2026 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship
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Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
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Day 1 of the $10,000 NL Deuce-to-Seven Championship Stars at 2:00 p.m. Local Time

Matthew Pitt
Matthew Pitt
Nick Schulman
Nick Schulman

Some of poker's biggest names are expected to enter Event #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship here at the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Those who followed PokerNews' coverage of this event in 2025 will recall that Nick Schulman came out on top and earned his seventh bracelet.

The $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven is always a popular event, so expect poker's big hitters to turn out in force as they attempt to win their first or add to their bracelet collections.

📌 Event Snapshot

  • Event: #17: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
  • Date(s): June 2-4, 2026
  • Time: 2:00 p.m. local time on Day 1
  • Buy-In: $10,000
  • Format: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
  • Late Registration: Open for 11 levels (approx. 2:15 p.m. local time on Day 2)
  • Starting Stack: 60,000 chips
  • Levels: 60 minutes on Levels 1-15, extending to 90 minutes thereafter
  • 2025 Winner: Nick Schulman ($497,356)
  • 2025 Field Size: 233
  • 2025 Prize Pool: 2,166,900

Structure and Schedule

This $10,000 championship event has a superb structure that allows the cream to rise to the top.Day 1 starts at 2:00 p.m. local time on June 2, with players sitting down behind a pile of 60,000 chips. The plan is to play 10 levels, each lasting 60 minutes. A well-deserved 15-minute break is scheduled every two levels, but there is no dinner break.

Late registration remains open for 11 levels, at around 2:15 p.m. local time on Day 2. Day 2 starts at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 3, and players aim to complete eight levels. Levels 11-15 last 60 minutes before extending to 90 minutes thereafter. A 15-minute break is planned at the end of Levels 11 and 13, a 60-minute dinner break after Level 15 (approx. 6:30 p.m. local time), and a 10-minute break after Level 16.

Day 3 begins at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 4, with the plan to play down to a winner. Ten-minute breaks are penciled in after every level, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 22 at around 7:30 p.m. local time.

Past Champions & History

Nick Schulman won this event at the 2025 WSOP. He took home $497,356 and his seventh WSOP bracelet. Schulman defeated Darren Elias heads-up, a talented 2-7 player; Schulman was full of praise for his final opponent.

“First of all, Darren Elias, with whom I heads-up, is easily, probably the toughest No-Limit Deuce player I’ve ever played with. Big shoutout to him. It was a crap shoot at the end, and I made hands. It’s a little silly. He just hung in there the whole time and played so great,” Schulman said after surviving the war, offering nothing but compliments to his opponent. “It’s a little emotional because I was content to lose to him because he deserved it. I wanted to win. It feels amazing. I’m a little bit overwhelmed with this one.”

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Tags: Daniel NegreanuDarren EliasNick SchulmanParis Las Vegas