Badugi
Xixiang Luo raised on the button and Michael Falk three-bet to put Luo all in for 5,000 more from the big blind. Luo called.
Falk drew two on every round while Luo drew two, then one, then one.
Xixiang Luo: 8♣6♠A♥
Michael Falk: 4♥2♦
Falk turned over the Q♦ followed by the A♦ while Luo peeled the 2♥ — leaving him best with a three-card eight for the double up.
Badugi
Eli Elezra opened from the hijack and Frederic Moss in the small blind was the only one to call.
Elezra stood pat and bet on the first two draws, while Moss drew one and check-called each time.
On the final draw, the roles were reversed, with Moss standing pat and Elezra drawing one. They both checked and Moss won the pot with J♣7♦4♥2♠.
A-5 Triple Draw
Andres Korn raised first to act and was called by Benjamin Goldstein in the small blind and Karl Tretter in the big blind for a three-way pot.
Goldstein and Tretter drew two on the first draw and Korn took one off. Everyone then checked.
On the second draw, Goldstein and Tretter drew two and Korn drew one again. It was then checked to Korn, who bet. Both Goldstein and Tretter called.
Goldstein and Tretter drew one on the final draw and Korn stood pat. Goldstein led out for a bet, which got a call from Tretter and a fold from Korn.
Goldstein turned over 6x5x4x3x2x and Tretter showed he held 7x6x5x4x3x before sending his cards into the muck.
Badugi
Chino Rheem opened from the cutoff. Andrew Kelsall on the button called while Jerry Wong was forced all-in in the big blind.
Wong drew three to try to survive. Kelsall needed to change one card and Rheem stood pat and bet. Kelsall called and drew one, just like Wong.
After this second draw, Rheem bet but Kelsall raised. Rheem three-bet and Kelsall called. They both stood pat on the final draw and after Rheem checked, Kelsall bet to make him fold.
Jerry Wong: Q♥6♦3♣A♥
Andrew Kelsall: 5♣4♥3♦A♠
Wong couldn't do much against Kelsall's hand and was eliminated.
Badugi
Ethan Bennett opened from the cutoff. Chino Rheem on the button called but Andrew Kelsall in the small blind three-bet. Both Bennett and Rheem called.
Kelsall stood pat and bet, but Bennett who drew one and Rheem who drew two didn't back down and called.
Kelsall stood pat again on the second draw while both of his opponents drew one. Kelsall bet but Bennett raised. Rheem and Kelsall called.
All three players stood pat on the final draw and after Kelsall checked, Bennett led out with 6♣4♠2♦A♥. Rheem called with 7♠4♣2♥A♦ while Kelsall went deep into the tank before folding.
A-5 Triple Draw
Eli Elezra raised from the cutoff and was called by Danny Tang in the small blind and Frederic Moss in the big blind.
Everyone drew two on the first draw and then checked.
On the second draw, everyone drew two again and Tang led out for a bet. Both Moss and Elezra called.
Tang stood pat on the final draw while Moss and Elezra drew one. Everyone went back to checking and Tang revealed 8x6x4x2xAx for an eight.
Moss mucked his cards and Elezra followed suit after showing he held 6x6x.
2-7 Triple Draw
Frederic Moss raised from under the gun and called a three-bet from Ted Jackson-Spivack from directly behind him.
Moss drew one and Jackson-Spivack drew two on the first draw. Both players checked.
On the second draw, Moss drew one and Jackson-Spivack drew two. Moss led out for a bet and then called after Jackson-Spivack raised.
Moss stood pat on the final draw and Jackson-Spivack drew one. Moss led out for another bet, but this time Jackson-Spivack folded.
At another table, Kane Kalas was eliminated despite his double-up shortly beforehand.
2-7 Triple Draw
Johnathan Morrell opened from the hijack, Jonathan Park in the cutoff three-bet and Morrell called.
Morrell drew one on the first draw and bet. Park who drew two called and drew two again on the second draw while Morrell stood pat.
Morrell bet and managed to make Park fold.
A-5 Triple Draw
Kane Kalas raised from the small blind and Nam Le defended his big blind.
Kalas drew two and Le drew one on the first draw. Both players then checked.
On the second draw, Kalas drew two and Le drew one again. Kalas then checked to Le, who bet. Kalas moved all in for 40,000 total and Le called.
Kalas stood pat on the final draw and Le drew one after a bit of thought.
Kane Kalas: 6x5x4x3x2x
Nam Le: 7x6x5x4x
Le was already drawing dead against Kalas's pat six and he turned over an irrelevant 5x to make Kalas's double-up official.
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