WSOP Event #48 - $1,000 2-7 Triple Draw (with Rebuys)

209 players took part in the 2-7 Triple Draw event which is definitely one of the lesser known variants of poker.

In 2-7 (”Deuce to Seven”) Triple Draw each player is dealt a 5 card hand. Then there is a round of betting and once that is complete the players may draw to improve their hand. Following this there is another round of betting and then one further chance to draw.

It is similar in variation to Razz where the lowest hand wins the pot but the best hand in 2-7 Triple Draw is 7-5-4-3-2 and the reason for this is that straights and flushes actually devalue your hand (unlike in razz) and Aces count only as a high card.

By the time we had got to the final table for this event the line up was as follows:

• Seat 1: Anthony Lellouche - 205,000
• Seat 2: Lenny Martin - 133,000
• Seat 3: Eugene Ji - 192,000
• Seat 4: Mark Bartlog - 98,000
• Seat 5: Rafi Amit - 374,000
• Seat 6: Jon Shoreman - 518,000

Rafi Amit got involved in the action early on when he took a big pot off Lenny Martin when he made a 8-7-5-4-3 to crush Martin’s nine low. This pot combined with other small pots early on, propelled Amit into the chip lead.

Amit then went on to cripple Mark Bartlog when Bartlog completely missed his draw to give him only a King low. A few hands later Bartlog was eliminated when Lenny Martin finished him off and sent him home in 6th place collecting $27,068 for his 3 day effort.

Eugene Ji was the next player to go when again over the space of two hands he was crushed. In the first hand he lost a big pot to Anthony Lellouche and then in the very next hand he showed a 10-7 low in another showdown with Lellouche who once again had him beat with 9-7-6-4-2 which sent Ji home in 5th place good for $41,504.

Shortstack Jon Shoreman was next to go when his 8-7 low wasn’t good enough to beat the 8-6 low of Lenny Martin. Shoreman was eliminated in 4th place and collected $57,383.

Rafi Amit then took over the eliminations again sending Anthony Lellouche to the rail shortly after the break. Lellouche showed down Q-6-5-4-2 but was way behind to Amit’s 8-7-6-4-3. Lellouche finished in 3rd place and collected $84,812.

Heads up play went on for a number of hours and the chip lead went back and forth. The decisive hand came when Amit was dealt a strong hand from the start and didn’t draw any cards. When the showdown came Amit showed the second best hand in 2-7 Tripledraw with 7-6-4-3-2 and Martin couldn’t beat that with his 8-7 low. Amit picked up the bracelet and the 1st place prize of $227,005.

The final standings for Event #48 of WSOP 2007 were:

1. Rafi Amit — $227,005
2. Lenny Martin — $128,120
3. Anthony Lellouche — $84,812
4. Jon Shoreman — $57,383
5. Eugene Ji — $41,504
6. Mark Bartlog — $27,068

There’s still time to qualify for the WSOP main event by winning one of the many satellites taking place on Pokerstars.

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