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Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship
Day 3 Completed
2026 World Series of Poker
Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,636,800
Total Entries
176
Level
26
Limits
120,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
0
Entries
11
Players Left
1
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Koji Fujimoto Beats the Lowball Legends on His Way to the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship
Level 26
: Limits 120,000/2,400,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Schulman. Baxter. They are names that reverberate across World Series of Poker history as the most decorated lowball players ever. Nick Schulman and Billy Baxter were back at it today to chase another title, but it was someone who came all the way from Japan, surrounded by a group of supporters he’s hoping will be the next generation of Japanese stars, who spoiled their party.
Koji Fujimoto denied Schulman his ninth WSOP bracelet by emerging from a whirlwind heads-up battle to win Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship, his first bracelet, and $392,478 top prize for prevailing over the 176-entry field. Fujimoto became the 11th bracelet winner from his native country and says this title will make him want to pursue more.
Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koji Fujimoto | Japan | $392,478 |
| 2 | Nick Schulman | United States | $256,181 |
| 3 | Tommy Hang | United States | $172,064 |
| 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | $119,011 |
| 5 | Justin Smith | United States | $84,845 |
| 6 | Todd Brunson | United States | $62,404 |
“Winning this bracelet makes my poker life get bigger. My dream was winning a bracelet in the World Series, and I did it. So I can go to the next step for my poker life,” Fujimoto said, with fellow bracelet winner Naoya Kihara serving as translator.
Fujimoto was a decided underdog after reaching heads-up with Schulman. The Poker Hall of Famer has won three 2-7 bracelets in his decorated career, and was looking to become just the eighth player in WSOP history to win nine bracelets. Schulman entered with a sizeable chip lead and all the momentum after dominating the final table.
Fujimoto, though, wasn’t bothered by any of that. Competing against even the best of the game, he tried to just concentrate on his own play. “He’s a good player. I tried not to make any mistakes and just try to focus on every single hand,” he said about battling Schulman.
Poker Teacher Hopes to Inspire the Next Generation Back Home
Fujimoto’s poker resume dates back only three years, during which he had compiled 17 WSOP cashes and a final table in the $1,500 T.O.R.S.E. event last year. His prize today more than exceeded his previous live earnings combined. But he’s no stranger to poker, and the passionate rail that cheered after every pot he took down can attest to that.
Fujimoto is a poker coach back home, and his students all came out in support of him today at the final table. “I was playing, not alone, but all the students. So that makes me play better and lead to winning,” he said.
“I teach poker to the students for the last year. Three times a week. And I won the bracelet. So that makes the mixed games going up in Japan.”
Fujimoto hopes they can follow in his career path. He started out as primarily a Hold’em player before making the switch to mixed games. “I started from Hold’em. Then PLO and draw games. After that, I moved to the mixed games. I went through that path, and I want other players to come through this way,” he said.
Final Day Action
The day began with 11 players returning to battle for the bracelet, with Fujimoto sitting in third place behind Todd Brunson and Justin Smith. Brandon Shack-Harris, Nam Le, and Robert Wells fell before the final table, while Baxter, the Poker Hall of Famer and six-time draw game bracelet winner, saw his run end in eighth place to set the final table.
Schulman had built a substantial lead with 3,800,000 as the remaining seven players took their seats at the final table, while Fujimoto was in the middle of the pack with 1,550,000. Kihara, seeking his third bracelet of the summer, was the first to fall after Brunson made an 8-7. Brunson then patted a 10-9 against Schulman, who caught a wheel to win the pot and send the start-of-day chip leader to the rail in sixth place.
Smith, making his first WSOP final table appearance since 2011, got in his last chips with an 8-7-6, but Tommy Hang had 8-7-5 to win the pot and eliminate Smith in fifth place. Fujimoto then patted a 10-7 and Andrew Kelsall could only catch a pair of eights as he fell in fourth.
Fujimoto surpassed Hang for second after winning a big pot with a wheel. He then made another wheel a few hands later against Schulman to climb up near 4,000,000. Hang continued to get shorter until he got in his last 100,000 in a three-way pot, but Schulman ended up with a wheel this time and Hang was eliminated in third place.
Fujimoto Battles the Hall of Famer
Schulman led Fujimoto 6,500,000 to 4,150,000 at the start of heads-up, and while Fujimoto briefly took the chip lead, Schulman’s experience seemed to be paying off as he grinded Fujimoto down and climbed up past 7,000,000. Kihara then arrived on his rail with a gift that, Fujimoto later admitted, changed all the momentum: two energy drinks.
“He brought me two chargers, energy drinks. Something changed and I started winning. I still remember that Naoya called me, Mr. Koji, Mr. Koji, and he gave me the chargers. I got to relax with it. That’s the turning point,” Fujimoto said.
Fujimoto climbed back into the lead, then left Schulman with 2,000,000 after making an eight. Schulman was on the right side of a massive cooler with a wheel against Fujimoto’s No. 2, and doubled up a few more times after that, but most pots went the way of the burgeoning Japanese superstar. Schulman had less than 1,000,000 when, on the last hand, he was drawing one to a 9-7 while Fujimoto had 7-6. Fujimoto caught a pair of threes on his last card, but Schulman also peeled another four to make a pair as a celebration erupted across the Paris Las Vegas ballroom and reverberated back home across the Pacific.
Schulman’s date with destiny was denied. Fujimoto took his seat among legends today, and the poker teacher wasn’t intimidated. He only expects things to get bigger from here.
That concludes PokerNews' coverage of the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the 2026 WSOP.
Level 26
: Limits 120,000/2,400,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Koji Fujimoto denied Nick Schulman his ninth WSOP bracelet, taking down the Poker Hall of Famer to emerge as champion of Event #67: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Championship. Fujimoto took home $392,478 for winning his first WSOP bracelet.
Stay tuned for a recap of the final table and an interview with the champion.
Final Table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koji Fujimoto | Japan | $392,478 |
| 2 | Nick Schulman | United States | $256,181 |
| 3 | Tommy Hang | United States | $172,064 |
| 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | $119,011 |
| 5 | Justin Smith | United States | $84,845 |
| 6 | Todd Brunson | United States | $62,404 |
Level 26
: Limits 120,000/2,400,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Level 26
: Limits 120,000/2,400,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Koji Fujimoto raised on the button and Nick Schulman called.
Schulman drew four and Fujimoto two. Fujimoto then bet, and Schulman called for his last 50,000.
Both players drew one on the last two draws. Fujimoto had 7x6x5x3x, while Schulman was showing 9x7x6x4x.
Fujimoto let out a sigh as he found another 3x, but Schulman then turned over a 4x. "Congratulations," Schulman told Fujimoto as he got up to shake his hand, while Fujimoto gave a bow to his Japanese rail after securing the bracelet.
Level 26
: Limits 120,000/2,400,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Koji Fujimoto limped in and called a raise from Nick Schulman. Schulman drew one and Fujimoto drew three, followed by a bet from Schulman and a call.
On the second draw, Schulman drew one and Fujimoto two. Schulman bet and Fujimoto called.
Schulman was pat going into the final draw and Fujimoto drew one. Schulman checked and Fujimoto bet. Schulman, visibly not pleased, mulled it over for thirty seconds before calling.
Fujimoto showed him 8x7x6x3x2x and Schulman mucked.
Level: 26
Blinds: 60,000-120,000
Limits: 120,000-240,000
Level 25
: Limits 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 50,000-100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
The players are going on another 10-minute break.
Level 25
: Limits 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 50,000-100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Nick Schulman raised on the button and Koji Fujimoto called.
Both players drew three, and Fujimoto led out with a bet. Schulman called.
Fujimoto stood pat and bet again, and Schulman called after taking two. Fujimoto patted and bet after the third draw, while Schulman took one. He then folded, and Fujimoto took the pot.
The next hand, Fujimoto raised on the button and Schulman called.
Schulman drew four and Fujimoto two. Fujimoto then bet and Schulman called.
Both players drew one and Fujimoto bet again. Schulman called and drew one, while Fujimoto stood pat. Schulman then moved all in for 120,000, and Fujimoto called.
Schulman showed 7x6x5x4x2x, and Fujimoto mucked 9x8x6x4x3x as Schulman doubled up again.
Level 25
: Limits 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Blinds: 50,000-100,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Limits: 100,000-200,000
Koji Fujimoto raised, Nick Schulman three-bet, and Fujimoto called. Both players drew two cards on the first draw. Schulman bet and Fujimoto called.
Schulman drew one on the second draw and Fujimoto drew two again. An instant bet from Schulman followed, called by Fujimoto.
Both Schulman and Fujimoto drew one on the final draw and checked it down. Schulman showed Ax7x5x3x2x, Fujimoto rolled over Qx8x5x4x2x to take it down.
