2011 World Series of Poker

Event #9: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day: 1
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Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8x6x5x3x2x
Prize
$102,105
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
275
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
6,000 / 12,000
Ante
3,000

Event #9: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball

Day 1 Started

Welcome to Event#9: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball

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It's the Deuce to Seven Lowball event, one of the most high variance gambling games that we'll see at the WSOP this year. Last year Yan Chen won this event ahead of Mike Wattel to win a bracelet and $92,817 for his first place finish.

For those who are unfamiliar with deuce to seven, players are dealt five cards and are allowed to draw between none and all of their cards before another round of betting. {7-}{5-}{4-}{3-}{2-} is the nut hand but the scope for big plays is huge as you get no information about the other players' hand apart from their betting amount and the number of cards they are drawing.

Play begins at 5pm.

Triple Chance

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Players are starting today with 1,500 chips with two further add-on's of another 1,500 each, all of which will have to be taken by the end of the fourth level. Let the action commence!

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 10

Enter the Brunson

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Level 1 : 25/25, 10 ante

Doyle Brunson is playing the Lowball event here today, his first event of the series and is sharing a table with Bertrand Grospellier.

Other interesting tables see Jimmy Fricke next to JC Tran and Layne Flack sharing a table with John Racener.

Tags: Doyle Brunson

The Legend of Lowball

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Another player spotted today is seven time bracelet winner Billy Baxter, of which five bracelets came in deuce to seven. Arguably the greatest lowball player in the world, he's after number eight here today.

Another players spotted arriving include MIchael Binger, Huck Seed and Jean-Robert Bellande.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger 		4,500
Shawn Sheikhan us
Shawn Sheikhan 		4,500
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,500
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
WSOP 1X Winner
4,500
Ashley Mason
Ashley Mason 		4,500
Billy Baxter us
Billy Baxter
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,500

Tran Takes A Hit

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Level 1 : 25/25, 10 ante

JC Tran just lost a chunk of his first stack, calling off 275 chips only to be shown a {9-}{8-}{7-}{6-}{2-}.

Tran flashed {7-}{5-}{3-}{2-} and mucked his last card.

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