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

06-24-2025 17:09 UTC-8

Zaichenko In Trouble

Yori Epskamp

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Picking up action after the second draw, Abdel Hamid bet and Andrey Zaichenko raised. Hamid took his time before calling.

Hamid drew one and Zaichenko stood pat. After the draw, Hamid bet and Zaichenko snapped him off.

Hamid showed 7x6x4x3x2x for an old-fashioned Number Two. Zaichenko muttered heavily under his breath before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdel Hamid	720,000 370,000	370,000
Aaron Cummings	450,000 230,000	230,000

Sebastian Pauli	340,000 150,000	150,000
Benjamin Eilers	285,000 185,000	185,000
Michael Solheim	230,000 70,000	70,000
Andrey Zaichenko	115,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Abdel Hamid Andrey Zaichenko

06-24-2025 17:13 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Brunner	1,075,000 185,000	185,000
Abdel Hamid	700,000 20,000	20,000
Aaron Cummings	520,000 70,000	70,000

Christopher Claassen	515,000 145,000	145,000

Jennifer Kellar	500,000 100,000	100,000
Peter Neff	475,000 55,000	55,000
Mike Krescanko Jr	460,000 10,000	10,000
William Romaine	460,000 30,000	30,000
Nick Guagenti	425,000

David Mead	400,000 50,000	50,000
Shunjiro Uchida	350,000 25,000	25,000
Nathan Gamble	350,000 50,000	50,000

Sebastian Pauli	325,000 15,000	15,000
Benjamin Eilers	270,000 15,000	15,000
Robert Mizrachi	250,000 290,000	290,000

Michael Solheim	210,000 20,000	20,000
Andrey Zaichenko	100,000 15,000	15,000

Zachery Senser	60,000 45,000	45,000

Korn Gets Trappy With a Wheel

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Heads-up after the first draw, Andres Korn bet from under the gun and Raymond Henson called from directly behind.

Korn stood pat and Henson drew one. Henson then called another bet from Kron.

On the final draw, Korn remained pat and Henson drew again. Korn checked and Henson checked behind.

"Wheel," Korn announced as he fanned out 7x5x4x3x2x. Henson dutifully sent his cards into the muck and was left with just 75,000 following the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	300,000 125,000	125,000

Raymond Henson	75,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Andres Korn Raymond Henson

06-24-2025 17:18 UTC-8

Henson Eliminated by Kerbel

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Yori Epskamp

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

After being left on fumes in the hand against Andres Korn, Ray Henson played another hand where he optied to fold after the second draw. Having just 30,000 left after that hand, he was all in from the small blind in the next hand against Jay Kerbel in the big.

Both players drew two cards on the first draw. Henson drew two and Kerbel went for one on the second draw. Henson drew one on the final draw and Kerbel stood pat, quickly revealing his 7x6x4x3x2x.

Henson was drawing to a nine, rendering the final card moot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	1,300,000 630,000	630,000
Raymond Henson	Busted

Tags: Jay Kerber Raymond Henson

06-24-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Reigning Main Event Champ Jonathan Tamayo on New WSOP Rules & Folding Pocket Queens

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Connor Richards

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 30th episode, Connor talks with 2024 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo about growing up in Humble, Texas, studying hotel management at Cornell University, graduating during the 2008 recession, running deep in the 2009 and 2015 Main Events, his friendship with fellow Main Event champion Joe McKeehen, winning the biggest-ever WSOP Main Event for $10 million, and his first purchase as world champion.

Tamayo also spoke about his infamous fold with pocket queens late in the 2024 Main Event, which he says cost him $120,000 in equity, and gave his thoughts on new rules implemented at the 2025 WSOP in the wake of "LaptopGate," as well as the Main Event structure and Phil Hellmuth's proposed boycott that he has since rescinded.

Tags: Connor Richards Joe McKeehen Jonathan Tamayo

06-24-2025 17:25 UTC-8

Wagner Takes From Douglas

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Will Shillibier

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Michael Wagner opened and called a three-bet from Kenneth Douglas.

Both players drew one and Wagner bet. Douglas raised and Wagner called.

Both players stood pat and Wagner check-called a bet. Both players stood pat and then checked.

"Eight-six," said Douglas, but it was no good as Wagner tabled 8x5x4x3x2x and won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Kerbel	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Eduards Rakuss	720,000 35,000	35,000
Michael Wagner	615,000 65,000	65,000
Andres Korn	260,000 40,000	40,000

Kenneth Douglas	40,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Kenneth Douglas Michael Wagner

06-24-2025 17:26 UTC-8

Eilers Up, Pauli Short, Zaichenko Cooked

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Yori Epskamp

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

With Andrey Zaichenko already all in, Sebastian Pauli bet after the second draw and Benjamin Eilers raised. Pauli called and stood pat going into the final draw. Eilers drew one, as did Zaichenko. Pauli checked, Eilers bet, and Pauli called.

Eilers spread out 7x6x4x3x2x for a Number Two, Pauli showed 8x7x4x3x2x to be left with three big bets.

Zaichenko finished third best with his Jx6x4x3x2x and headed for the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Eilers	400,000 130,000	130,000
Sebastian Pauli	90,000 235,000	235,000
Andrey Zaichenko	Busted

Tags: Andrey Zaichenko Benjamin Eilers Sebastian Pauli

06-24-2025 17:33 UTC-8

More For Lord

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Andrew Brown raised from the hijack and was three-bet by Kristan Lord on the button. Brandon Shack-Harris made it four bets to go from the small blind and both Brown and Lord called.

Shack-Harris and Brown drew one while Lord drew two on the first draw. Shack-Harris bet, Brown called, and Lord raised. Shack-Harris and Brown called.

On the second draw, Shack-Harris and Brown drew one and Lord stood pat. It was then checked to Lord, who bet. Shack-Harris and Brown called.

The same drawing action occurred on the final round and Shack-Harris checked to Brown, who bet. Lord called and Shack-Harris folded.

"Eight-six perfect," Brown announced. Lord tabled 7x6x5x4x2x for Number Four and Brown mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristan Lord	670,000 250,000	250,000
Andrew Brown	575,000 60,000	60,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	520,000 105,000	105,000

Kenneth Douglas	Busted

Tags: Andrew Brown Brandon Shack-Harris Kristan Lord

06-24-2025 17:33 UTC-8

Lord vs. Shack-Harris

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Will Shillibier

Level 20

Blinds: 10,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000

Kristan Lord raised and Brandon Shack-Harris called.

Lord drew one and Shack-Harris drew two. Lord bet, Shack-Harris raised and Lord called.

Both players drew one and checked. Both players drew one again. Lord bet and Shack-Harris eventually called.

Lord tabled 9x7x6x3x2x and won the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristan Lord	700,000 280,000	280,000
Jon Turner	600,000 150,000	150,000

Andrew Brown	540,000 25,000	25,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	350,000 275,000	275,000

Wilson Leung	240,000 65,000	65,000
Michelle Chin	210,000 70,000	70,000