Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Day 1 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,340,910
Entries
141
Level
25
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Entries
123
Players Left
50
Players Left 1 / 141
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Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today will see the start of Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship at 2 p.m. local time here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, with starting stacks of 60,000 chips.
Day 1 consists of 10 levels, starting at 300/500 blinds and 500/1,000 limits, with 15-minute breaks every two hours of play. Blind levels will increase every 40 minutes for the first six levels, 60 minutes for levels 7-15, and 90 minutes for Levels 16 and beyond. No dinner break is scheduled on Day 1.
The Day 2 restart on June 27 is at 1 p.m. Players will play another 8 levels and have a 60-minute dinner break after Level 15. Those who bag will come back on June 28 for the final session to play down to a winner.
Registration remains open until the start of Level 12, about 2:15 p.m. on Day 2. However, no reentries are permitted.
Poker legend Phil Ivey is the reigning champion in this tournament. He shipped it last summer for $347,400 and his 11th gold bracelet, besting a field of 149 players.
2024 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Ivey | United States | $347,440 |
| 2 | Danny Wong | United States | $225,827 |
| 3 | Jason Mercier | United States | $151,412 |
| 4 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | $104,825 |
| 5 | Jonathan Cohen | Canada | $75,015 |
| 6 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | $55,553 |
Winner’s Reaction
“It’s good. It feels good. It feels good to win always,” Ivey said, with a large crowd gathering to capture the moment a true legend of the game achieved a new career milestone.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
With 14 players to get things started, Event #71: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship is now underway!
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
Xixiang Luo raised on the button and Brian Breck called in the small blind. In the big blind Brian Hastings raised and got two callers.
Breck drew two while Hastings stood pat and Luo drew two behind. Breck checked over to Hastings who bet and only Luo called.
Hastings stood pat on the second draw while Luo drew two a second time and called the bet from Hastings.
The final draw saw Hastings stand pat while Luo drew one and both players checked. Hastings tabled 9x6x5x3x2x for nine-six and it was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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63,100
3,100
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3,100 |
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59,400
600
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600 |
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58,100
1,900
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1,900 |
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Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
Billy Baxter raised under the gun and was three-bet by John Centeno on the button. It was folded back to Baxter, who called.
Baxter drew two and Centeno drew one on the first draw. Baxter then check-called a bet from Centeno.
On the second draw, Baxter took another two off and Ceneto drew one. Baxter check-raised a bet from Ceneteno, who went right back over the top with a three-bet. Baxter called.
Both players stood pat on the end and Baxter check-folded facing a bet from Centeno after a bit of thought.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000 | |
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55,000 | |
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Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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60,000
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60,000 |
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Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
Tal Avivi raised in the hijack and Daniel Strelitz called in the big blind.
Strelitz drew three while Avivi drew two and Strelitz check-called a bet from Avivi.
On the second draw, Strelitz drew two while Avivi drew one and Strelitz check-called a second bey from Avivi.
The final draw saw Strelitz draw one while Avivi stood pat and Strelitz checked. Avivi bet which prompted Strelitz to raise and Avivi folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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63,400
3,400
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3,400 |
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57,500
2,500
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2,500 |
Level 1
: Limits 500/1,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 300-500
Limits: 500-1,000
Limits: 500-1,000
Joe McKeehen raised from the hijack and was three-bet by Brian Hastings in the big blid. McKeehen called.
Hastings drew one and McKeehen drew two on the first draw. McKeehen then called a bet from Hastings.
The same drawing and betting action occurred on the second draw and then Hastings stood pat while McKeehen drew one on the final round.
Hastings checked to McKeehen, who quickly tossed out a bet. Hastings thought it over, but eventually landed on a fold and McKeehen dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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64,000
900
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900 |
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58,000
2,000
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