Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Day 2 Completed
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$440,100
Entries
326
Level
25
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Max Kruse Looking for First WSOP Bracelet, Chip Leader Brendan Taylor and Five Others Stand In His Way
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
The final table members in Event #28: $1,500 2-7 Limit Lowball Triple Draw have bagged up for the night. They will return Friday and play for the $109,967 first prize and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Brendan Taylor (714,000) ended the day as the chip leader. He will lead the remaining players into the final table that restarts at 2 p.m. Taylor is the only player at the final table who has won a WSOP gold bracelet.
Right on his heels is Max Kruse. Kruse has become a fixture in the lowball fields at the WSOP with his best finish coming in 2014 when he finished third in the $1,500 No-limit 2-7 Lowball Draw tournament for $36,494. Four of Kruse’s six WSOP cashes have come in lowball games.
The former German football star will enter the day second in chips with 635,000 and a chance to jumpstart his already promising poker career with a WSOP bracelet.
So far it seems Kruse will have the loudest rail for Day 3. As play in Day 2 progressed a group of about 10 friends surrounded the final two tables and watched until the end of play, occasionally singing and chanting.
A potential wildcard in the field is Dean Kerl (190,000). He says he and his wife entered the tournament after a coin flip decided whether they would play Event #28 or cash games. So far it seems to have worked out, with Kerl recording his third WSOP cash and easily the biggest score of his WSOP career.
Jason Riesenberg (270,000), Rick Fuller (78,000), Brian Brubaker (549,000) round out the final table.
All the action from the final table of Event #28 will be right here on PokerNews.com.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 1 | 1 | Brendan Taylor | United States | 714,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 2 | Brian Brubaker | United States | 549,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 3 | Max Kruse | Germany | 635,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 4 | Dean Kerl | United States | 190,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 5 | Jason Riesenberg | United States | 270,000 |
| Brasilia | 1 | 6 | Rick Fuller | United States | 78,000 |
Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
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Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
714,000 | 24,000 |
|
635,000 | 85,000 |
|
549,000 | 45,000 |
|
270,000 | |
|
190,000 | -5,000 |
|
78,000 | -86,000 |
Robert Mizrachi Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,765)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Brian Brubaker raised in middle position and got calls from Max Kruse on his left and small blind Rob Mizrachi. Everyone took a pair of cards and checked. Mizrachi took one, while both Kruse and Brubaker drew two again, so Mizrachi bet. Brubaker folded but Kruse raised. Mizrachi put his remaining chips in and Kruse called.
Each player was pat and Kruse confidently announced an eight-six, rolling 
. Mizrachi simply winged his cards into the muck and headed for payouts, with the remaining players bagging for the final day and the official final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
"My First Wheel of the Tournament"
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Dean Kerl raised under the gun and got called by Rob Mizrachi and Brendan Taylor. Kerl took one and both opponents took two. Everyone checked to Taylor, and he bet. Both players called. Kerl took one, Mizrachi two, and Taylor one. Action checked to Taylor again, and this time only Kerl called his bet. Kerl took a final card and Taylor patted.
Kerl came out betting and Taylor snap-mucked.
"My first wheel of the tournament," Kerl said proudly, showing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
690,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
195,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
80,000 | 10,000 |
Mizrachi Back to Peanuts
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Robert Mizrachi raised in middle position, and Brian Brubaker defended the big blind. Both players took two, and Brubaker check-called. He took two more, but this time Mizrachi only needed one. The four-time bracelet winner bet again and got called. Both players drew again and then checked.
Brubaker tossed 
in and Mizrachi couldn't beat it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
504,000 | 54,000 |
|
|
70,000 | -95,000 |
Robert Mizrachi Doubles Up
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
"Are you pat?" asked Jason Riesenberg heading into the second draw phase.
"No. I'm Rob," Robert Mizrachi responded and then confirmed he was standing pat.
Mizrachi was in the small blind and Riesenberg in the big. Mizrachi kicked off the hand with a raise and Riesenberg called.
Each player drew two cards and then Mizrachi checked. Riesenberg bet and Mizrachi raised. The two players then continued to toss more and more chips into the pot until Mizrachi was all in.
"Are you pat?"
Once Riesenberg got confirmation that Mizrachi was standing pat, he drew one twice while Mizrachi stayed pat with an eight-six.
Riesenberg was drawing live with four cards below seven, but hit a jack and Rob Mizrachi doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | -90,000 |
|
|
165,000 | 90,000 |
Unofficial Final Table Draw and Counts
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brendan Taylor |
| 2 | Brian Brubaker |
| 3 | Max Kruse |
| 4 | Dean Kerl |
| 5 | Rob Mizrachi |
| 6 | Jason Riesenberg |
| 7 | Rick Fuller |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000 | -129,000 |
|
|
550,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
450,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
360,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
164,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -26,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -85,000 |
Kyle Miaso Eliminated in 8th Place ($9,765)
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Rick Fuller raised first to act, and Kyle Miaso defended his big blind. Miaso took three and Fuller two. Miaso check-called. Miaso took two, Fuller one, and Miaso again check-called. Miaso took one card on the last draw, while Fuller was pat. Miaso verbalized a check, and Fuller bet. Miaso called off his last 10,000 or so.
Fuller rolled over , and Miaso mucked a nine-seven, wishing everyone good luck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
163,000 | 27,000 |
|
Busted |
Brubaker Takes From Kerl
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 0 ante
Dean Kerl bet after the first draw in a battle of blinds, and Brian Brubaker raised. Kerl reraised and Brubaker called, and both players patted the last two draws. Kerl led the betting after the second but checked the third. Brubaker bet and Kerl called but couldn't beat .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
454,000 | 137,000 |
|
|
156,000 | -39,000 |