Dinner Break
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
The three remaining players our now taking a one-hour dinner break. When they return, they'll move over to the main stage — a.k.a. "the mothership" — to complete Event #59.
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #59: $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
282
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Updated Chip Counts; 3 Remain
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,067,000
-143,000
|
-143,000 |
|
||
|
831,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
218,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
Brubaker Doubles Through Negreanu
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #143-#150
Brian Brubaker raised in the small blind, and Daniel Negreanu reraised from the big blind. Brubaker raised enough to moved all in, and Negreanu called. Both players drew two the first draw, then one the second, and on the third, Brubaker patted, and showed 
.
Negreanu drew one, showed 
, and was drawing very slim. He quickly flipped up his last card, a 
, and Brubaker scored the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
David Chiu Eliminated in 4th Place ($48,077)
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #140-#142
Daniel Negreanu got a walk, then Eli Elezra won a pot off of Negreanu in a blind battle that ended with Elezra drawing to a 
.
The next hand began with Eli Elezra limping in from the small blind and David Chiu checking his option from the big blind. Elezra initially took three cards and Chiu two, then both checked. Elezra took one after that and Chiu two, and Elezra led with a bet. Chiu thought a moment and called, leaving himself but 79,000 — just under two big bets.
Both took one card on the last draw, and when Elezra bet, Chiu raised all in and Elezra quickly called.
Chiu had , but Elezra had drawn a number three — — and Chiu is out in fourth.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,210,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
805,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
Brubaker Back Down to 100,000
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #130-#139
After nine hands in a row without seeing a draw, we saw Brian Brubaker lose a hand to get back down to 100,000. Eli Elezra raised it up on the button, and Brubaker called from the big blind. He drew two, while Elezra stood pat. Brubaker check called a bet, and the same draws were made. Brubaker checked again, and folded this time when Elezra bet out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
620,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
105,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
||
Negreanu Adding Still More
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #124-#128
In Hand #124, Brian Brubaker raised from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind. Both drew two, Brubaker bet, and Negreanu called. From there Brubaker stood pat, while Negreanu drew two and then one.
Brubaker bet after the second draw and Negreanu called. Brubaker then bet all in for his last 14,000 after the third draw, and after Negreanu squeezed his new card to see he'd drawn an 
, he folded.
From there, Negreanu won the next four hands in a row — all without having to show down a hand — and is now sitting with nearly 1.3 million chips. In other words, Negreanu is edging towards having two-thirds of the chips in play with four players left. Meanwhile, Chiu has slid down to fourth position at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,280,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
510,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
235,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
175,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
Brubaker Crippled, Then Doubles
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #114-#123
Brian Brubaker raised it up in the small blind, and Daniel Negreanu three bet from the big blind. Brubaker called, then both players drew two. Brubaker check called a bet, then he drew two again. Negreanu just drew one, and Brubaker folded when Negreanu bet again.
A few hands later, Eli Elezra raised, and Brian Brubaker moved all in. Elezra called, and both players stood pat. Brubaker patted again on the second draw, and Elezra decided to break his hand, discarding one. He did the same on the third draw, and Brubaker fanned out 
.
Elezra showed , and he was drawing to an eight or a deuce. He sweated the card, but it didn't last long, as he saw paint, a to be exact. Brubaker notched the double up, but is still quite short with 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
|
||
"Hey, PokerNews... Write that Daniel Has a Million!"
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Hands #108-#113
This sequence began and ended with contested hands, with David Negreanu and David Chiu each winning the blinds twice during the intervening hands with predraw raises.
The first hand saw Chiu raise from under the gun and Eli Elezra defend his big blind. Elezra took three, then one, then stood pat, while Chiu took two on the first draw and stood pat thereafter. Elezra was check-calling bets on the first two rounds, then led with a bet after the third one and Chiu called. Elezra tabled and Chiu mucked.
During those intervening hands, Red Bull Robbie counted up Negreanu's chips and announced he had 990,000, and Elezra and Chiu playfully tossed a 5,000 chip each Negreanu's way.
"Hey, PokerNews," said a grinning Elezra. "Write that Daniel has a million... we gave him enough!"
Negreanu laughed and tossed the chips back, but then he won some more outright from Chiu in another hand that saw the pair battle to the last draw — each taking one on the end — then Negreanu turning over a number three () to win.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,060,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
605,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
285,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
195,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
|
||
Matthew Ashton Takes Lead in WSOP POY Race
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Thanks to four final tables, which includes a win in last night's $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, Matthew Ashton of Liverpool sits atop the 2013 World Series of Poker Player of the Year. With that said, Daniel Negreanu, who is in second, is still alive in this event. Things should get interesting.
Current 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Ashton | 649.75 |
| 2 | Daniel Negreanu | 475.84 |
| 3 | David “Bakes” Baker | 475.35 |
| 4 | Don Nguyen | 466.13 |
| 5 | Marco Johnson | 439.38 |
| 6 | Tom Schneider | 438.51 |
| 7 | Chris Klodnicki | 400.80 |
| 8 | Jared Hamby | 395.73 |
| 9 | Anthony Gregg | 390.00 |
| 10 | Steve Sung | 369.50 |
Brubaker Doubles Through Elezra
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 0 ante
Brian Brubaker raised on the button, and Eli Elezra called from the big blind. Elezra drew one, while Brubaker drew two, and Elezra bet out. Brubaker called, and Elezra stood pat. Brubaker drew one, and Elezra bet again. Brubaker called, and the same drawing action occurred. Elezra bet one more time, and Brubaker moved all in for 1,000 more. Elezra called, and Brubaker fanned out . Elezra mucked, and Brubaker took down the pot to double up to 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
-180,000
|
-180,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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