Event #63: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

Jun 24, 2025

Tilton's Ten Bests Krescanko's Ducks

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

James Tilton raised from the cutoff and was called by Mike Krescanko in the big blind.

Krescanko drew two on the first draw and Tilton drew one. Krescanko then check-called a bet from Tilton.

On the second draw, Krescanko drew two and Tilton stood pat. Krescanko again check-called a bet.

Krescanko reduced his draw to one and Tilton remained pat on the end. Both players then checked and Krescanko announced, "Deuces." Tilton showed 10x8x7x3x2x for a ten-low to claim the pot.

Tags: James Tilton Mike Krescanko

Jun 24, 2025

Number Five for Filippi

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Will Shillibier

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Nicolas Milgrom raised and was called by Amnon Filippi.

Milgrom drew one and Filippi drew two. Milgrom bet and Filippi called.

The draws repeated and Milgrom bet.

"Oh it's a good one," said Filippi after looking at the first of his two new cards. "You don't want to be raised by me! It's going to hurt."

He then looked at his second card and raised.

"Let's see what happens," he said. Milgrom called and drew one. "I'll stay with these," said Filippi, who stood pat and bet when checked to. Milgrom folded.

Filippi flashed 8x5x4x3x2x for number five.

Tags: Amnon Filippi Nicolas Milgrom

Jun 24, 2025

Jett Eliminated

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Yori Epskamp

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Poker icon Chip Jett was down to his final 31,000 in chips and committed those against Mike Krescanko.

Krescanko drew three on the first draw while Jett drew two. Both players took one apiece on the second draw. Krescanko drew once more while Jett waved his hand before the final draw.

Jett opened up 9x8x6x4x2x and Krescanko tabled 7x4x3x2x for a wheel draw. He turned over an 8x to send Jett to the rail in 53rd place.

Tags: Chip Jett Michael Krescanko Jr

Jun 24, 2025

Zhu Gets a Little Value From Turner

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Action folded around to the blinds, where Yueqi Zhu raised from the small blind and Jon Turner called in the big blind.

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

On the second draw, Zhu reduced his draw to one and Turner took another two. Zhu bet and Turner called.

Zhu stood pat on the end and Turner drew one. Both players then checked and Zhu turned over 9x6x4x3x2x. Turner mucked his hand and Zhu padded his stack.

Tags: Jon Turner Yueqi Zhu

Jun 24, 2025

Jack-Low Good for Mead

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Will Shillibier

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Takuro Matsumoto opened and was called by David Mead. Both players drew two and Mead check-called a bet.

Both players drew one and Mead check-called another bet.

Matsumoto then stood pat and Mead drew one. Matusmoto bet.

"Give me a minute guys," said Mead as he pondered his decision. He eventually called. Matusmoto revealed 7x7x5x4x3x for a pair of sevens and Mead won the pot with Jx8x6x5x2x

Tags: David Mead Takuro Matsumoto

Jun 24, 2025

Rakuss Dealt a Pat Eight

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Yori Epskamp

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Three bets each went in before the first draw. On the first draw, Jong Lim drew one, Eduards Rakuss stood pat, and Adam Greenlee drew two. Rakuss bet after the draw and received two callers.

The second draw followed the same pattern of one, pat, two. Lim checked, Rakuss bet, Greenlee raised, and Lim went in the tank. He asked the dealer to spread the pot and stood up to take a closer look at the action. After a minute or so, he opted to fold and Rakuss called.

Rakuss remained pat and Greenlee drew one card. Rakuss checked and Greenlee flipped up 8x8x. Rakuss showed 8x7x6x4x2x and Lim sighed loudly.

Tags: Adam Friedman Adam Greenlee Eduards Rakuss Jong Lim

Jun 24, 2025

Tsurikov Bets the Whole Way

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Yegor Tsurikov raised on the button and Travis Erdman defended his big blind.

Erdman drew three and Tsurikov drew two on the first draw. Erdman then check-called a bet from Tsurikov.

On the second draw, Erdman drew two and Tsurikov drew one. Erdman again check-called a bet.

Both players took one off on the final draw and Erdman check-called one last bet from Tsurikov, who tabled 8x5x4x3x2x. Erdman couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Tsurikov.

Tags: Travis Erdman Yegor Tsurikov

Jun 24, 2025

Milgrom Doubles His Short Stack Through Deeb

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Shaun Deeb raised first to act and action folded to Nicolas Milgrom, who three-bet from the big blind. Deeb four-bet to put Milgrom all in and Milgrom called.

Milgrom drew one and then stood pat on the second and third draw, while Deeb drew one on every draw.

Nicolas Milgrom: 9x8x7x4x3x All in
Shaun Deeb: 7x5x3x2x

Deeb peeked down at his final draw, which turned out to be a Qx and then used it to scoop up his cards and send them into the muck — awarding Milgrom the double up.

Deeb was left with just 50,000 following the hand and was eliminated shortly thereafter.

Tags: Nicolas Milgrom Shaun Deeb

Jun 24, 2025

Boik Gets There To Eliminate Mueller

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Will Shillibier

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

According to Michael Boik, on first draw with Greg Mueller all-in, Boik drew two and Mueller drew one.

On the second and third draw, Boik drew one and Mueller stood pat.

Greg Mueller: 8x7x6x5x2x All in
Michael Boik: 8x7x4x2x

Boik's last card was a 3x to make a better eight-seven low and eliminate Mueller.

Tags: Greg Mueller Michael Boik

Jun 24, 2025

Neff's Ten is Enough

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Dan O'Hair

Level 18

Blinds: 5,000-10,000
Limits: 10,000-20,000

Peter Neff raised from the hijack and found one caller in David Mead from the big blind.

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

On the second draw, Mead drew one and Neff took two off. Neff then called a bet from Mead.

Mead drew one again on the end and Neff stood pat. Both players checked and Mead shrugged, which got Neff to turn over 10x9x8x7x2x. Mead mucked upon seeing it and Neff added to his stack.