematinia turned over 9x8x7x4x2x for nine-eight and it was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amir Nematinia	317,000 221,000	221,000
Michael Balan	159,000 101,000	101,000

Joshua Brower	132,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Amir Nematinia Joshua Brower Michael Balan