Ivey Out
Having been cut down to a short stack as we near the end of Level 6, Phil Ivey has just been eliminated.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day: 1
Johnny Be Gone
Johnny Chan has been eliminated following a three-way hand versus both Daniel Negreanu and Dan Heimiller. A short-stacked Heimiller won the main pot with his 
, while Negreanu took the side pot with a 
.
Negreanu has about 45,000 now, while Heimiller has 13,000.
Juanda Shows the Bluff
Greg Raymer had bet 5,000 after the draw and John Juanda raised all in for about 20,000. Raymer went into the tank for so long that Max Pescatori called the clock. Eventually, Raymer folded his hand and dropped to 32,000. Juanda looked up and said, "Who says I don't bluff anymore?" before showing two sevens for a pair, something you don't want in this game. He's up to 40,000.
Big One for Bakes
We came on the table as the hand was concluding, but David "Bakes" Baker just won a big one versus Brett Richey, doubling through when his 
proved best.
Baker is now up to 60,000, while Richey is riffling a few gray chips -- just about 1,000 total.
The Bluff, Past and Present
Billy Baxter was just up from his seat, telling the neighboring table how he'd managed to pull off a successful bluff in a recent hand. It's that sort of event, actually -- a lot of talk back and forth between the tables among a group of players very familiar with one another, and with a lot of shared history.
Robert Mizrachi piped up, suggesting to Baxter that it is harder to bluff today than "back in the 80s" because players will call you down.
Huck Seed then engaged Baxter on the topic, agreeing with the sentiment that times have changed. "Not like the old days, it is Billy?" said Seed. "Back then you could rattle your chips and they'd throw their pat hand away," he grinned.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | -3,000 |
|
45,000 | 2,000 |
|
44,000 | 21,000 |
|
44,000 | 21,000 |
|
42,000 | 9,000 |
|
37,000 | 10,000 |
|
24,000 | 1,000 |
|
10,000 | -11,000 |
Richey Beats Up On Jesus
Brett Richey raised to 1,200 from the button before Chris Ferguson reraised to 3,400 from the big blind. Richey called. Ferguson stood pat and Richey drew one. After the draw, both players checked.
Richey tabled the and Ferguson mucked. Richey's up to 37,000 and Ferguson down to 29,000.
A Man of His Word
The G is no more, fallen victim to a hand with Andy Bloch. True to his word, Tony G immediately made his way over to Tom Dwan's table, ready to do the requisite five push-ups on the table. Once he arrived, it was clear the other players at the table wouldn't necessarily desire their play being interrupted so, and Tony G thus did the push-ups on the floor next to the table, a smiling Dwan snapping a photo as he did.
Dwan then walked over to Tony G's former table and delivered $500 to Andy Bloch -- the bounty for having knocked out the G.
"There was a bounty on Tony G?" said Howard Lederer with some incredulity, who hadn't quite heard that earlier. Lederer then joked that he might've played the Tony G knockout hand a little differently if he'd known.
Bloch has chipped up to 57,500.
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 100
Ivey Slips Back Down
We missed the action pre-draw, but after it there was a bet of 7,000 laid out in front of Phil Ivey. He was up against Brandon Adams who had checked. After tanking, Adams made the call with the and Ivey mucked, dropping back to 16,500 chips.