2010 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
David Baker
Winning Hand
jx10x9x8x4x
Prize
$294,314
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$949,400
Entries
101
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
10,000

Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Homan Houshiar
Homan Houshiar
116,100
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
112,600
David Baker us
David Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
104,000
Eric Cloutier ca
Eric Cloutier
83,500
Anton Allemann
Anton Allemann
80,600 44,600
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
64,100 17,100
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
63,000 6,000
Billy Baxter us
Billy Baxter
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
61,200
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
60,300 32,300
Doug Booth
Doug Booth
59,600
David Williams us
David Williams
WSOP 1X Winner
59,400
John Kabbaj gb
John Kabbaj
WSOP 2X Winner
58,500 24,500
Loi Phan
Loi Phan
57,200
55,200
Arturo Diaz
Arturo Diaz
54,100
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
54,050 12,050
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
53,300 7,300
Peter Gould gb
Peter Gould
51,600
Vincent Musso
Vincent Musso
51,300
Randal Haley
Randal Haley
50,900
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
49,400 15,400
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
49,300 11,300
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
48,900 8,900
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
46,800 -200
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
46,400 1,400

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Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship

Day 1 Completed

Day 1 Concludes

Tommy Vedes, near the top of the leaderboard as Day 1 concludes
Tommy Vedes, near the top of the leaderboard as Day 1 concludes

As expected, the $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit) attracted a star-studded field as poker's elite came out to compete for what has come to be regarded as one of the more prestigious bracelets among the preliminary events.

A total of 101 came out for today's event, making for a prize pool of $949,400. Among the greats making up today's field were Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jeffrey Lisandro, Erik Seidel, Carlos Mortensen, Doyle Brunson, Huck Seed, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu, Greg Mueller, Tom Schneider, and Billy Baxter. And that's just limiting ourselves to those holding multiple WSOP bracelets!

The first four levels featured those "add-on" chips, meaning we saw only a couple of eliminations before the dinner break. We saw a few more hit the rail as the night came to a close, including Chan, Ivey, and Lederer.

Tommy Vedes held the chip lead during the last couple of levels tonight, only to be overtaken by Homan Houshiar at the very end. Houshiar bagged 116,100 chips once play concluded, and will be at the top of the leaderboard when the 72 remaining players return tomorrow.

Thanks for following our coverage of Day 1. Be sure to come back tomorrow at 3 p.m. Vegas time for continuing coverage of Event No. 19.

Four More Hands

The tourney clock has been stopped with ten minutes left in the level, and a draw of a card has determined we're to play four more hands before stopping for the evening.

Two More Fall

We just came on the tail end of a big hand over on Table 303 in which both Justin "Boosted J" Smith and Dario Alioto were eliminated.

Black Is Back

Andy Black
Andy Black

Andy Black opened with a raise from the button, the big blind made it 6,000 to go, then Black reraised all in for 27,200. His opponent called.

Both stood pat, Black showed {8-}{7-}{5-}{4-}{3-}, and his opponent mucked. Black is up to 58,000.

78 Left

J.C. Tran was unable to nurse that short stack much longer, and has just been eliminated. So has Phil Tom.

About halfway through our last level of the night, we are now down to 78 players left from our original field of 101.

Tags: J.C. TranPhil Tom

Bald Eagle Doubles His Wingspan

From middle position, Erik Seidel raised to 1,700. Steve Zolotow called from the cutoff seat and then Dan O'Brien reraised from the big blind to 7,800. Seidel got out of the way and then Zolotow called.

O'Brien tapped the table, signifying that he was standing pat while Zolotow drew one. After the draw, O'Brien moved all in and Zolotow called. O'Brien showed an {8-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{2-}, but was beat by Zolotow's {8-}{6-}{5-}{4-}{2-}.

Zolotow doubled to just about 56,000 while O'Brien was knocked down to 38,000.

Tags: Steve ZolotowDan O'Brien

You Look Familiar

It's getting late here in the Rio. After 2 a.m. And "Poker After Dark" is playing silently on a big screen television just off to the side of our event.

In fact, three of the players in currently in this event -- Tom Dwan, Doyle Brunson, and Eli Elezra -- also appear in tonight's episode of "PAD."

At Elezra's table, play nearly ground to a halt as players became engaged in watching a hand between Elezra and Dwan play out on the screen. In the hand, Dwan succeeded in bluffing Elezra out with a bold river bet, eliciting a round laughter from Elezra's current tablemates.