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Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
The final seven players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #77: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,130,300
Total Entries
508
Level
32
Limits
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
0
Entries
18
Players Left
1
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Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
2-7 Triple Draw
Action folded to Ryan Ko who raised on the button, which was called by Karl Tretter in the big blind.
Tretter drew two and Ko drew one. Tretter then bet, before Ko raised. Tretter made the call.
Tretter then drew one and Ko stood pat. Tretter checked to Ko who moved all in for his last 60,000 and Tretter made the call.
On the final draw Tretter drew one and Ko stood pat again.
Ryan Ko: 8x7x6x5x2x 
Karl Tretter: 8x5x4x2x
Tretter was drawing live, needing a three, six or seven to knock out Ko. He slowly peeled his cards, saying "three-sider" and turned over the 7x to take the pot and knock out Ko.
Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
2-7 Triple Draw
Action folded to Andrew Kelsall on the button and he raised, before Allen Kessler moved all in for his stack of 90,000.
On the first draw both players drew two. On the second draw Kessler drew one and Kelsall drew two. For the final draw, Kessler drew one and Kelsall drew two again.
Allen Kessler: 8x4x3x2x
Andrew Kelsall: 8x6x5x
When Kelsall drew two his first card was the K♣ and his second was a 4♦, meaning Kessler just needed to avoid an ace or pair. He turned over Qx to double up.
A-5 Triple Draw
A few hands later it folded to Allen Kessler on the button, raising all in for his stack of 150,000. Mark Gregorich in the big blind made the call.
Gregorich drew three and Kessler drew one. On the second draw Gregorich drew two and Kessler one. For the final draw both players stood pat.
Allen Kessler: 7x6x3x2xAx
Mark Gregorich: 7x6x5x4x3x
Kessler had the winner to find another double up.
The very next hand, Kessler doubled yet again through Gregorich after patting a seven-four against the six-five draw of Gregorich who bricked.
At the other table, Ryan Ko doubled through Danny Tang in Badugi.
Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
2-7 Triple Draw
Eli Elezra raised from the small blind and Mark Gregorich called in the big blind.
Both drew two with Elezra leading and Gregorich calling.
On the second draw, both took one as Elezra led again.
Elezra patted on the end while Gregorich still needed one. Elezra led with 20,000 behind, Gregorich asked for the rest, and Elezra could only laugh as he tossed in the last few chips.
Eli Elezra: 7x6x5x4x2x
Mark Gregorich: 7x6x4x3x2x
Both made a seven, but Gregorich made number two on the end to best Elezra's number four, and the Hall of Famer was eliminated in brutal fashion.
Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Badugi
Mark Gregorich raised from the cutoff and Patrick Stacey called in the small blind.
Stacey took one while Gregorich stood pat as Stacey check-called a bet.
On the second draw Stacey took one again. Stacey check-raised after Gregorich bet, and he opted to fold after a small deliberation as Stacey showed 5♠4♣3♦2♥ as he continues the heater.
Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
A-5 Triple Draw
Action folded to Karl Tretter and he raised on the button, which was called by Arthur Morris in the small blind.
Both players drew two on the first draw, and Morris decided to lead out for a bet, which Tretter called.
On the second draw Morris stood pat and Tretter drew one. Morris bet, but Tretter decided to raise. Morris then went into the tank, spending about a minute debating his decsion before folding to send another pot Tretter's way.
Level 26
: Limits 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
A-5 Triple Draw
Eli Elezra limped the button, Nam Le was all-in for his final 55,000 from the small blind, and Mark Gregorich checked his option in the big blind.
Le took three and the others two as the action checked through on the side.
Le went from three to pat as his opponents still needed two. Gregorich led and Elezra folded.
Both patted on the final draw.
Nam Le: 7x6x5x4xAx
Mark Gregorich: 6x4x3x2xAx
Gregorich made number two on the second draw against Le's seven, and he was eliminated in 10th.
A few hands prior at the same table, Patrick Stacey made a wheel against Eli Elezra, also in A-5, winning a large pot to ascend up the counts.
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000-80,000
Limits: 80,000-160,000
Level 25
: Limits 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
2-7 Triple Draw
Arthur Morris was the first to act and raised, and the big blind Karl Tretter moved all in for 90,000.
Tretter drew two and Morris drew one. On the second draw both players drew one. For the final draw, Tretter stood pat and Morris drew one.
Karl Tretter: 2x4x5x6x8x
Arthur Morris: 3x5x6x7x9x
Tretter had the best of with his eight-six to double up.
2-7 Triple Draw
On the very next hand, it folded to Tretter in the small blind and decided to raise, and Morris made the call.
Tretter drew two and Morris drew four. Morris called a bet from Tretter.
Tretter then drew one, and Morris drew three. Tretter moved all in for his last 30,000, and Morris reluctantly called.
Tretter stood pat and Morris said "I might be dead already" and drew three.
His instincts were correct, as Tretter turned over 2x3x4x5x7x for a wheel to find back-to-back double ups as Morris just mucked his hand.
A-5 Triple Draw
The next hand, Tretter took another pot from Andrew Kelsall, making an eight-six against Kelsall's nine.
Level 25
: Limits 60,000/120,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 30,000-60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
2-7 Triple Draw
After losing a massive four-bet pot to Mark Gregorich the previous hand in Badugi, in which Gregorich made an eight-six, Sergei Tolkachov was left short.
Eli Elezra raised from the cutoff, Tolkachov three-bet all-in for 175,000 from the big blind, and Elezra called.
Both took two on the first draw, one on the second draw, and patted on the end.
Sergei Tolkachov: 9x5x4x3x2x
Eli Elezra: 8x7x6x3x2x
Elezra's eight was best to send Tolkachov to the rail in 11th place.
