Shawn Buchanan raised on the button, Shaun Deeb three-bet in the small blind, and Buchanan called all in. Buchanan then drew one card two times before standing pat, while Deeb stood pat on every draw.
Deeb flashed a king-badugi, with Buchanan's 10?8?4?3? raking in the double-up.
2-7 Triple Draw
On another table, Ian Chan and Patrick Moulder had arrived at the final draw, where they both stood pat. Chan then bet out and Moulder raised.
Chan quickly called, but mucked his cards when Moulder tabled 7x6x5x3x2x for a seven-low to take down the large pot.
Russell Clayton raised under the gun before Shaun Deeb three-bet on the button. Clayton called all in for his tournament life and drew three cards. Deeb took two, after which Clayton stood pat on the second draw.
Deeb still needed one, and took one on the final draw as well.
Russell Clayton: 8x5x3x2xAx
Shaun Deeb: 6x4x3xAx
Deeb peeled a 9x to make a worse low than his opponent, seeing him double up.
Today, at 1 p.m. local time, 15 players will return to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas to decide who will reign victorious in Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball. Among those who have survived the record-breaking field of 371 entries thus far are multi-bracelet winners Shaun Deeb and Chad Eveslage.
Both Deeb and Eveslage play a full schedule nearly every summer at the World Series of Poker, resulting in six bracelets in Deeb's prize cabinet, while Eveslage is the proud owner of three bracelets. Today, they will be on the hunt for one more as they return with above-average stacks for the third and final day of the event.
Deeb will unbag 1,270,000 chips, which is good for just under 16 big bets, while Eveslage will start with 1,030,000. Both of them have some catching up to do, however, as the chip lead is in the hands of Patrick Moulder, who bagged up 1,820,000 chips at the end of Day 2.
Patrick Moulder
Meanwhile, Amir Nematinia (1,560,000) and Yuebin Guo (1,530,000) are virtually tied for second place, while Sweden's Oscar Johansson (1,125,000) and Canada's Ian Chan (1,090,000) provide the top ten with some international representation.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Bets
1
Patrick Moulder
United States
1,820,000
23
2
Amir Nematinia
United States
1,560,000
20
3
Yuebin Guo
United States
1,530,000
19
4
Shaun Deeb
United States
1,270,000
16
5
Oscar Johansson
Sweden
1,125,000
14
6
Ian Chan
Canada
1,090,000
14
7
Chad Eveslage
United States
1,030,000
13
8
Ryan Ko
United States
1,020,000
13
9
Anthony Hu
United States
800,000
10
10
Matthew Smith
United States
465,000
6
Aside from Deeb and Eveslage, the only other bracelet winner left in the field is Shawn Buchanan (195,000), who will start with less than three big bets along with Alan Myerson (175,000) and Russell Clayton (120,000).
The 15 remaining players will divide the majority of the $825,475 prize pool, with them all being guaranteed $8,861. The eventual winner will take home $177,045, alongside the prestigious bracelet.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$177,045
2
$115,073
3
$76,547
4
$52,140
5
$36,387
6
$26,033
7
$19,106
8-9
$14,393
10-11
$11,138
12-15
$8,861
When play resumes at the Horseshoe Event Center, blinds will be at 20,000/40,000, with limits of 40,000/80,000. Levels will be 60 minutes long throughout the day, and a 15-minute break will be had after every two of them. A dinner break is also in the cards, but it has yet to be determined when it will take place.
Day 3 will continue until a winner is crowned, so stay tuned to PokerNews to see if Deeb or Eveslage add to their collections, or if someone else captures their first one and etches their name into the history books.
