With 292 entries now on the tournament clock, this year's edition of the $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw event has passed last year's entry total, with still two more levels of entry available.
The under the gun player limped and was called by the cutoff. Barry Greenstein raised from the button, both blinds got out of the way and the under the gun and cutoff players both called to send action three-way to the initial draw.
The first draw saw the under the gun player take three, while both the cutoff and Greenstein drew two. Action checked through to the second draw.
On the second draw, the under the gun player took one to the cutoff and Greenstein's two. As he checked, the under the gun player joked that he had "gone from last to first" to which Greenstein responded by saying, "I guess you won. I've never seen anyone get outdrawn in this game". Action did, however, check to Greenstein who bet and received two calls.
All three players took one card on the final draw and this time the under the gun player bet, which was met by a quick call from the player in the cutoff and an equally quick fold from Greenstein. "I was bluffing" said the under the gun player as he flashed an ace. The cutoff joked, "Ace on the river. Didn't someone write a book about that?" as he showed down for jack-eight.
David "Bakes" Baker enjoyed a hot start to the day but had been steadily slipping down the chip counts following the first break. Action folded to him in the cutoff and he raised and received calls from both blinds.
On the first draw, the small and big blind drew two cards and Baker took three. The small blind then bet, which was enough to fold out the big blind but not Baker, who called.
The second draw saw the small blind take another two while Baker only drew one. The small blind continued their aggression from the first draw and led into Baker, who was not deterred and called once more.
On the final draw, the small blind stood pat while Baker drew one. The small blind slowed down and checked to Baker, who appeared to consider a bet before ultimately deciding to check. Baker showed down , good enough to take his stack up above 25,000.