2009 World Series of Poker
Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw
Day: 1
Two Fifty
Seventy-Sixers
On the final draw, Le stood pat while the other two men each drew a card. Gioi Luong was the one who bet out this time, and Williamson came over the top with two bets. Le folded and Luong called, tabling 7-6-5-4-2. Williamson had a seventy-six too, but his 7-6-5-3-2 was the better one, winning him the pot.
Negreanu's Here
Sexton Giving Lessons
On the last draw, Sexton stood pat, and that prompted his opponent to finally draw a card. Sexton again checked and called a bet from the big blind. Mike turned over 8-6-4-3-2, and his opponent sent his cards to the muck.
"You pat and pat and then take one," said Sexton as he pulled in the pot. "You played it perfectly."
Hawrilenko Draws to the Win
On the second draw, each player asked for one card before checking it around. The last draw saw the button stand pat with Hawrilenko and Baxter still drawing one. It checked around again, and Hawrilenko tabled the winning 8-7-6-4-3.
Welcome. Good Game.
Many Bets, No Showdown
On the first draw, Alaei took one card while the other three players each took two. Alaei bet and was called in all three places. The second draw saw Alaei and the original raiser draw one as Wong and the big blind drew two again. And again, Alaei bet and was called three times.
Each player pulled a single card for their final draw. Alaei fired again, and the big blind folded. Wong put in a raise though, and that was enough to fold the remaining two opponents including Alaei. Without having to show it down, Steve Wong picked up a nice pot from his three table mates.
Latecomers
Dan Heimiller is also mulling around his empty table waiting for players. We also found latecomers Chris Amaral, Mike "GoLeafsGoEh" Leah, and Ralph Perry at adjacent tables. Shawn Sheikhan is here too, joining the table of Rob Hollink and Kelly Kim.
There are 239 players in with another hour left for registration.
They Came Ready to Play
All three players drew two cards. With the action checked to him, Sam Grizzle bet and got called by both opponents. He and Le drew one while Williamson still wanted two. The action repeated with Le and Williamson check-calling a Grizzle bet.
On the final draw, Le and Williamson took one card while Grizzle stood pat. All three men checked. Williamson showed down 9-7-6-5-2, and it was good enough to win him a nice little pot here in the early going.