Sunday, May 31, 2015 12:18 PM Local Time
History of the 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship
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.
Year
|
Winner
|
Country
|
Buy-in
|
Players
|
Prize
|
2014
|
Tuan Le
|
USA
|
$10,000
|
120
|
$355,324
|
2013
|
Eli Elezra
|
USA
|
$2,500
|
282
|
$173,236
|
2012
|
Randy Ohel
|
USA
|
$2,500
|
228
|
$145,247
|
2011
|
Lenny Martin
|
USA
|
$2,500
|
309
|
$189,818
|
2010
|
Peter Gelencser
|
Hungary
|
$2,500
|
291
|
$180,730
|
2009
|
Abe Mosseri
|
USA
|
$2,500
|
258
|
$165,513
|
2008
|
John Phan
|
USA
|
$2,500
|
238
|
$151,911
|
2007
|
Rafi Amit
|
Israel
|
$1,000
|
209
|
$227,005
|
2004
|
Farzad Bonyadi
|
USA
|
$1,000
|
82
|
$86,980
|