Event 20 - $2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi Lo Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-11-2007 18:43 UTC-7

New Players

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More players have arrived late to the event:
Todd Brunson, Amir Vahedi, Tony Ma, and Brett "Gank" Jungblut. It is even more pro-heavy than realized.

Tags: Amir Vahedi Brett "Gank" Jungblut Todd Brunson Tony Ma

06-11-2007 18:44 UTC-7

A Nice Gesture

[user38368]

The ill player has had his $2,000 buy-in refunded. His starting chips have been taken out of play, and his around 200 profit is being redistributed into every pot at his table, 25 at a time.

06-11-2007 18:51 UTC-7

Captain Tom Franklin has 8-9-7-5 showing and is betting the entire way down, taking two players with him, one with hearts up and another with a low draw. On seventh street, he bets and again gets two callers. He shows the A-3 that he knows about. Nut low. He hasn't looked at his seventh street down card yet.

He slowly flips it over.

It's a six!

The table erupts as Captain Tom scoops the pot.

Tags: Captain Tom Franklin

06-11-2007 18:55 UTC-7

Prize Pool Announced

[user38368]

There are 340 players in this event with a prize pool of $618,000. The top 32 pay, with 32nd receiving $4,950 and first place $176,000.

We will post the entire prize pool as soon as we have it.

06-11-2007 19:05 UTC-7

Steve Graboski Scoops

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Steve Graboski, who took 12th place in the HORSE event earlier today, has just scooped a nice pot with A-3-4-5-6 for low and 3-4-5-6-7 for the high.

Tags: Steve Graboski

06-11-2007 19:14 UTC-7

A Cheesy Player -- In a Good Way

[user38368]

One of our players is named Vince Burgio, the author of "Pizza, Pasta and Poker" -- a poker autobiography.

Tags: Vince Burgio

06-11-2007 19:26 UTC-7

Wine, Straight

[user38368]

A player to Todd Brunson's left is swigging wine straight out of a bottle. It's 7:26 somewhere in the world. Right here, in fact.

Tags: Todd Brunson

06-11-2007 19:29 UTC-7

Jesus, Amir; Amir, Jesus

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Chris "Jesus" Ferguson has arrived halfway through level two. He has a seat 7 card, but there was already a player sitting there. The floor has made the decision to put him in the open seat 2 instead -- directly to Amir Vahedi's left.

Tags: Amir Vahedi Chris "Jesus" Ferguson