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

2023-06-14 01:00 UTC-7

Glaser Bags the Day 2 Chip Lead in Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw

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Play has ended for the day in Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Some 166 players returned for Day 2 out of an original field of 522, surpassing last year's event, which drew 350 players. After 10 levels of play, only 18 players found a bag for the third and final day.

Of those 18 players Benny Glaser emerged as the chip leader after being short-stacked for most of the early levels of the day. He bagged an impressive 1,185,000 chips, the exact same number of chips he bagged at the end of Day 2 for last year's event. Not far behind Glaser are John Monette with 1,155,000 and Ziyuan Wang with 1,105,000.

End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds	Big Bets
1	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	1,185,000	40	20
2	John Monnette	United States	1,155,000	39	19
3	Ziyuan Wang	China	1,105,000	37	18
4	Michael Rodrigues	Portugal	1,100,000	37	18
5	Patrick Leonard	United Kingdom	1,090,000	36	18
6	Alexander Freund	Austria	1,035,000	35	17
7	Josh Damm	United States	995,000	33	17
8	Allen Kessler	United States	900,000	30	15
9	Christopher Chung	United States	825,000	28	14
10	James Williams	United States	760,000	25	13

Recent addition to the WSOP champions club Michael Rodrigues (1,100,000), Patrick Leonard (1,090,000), and Alexander Freund (1,035,000) each finished the night with seven-figures stacks, while Allen Kessler returns to the fray with a top ten stack in tow.

Notables who returned for Day 2 but were unable to advance to Day 3 include Dan Shak, Day 1 chip leader Jason Gola, Maria Ho, Ari Engel and Dan Zack.

Players returning for Day 3 are guaranteed at least $5,840 but will be vying for the first-place prize of $145,863 and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time on June 14 with the intention of playing until a winner is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all live updates from this event as it plays to a conclusion.

Tags: Alexander Freund Allen Kessler Ari Engel Benny Glaser Christopher Chung Dan Shak Dan Zack Jason Gola John Monette John Monnette Maria Ho Michael Rodrigues Patrick Leonard Ziyuan Wang

2023-06-13 19:25 UTC-7

Glaser Wins Two in a Row Versus Sternfield

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Samuel Sternfield bet from the small blind and was called by Benny Glaser in the big blind. Both players drew two.

After the first draw Sternfield check-called a bet from Glaser. Sternfield drew two and Glaser drew one.

With one draw remaining, Sternfield checked and Glaser bet. Sternfield raised it to two big bets and Glaser made the call.

Both players stood pat for the final draw. Sternfield bet and was called by Glaser.

Sternfield showed a pair of fours in his hand for a bluff and Glaser tabled 8x7x5x3x2x to take down a decent pot.

Glaser and Sternfield tangled again in the next hand. Action was picked up on the second draw where Glaser drew one and Sternfield stood pat. Both players checked, and stood pat again for the final draw.

With no draws remaining Glaser bet and was called by Sternfield. Glaser tabled 8x7x6x4x2x and took another pot from his opponent.

"It's been a rough 30 minutes" Sternfield could be heard saying as Glaser dragged another pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benny Glaser	278,000 38,000	38,000

Samuel Sternfield	103,000 -347,000	-347,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Samuel Sternfield

2023-06-13 17:55 UTC-7

Hundley Finishes Off Engel

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After losing the majority of his stack to Thomas Taylor with 8x7x6x versus 8x7x5x. Ari Engel bet from under the gun and was all in. He received calls from Todd Bui in the small blind and Chris Hundley in the big blind. Engel drew three, Bui drew two and Hundley drew two.

Action was checked around after the first draw. Engel drew one, Bui drew two and Hundley drew one. Both Hundley and Bui checked again. Bui drew two, Hendley drew one and Engel stood pat for the final draw.

With no draws remaining, Bui checked and folded when Hundley bet leaving players heads up at showdown with Engel at risk.

Ari Engel: 9x7x5x4x3x
Chris Hundley: 8x7x6x4x2x

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thomas Taylor	585,000 25,000	25,000
Todd Bui	115,000 28,000	28,000

Chris Hundley	54,000 -66,000	-66,000
Ari Engel	Eliminado

Tags: Ari Engel Chris Hundley Thomas Taylor Todd Bui

2023-06-13 16:10 UTC-7

Fuchs and Ohel Survive Battle of the Short Stacks

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Action was picked up after the second draw. Lok Chan checked from the small blind, Randy Ohel checked from the big blind and Carol Fuchs checked from the button. All three players drew one.

Chan bet with no draws remaining and was called by Ohel, who had to commit the last of his chips to put himself all in at risk. Fuchs made the fold.

Ohel tabled 8x6x4x3x2x to take the pot down for a key triple up.

Carol Fuchs bet from the cutoff in the next hand and received a call from Lok Chan in the button. Both players drew two and checked after the first draw.

Fuchs took the initiative with a bet and Chan made the call, drawing two while Fuchs drew one.

With one draw remaining Fuchs bet again and Chan made the call. Fuchs stood pat, Chan drew one.

After the third draw Fuchs fired again, leaving herself with just a couple yellow 1,000 chips behind. Chan made the fold and Fuchs scooped in a nice pot as the short-stack with the bubble approaching.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Carol Fuchs	79,000 -31,000	-31,000

Randy Ohel	58,000 3,000	3,000

Lok Chan	50,000 -155,000	-155,000

Tags: Carol Fuchs Lok Chan Randy Ohel

2023-06-13 14:23 UTC-7

Urbanovich's Wheel Sends Vieira Out

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Dzmitry Urbanovich and Joao Vieira were already at showdown with Vieira all in and at risk.

Urbanovich held 7x5x4x3x2x for the nuts, which had Vieira's seven-six notched — sending Vieira to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dzmitry Urbanovich	135,000 9,000	9,000
Joao Vieira	Eliminado

Carlos Rodriguez	Eliminado
Damjan Radanov	Eliminado
Ravee Sundara	Eliminado
Todd Senser	Eliminado
Miguel Rodriguez Bermude	Eliminado
Robin Guillaumot	Eliminado

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Joao Vieira

2023-06-13 11:41 UTC-7

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

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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.

Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you the action leading to newest WSOP Limit 2-7 Triple Draw bracelet winner!

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