WSOP Event #55: John Juanda Aiming For The Bracelet

Day 2 of the $2,500 Triple Draw Lowball tournament featured 73 players firing bets at each other in a somewhat casual atmosphere since some of the players didn't even know exactly how to play the game - but they still managed to get to the second play day.

The bubble was burst rather quickly since the hand-for-hand play didn't even have time to begin. Two consecutive knockouts have determined the official bubble boy who turned out to be Tom McCormick, leaving the tournament in 25th place.
Daniel Negreanu (pictured left) was on the ropes in the early stages of play but managed to recover and just when it looked like he was going to make it through the day, he tangled up in a hand against Abe Mosseri and Dan Quach. Negranu was all-in against the two by the first draw. Mosseri drew two, Quach and Negreanu drew one. Quach bet, Mosseri called and Negreanu called all-in.

Mosseri took two again on the second draw, Quach just one before firing a bet which forced Mosseri to fold. After the third draw, Quach showed 8-7-5-3-2 and Negreanu turned over 8-4-3-2, as he needed a five, six, or seven to stay alive. Negreanu caught a 2 which was no good and had to pack his bags.

The field was down to just 9 players when the clock was stopped for the day.  Abe Mosseri will lead the small survivors pack into Day 3 with likes of John Juanda and Nam Le still in the tournament. Amnon Filippi, Greg Mueller, Shawn Sheikhan and Jimmy Fricke are some of the notables who couldn't make it through the day.

Here are the remaining players and their chip stacks:

World Series Of Poker Event #55 Standings
Rank	Name	Chips
1st	Abe Mosseri	447,000
2nd	Blair Rodman	358,000
3rd	Masayoshi Tanaka	345,000
4th	John Juanda	182,000
5th	Julie Schneider	163,000
6th	Brad Libson	146,000
7th	Hertzel Zalewski	111,000
8th	Nam Le	95,000
9th	Kris Lord	87,000