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

06-27-2025 14:08 UTC-8

Brewer, Rast and Moncek Depart

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

A flurry of eliminations at one table has seen the likes of Yueqi Zhu and Scott Bohlman add to their stacks. After the elimination of Chris Brewer, Matthew Schreiber picked up a pat-seven to eliminate Brian Rast.

A short while later, Michael Moncek was all in against Yueqi Zhu and Scott Bohlman. After the second draw Zhu bet and Bohlman called.

The Zhu and Bohlman both drew one, while Moncek drew two. Zhu and Bohlman both checked.

The three players all drew one. Zhu and Bohlman checked. Bohlman showed a nine-low and Zhu mucked. Moncek was drawing live with 7x6x3x2x but drew a Qx to bust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	390,000 25,000	25,000

Matthew Schreiber	185,000 55,000	55,000

Scott Bohlman	180,000 55,000	55,000

Jason Kluska	160,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Rast	Busted

Michael Moncek	Busted

Chris Brewer	Busted

Tags: Brian Rast Chris Brewer Michael Moncek Scott Bohlman Yueqi Zhu Matthew Schreiber

06-27-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Le Calls Down Tate

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Will Shillibier

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Brian Tate opened and Allan Le defended from the small blind. Eric Wasserson folded his big blind.

"Good fold Eric," said Tate as both players drew two and checked.

Le drew one and Tate drew two. Le bet and Tate called.

Le stood pat and Tate drew one. Le bet and Tate raised. Le called.

"Number six," said Tate who tabled 8x6x4x3x2x. Le showed 7x6x5x4x2x

"I was drawing dead to that hand," said Wasserson, pointing at Tate's. "And you didn't even win!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Oscar Johansson	375,000 5,000	5,000
Brian Tate	335,000 63,000	63,000
Jon Turner	290,000 36,000	36,000

Joshua Kay	170,000 20,000	20,000
Allan Le	135,000 55,000	55,000

Eric Wasserson	130,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Brian Tate Allan Le Eric Wasserson

06-27-2025 14:15 UTC-8

Kelsall Leaves Ausmus Short

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Blinds: 3,000-5,000
Limits: 5,000-10,000

Andrew Kelsall raised in the cutoff and Jeremy Ausmus reraised in the small blind. Kelsall called.

Ausmus drew one and Kelsall took three. Ausmus then bet and Kelsall called.

Both players took one on the second draw and Ausmus checked to Kelsall who bet. Ausmus called and took one more, while Kelsall stood pat.

Both players checked and Kelsall showed 10x7x5x3x2x to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	130,000 85,000	85,000

Jeremy Ausmus	30,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Jeremy Ausmus

Level: 13

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

06-27-2025 14:24 UTC-8

Schulman Shows Yockey an Eight; Krela Catches Perfect to Double Off Schwartz

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

Bryce Yockey raised under the gun, Nick Schulman reraised in the cutoff, and Yockey called.

Yockey drew two and Schulman stood pat. Schulman bet and Yockey called.

Yockey again drew one and Schulman patted and bet. Yockey folded this time and Schulman showed him an 8-6 as he took the pot.

At another table, Luke Schwartz had bet after the second draw and Jonathan Krela called all in.

Schwartz stood pat with 8x7x6x5x2x, while Krela had 6x5x3x2x and drew one. Krela caught a 7x to make a 7-6 and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryce Yockey	220,000 20,000	20,000

Nick Schulman	160,000 25,000	25,000

Jonathan Krela	60,000 25,000	25,000
Luke Schwartz	60,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Bryce Yockey Jonathan Krela Luke Schwartz Nick Schulman

06-27-2025 14:29 UTC-8

Nine-Perfect for Rotholz

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

After the first draw, Mike Thorpe bet and called a raise from Hal Rotholz. Both players drew one.

Thorpe check-called a bet and drew one while Rotholz stood pat. Thorpe checked to Rotholz who checked behind and showed 9x5x4x3x2x for the win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Papastavrou	290,000 110,000	110,000
Gary Fritz	230,000 110,000	110,000
Mike Thorpe	200,000 49,000	49,000
Hal Rotholz	165,000 115,000	115,000

Michael Wolff	145,000 75,000	75,000
Tom McCormick	105,000 82,000	82,000

Tags: Hal Rotholz Mike Thorpe

06-27-2025 14:29 UTC-8

Turner Takes From Johansson

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

Oscar Johansson raised on the button, Jon Turner reraised in the big blind, and Johansson called.

Turner drew one and Johansson two. Turner then bet and Johansson called.

Turner stood pat on the second draw and Johannson again drew two. Turner bet again and Johansson called.

Turner patted the last draw and Johansson took one. Both players checked and Turner showed 9x7x5x4x3x to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oscar Johansson	400,000 25,000	25,000
Jon Turner	320,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jon Turner Oscar Johansson

06-27-2025 14:31 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Will Shillibier

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Vengrin	Busted

Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Phil Hui	Busted

Steve Zolotow	Busted
Ian Chan	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted

06-27-2025 14:32 UTC-8

Millionaire Maker Champ Will Receive $1 Million Contest Bonus Despite Controversy

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Jon Sofen

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker champion will collect the $1 million bonus check from ClubWPT Gold regardless of the WSOP's ruling on the alleged chip-dumping scandal, PokerNews confirmed.

Jesse Yaginuma overcame a 9-1 chip deficit to James Carroll during heads-up play in the $1,500 buy-in tournament to win the $1,255,180 first-place prize, a payout that is currently in limbo due to an open investigation into the matter. Carroll's $1,012,320 second-place cash also remains uncertain.

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Tags: Jesse Yaginuma James Carroll

06-27-2025 14:37 UTC-8

He Surrenders to Ivey

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

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

Liam He raised on the button and Phil Ivey reraised in the small blind. He made it four bets and Ivey called.

Both players drew one and checked after the first draw. They each drew one again on the second draw and Ivey bet. He called and took one more, while Ivey stood pat.

Ivey then bet and He folded this time.

Jason Kluska was recently eliminated at another table.