Daniel Negreau drew two on the first draw and check-raised Kyle Kloeckner during the first round of betting. Kloeckner called.
Negreanu and Kloeckner both stood pat the rest of the way while Negreanu got his remaining stack all in with a bet on the second draw and a 100 chip on the third.
Anna Wroblewski raised before the draws in middle position, and Farah Galfond called in the small blind. Both players drew a card and checked, then drew another. This time, Galfond had to check-call a bet to continue. Both players drew again though, and Galfond won after a check-check end with .
The next hand, a Michael Wagner bet after the first draw in the small blind and Daniel Negreanu raised. Wagner called and drew a card, while Negreanu was pat. On the next round, Wagner check-raised when Negreanu bet.
"You're still behind," Negreanu said cheerfully, calling the bet.
Both players patted and Negreanu called a final bet, only to see that Wagner was not, in fact, behind. That's because he had for a wheel. Negreanu mucked an eight face-up.
Stuart Rutter was in the small blind and raised predraw. Dean Kerl called from the big blind. Both players drew two. Rutter bet, Kerl raised, and Rutter called.
On the second draw, Rutter took one and Kerl stood pat. Rutter check-called a Kerl bet, then on the last draw took one against Kerl's pat hand again.
Rutter then check-mucked after Kerl checked behind. Kerl showed a
One day down and two remain in Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw, and 61 players are still in contention for just a hair under $110,000 and a piece of gold World Series of Poker jewelry.
They've advanced through a field that started at 326, and they're just a couple of tables away from the money as 49 places will be paid. The money bubble should burst fairly early here on Day 2, and we'll likely see a final table reached as well before the chips are placed in the bags once again.
After a 10-level grind on Wednesday, another 10 levels are on tap for Day 2, starting with betting limits of 1,200/2,400 and progressing up to 10,000/20,000 if all goes as planned on the WSOP structure sheet. Each level will be one hour, as usual, and there's a one-hour dinner break scheduled for after Level 16.
When play gets under way at 2 p.m. local time, Mark Roland will be the man to catch with a stack of 116,600. Plenty of hungry, talented players will be coming for the top spot, including Jon "PearlJammer" Turner (75,500), limit crusher Ian Johns (64,400), Rep Porter (56,900), Shaun Deeb (49,000), Rob Mizrachi (38,300), Dzmitry Urbanovich (37,900) and Daniel Negreanu (19,900).
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