Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$384,750
Entries
285
Level
20
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
3,000
Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball, Day 1
Welcome to the World Series of Poker Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball. This is one of the most fun events in the entire schedule. Unlike its Triple Draw variant of a brother, this game is played No-Limit, rather than limit. The players are also only allowed to draw once, rather than three times. The result of this means that there is an awful lot of opportunities to apply pressure on opponents, bluff, and try to make a hero out of yourself.
Matt Perrins of the UK bettered 274 players last year en route to claiming his maiden bracelet and $102,105. Not a bad achievement considering he'd hardly played the game before.
Here's a full list of previous winners of this event:
| Year | Player | Prize | # of Entrants |
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| 2009 | Phil Ivey | $96,367 | 147 |
| 2010 | Yan Chen | $92,817 | 250 |
| 2011 | Matt Perrins | $102,105 | 275 |
We expect this to be a small but stacked field. Join us back here at 5:00 PM for the start of the eight levels we'll play today.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 10
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/25, 10 ante
All the necessary information has been announced to the players and this show is on the road.
Players From The Orange Section
All players start the day with 1,500 in tournament chips and two lammers worth 1,500 each. On the chip counts list we will include the lammers, which wil go out of play after four levels.
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Players Spotted in the Orange Section
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Poor Ivey's got a Tough Table
Phil Ivey runs so bad! He has to deal with Nick Binger, Bryan Devonshire, Shaun Deeb and Dan O'Brien at his starting seven-handed table.
Binger just got the better of him in a pot too.
Ivey raised to 75 from the cut-off and called when Binger three-bet to 300 from the big blind.
Binger stood pat as Ivey drew one, and both players checked. Binger opened 
and Ivey mucked.
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Donnie Peters' in The House!
Level 1
: 25/25, 10 ante
As you all know the PokerNews.com Live Reporting Crew works hard every day in order to bring you all the news from the Rio. One of the hardest working men at this year's World Series of Poker has to be our own Donnie Peters who decided to play in today's event.
Peters hasn't had a day off this whole summer and looks to work hard at the tables today, instead of behind his laptop and in between the action. We will be following the action of our colleague closely, as this could be his moment of fame. At his table we recognized two players, Brandon Cantu and Liv Boeree.
One of our former colleagues, Garry Gates, is also in today's field. He's looking to battle against Justin Bonomo and Greg Raymer, both of which are in position to him.
More Players
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