2007 World Series of Poker

Event 54 - $5,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ rebuys
Day: 1
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$538,835
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
20,000
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A Better Jack Low

[user25067]
[user25067]
Barry Greenstein raised to 1,600 pre-draw and Mickey Appleman called all in for his last 500. Greenstein stood pat while Appleman drew one. Greestein announced that he had a jack low, but Appleman turned over a better jack low, J-9-8-5-4 and took the pot.

Appleman was up to 2,000 after the hand.

Tags: Barry GreensteinMickey Appleman

Rouas vs. Steve Z

[user25067]
[user25067]
Philippe Rouas raised to 1,200, Steve Zolotow moved all in for 6,350, Todd Brunson called and Rouas called. Rouas drew two, Zolotow stood pat and Brunson drew one. Rouas moved all in for his remaining 3,500 after the draw and Brunson folded. Rouas turned over 2-3-4-7-8 and Zolotow called for a rebuy.

Tags: Phillipe RouasSteve ZolotowTodd Brunson

Level: 3

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 150

Hellmuth Arrives So Late He's Nearly Eliminated

[user25067]
[user25067]
Phil Hellmuth just arrived at the tournament a full 2 1/2 hours late to discover he was nearly down to the felt after being blinded off for the duration of his absence. Naturally, Phil wasn't pleased. Since Hellmuth was a pre-registered player, he'll have to begin play after the break with the 1,150 he has left in his stack, rather than the 8,200 late-registration players were permitted to start with (a fresh 10,000 stack minus three rounds of blinds and antes totaling 1,800).

In essence, the players who arrived late and did late registration were afforded an unfair advantage over the players, like Hellmuth, who elected to pre-register.

Had Hellmuth's last chips been anted off before he arrived at the Rio, he would have been eliminated from the tournament and not permitted to rebuy. So, in effect, our unscheduled break due to the controversy ended up saving Hellmuth.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth Doubles Up, Simmers Down

[user25067]
[user25067]
Phil Hellmuth moved all in for 925 and Don Zewin called. Hellmuth drew one and Zewin stood pat. Hellmuth turned over 2-3-5-7-8, besting Zewin's T-8 low and took the pot.

Phil has been unnaturally calm about the situation regarding his blinded-off starting stack. He has accepted the tournament director's ruling and said "the best we can do is make sure the rules are changed for next year."

Hellmuth made his first rebuy shortly after the conclusion of this hand.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

More Clarification

[user628]
[user628]
Rule 81 of the TDA rules is actually quite clear. A player who registers late will receive a penalty of up to three rounds. According to tournament director Jimmy Sommerfeld, any player who's stack is reduced more that that can appeal BEFORE he is dealt a hand. I can't find that part in the rule sheet I have, but I do not have all the rules in front of me.

One of about 1,000 interesting issues arising is the fact that Phil Hellmuth, who preregistered was down to about 1,000 chips - and only just took his rebuy.

A myriad of discussions with players and around player discussions during the last 45 minutes, with everyone from Daniel Negreanu, to Jeff Lisandro to Todd Brunson chiming in shows me that this will be a hot topic in the 'off season', and that all of these types of issues need to be resolved.

This has been a tough day to be a tournament director at the WSOP. We can only hope issues of what to do in situations like this can be resolved.
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