WSOP 2024: Patrick Moulder Thriumps in Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)

Patrick Moulder won World Series of Poker event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) for $177,045. Moulder made two final tables earlier in this WSOP. He finished ninth in $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship and eighth in $10,000 limit H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Third time was the charm, and Moulder got his hands on his first WSOP bracelet.

“It means so much to me,” Moulder said after the victory. “My goal coming into the summer was to make one final table. I got to one early in the summer and got knocked out right away. It was nice to have a long Day 3 and get across the finish line”.

The event attracted 316 entries who created a prize pool of $825,475 with 56 players in the money. Min-cash was $5,054.

Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Patrick Moulder	United States	$177,045
2	Ian Chan	Canada	$115,073
3	Yuebin Guo	United States	$76,547
4	Chad Eveslage	United States	$52,140
5	Matthew Smith	United States	$36,387
6	Shaun Deeb	United States	$26,033
7	Anthony Hu	United States	$19,106

Final Table Action

After final table chip count, Patrick Moulder was on the top of the pack with 22 big bets, and Shaun Deeb was in last position with nine big bets.

[Badugi] First one to hit the rails was Anthony Hu who shoved from BU and got called by Chan, who had him covered. Hu had [invalid notations]. 10♠ didn’t improve Chan meaning Hu needed to hit any diamond to stay alive in the tournament. Final draw was 9♥, and Hu was eliminated in seventh place for $19,106.

[A-5 Triple Draw] Moulder opened from HJ, and Deeb defended from BB. Both drew two. Deeb bet, Moulder called; both drew one. Deeb checked, Moulder bet, and Deeb called for the remaining chips and was all-in. For the final draw, both drew one. Moulder showed 5432A for a wheel, and Deeb was eliminated in sixth place for $26,033.

[A-5 Triple Draw] Matthew Smith opened-shoved from HJ, Guo 3-bet from SB, folding out the BB. Guo drew one for each draw, while Smith drew three, drew three again, and drew one. Smith had 652A against Guo’s 543A. Guo drew K for the final draw, but Smith made pair drawing 2 and was eliminated in fifth place for $36,387.

[A-5 Triple Draw] Moulder raised from UTG and Chad Eveslage 3-bet from SB. Moulder 4-bet and Eveslage called to draw one. Moulder didn’t draw and bet, Eveslage called. On the second and the third draw, Eveslage drew one, and Moulder pat. Eveslage showed 764A against Moulder’s 7532A. Eveslage was drawing dead against seven-five and was eliminated in fourth place for $52,140.

[A-5 Triple Draw] Yuebin Guo was all-in from BTN, and got called by Chan in BB. Chan drew three on the first draw before Guo took two. On the second draw, Chan took one while Guo was still stuck with two. On the final draw, Chan stood pat, and Guo still drew two, throwing away 62. Guo had 652 against Chan’s 7543A. Guo turned over J as first card, leaving him drawing dead. Guo was eliminated in third place for $76,547.

The Heads-Up

Going into the heads-up battle Moulder had the chip lead, but nothing was done since Chan had enough chips to go to war.

[A-5 Triple Draw] After back and forth, Moulder inflicted the final blow when he was raised from BTN, putting Chan all in; Chan called. Each player took three cards on the first draw, Chan took two on the second draw, and Moulder drew one. On the final draw, Chan tool two, and Moulder stood pat. Chan had 42A against Moulder’s 6542A. Chan still had some equity, but he turned 6 as the first card, and that was the end as he was drawing dead. Chan was eliminated in second place for $115,073.

* Images and hands courtesy of WSOP and PokerNews