Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-29-2009 22:00 UTC-12

The Top Four

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Here are the four men leading the way as Day 1 nears its end:

Mike Peltekci - 60,000
Ryan Fisher - 59,000
Blair Rodman - 57,000
Tuan Le - 55,000

06-29-2009 22:01 UTC-12

The clock has ticked down to the 10-minute mark, and that means it's time to play the lottery. The floor person had a player pick a card; it was a four, and we'll play that many hands before bagging up for the night.

06-29-2009 22:15 UTC-12

Day 1 Wraps Up

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That's all she wrote for Day 1 of the $2,500 Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball fun. The day began with 257 runners trying to outdraw each other to the worst hand, and somewhere around 75 of them have survived long enough to try it again tomorrow.

The list of players who didn't survive the day is long and full of big names like Robert Williamson III, Greg Raymer, Mike Sexton, Todd Brunson, Erick Lindgren, Marcel Luske, Bill Chen, Barry Greenstein, and on and on it goes.

On the flip side of the coin, Tuan Le held the chip lead for much of the day, and he's finished up near the top as play concludes. From the counts, it appears that he has just been edged out by Adam Ewenstein who sealed his 71,800 chips into the plastic bag for the overnight soak. Michael Peltekci, Blair Rodman and Ryan Fisher are also up there near the top of the pack.

The remaining players will be back at 2:00pm to pick up with Day 2. We'll be there too, and we hope you'll join us then. Until tomorrow, goodnight from the Rio!

Event 55 - $2,500 Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw

Day 1 Completed