Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day 2 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day: 2
The Lay of the Day 2 Land
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Here's how the 72 remaining players will be set up when they return for today's second day.
Table 311
Seat 1: Eric Cloutier (83500)
Seat 2: Daniel Obrien (20700)
Seat 3: Robert Mizrachi (34200)
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei (32400)
Seat 5: Anton Allemann (80600)
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu (46800)
Seat 7: Erik Sagstrom (41800)
Table 312
Seat 2: Michael Binger (29500)
Seat 3: Michael Mizrachi (31300)
Seat 4: David Williams (59400)
Seat 5: Nicholas Brancato (31000)
Seat 6: George Danzer (33600)
Seat 7: Arturo Diaz (54100)
Seat 9: Peter Gould (51600)
Table 313
Seat 1: Chad Brown (36900)
Seat 2: Brett Richey (53300)
Seat 3: Jeffrey Lisandro (26700)
Seat 4: Tommy Vedes (112600)
Seat 5: Homan Houshiar (116100)
Seat 6: Vladimir Schmelev (34300)
Seat 7: Randal Haley (50900)
Table 314
Seat 1: Shahram Sheikhan (15200)
Seat 2: Parris Holmes (43900)
Seat 3: Yan Chen (33200)
Seat 4: Todd Brunson (38800)
Seat 5: Barry Greenstein (38800)
Seat 6: Todd Thuan Bui (20400)
Seat 7: Brandon Cantu (63000)
Table 315
Seat 1: Mike Wattel (39800)
Seat 2: Mark Dickstein (40500)
Seat 3: Alessio Isaia (25100)
Seat 4: Mike Matusow (48900)
Seat 5: Eric Kesselman (45800)
Seat 6: Tom Schneider (18700)
Seat 7: Sirious Jamshidi (20700)
Table 317
Seat 2: Scott Seiver (34800)
Seat 3: Eli Elezra (38800)
Seat 4: Billy Baxter (61200)
Seat 5: George Lind (21700)
Seat 6: Joe Cassidy (60300)
Seat 7: John Monnette (31000)
Table 318
Seat 1: Andy Bloch (39700)
Seat 2: Farzad Bonyadi (32100)
Seat 3: Herezel Zalewski (32700)
Seat 4: John Kabbaj (58500)
Seat 5: Dee Tiller (30700)
Seat 6: Archie Karas (55200)
Seat 7: Jason Mercier (49400)
Table 319
Seat 2: Par Alexande Hilderbrand (33700)
Seat 3: Michael Watson (22500)
Seat 4: Greg Raymer (18800)
Seat 5: Loi Phan (57200)
Seat 6: Stephen Chidwick (46300)
Seat 7: David Baker (104000)
Table 320
Seat 1: Mark Weitzman (26600)
Seat 2: Steve Zolotow (45800)
Seat 3: Tom Dwan (64100)
Seat 4: Huck Seed (9400)
Seat 5: John Juanda (54050)
Seat 7: Chris Ferguson (32400)
Table 323
Seat 1: Doyle Brunson (30100)
Seat 2: Vincent Musso (51300)
Seat 3: Erik Seidel (46400)
Seat 4: Brandon Adams (42800)
Seat 5: David Grey (25200)
Seat 6: Greg Mueller (29300)
Table 324
Seat 2: Doug Booth (59600)
Seat 3: Freddy Deeb (13300)
Seat 4: Nick Schulman (18500)
Seat 5: Dan Heimiller (34500)
Seat 6: Andy Black (49300)
Seat 7: Jose-Luis Velador (12200)
The Event That Draws Out the Best
Welcome back to Day 2 of Event No. 19, the $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit). From our star-studded field of 101 players who entered this one, a total of 72 will be returning today, with Canadian Homan Houshiar returning as the overnight chip leader.
While Houshiar's name may not (yet) be one we immediately recognize, a quick look down the leaderboard reveals many more of whom even casual poker fans are well aware.
Tom "durrrr" Dwan, David Williams, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, and Erik Seidel are all returning to above average stacks today. Barry Greenstein, Eli Elezra, Chris Ferguson, Doyle Brunson, Greg Raymer, and Huck Seed will also be back to fight for one of the most prestigious bracelets among the preliminary events. (That's just a sampling of the stacked field we have returning -- see the Day 2 seating assignments below for the full list.)
Play is scheduled to restart at 3 p.m. Vegas time. Come back then to follow all of the action as poker's best players compete to make the worst hands.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 200
Cards in the Air
A few players are still not quite in their seats, but the clock has been started and the first hands of Day 2 are being dealt!
A Tournament of Champions
By no means an official count here, but after going back over the list of entrants for this event, the number of WSOP bracelets won by the 101 players who entered is somewhat mind-boggling.
We lost at least 10 bracelet holders yesterday, who together hold 29 WSOP bracelets. Johnny Chan, who has won 10 bracelets, and Phil Ivey, who has won seven, were both eliminated on Day 1. So were two-time bracelet winners Carlos Mortensen, Max Pescatori, J.C. Tran, and Howard Lederer. And Dario Alioto, Erick Lindgren, Phil Tom, and Dario Minieri -- all of whom have one WSOP bracelet -- also didn’t come back today.
Of today’s 72 returners, it appears nearly half of them -- 34 -- already have at least one WSOP bracelet:
10 -- Doyle Brunson
8 -- Erik Seidel
7 -- Billy Baxter
5 -- Chris Ferguson
4 -- John Juanda, Daniel Negreanu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Huck Seed
3 -- Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Farzad Bonyadi
2 -- Brandon Cantu, Steve Zolotow, Daniel Alaei, Greg Mueller, David Grey, Tom Schneider, Freddy Deeb
1 -- David Williams, John Kabbaj, Jason Mercier, Eric Kesselman, Mike Wattel, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra, Scott Seiver, Dan Heimiller, Robert Mizrachi, Michael Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Nick Schulman, Jose-Luis Velador, Yan Chen
That’s 84 more bracelets. That means more WSOP bracelets than entrants in this field -- 101 players with 113 bracelets! Like we say, this count is unofficial -- but it is clear that this Event No. 19 is in its own way a tournament of champions.
Aggressive Start For Negreanu
Anton Allemann opened to 2,200 from the hijack only to have Daniel Negreanu three-bet from the cutoff to 8,200 to take the pot down.
The following hand after a Daniel Alaei open to 2,500, Negreanu thee-bet to 8,000 to again successfully take the pot down.
After an aggressive start from Negreanu, he is now up to 53,000 in chips.
Fossilman Forces a Fold
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer raised to 2,000 from under the gun, and the table folded around to Mike Watson who called from the big blind. Both players drew one card.
Watson bet 4,800, and the Fossilman responded by shoving all in for 11,800. Watson thought a moment, then let it go. Raymer is up to 27,000, while Watson slips to 15,000.
Schneider Shot Down
Eric Kesselman opened with a raise from UTG, Tom Schneider reraised to 7,500, Kesselman pushed all in, and Schneider -- covered by Kesselman -- made the call.
Kesselman stood pat, and Schneider -- after contemplating the situation at length -- also decided to stick with his original five. Kesselman turned over 
, and Schneider showed 
-X-X-X. Schneider is out, and Kesselman moves up to 63,000.
Straight No Good For Binger
Michael Binger entered the pot with a raise to 2,500 with David Williams making the call from the cutoff.
Both players drew one and Binger fired out 3,000 as Williams instantly made the call.
"I threw out a six" stated Binger as he tabled firstly his and then his kept 
.
Williams spread his 
to take in the pot to move to over 65,000 in chips.