Event #8, $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Lowball, began with 147 entrants and some of the biggest names in poker. Top professionals such as Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Chau Giang, Mike Caro, Jen Harman, and Allen Cunningham were some of the victims during today's play, but after it was all said and done, 35 players are returning tomorrow.
Among the 35 players returning tomorrow are Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, Freddy Deeb, John Juanda, Erik Seidel, and Barry Greenstein. Layne Flack, Lindgren, George Danzer, and Phil Hellmuth all hold around the same amount of chips and could easily come out as the chip leader from Day 1 once everything is officially counted. Mike Peltekci is also yielding a nice stack size as the day comes to a close.
Play is scheduled to begin tomorrow at 2:00 PM local time. The plan for tomorrow is to grind our way down until the final table is set.
We'll see you all back here tomorrow for all the live coverage of Event #8.
Tom Schneider moved all in pre-draw and was called by Freddy Deeb. After the draw, Deeb boasted a against Schneider's . Schneider was sent home just a few minutes before the day's end. Deeb moved up to 37,000 chips.
With the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud World Championship going on down the hall in the Amazon room, a handful of players here are concerned about who is still in the event and how it's going. The players keep asking Barry Greenstein for updates, which he is getting from his phone every so often.
The tournament staff has paused the clock with 10 minutes left and have announced that the players will all play exactly seven more hands. Once the seven hands are complete, everyone will bag and tag their chips and we'll come back tomorrow.
Freddy Deeb just got moved to Erick Lindgren and John Juanda's table. Deeb said, "If I'm still here at the end of the night, let's vote on whether or not we just want to come back tomorrow and play it out." Juanda agreed, as did some others at the table.
"But if I'm not here, I won't worry about it." Deeb finished.
The entire table laughed and all stated that they agree on taking the vote. Deeb went on to say, "Some people are here for the bracelet, some people are here for the money."
Juanda added, "Some people are here for the points."
John Monnette raised from the cutoff to 1,800 and David Grey called from the big blind. Monnette drew one while Grey drew two. Both players then checked.
"King." announced Grey.
"King." responded Monnette.
"King-nine." came back Grey.
"I got a king-nine-six." announced Monnette.
Grey then mucked his hand and took the pot to increase his stack. Grey dropped to 18,000 chips.