2009 World Series of Poker

Event 37 - $10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8-or-better
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$431,656
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
164
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Day 1 in the Books, play to Resume at 2 P.M. Friday

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Jeff Lisandro
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164 players bought into the World Championship Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo event, its buy-in super-sized to $10,000 from last year's $5,000 price tag. As was to be expected, this event drew an elite field with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein, Chau Giang, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Eli Elezra, Howard Lederer, and defending champion Sebastian Ruthenberg.

Approximately 111 players will return to play Day 2, including Daniel Negreanu, whose cocktail-heavy celebration at the NHL Awards continued here in the Brasilia Room throughout the evening. Making early exits were Carlos Mortensen, Phil Ivey, Justin Bonomo, Jason Mercier, Max Pescatori, Jennifer Harman, Mark Gregorich, Ted Forrest, and Dario Alioto.

Tuan Le finished the evening as the dominant chip leader with 232,000 in his stack at last count. Behind him are Lyle Berman with 112,000 and Jeff Lisandro with 100,000. Also surviving to Day 2 with healthy stacks were Dario Minieri, Howard Lederer, Tom Schneider, David Benyamine, and Daniel Alaei.

As always, official chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they become available.

Join us again tomorrow at 2 p.m. PDT for continuing coverage of this event as we (attempt) to play down to a final table. Keep it here on PokerNews and from all of us here in Las Vegas, good night and good luck.