Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-26-2025 21:05 UTC-8

Tate is "Hitting Good"

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht raised on the button and was called by Brian Tate in the small blind for a heads-up pot.

Tate drew three and Zwingmann-Gocht drew two on the first draw. Tate led out for a bet and Zwingmann-Gocht called.

On the second draw, Tate drew one and Zwingmann-Gocht drew two. Zwingmann-Gocht again called a bet from Tate.

Tate drew one and Zwingmann-Gocht stood pat on the final draw. Tate kept his foot on the gas for a final bet and Zwingmann-Gocht looked him up.

Tate turned over 8x6x5x4x2x and Zwingmann-Gocht said, "You're hitting good!" before sending his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Tate	240,000 90,000	90,000
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	57,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht Brian Tate

06-26-2025 21:01 UTC-8

Zwingmann-Gocht KOs Ko

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Ryan Ko raised in the cutoff and Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht raised on the button and Ko clicked it back to see Zwingmann-Gocht call.

Ko drew one while Zwingmann-Gocht drew two and Ko bet to see Zwingmann-Gocht call.

On the following draw, both players drew one and Ko bet while Zwingmann-Gocht called.

The final draw saw Ko stand pat and Zwingmann-Gocht drew one. Ko moved all in and Zwingmann-Gocht called.

Ryan Ko: 8x7x4x3x2x All in
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht: 8x6x5x4x2x

Zwingmann-Gocht's eight-six was good for the pot and Ko was eliminated late in the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht	110,000 22,500	22,500
Ryan Ko	Busted

Tags: Lucas Zwingmann-Gocht Ryan Ko

06-26-2025 20:50 UTC-8

Glantz Catches Straight Buff From Dzivielevski

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Yuri Dzivielevski raised fro the small blind and Matt Glantz defended his big blind.

Dzivielevski drew three and Glantz drew one on the first draw. Dzivielevski then check-called a bet from Glantz.

On the second draw, Dzivielevski reduced his draw to two and Glantz took one again. Both players checked after.

Each player requested one on the end and Dzivielevski led out for a bet. Glantz look him up and Dzivielevski announced "Straight," as he fanned out 7x6x5x4x3x

Glantz tabled 9x8x6x5x4x and was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	200,000 20,000	20,000

Matt Glantz	100,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Matt Glantz Yuri Dzivielevski

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

06-26-2025 20:36 UTC-8

Anderson Muscles a Pot from Brannan

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Action folded to the blinds, where Frank Brannan raised from the small blind. Calvin Anderson three-bet from the big blind and Brannan called.

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

On the second draw, Brannan drew two again and Anderson stood pat. Brannan check-folded facing another bet from Calvin, who padded his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	144,000 1,000	1,000

Calvin Anderson	65,000 65,000	65,000

06-26-2025 20:23 UTC-8

Nighttime Bustouts

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe McKeehen	Busted

Yehuda Buchalter	Busted
Brad Owen	Busted

James Tilton	Busted
Mike Peltekci	Busted
Brian Yoon	Busted

Dario Alioto	Busted

Maksim Pisarenko	Busted

Xixiang Luo	Busted

Laith Salem	Busted
Jesse Lonis	Busted

06-26-2025 20:20 UTC-8

Negreanu Continues to Climb

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Daniel Negreanu raised first to act and found one caller in Bradley Libson on the button.

Negreanu drew one and Libson drew two on the first draw. Libson then called a bet from Negreanu.

On the second draw, Negreanu stood pat and Libson drew one. Negreanu bet again and Libson let his hand go without much thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	170,000 16,000	16,000

Bradley Libson	25,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Bradley Libson Daniel Negreanu

06-26-2025 20:15 UTC-8

Obst Bets Out Negreanu

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

James Obst raised in the small blind and in the big blind, Daniel Negreanu called.

Obst drew one while Negreanu drew two and Obst bet to see Negreanu call.

Both players drew one and Obst check-called a bet from Negreanu.

On the final draw, Obst drew one while Negreanu stood pat and Negreanu folded to Obst's bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	154,000 19,000	19,000

James Obst	129,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu James Obst

06-26-2025 20:07 UTC-8

"Blockers are a Myth"

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Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Jason Papastavrou raised on the button and Brian Yoon defended his big blind.

Yoon drew two and Papastavrou drew three on the first draw and then both players checked.

On the second draw, both players took two off and checked again.

Yoon stood pat and Papastavrou drew one on the final draw. Yoon led out for a bet and Papastavrou raised, much to the dismay of Yoon.

"It's unbelievable..."' Yoon muttered. "Blockers are a myth!"

Yoon stewed over what to do for a while, but eventually landed on a fold — saving his last 6,000 behind.

Papastavrou graciously showed 7x5x4x3x2x for a wheel before collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Papastavrou	88,000 56,500	56,500
Brian Yoon	6,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Brian Yoon Jason Papastavrou

06-26-2025 20:01 UTC-8

Alioto Triples Afret Israelashvili Pairs

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 2,000-3,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

Dario Alioto raised from first position and Roland Israelashvili raised in the cutoff which saw only Andres Korn call in the small blind. Alioto called to put his stack at risk.

Both Korn and Alioto drew two while Israelashvili drew one and Korn check-called a bet from Israelashvili.

The second drawing round saw the exact same draws and action checked around to Israelashvili who bet and Korn folded.

Alioto drew two and Israelashvili drew one.

Dario Alioto: 8x3x2x All in
Roland Israelashvili: 8x7x4x3x

Israelashvili turned over a 3x to show that he paired which was good news for Alioto who turned over Ax9x to secure the double up.