Players Look to Mix It Up as the March to the Money Begins
On Tuesday night, the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, which featured alternating rounds of Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha. After eight levels of play, the field of 477 players was reduced to just 209.
Emerging as the chip leader was respected pro Dan Kelly, who bagged up a healthy 56,800. Given his stack and experience, he’s primed to make a run at the $271,312 first-place prize; likewise, Brendan Taylor (45,275), Jake Abdalla (43,750), Freddy Deeb (38,350) and Jeff Madsen (37,075) all bagged up top ten stacks.
In addition, a plethora of other notables will be returning to action including Ylon Schwartz (34,400), Anthony Nguyen (34,250), Marco Traniello (33,300), Greg Raymer (27,525), Barry Greenstein (25,000), Daniel Negreanu (19,575), Scotty Nguyen (11,300), Eugene Katchalov (8,225) and Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier (6,525), just to name a few.
Who will be the next to add their name to the list of Eight-Game Mix winners?
Former Eight-Game Mix Champions
| Year | Player | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | John Monnette | 489 | $278,144 |
| 2010 | Sigurd Eskeland | 453 | $260,497 |
| 2009 | Jerrod Ankenman | 412 | $241,637 |
| 2008* | Anthony Rivera | 192 | $483,688 |
*Featured $10,000 buy-in.
Cards will be back in the air on Wednesday at 2 PM PST, which is about an hour from now. Be sure to join us then as we make our way to the money at 48 and then onward to the final table, or at least as close as we can get.