Oscar Johansson was eliminated after a series of hands that left him short and heads up against Dean Kerl.
He played a three-way hand against Brian Brubaker and Jason Riesenberg. Brubaker got dealt a pat eight and bet until the final draw, getting close to max value.
When Johansson was in the big blind, Kerl raised and he called. Johansson was drawing, but Kerl was pat the whole way.
Johansson drew three, then two, then one. Kerl showed a nine-six and Johansson was eliminated when he drew a pair of twos.
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.
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.
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.
, and Miaso mucked a nine-seven, wishing everyone good luck.
