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It's safe to say that, with hold'em the king of poker these days, many of the dealers assembled for the World Series of Poker have spent little time dealing any other game, especially stud variants. That may explain this recent announcement from the floor.
"Dealers, listen up. Dealer School 101. In the stud games, you start the deal to the 1-seat, not to the left of the button. Thank you."
The other basic point that the dealers must remember this afternoon is to change the game every eight hands.
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"This idiot sat at the wrong table," Mike Matusow told the floor supervisor who finally appeared at Table 245. Matusow pointed at Allen Kessler in the 5-seat. Shannon Elizabeth had produced an entry ticket which, sure enough, read Table 245, Seat 5. Kessler was supposed to be at Table 241, Seat 5, one table away.
Kessler seemed more than happy to change tables to his correct table, as "Miami" John Cernuto, Justin Bonomo and Matusow were all on his left, making Table 245 one of the tougher draws in the room. The supervisor ruled that Kessler should stay and Elizabeth should move tables.
"That's not the rule," protested Matusow. A second floor was summoned who gave the proper ruling -- that Kessler should relocate to his correct table and allow Elizabeth to take her assigned seat. Given the stiffness of the competition at Table 245, this didn't thrill Elizabeth.
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It's an impressive turnout today for this $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event. We're in three quadrants of the Brasilia Room with spillover into the Miranda Room. Here's a sampling (but not exhaustive list) of who we've spotted so far:
Doug Lee
Bryan Micon
Bryan Devonshire
Maria Ho
Tom Schneider
Gavin Griffin
Shirley Rosario
Nikolay Evdakov
Nick Frangos
Marcel Luske
Ylon Schwartz
Mike Sexton
Shawn Sheikhan
Tom McEvoy
Vanessa Rousso
Mel Judah
Berry Johnston
Mimi Tran
Barbara Enright
And Mike Matusow just showed up to take the 8-seat at Table 245, a table at which Allen Kessler and Justin Bonomo are already seated. Matusow is now bellowing (and we do mean bellowing) for a floor to Table 245. Developing...
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It's mixed games day at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Event 31, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. kicks off today at 5pm. Ever since the WSOP introduced the prestigious $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament in 2006, mixed games have gained renewed popularity as one of the toughest tests of a poker player's mettle.
We're told by tournament staff that, although this tournament is slated to kick off in the Brasilia Room, they anticipate having some overflow back into the Amazon Room (using tables that have already been broken in Event 30, $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha). That means we could be seeing a sizable field for a type of poker that just a few years ago seemed destined for the junk bin.
This could also be a tune-up for some of the high rollers who are expected to buy into the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. in a little more than a week. We'll let you know who's here when play kicks off at 5pm local time. See you then!
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