Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-06-16 16:23 UTC-7

Brubaker Edges Taylor

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Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brendan Taylor raised on the button and Brian Brubaker called in the small blind. Both players took two. Brubaker came out betting, but Taylor raised. Brubaker called and each player took a card. Brubaker check-called this time and took another card while Taylor was pat. Each checked on the end.

Taylor rolled over but Brubaker had made .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brendan Taylor	890,000	-124,000
Brian Brubaker	712,000	137,000

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2017-06-16 16:39 UTC-7

Brendan Taylor Well Ahead

Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brendan Taylor has cracked 1 million chips and is a two-to-one chip leader with four remaining.

Max Kruse has been the short stack for a while, but has managed to double up and is sitting at 240,000. He had a front row seat for the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Brian Brubaker opened under the gun and Kruse folded before Jason Riesenberg three-bet and Taylor four-bet. Brubaker and Riesenberg called.

Riesenberg and Taylor drew one while Brubaker drew two. Riesenberg checked and Taylor bet. Both Brubaker and Riesenberg called.

Riesenberg and Taylor drew one again and Brubaker drew two. Riesenberg bet and both Taylor and Brubaker called.

Riesenberg stood pat and Taylor and Brubaker both drew one. The action checked around and Riesenberg showed , but lost the pot to the of Taylor.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brendan Taylor	1,240,000	350,000
Brian Brubaker	495,000	-217,000
Jason Riesenberg	420,000	-200,000
Max Kruse	240,000	60,000

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2017-06-16 16:43 UTC-7

Kruse Needs a Double

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Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brian Brubaker raised in the cutoff and Max Kruse called on the button. Both took two cards and Brubaker bet and got called. Brubaker just took one this time and Kruse took two. Again, Brubaker bet and Kruse called.

Brubaker patted the last pull and Kruse drew one. Brubaker checked and, after taking a good 10 seconds to squeeze out his card, Kruse simply sighed and mucked what he said was a pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brian Brubaker	655,000	160,000
Max Kruse	65,000	-175,000

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2017-06-16 16:50 UTC-7

Max Kruse Eliminated in 4th Place ($19,482)

Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brendan Taylor is cruising with more than half the chips in play and just eliminated Max Kruse in fourth place.

Taylor opened with a raise, which he has done seemingly every hand since the final table began, and Max Kruse three-bet from the big blind. Taylor called.

Kruse drew one and Taylor drew three. Kruse bet his last 10,000 and Taylor called.

Kruse drew one again and Taylor drew three.

"I have a chance," said Kruse.

On the final draw, both players drew one.

Kruse laid out and Taylor showed , each awaiting their final draw.

Taylor turned his over first, completing his hand with a nine: .

Kruse peeled his card and eventually showed a nine as well, giving him and sending him home in fourth place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brendan Taylor	1,280,000	40,000
Max Kruse	Eliminado

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2017-06-16 16:54 UTC-7

Capped Pot to Riesenberg

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Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Jason Riesenberg raised in the small blind and got reraised by Brendan Taylor. Riesenberg put in four bets and Taylor capped it. Both drew one and Riesenberg bet out. Taylor called. Riesenberg was pat and Taylor kept drawing, calling another bet after the pull. Draws repeated and Riesenberg checked. Taylor checked back but couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brendan Taylor	1,010,000	-270,000
Jason Riesenberg	760,000	340,000

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2017-06-16 17:13 UTC-7

Brian Brubaker Just On Top of Brendan Taylor Three-Handed

Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brian Brubaker has taken the chip lead just barely over Brendan Taylor after both players won a pot off Jason Riesenberg.

The first hand, Brubaker raised from the small blind and Riesenberg from the big three-bet. Brubaker called.

Brubaker drew one against the two draw of Riesenberg, then he bet. Riesenberg called.

Brubaker stood pat and Riesenberg drew one. Brubaker bet and Riesenberg called.

Brubaker stood pat again and Riesenberg drew one. Both players checked and Brubaker won the hand with .

Then Taylor took some chips from Riesenberg:

Riesenberg raised and Taylor called from the big blind. Riesenberg drew two against the three-draw of Taylor. Riesenberg bet and Taylor raised. Riesenberg called. Both players drew one and Riesenberg check-called a bet from Taylor.

Riesenberg drew one again and Taylor stood pat. He check-folded when Taylor bet.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brian Brubaker	1,000,000	345,000
Brendan Taylor	920,000	-90,000
Jason Riesenberg	450,000	-310,000

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2017-06-16 17:19 UTC-7

Taylor Crushing Riesenberg

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Nível 23 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Brendan Taylor and Jason Riesenberg each drew two and Taylor bet after the draw, getting called. Draws went one, one, and then one, one again with a couple of checks in between, and Taylor checked on the end. Riesenberg bet, but Taylor called and fanned when Riesenberg announced a pair.

Then, after dropping another pot to Taylor when he bet-folded after the second draw, Riesenberg completed the blind and Taylor checked. Riesenberg took three and Taylor four, but Riesenberg check-called a bet. Riesenberg then took three and Taylor was pat. Riesenberg check-called again, then did the same after drawing one.

Taylor showed and took the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brendan Taylor	1,250,000	330,000
Jason Riesenberg	125,000	-325,000

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Nível: 24

Limites: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 0

2017-06-16 17:29 UTC-7

Jason Riesenberg Eliminated in 3rd Place ($43,597)

Nível 24 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Jason Riesenberg has been eliminated in third place after Brian Brubaker drew two to a wheel.

Brubaker raised from the small blind and Riesenberg defended the big blind.

Brubaker drew two and Riesenberg drew one. Brubaker check-called a Riesenberg bet.

Brubaker drew one and Riesenberg stood pat. Brubaker checked and Riesenberg bet. Brubaker raised and Riesenberg went all in for his remaining chips, less than a complete three-bet. Brubaker called. Both players stood pat.

"Do you have a wheel?" Riesenberg questioned Brubaker.

As he was asking, Brubaker flipped over and did have a wheel to beat the of Riesenberg and eliminate him in third place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brian Brubaker	1,300,000	300,000
Brendan Taylor	1,145,000	-105,000
Jason Riesenberg	Eliminado

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2017-06-16 17:32 UTC-7

Brubaker Takes First Big Showdown

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Nível 24 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Brendan Taylor raised on the button and Brian Brubaker defended. Both took two and Brubaker came out betting. Taylor called. Brubaker must have liked what he pulled as he was pat while Taylor drew one and called another bet. Draws went the same and Taylor called a final bet, mucking to .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Brian Brubaker	1,470,000	170,000
Brendan Taylor	975,000	-170,000

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