WSOPC Event #11: $1,700 MAIN EVENT

The 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship carries a strong and proud history at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), however it isn’t one that stretches back to the days of Johnny Moss, Puggy Pearson and Jack Straus.

No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw has always been regarded as one of the purest – if not the purest – forms of poker and has been an event for many years at the WSOP along with variations of A-5 Triple Draw. In the early 2000’s, the A-5 events started to fade out and Limit 2-7 Triple Draw began to find a place on the WSOP schedule alongside its sister event; the No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw.

In 2004 and 2007 a $1,000 rebuy event was won by Farzad Bonyadi and Rafi Amit respectively before 2008 was changed to a mini championship that introduced a buy-in of $2,500 and averaged a field size of 270. Mixed game specialists Eli Elezra, Randy Ohel and Abe Mosseri all collected a bracelet while every final table was filled with high stakes cash game and tournament regulars.

However, last year the buy-in increased to $10,000 to see both 2-7 events now labelled as a Championship event while carrying one of the higher buy-in amounts on the schedule.

Tuan Le would be victorious over the 120-player field defeating Justin Bonomo heads-up while halting the history books as Eli Elezra (3rd) fell short of going back-to-back and Nick Schulman (4th) was unable to capture the first double 2-7 Championship double crown after winning the No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw event back in 2009.