Heads-up after the first draw, Todd Brunson bet from under the gun and Robert Wells called in the big blind.
Wells drew two and Brunson took one. Brunson then bet, and Wells called.
Both players drew one, and Wells led out with a bet. Brunson called, and Wells quickly called. Brunson turned over Ax8x7x5x2x as he took the pot.
Nam Le completed in the small blind, Naoya Kihara raised the big blind, and Le called. Both players drew two cards on the first draw. Le checked, Kihara bet, and Le called.
Le drew two again on the second draw, while Kihara drew one. Le then check-called all in for his final 40,000.
Le drew one on the final draw, and Kihara stood pat, directly fanning out 7x6x5x4x2x.
Le opened up 8x4x3x2x and caught a 6x, but was drawing, leaving the field with nine.
Robert Wells raised in the cutoff and Billy Baxter called in the big blind.
Baxter drew three and Wells two. Baxter then led out with a bet, Wells raised, and Baxter called.
Both players drew one, and Baxter bet. Wells then raised again, and Baxter called.
Wells stood pat and bet on the last draw, while Baxter took one. He called, and Wells showed him 7x6x4x3x2x to win the pot.
Robert Wells raised on the button and Nick Schulman called in the big blind.
Schulman took three and Wells two. Wells then bet, and Schulman called.
Schulman took three again and Wells drew one and bet. Schulman called and drew two, while Wells stood pat. He then bet, and Schulman folded.
Nam Le raised under the gun. It folded to Tommy Hang in the big blind, who defended and drew two cards. Le only needed one, but after Hang checked, he did not continue betting and opted to check to the second draw instead.
The same number of cards was taken by each player. Hang checked again, this time seeing Le bet. Hang then raised, and Le folded after a lengthy tank.
Some hands later, Koji Fujimoto raised under the gun. Andrew Kelsall called in the big blind, after which each player took one card on the first draw.
Kelsall then check-called Fujimoto's bet before the same drawing action occurred on the second draw. Kelsall led out afterward, with Fujimoto calling to the final draw.
Kelsall stood pat, while Fujimoto still needed one. Kelsall bet, and Fujimoto surrendered the pot with a fold after some thought.
Nick Schulman raised in the cutoff, Justin Smith three-bet in the small blind, and Schulman called.
Smith stood pat and Schulman took one. Smith then bet and Schulman raised. Smith called, and they both stood pat.
Schulman bet and Smith called. Both players stood pat on the last draw and checked, and Smith showed 8x7x5x3x2x to win the pot.
In the first hand of the day, Brandon Shack-Harris raised from the cutoff, AJ Kelsall three-bet from the small blind, Shack-Harris four-bet shoved for 140,000, and Kelsall called.
Kelsall drew two cards on the first draw and Shack-Harris one. Kelsall stood pat on the second draw, and Shack-Harris nodded. He drew one card.
Kelsall remained pat and Shack-Harris weighed his options for nearly two minutes. He ultimately chose to break his hand, flashing the 10x and discarding it.
Brandon Shack-Harris: 8x5x3x2x 
AJ Kelsall: 7x5x4x3x2x
Despite Shack-Harris' best efforts, his decision turned out to be irrelevant as Kelsall held number one. Shack-Harris received a Qx as a mere formality and said his goodbyes to every player at the table.
Todd Brunson played a joke on Justin Smith earlier today by pretending to text him from his father's phone with a message that read "don't three-bet my son today."
"Do you still have the number active?" Nick Schulman asked Brunson.
"I've been waiting for years to do that," Brunson joked.
Smith then raised in the small blind, Robert Wells three-bet in the big blind, and Smith called.
Smith drew three, and Wells stood pat and bet. Smith called and drew two, and Wells patted and bet again. Smith called.
Smith took one and Wells stood pat. Both players checked, and Wells showed 10x8x7x6x5x to win the pot.
The 11 returning players have found their seats, and the cards have been sent flying for the final day of the $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Championship
Level: 21
Blinds: 20,000-40,000
Limits: 40,000-80,000
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