Event 8 - $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-02-2009 12:27 UTC-12

More Notables

donpeters

Jean-Robert Bellande, Gavin Smith, and Berry Johnston are also in the building for the event.

06-02-2009 12:20 UTC-12

The tournament staff has announced the rules for the tournament a few times over and now the cards are in the air. Many tables are playing short handed, but should fill up soon.

There's 115 players currently registered.

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/75

Ante: 25

06-02-2009 12:12 UTC-12

Notables

donpeters

Play hasn't started yet, but a lot of notable players are taking their seats and getting ready for action. Here's a list of some of the names playing tonight's event.

Vanessa Rousso
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Gavin Griffin
Robert Mizrachi
Dick Carson
Dewey Tomko
Mickey Appleman
Jon "PearlJammed" Turner
Tom Schneider
Tracey "xTraCey" Nguyen
David Grey
Huck Seed
Nikolay Evdakov
Andy Black
Dutch Boyd
Daniel Alaei
Mike Caro
Jennifer Harman
Jimmy Fricke
Erick Lindgren
Greg Raymer

The number of entrants has increased to 107 players at the current time.

Tags: Greg Raymer

06-02-2009 11:52 UTC-12

Welcome to Event #8, $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball

donpeters

Event #8, $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball, is set to begin in just a few moments. The start of the tournament may be delayed a few minutes due to the ongoing $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that is taking up some extra space.

This event will feature a few quirks that should make things interesting. First, this is a triple-chance event. Each player will start with 2,500 chips, but have the option of adding on at any time twice more during the first three levels. Second, the first player to enter the pot MUST open with a raise. That alone should make the play very interesting. Third, this event is single draw and not triple draw. If you remember last year, a $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw event as featured with John "The Razor" Pahn coming out victorious for his second bracelet of the Series and over $150,000. The slight change of making this a single draw should factor into play quite a bit. Also, the event structure calls for antes right from the get go.

Once again, things may be slightly delayed as the tournament staff works to break some extra tables to make room for the event. Never the less, once action kicks off we'll be bringing you all the live coverage. There are currently 85 players registered. Stay tuned!

Tags: "The Razor"John Phan