WSOP 2026: Naoya Kihara wins the $10k NL Lowball Bracelet

No record bracelet for Phil Hellmuth at the $1,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2026 at Horseshoe & Paris Las Vegas. The Japanese player Naoya Kihara triumphed and won his first bracelet along with $1,923.13 players made it to the final day of the $1,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event #17) of WSOP 2026. Phil Hellmuth was hunting for his 18th bracelet.In the end, the lanky American finished 9th ($1,656). Hellmuth went all-in with Q-9-5-2 and drew a King. Naoya Kihara discarded two cards and hit a Jack and a Ten for a hand of 7-5-3, which was enough to take him out. After that, there was a redraw.

• Seat 1: Naoya Kihara, 720,000
• Seat 2: David Lin, 1,835,000
• Seat 3: Dan Shak, 1,320,000
• Seat 4: Ryutaro Suzuki, 2,320,000
• Seat 5: Shaun Deeb, 1,850,000
• Seat 6: Robert French, 1,140,000
• Seat 7: Per Hildebrand, 1,495,000
• Seat 8: John Cynn, 1,220,000
• Blinds: 10,000/25,000; BB Ante: 35,000

Nearly four hours were played before the next player was eliminated. Robert French ($1,656) was all-in with 9-8-5-3 against David Lin, who did not break off a J-10 Low and paired the 9. It took more than four additional hours before Per Hildebrand ($1,467) also had to pack it up. The Swede was all-in with 8-7-6-3 against Naoya Kihara’s 7-5-4, drew a King, and Kihara made a 10-8 Low.The blinds put more pressure now, and things moved a bit faster. Dan Shak ($1,834) went all-in with 7-5-3-2 against Naoya Kihara’s 7-6-4-2 and drew a King, while Kihara made a J-7 Low.Shaun Deeb was playing for his ninth bracelet and important points in the race for the WSOP Player of the Year. His journey ended at 5th place ($1,557) when he did not break off T-6 and lost to John Cynn’s 8-7 Low.Ryutaro Suzuki ($1,038) finished in 4th place. David Lin went all-in from the Small Blind, and Suzuki called with 9-7-5-4 and was in good shape, but Lin hit an Ace for K-Q-10-6. The 9 was none of Suzuki’s outs.With three players left, it took a long time before John Cynn had to leave with the J-10-9 Low against David Lin’s J-10-7 Low. Naoya Kihara was a narrow chip leader ahead of David Lin when it got to heads-up, and it could have been a long duel. It did take a while, but after some back and forth, Naoya Kihara managed to pull slightly ahead. Lin eventually went all-in with 10-8-5-4-2, Naoya Kihara thought for a long time before discarding a card, and with the 7-6-5-3-2 Low, Kihara celebrated the victory and the bracelet, netting $1,923 in prize money.

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WSOP Event #17: No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship

Buy-In: $1,000 Entries: 198 Prize Pool: $1,841,400 Paid Places: 30Reports: Day 1 – Day 2

Payouts

Place	Name	Country	Payout
1	Naoya Kihara	Japan	$1,923
2	David Lin	United States	$1,711
3	John Cynn	United States	$1,302
4	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	$1,038
5	Shaun Deeb	United States	$1,557
6	Dan Shak	United States	$1,834
7	Per Hildebrand	Sweden	$1,467
8	Robert French	United States	$1,656
9	Phil Hellmuth	United States	$1,656
10	John Monnette	United States	$1,598
11	Alex Foxen	United States	$1,598
12	Chad Eveslage	United States	$1,116
13	Jason Daly	United States	$1,116
14	Ren Lin	China	$1,116
15	Ryan Hoenig	United States	$1,432
16	Xavier Kyablue	United States	$1,432
17	Daniel Weinman	United States	$1,432
18	Dennis Weiss	Germany	$1,432
19	Andrew Sellergren	United States	$1,432
20	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	$1,432
21	Justin Marsh	United States	$1,412
22	Ben Yu	United States	$1,412
23	Dara Taherpour	United States	$1,412
24	Joao Vieira	Portugal	$1,412
25	Ryan Riess	United States	$1,412
26	Matthew Vengrin	United States	$1,412
27	Frank Kassela	United States	$1,412
28	Yueqi Zhu	China	$1,412
29	Matthew Schreiber	United States	$1,412
30	Matthew Valeo	United States	$1,412