2009 World Series of Poker

Event 8 - $2,500 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$96,361
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
147
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
4,000

Welcome to Event #8, $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball

Event #8, $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball, is set to begin in just a few moments. The start of the tournament may be delayed a few minutes due to the ongoing $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that is taking up some extra space.

This event will feature a few quirks that should make things interesting. First, this is a triple-chance event. Each player will start with 2,500 chips, but have the option of adding on at any time twice more during the first three levels. Second, the first player to enter the pot MUST open with a raise. That alone should make the play very interesting. Third, this event is single draw and not triple draw. If you remember last year, a $2,500 Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw event as featured with John "The Razor" Pahn coming out victorious for his second bracelet of the Series and over $150,000. The slight change of making this a single draw should factor into play quite a bit. Also, the event structure calls for antes right from the get go.

Once again, things may be slightly delayed as the tournament staff works to break some extra tables to make room for the event. Never the less, once action kicks off we'll be bringing you all the live coverage. There are currently 85 players registered. Stay tuned!

Tags: "The Razor"John Phan

Notables

Greg Raymer
Greg Raymer
Play hasn't started yet, but a lot of notable players are taking their seats and getting ready for action. Here's a list of some of the names playing tonight's event.

Vanessa Rousso
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Gavin Griffin
Robert Mizrachi
Dick Carson
Dewey Tomko
Mickey Appleman
Jon "PearlJammed" Turner
Tom Schneider
Tracey "xTraCey" Nguyen
David Grey
Huck Seed
Nikolay Evdakov
Andy Black
Dutch Boyd
Daniel Alaei
Mike Caro
Jennifer Harman
Jimmy Fricke
Erick Lindgren
Greg Raymer

The number of entrants has increased to 107 players at the current time.

Tags: Greg Raymer

Level: 1

Blinds: 50/75

Ante: 25

Shuffle Up and Deal!

The tournament staff has announced the rules for the tournament a few times over and now the cards are in the air. Many tables are playing short handed, but should fill up soon.

There's 115 players currently registered.

Tough Tables in Action

A few tables around the room have three or four top players seated at them.

(Table 231)
Jimmy Fricke
Erick Lindgren
Greg Raymer

(Table 234)
Nikolay Evdakov
Huck Seed
Daniel Alaei

(Table 241)
Dick Carson
Mickey Appleman
Alessio Isaia
Berry Johnston

The number of entrants has climbed to 118 now.

More Faces and Tough Tables

Roy Winston joined the action on table $234 with Huck Seed, Daniel Alaei, and Nikolay Evdakov. Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, David "Chino" Rheem, David Singer, and Scotty Nguyen are also seated in the field. Nguyen and Flack joined Mike Caro's table.

On the other side of the room away from where we're set up is a tough table containing Kelly Kim, Ralph Perry, Chau Giang, Alessio Isaia, and Jose Luis Velador.

Enter Minieri

Dario Minieri just sat down over at David "Chino" Rheem's table. Upon sitting down, Minieri greeted everyone and then explained that he's never played this game before.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is debating giving Rheem and Minieri a last-longer bet. "You'd need 100-to-1 to last longer than me and Dario would need 150-to-1." Matusow joked with Rheem. "I can't do that though, I don't want to make you play better. It'd be unfair to the rest of your table," he continued.

Tags: "Chino""The Mouth"Chino RheemDario MinieriDavid RheemMike Matusow

More Players

Nam Le and David Sklansky just walked in. Jim Geary final tabled the Event #3, $1,500 Omaha 8-or-Better, and is here as well.

Erik Seidel and Jennier Harman's husband, Marco Traniello, are also taking their seats.