2012 World Series of Poker

Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x6x4x3x2x
Prize
$145,247
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Total Entries
228
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 228
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Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Two Players Down

Andy Bloch
Andy Bloch

As the end of the second level approaches two players have just been eliminated.

The honor of the first out goes to Warick Mirzikinian who fell to Kenneth Aldbridge.

Moments later Andy Bloch was on his way as well. Nikolai Yakovenko took his scalp.

Tags: Andy BlochKen AldridgeNikolai YakovenkoWarick Mirzikinian

Agression Pays

This may be a limit game but an aggressive approach can still pay dividends.

  • Justin Smith has halted his bad start. He was in the big blind and called an under the run raise, along with the small blind. All three players drew one card before they all checked. The small blind drew two cards to the other two's one. Smith led for 200 and only the under-the-gun player called. Smith stood pat and his opponent drew one. Smith came out firing for another 200 and his opponent folded.
  • Richard Ashby is somewhat of a mix-game specialist and came third for $143,833 in the $10,000 Championship version of this event last year. He checked his big blind option after the small blind had limped. Both players drew three cards and the small blind check-raised Ashby's 100 bet up to 200. Ashby called, drew two cards to his opponent's stand pat, and quickly folded when faced with a 200 bet.

Tags: Justin SmithRichard Ashby

Come and Play

Registration is open until the beginning if level 5, which will roughly be at 9:50pm. We expect players to register all the way up until that point. More players to arrive include:

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Unions and Poker

Bill Chen
Bill Chen

Talk at table #350 is all about Unions rather than poker right now. Nikolai Yakovenko, Allen Kessler, Bill Chen et al went from unions all the way to how socialism doesn't work in practice.

Poker was still being played though, and Kessler took a pot off Chen with {10-}{8-}{4-}{3-}{7-}.

Kessler raised from under the gun and Chen called out of the small blind. Both drew two cards, one card, and one card on each draw. Both players checked after the first draw, Kessler bet after the second draw, and Chen led after the third draw. "Oh, I missed" said Chen after his last bet was called. He opened {7-}{3-}{4-}{7-}{x-}.

Tags: Allen KesslerBill ChenNikolai Yakovenko

Been There, Done That, Got the Bracelet

Level 1 : 50/75, 0 ante

They all want to be awarded with the bracelet come Monday evening. They want to follow in the footsteps of these lucky few:

YearPlayerPrize# of Entrants
2007Rafi Amit$227,005209
2008Bon Phan$151,911238
2009Abe Mosseri$165,513258
2010Peter Gelencser$180,730291
2011Lenny Martin$189,818309

Devonshire Drops Chips Early

Bryan Devonshire is down to 6,675 after mucking upon seeing his opponent's hand.

He was in the big blind and three-bet the button's open. He was called before both players drew one card.

He check-called 100 and drew another card as his opponent stood pat. He check-called 150 and drew one more as his opponent stood pat once more. After the third draw he check-called 200 and was shown {6-}{2-}{5-}{8-}{3-}.

Tags: Bryan Devonshire