Robert Campbell in the Hunt on Day 2 of $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball at the 2022 World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas. Cards go in the air at 2 p.m. local time in the Bally's Grand Ballroom for the second of three days in this popular mix of lowball variants.
The event drew 309 players that generated a prize pool of $687,525, and the winner will take home $164,243 and the WSOP gold bracelet. The top 47 players are guaranteed a min-cash of $4,026.
James Opie of Pinehurst, Texas, leads the returning field of 147, and he will be in search of his first bracelet and an opportunity to top his previous best WSOP finish of 20th in the 2018 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event.
Event #17: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Opie | United States | 196,500 |
| 2 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 177,000 |
| 3 | Kenny Hsiung | United States | 173,000 |
| 4 | Kimberly Stone | United States | 167,500 |
| 5 | Jonas Mackoff | Canada | 166,500 |
| 6 | Alex Epstein | United States | 165,000 |
| 7 | Sumir Mathur | United States | 160,000 |
| 8 | Paul Martino | United States | 150,500 |
| 9 | David Funkhouser | United States | 146,500 |
| 10 | Hasan Kural | United States | 145,000 |
Opie is followed by the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell in second and 2012 $3,000 Limit Hold’em champion Kenny Hsiung in third. Kimberly Stone and Jonas Mackoff round out the top five chip counts.
Other notables returning for Day 2 include Alex Epstein, Ari Engel, Brandon Shack-Harris, Marco Johnson, John Monnette, Daniel Negreanu, and Joao Vieira.
Play will continue in Level 11 with blinds at 1,500/2,500 and limits at 2,500/5,000. Day 2 will be ten 60-minute levels long with a 15-minute break after every two and a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 16.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team throughout the day for live updates from the floor of the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw tournament and other events at the 2022 World Series of Poker.