2017 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8x7x5x4x2x
Prize
$232,738
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$752,000
Entries
80
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Adam Owen Leads 26 Players Into Day 2 of Event #34: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Adam Owen
Adam Owen

English professional poker player Adam Owen bagged the chip lead after Day 1 of the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. The initial 80-player field was reduced to 26 remaining hopefuls during the first ten levels of the tournament. The $752,000 prize pool will be divided between the top 12 finishers with $232,738 reserved for the champ.

Owen, 24, specializes in mixed games. He is yet to win a bracelet but he's an accomplished player with many online accolades. Owen is no stranger in WSOP fields. He has four top 10 finishes to his name. He came close to winning the jewelry back in 2015 when he took $104,914 after finishing third to Phil Hellmuth and Mike Gorodinsky in the $10,000 Razz Championship. That prize remains Owen's biggest WSOP cash to date, but his career-best payday came in the EPT13 Barcelona Main Event where he notched another third-place finish, worth €646,250.

Owen tangled in several pots against fresh WSOP bracelet winner James Obst today. Obst himself will come back for Day 2 with a solid 227,000, good for sixth place among the remaining players.

Those who sneaked between Owen and Obst in the chip counts were Robert Campbell (291,000), [Removed:412] (264,500), Mike Watson (261,500) and the $1,500 8-Game runner-up Mike Ross (248,000).

Notable faces among the remaining field include David Benyamine (223,500), Anthony Zinno (204,000), Shaun Deeb (117,000) and Mike Matusow, who bounced back from a short stack. Matusow will continue with 90,500 while Todd Brunson (31,000) and JC Tran (17,500) close the rankings.

Day 1 saw many players depart as heavyweights such as Daniel Negreanu, Mike Gorodinsky, Paul Volpe and John Monnette failed to qualify for the next stage of the tournament.

Event #34 will resume Sunday at 2 p.m. and PokerNews reporters will be at the tables to bring you live coverage from Day 2.

RoomTableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Brasilia7151Ben YuUnited States134,500
Brasilia7152Cary KatzUnited States59,500
Brasilia7153Lyle BermanUnited States133,000
Brasilia7154Mike WattelUnited States124,000
Brasilia7155Nick SchulmanUnited States121,500
Brasilia7156Brian TateUnited States69,000
      
Brasilia7161Michael RossUnited States248,000
Brasilia7162David BenyamineUnited States223,500
Brasilia7163Adam OwenUnited Kingdom336,000
Brasilia7164Shawn BuchananCanada167,500
Brasilia7166Georgii BelianinRussia184,000
      
Brasilia7171Mike MatusowUnited States90,500
Brasilia7172JC TranUnited States17,500
Brasilia7173Jyri MerivirtaFinland51,000
Brasilia7174Robert CampbellAustralia291,000
Brasilia7175Mark GregorichUnited States155,000
      
Brasilia7181Anthony ZinnoUnited States204,000
Brasilia7182Konstantin PuchkovRussia180,000
Brasilia7184Jordan SiegelUnited States136,000
Brasilia7185James ObstAustralia227,000
Brasilia7186Ismael BojangAustria70,500
      
Brasilia7191Shaun DeebUnited States117,000
Brasilia7192Mike WatsonCanada261,500
Brasilia7194Tyler MeservyUnited States102,500
Brasilia7195Todd BrunsonUnited States31,000
Brasilia7196Christopher KrukCanada264,000

Tags: Adam OwenDavid BenyamineJames ObstMike MatusowMike RossMike WatsonShaun Deeb