Brendan Taylor opened with a raise three hands in a row and won the first two — one where everyone folded, and one against Max Kruse.
In the one versus Kruse, Taylor raised Kruse's big blind and Kruse defended. Both players drew two and Kruse check-called. Kruse drew two and Taylor drew one. He check-called again and drew one against Taylor's pat hand. Both players then checked and Taylor won the hand with a nine.
Then it was Jason Riesenberg's turn to win two in a row. Taylor raised again and this time it was Riesenberg defending his big blind. Both players drew two and checked. Taylor signified his check by tossing two cards before Riesenberg had declared. Riesenberg stood pat and Taylor drew two.
Riesenberg bet and Taylor called. Riesenberg stood pat again and Taylor drew one. Riesenberg bet again and Taylor called. Riesenberg won the hand with .
Riesenberg won the next hand as well after he checked down a three-way pot with Kruse and Rick Fuller. Riesenberg showed a nine and it was good.
Max Kruse opened second to act, and Brendan Taylor defended the big blind. Taylor drew three and Kruse two, and Taylor check-called. Each player took one on the second draw, and Taylor again check-called. Kruse was pat after Taylor took a final card, and both players checked.
Taylor laid down a jack-six, but Kruse had and won the pot, enabling him to move into the chip lead.
The final table for Event #28: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw starts today at 2 p.m. Brendan Taylor is leading the way with 714,000 and is the only player at the final table to have won a WSOP gold bracelet.
Taylor dipped a little during the final two tables, but surged at the end to bag the chip lead coming into today. Hot on his heels is Max Kruse with 635,000.
Kruse's best WSOP finish was third place in 2-7 Single Draw in 2014. He has $87,862 in WSOP earnings and six cashes. Kruse eliminated four-time WSOP bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi on the final hand of play last night to bring the field down to six.
Starting the day in third position is Brian Brubaker. He has a third-place finish at the 2013 WSOP in the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw event. He has 27 WSOP cashes for $257,707. He also finished 14th in this year's $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball event.
Next up, Jason Riesenberg. His best WSOP finish is a 12th-place finish at the 2015 WSOP in Omaha hi-lo. He has over $500,000 in WSOP earnings on 15 cashes.
Dean Kerl starts the day fifth in chips. This is just Kerl's third WSOP cash. He has one cash in each of the last two summers and his best finish thus far is 68th in the 2016 $1,500 razz event. Kerl spent most of Day 2 wearing a shiny sequined hoodie, which will make him easy to spot at the final table.
Rick Fuller will start the day as the short stack. Fuller has two third-place finishes in previous WSOP events (2004 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo and 2007 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em). He has 11 WSOP cashes for just under $400,000 in career WSOP earnings.
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