Welcome to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker! Today marks the second day of Event #16: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw. The final 54 players return today with Mike Leah holding a solid lead over the rest of the field. Leah holds 91,800 in chips coming into the day.
Yesterday saw a grand total of 348 players hit the felt with the dreams of becoming the next World Series of Poker champion. Today, each returning player has one immediate goal on their mind: make the money. The top 36 players will find a payday and will each be guaranteed at least $2,767 in prize money. The field will attempt to play down to a final table today but is scheduled to play ten full levels if that does not occur.
Other notable stacks returning for the day belong to Tom Franklin (70,000), Dan Smith (55,400), Jason Mercier (46,400), Ismael Bojang (43,600), Ben Yu (35,900), Naoya Kihara (36,500), Stephen Chidwick (35,700), Layne Flack (34,4000), Andrey Zaichenko (33,500), Bill Chen (29,100), Todd Brunson (20,100), and Joseph Cheong (18,100).
Play kicks off at 3 p.m. local time so be sure to stay tuned here for all of the latest updates!
Limit 2-7 triple draw is one of those games that's hard to find in a low-limit format, as it's often played in some of the high-stakes mixed games around the world. Nonetheless, the game's popularity has been increasing over the recent years, and definitely at the World Series of Poker.
With interest in the game on the rise, many players are beginning to learn limit 2-7 triple draw, while others are looking to expand on their knowledge. Justin Bonomo is certainly someone worth listening to when it comes to 2-7 triple draw strategy, and PokerNews recently interviewed him about the topic.
You check out Bonomo's strategy discussion by clicking here.
Jason, Donnie, and Rich celebrate National Doughnut Day and talk about final table railing, vuvuzelas, the recent bracelet winners, and more. They are then joined by RunGood Team Pro and WSOP bracelet winner Bryan Campanello to talk Texas high school football, grinding the live circuit, and more.
We arrived at the table after the first draw to find that Brandon Delnano, Rinat Shakirov, and Naoya Kihara were engaged in a hand that was four-bet pre-draw. On the first draw, Delnano and Shakirov each took one while Kihara opted for two.
Action checked around to Kihara and bet fired out a bet. Delnano called and Shakirov came over the top with a raise. Kihara and Delnano both called.
For the second draw, Delnano took one new card and both Shakirov and Kihara stood pat. Delnano checked, Shakirov bet, and Kihara moved all in for a bit less than two bets. Delnano folded and Shakirov called. Both players stood pat once more for the final draw.
Kihara rolled over for a seventy-six but was ultimately bested by Shakirov's wheel - . Kihara made an exit from the tournament area while Shakirov soared above 115,000.
Delnano, on the other hand, was left with just about 6,000. He was eliminated from play soon after.
Hanh Tran opened, Brian Tate raised all in, Mike Leah three-bet on the button, and Tran called. Tran swapped two, Tate drew three, and Leah asked for one. Tran check-called a bet from Leah, drew one, Tate drew three, and Leah drew one. Both players checked, Tran and Tate stood pat, lead swapped one, Tran lead out, Leah folded, and Tran turned over
Hanh Tran raised all in from the small blind and was called by Don Nguyen and David Gee. Tran swapped three, Nguyen drew two, and Gee drew two. Nguyen check-raised a bet from Gee, who three-bet back, Nguyen maxed out with a four-bet and Gee called. Tran swapped three, Nguyen and Gee stood pat. Nguyen bet and Gee called. Tran swapped two, and Nguyen and Gee stood pat, and Nguyen check-called a bet from Gee. Gee turned over and his opponents mucked. Tran hit the rail in 18th place.
Matt Shultz opened, Todd Bui three-bet, Brant Hale four-bet, and David Gee, Shultz, and Bui called. All four players drew two cards. Hale bet, Gee raised, Shultz three-bet, Bui folded, Hale called putting himslef all in and at risk, and gee called behind. All three players drew one card. Gee lead out and called a raise from Shultz. hale and gee both drew one, and Shultz stood pat. Gee checked, Shultz bet, Gee folded and Shultz threw down the nuts, and Hale mucked, exiting in 16th.
Colin Wickersheim opened with an under-the-gun raise and Frank Athey three-bet all in for his last 9,000. Action came back to Wickersheim and he called.
Wickersheim took two on the first draw while Athey opted for one. On the second draw, both players took one. Finally, Wickersheim stood pat on the third draw and Athey pulled one for the third time.
Wickersheim rolled over number two - - which was enough to win the pot right there. Athey rolled over and completed his hand with a . He was eliminated in 15th place for $5,125.
Picking up with the action on the first draw, Vladimir Shchemelev picked one new card and Mo Fathipour took two. Shchemelev bet and Fathipour called.
On the second draw, Shchemelev stood pat and Fathipour once again took two new cards. Shchemelev bet and found a call. Shchemelev remained pat on the final draw and Fathipour opted for just one final card. Shchemelev led out for a third time, Fathipour raised, and Shchemelev called, rolling over .
Fathipour flashed a losing and was left with just 2,500 in chips. He was eliminated the following hand.
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for a seventy-six but was ultimately bested by Shakirov's wheel - 
. He was eliminated in 15th place for $5,125.
