Patrick Moulder has taken down the $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw of the World Series of Poker 2024, securing his first WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $177,045. He had already made two final tables earlier in the series. He finished 9th in the $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Eight-or-Better and 8th place in the $10,000 Limit H.O.R.S.E. Championship.
On his way to victory, Moulder triumphed over a final table that included six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb and three-time bracelet winner Chad Eveslage. This win marked Moulder’s largest live tournament score to date. With his current success, Moulder’s recorded career earnings now exceed $319,000.
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw drew 371 entrants, generating a prize pool of $825,475. Of the 371 entrants, 56 players claimed a portion of the prize pool. The event featured a rotation of deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball, ace-to-five triple draw lowball, and badugi.
Event #56: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Final Table Recap
| Place | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Patrick Moulder | $177,045 |
| 2nd | Ian Chan | $115,073 |
| 3rd | Yuebin Guo | $76,547 |
| 4th | Chad Eveslage | $52,140 |
| 5th | Matthew Smith | $36,387 |
| 6th | Shaun Deeb | $26,033 |
| 7th | Anthony Hu | $19,106 |
Moulder kicked off the final table as the chip leader. Shaun Deeb made it to the final table but was short-stacked and became the second player to be eliminated. Moulder knocked out Deeb in 6th place, earning $26,033 for his deep run in the series. Matthew Smith was the next casualty. He got eliminated in 5th place, earning $36,387.
Chad Eveslage had a roller coaster ride at the final table. He started in the middle of the pack but climbed after winning a pot from Deeb, but he again lost some chips. Eveslage was eliminated in 4th place, earning $52,140.
Entering the final three-handed play, Ian Chan had nearly twice the chips of Moulder, while Yuebin Guo was very short-stacked. Despite this, Guo gave a tough competition, extending the three-handed play to over two hours. Guo quickly overtook Moulder and nearly caught up to Chan for the chip lead. Meanwhile, Moulder was short-stacked for the first time that day after playing Chan’s king-badugi.
After the game switched from Badugi to 2-7 Triple draw, Moulder quickly won several pots and made a comeback by reclaiming the lead from Chan. Guo became short-stacked once more, leading to a 3rd place finish in an ace-to-five triple draw hand against Chan.
The heads-up play lasted for 90 minutes until one of them emerged victorious. Moulder took the lead in heads-up play and kept it until the final hand. The final hand occurred during another round of ace-to-five. Chan went all-in before the draws and made seven-low. It wasn’t enough to best Moulder’s six-low. Ian Chan finished as the runner-up taking his career best earning of $115,073.
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