2010 World Series of Poker

Event #19: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
Day: 2
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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
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Four-Bet Win For Holmes

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With the action folding round to Todd Bui in the cutoff, he made it 2,300 to go, only to be followed by a Brandon Cantu three-bet to 8,000 from the button.

Parris Holmes in the big blind squeezed out his five cards before moving all in for his last 33,300.

"You stole my move" commented Bui as he tossed his cards into the muck.

Cantu's followed just as quickly to see Holmes pushed the pot.

"I knew it would have worked!" added Bui.

"I learnt it from you" stated Holmes as he climbed to over 45,000 in chips.

Tags: Parris HolmesBrandon CantuTodd Bui

You Have a Point There

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Shamus

A curious game, Deuce-to-Seven Lowball (No-Limit). With some curious rules. One of those rules (followed yesterday) dictates that if a card is exposed during the deal and it happens to be a "wheel" card -- i.e., {7-}, {5-}, {4-}, {3-}, or {2-} -- the player keeps the card. If not a "wheel" card, the exposed card would be replaced with a new one.

Here at the start of play today one table began debating the merits of the rule. It was pointed out that a player could perhaps manipulate one's hand so as to expose non-wheel cards as the deal was being completed, thereby ensuring a replacement for the unwanted cards.

After a bit of discussion, it was just announced that from this point forward, all cards exposed during the deal would be replaced, regardless of what they are.

Seiver Doubles With Jack-Nine

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John Monnette opened to 2,500 from the button only to have Scott Seiver move all in for 21,700 from the big blind.

Monnette deliberated for a full minute before making the call and drawing one to his {9-}{6-}{4-}{2-}.

Seiver stood pat with his {J-}{9-}{8-}{6-}{4-}, and Monnette was unable to improve on his draw - finding just the {2-} - he slipped to 11,000 as Seiver doubled through to 45,000 in chips.

Tags: John MonnetteScott Seiver

Seed Trying to Grow a Stack

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Tom "durrrr" Dwan raised to 2,700 from the cutoff, Huck Seed shoved all in for about 7,000 from the button, the blinds folded, and Dwan called.

Seed drew one card, and Dwan stood pat. Seed showed {10-}{9-}{8-}{6-}{2-}, better than Dwan's {Q-}{j-}{9-}{4-}{2-}, and Seed chips up to 15,600. Dwan still has a healthy 56,000.

Tags: Huck SeedTom Dwan

Straight No Good For Binger

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Michael Binger entered the pot with a raise to 2,500 with David Williams making the call from the cutoff.

Both players drew one and Binger fired out 3,000 as Williams instantly made the call.

"I threw out a six" stated Binger as he tabled firstly his {6-} and then his kept {5-}{4-}{3-}{2-}.

Williams spread his {J-}{10-}{8-}{5-}{2-} to take in the pot to move to over 65,000 in chips.

Tags: Michael BingerDavid Williams

Schneider Shot Down

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Tom Schneider, from Day 1
Tom Schneider, from Day 1

Eric Kesselman opened with a raise from UTG, Tom Schneider reraised to 7,500, Kesselman pushed all in, and Schneider -- covered by Kesselman -- made the call.

Kesselman stood pat, and Schneider -- after contemplating the situation at length -- also decided to stick with his original five. Kesselman turned over {9-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{2-}, and Schneider showed {9-}{8-}-X-X-X. Schneider is out, and Kesselman moves up to 63,000.

Tags: Eric KesselmanTom Schneider

Fossilman Forces a Fold

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Shamus

Greg "Fossilman" Raymer raised to 2,000 from under the gun, and the table folded around to Mike Watson who called from the big blind. Both players drew one card.

Watson bet 4,800, and the Fossilman responded by shoving all in for 11,800. Watson thought a moment, then let it go. Raymer is up to 27,000, while Watson slips to 15,000.

Tags: Greg RaymerMike Watson

A Tournament of Champions

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Shamus

By no means an official count here, but after going back over the list of entrants for this event, the number of WSOP bracelets won by the 101 players who entered is somewhat mind-boggling.

We lost at least 10 bracelet holders yesterday, who together hold 29 WSOP bracelets. Johnny Chan, who has won 10 bracelets, and Phil Ivey, who has won seven, were both eliminated on Day 1. So were two-time bracelet winners Carlos Mortensen, Max Pescatori, J.C. Tran, and Howard Lederer. And Dario Alioto, Erick Lindgren, Phil Tom, and Dario Minieri -- all of whom have one WSOP bracelet -- also didn’t come back today.

Of today’s 72 returners, it appears nearly half of them -- 34 -- already have at least one WSOP bracelet:

10 -- Doyle Brunson
8 -- Erik Seidel
7 -- Billy Baxter
5 -- Chris Ferguson
4 -- John Juanda, Daniel Negreanu, Jeffrey Lisandro, Huck Seed
3 -- Mike Matusow, Barry Greenstein, Farzad Bonyadi
2 -- Brandon Cantu, Steve Zolotow, Daniel Alaei, Greg Mueller, David Grey, Tom Schneider, Freddy Deeb
1 -- David Williams, John Kabbaj, Jason Mercier, Eric Kesselman, Mike Wattel, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra, Scott Seiver, Dan Heimiller, Robert Mizrachi, Michael Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Nick Schulman, Jose-Luis Velador, Yan Chen

That’s 84 more bracelets. That means more WSOP bracelets than entrants in this field -- 101 players with 113 bracelets! Like we say, this count is unofficial -- but it is clear that this Event No. 19 is in its own way a tournament of champions.

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