Event #34: Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

After a slow start to the day, Adam Owen blazed through the field of 285 entries to take home the Day 1 chip lead in Event #34: $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw.

The British mixed-game pro will lead the remaining field of 76 players into Monday's Day 2 with 43 of those returning players reaching the money and earning a $2,434 guaranteed payday. They'll all be aiming much higher though, of course, with $87,837 going to the winner, along with the WSOP gold bracelet.

Owen's day started on the wrong foot as he dropped below 20,000 chips within the first two levels, but with plenty of time still to go, Owen steadily chipped up, then won a huge multiway pot midway through the day with number one against numbers two and three that vaulted him into the chip lead for the first time.

Owen would be challenged for the top spot by several players, including Ian Johns, who peaked at over 200,000, but fell to 140,500 by night's end.

A few players made a late charge in the day's final levels to also put themselves in contention entering Day 2, including Amin Ahmed (229,500), Brian Yoon (226,500), Matt Grapenthien (210,000), Daniel Anton (207,500), David Funkhouser (204,500), and Cory Zeidman (198,000).

Jon Turner and Vladimir Peck were among the chip leaders for a good part of the early stages, but by night's end both had fallen, along with several other notables, including Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Kade, Shaun Deeb, and Chino Rheem.

The players will return to the Amazon room at 2:00 pm local time Monday and play ten one-hour levels.

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Barry Greenstein is trying to survive to Day 2 but was all-in with a very short stack in a recent three-way pot with Brian Hastings and Dan Shak.

On the final draw, both Shak and Greenstein were pat with Hastings still drawing one. Shak bet the end and Hastings folded.

Both Greenstein and Shak showed       to split the pot and chop up Hastings' chips in the pot.

Dan Shak	100,000	-35,000
Brian Hastings	36,000	24,000
Barry Greenstein	15,000	-15,000

There are just two elite members of this club with over 200,000 chips as the players enter the final level of the night.

Adam Owen and Ian Johns will battle for the right to call themselves the top stack in the room entering day two, with several others giving chase.

Adam Owen	220,000	78,000
Ian Johns	205,000	205,000
Daniel Anton	145,000	35,000
Vincent Griboski	143,000	-2,000
Dan Shak	135,000	0
Matt Grapenthien	135,000	0
Ari Engel	120,000	95,000
Vanessa Kade	110,000	85,000

Pre-draw, the player in the cutoff raised and Adam Owen three-bet on the button. His opponent called.

Owen stood pat after his opponent drew two. Owen's opponent check-called a bet, then patted his own hand. Owen broke his hand, drawing one.

Owen then called a bet from his opponent and drew one once again versus the pat hand.

Owen's opponent checked after that final draw, Owen bet, and he received a call.

Owen showed down       for the winner, then won another pot off the same opponent shortly after to finish him off.

Owen's stack is back as a challenger for end-of-night chip lead at 142,000.

Adam Owen

142,000

37,000

Adam Owen has regained his chip lead as players head to break before playing the final three levels of the day.

Adam Owen	122,000	39,000
Daniel Anton	110,000	30,000
Matt Schultz	107,000	4,000
Dan Shak	102,000	65,000
Andrew Yeh	100,000	100,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	80,000	28,000
Lynda Tran	76,000	58,000
Jon Turner	70,000	18,000