2007 World Series of Poker
Event 54 - $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ rebuys
Day: 1
Cards are in the Air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 50
So . . . How Do You Play This Game?
A literal who's who of poker is gathered at the twelve tables we have in play for this event, including Barry Greenstein, $50K H.O.R.S.E. champion Freddy Deeb, Erik Seidel, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Ted Forrest, Minh Ly, Scotty Nguyen, Mickey Appleman, Chip Reese and Billy Baxter.
Play will start out seven-handed today, gradually working down to six-handed.
Tables of Death
Table 1: Erick Lindgren, Andy Bloch, Chad Brown, Lyle Berman, David Chiu
Table 7: Mickey Appleman, Freddy Deeb, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein
Table 8: Steve Zolotow, Todd Brunson, Erik Seidel
Table 12: Thor Hansen, Chip Reese, Michael Binger
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Steve Zolotow and Erik Seidel had four empty chairs at their table. After Zolotow raised it up and collected the 650 in blinds and antes he said to the dealer "hurry up and deal fast before these guys get here."
Tony G Arrives
Sleepy Mickey
"You can go back to sleep now" joked Freddy Deeb as Mickey stacked his chips.
Steve Z vs. Seidel
Introducing Noah Jefferson
Jefferson just got involved in a pot with Jeffrey Lisandro where Lisandro opened for 800 and Jefferson called. Each player drew one card. Lisandro led out for 1,200 after the draw and Jefferson called, showing 2-5-7-8-9. Lisandro mucked and Jefferson dragged a pot worth over 4,500.