Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Giorno 2 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-13 13:27 UTC-7

Chan Takes from Barber

Livello 16

Lok Chan bet from under the gun and received one call from Andrew Barber in the small blind. Both players drew two.

Barber check-called a bet from Chan after the first draw. This time both players drew one.

After the second draw Barber check-called another bet from Chan. This time both players stood pat.

With no draws left action checked around and Chan showed 9x8x7x4x3x which was good enough to win the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andrew Barber	102,000 15,500	15,500

Lok Chan	63,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Andrew Barber Lok Chan

2023-06-13 13:17 UTC-7

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Richard Farris	Eliminato
Hernan Salazar	Eliminato
Jason Papastavrou	Eliminato
Sherry Hammers	Eliminato
Maria Ho	Eliminato
Larry Holmes	Eliminato
Michael Wagner	Eliminato
Ryan Tosoc	Eliminato

Joel Deutsch	Eliminato
Brant Hale	Eliminato
Bryan Dickson	Eliminato
Michael Coombs	Eliminato
Andrew Yeh	Eliminato

Moises Rivas	Eliminato
Jason Riesenberg	Eliminato
Ahmed Amin	Eliminato

Action was picked up after the second draw. John Monette and Viktor Blom checked in the small and big blind respectively. Miguel Bermude bet from the cutoff and Jeffrey Vaughn called. Monette raised to two bets, prompting Blom to fold. Bermude and Vaughn both called. Monette stood pat and both of his opponents drew one.

With no draws left all three players checked. Monette showed 8x7x5x4x2x to take down a sizable pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
John Monnette	240,000 51,000	51,000

Viktor Blom	68,500 -20,000	-20,000
Jeffrey Vaughn	56,000 -6,500	-6,500
Miguel Rodriguez Bermude	45,500 -38,500	-38,500

Tags: Jeffrey Vaughn John Monette Miguel Bermude Viktor Blom

2023-06-13 13:12 UTC-7

Zack up Early

Livello 16

Dan Zack raised in the cutoff and was three-bet by Allen Kessler in the small blind. Bradley Butcher called all in for his remaining stack from the big blind and Zack called as well.

Kessler drew one, Butcher drew three and Zack drew three on the first draw and then Kessler bet. Zack called.

Kessler drew one again on the second draw, Butcher drew three, and Zack drew two on the second draw. Kessler again bet and Zack called.

Everyone drew one on the final draw and Kessler checked to Zack, who bet.

"It's going to be one of those days," Kessler said as he folded.

Zack tabled 8x7x5x4x2x, which was good for it all and Butcher was knocked out in the early going.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Daniel Zack	130,000 25,500	25,500

Allen Kessler	105,000 -7,000	-7,000
Bradley Butcher	Eliminato

Livello: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Limits: 3,000/6,000

2023-06-13 13:00 UTC-7

Cards in The Air

The remaining 166 players have taken their seats and action is now underway!

2023-06-13 11:41 UTC-7

Gola Leads Star-Studded Field of Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

Welcome to Day 2 of Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Jason Gola enters Day 2 as chip leader of the 166 remaining players after amassing an impressive 221,500 chips yesterday. Second in chips is none other than four-time WSOP bracelet winner John Monnette, who already has two final table appearances in the 2023 World Series of Poker Monnette got fifth place in Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em and fourth place in Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud and will be looking to continue his hot run this series.

Several other top poker talents are still in the hunt, including but not limited to Alex Epstein (182,500), Chris Vitch (144,000), Benny Glaser (126,500), Dan Zack (104,500), Farzad Bonyadi (99,500), Patrick Leonard (92,000), and David Bach (91,500).

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jason Gola	United States	221,500	74
2	John Monnette	United States	189,000	63
3	Zoltan Gal	Hungary	187,000	62
4	Tom Schneider	United States	186,000	62
5	David Prociak	United States	185,000	62
6	Alex Epstein	United States	182,500	61
7	Samuel Sternfield	United States	171,500	57
8	Daniel Vargas	United States	171,000	57
9	John Hutchinson	United States	167,500	56
10	David Funkhouser	United States	163,500	55

Action will get back underway at 1 p.m. local time. Play will resume on level 16, which features 1,500-3,000 blinds with 3,000-6,000 limits. Levels will last 60 minutes each and Day 2, which will conclude after 10 additional levels have been played. Players will get a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break at the conclusion of level 21 (~7:30 p.m.)

The money bubble will burst once the field gets down to 78 players, at which point everyone will be guaranteed to take home at least $2,405.

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Tags: Alex Epstein Benny Glaser Chris Vitch Daniel Vargas John Monnette Paris Las Vegas Patrick Leonard Samuel Sternfield Tom Schneider Zoltan Gal

Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

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