Welcome to the third and final day of the Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. Yesterday, two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Shaun Deeb bagged up the chip lead with 1,125,000, which was over 250,000 more than his closest competitor, Nick Schulman who finished with 865,000.
But this final table is full of studs, so Deeb will have his work cut out for him if he wants to lock up bracelet number three. Bracelet winners Schulman, Ben Yu and Mike Matusow are all looking to add multiples to their bracelet collection while Mike Watson and Shawn Buchanan are looking to follow up multiple World Series of Poker cashes and final tables with their first bracelet.
Of course, there is more than just the bracelet on the line. Everyone playing today will walk away with at least $35,532 for their finish and up for grabs is the first-place prize of $232,738.
Final Table Seat Assignments
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Nick Schulman
United States
865,000
2
Mike Matusow
United States
363,000
3
Mike Watson
Canada
750,000
4
Ben Yu
United States
566,000
5
Shaun Deeb
United States
1,125,000
6
Shawn Buchanan
Canada
437,000
Play is set to resume at 2 p.m. PDT on Monday and PokerNews will be here will all the updates, so stay tuned.
Mike Matusow raised from the button. He was called by Mike Watson in the small blind and Ben Yu in the big blind. Watson took two, Yu took two, and Matusow took three on the first draw.
Watson checked, Yu bet, and both players called. On the second draw, Watson took two, Yu took one, and Matusow took two. Watson checked. Yu bet. Matusow moved all in for 57,000, just 17,000 more than the bet. Watson thought for a minute then called.
"My options are only to call or fold, right?" Yu asked. The dealer confirmed and Yu called.
Watson took one, Yu stood pat, and Matusow thought for a while, then broke and took one.
Watson and Yu then checked. Watson showed an then mucked his hand when Yu showed .
"OK, I'm drawing live," Matusow said. He turned up , then peeled his last card and flipped it up in the air revealing the . Yu took down the pot while Matusow was eliminated in sixth. He will take home $35,532 for his run.
Ben Yu raised from the button and was called by Shaun Deeb from the small blind and Shawn Buchanan from the big blind. Deeb and Buchanan took two on the first draw while Yu took one. Then all three players checked.
On the second draw, Deeb took one, Buchanan took two, and Yu took one. Deeb bet. Buchanan moved all in for 79,000. Yu called over the floor and asked if Deeb would be allowed to raise if he called, and the floor explained that since it's more than half a bet, he would be able to. Yu then folded. Deeb called the all in.
Deeb stood pat on the last draw while Buchanan drew one. Deeb showed . With his last draw, Buchanan turned up and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Shaun Deeb raised from the cutoff. Nick Schulman made it three bets from the button. Ben Yu made it four bets from the button. Deeb folded but Schulman called.
Both players drew one then Yu bet and Schulman called.
On the second draw, both players stood pat. Yu bet and Schulman called.
On the last draw, Yu stood pat. Schulman thought for several minutes about breaking his hand, but decided just to stand pat. Yu bet and Schulman called again.
Yu showed and Schulman mucked.
"Can I see the top card one time?" Schulman asked.
. Watson showed 
then mucked his hand when Yu showed 
. Yu took down the pot while Matusow was eliminated in sixth. He will take home $35,532 for his run.
