Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$949,400
Entries
101
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
7,000
Final Open Event of 2012 WSOP About to Kick Off
Welcome to our coverage of Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)! This exciting lowball variant of five card draw is the final open event offered at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Last year this event drew a small but stacked field of 126 players and John Juanda was able to take home his fifth WSOP bracelet from his first place finish.
This event drew a lot of attention last year as it was widely thought that Phil Hellmuth would take down his 12th bracelet in this event. Going into heads up play with about a 3 to 1 chip lead, Hellmuth's stack was slowly whittled down by John Juanda and Hellmuth was forced to settle for his first second place finish of the 2011 WSOP.
While Hellmuth and Juada were headlining last year's final table, there were also several big names present including Nick Schulman, Hasan Habib, Joe Cassidy, Steve Sung, and the 2010 champion of this event David "Bakes" Baker. We're expecting a field stacked with professionals once again this year.
Play will kick off at 5:00 PM in the Amazon room and players will play a full eight levels this evening. Stay tuned as we present you with all of the latest updates as this stacked field of players engage in a battle of what most would call one of the purest forms of poker.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 25
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 25 ante
Cards are in the air here in the tan section of the Amazon room.
Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
Level 1
: 50/100, 25 ante
Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Ivey | 539.70 |
| 2 | John Monnette | 524.25 |
| 3 | Phil Hellmuth | 500.70 |
| 4 | Antonio Esfandiari | 488.10 |
| 5 | Michael Mizrachi | 486.20 |
| 6 | Andy Frankenberger | 406.66 |
| 7 | Vanessa Selbst | 388.17 |
| 8 | David “Bakes” Baker | 356.94 |
| 9 | Max Steinberg | 348.44 |
| 10 | Andy Bloch | 340.50 |
Familiar Faces
Here are just a few on the names spotted on an initial pass through the Tan section of the Amazon room.
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Notable Names
This is a small tournament packed with pros, so we recognize a few faces at every table. There are still a ton of empty seats with stacks in front, so we expect this list to grow. Again, each player is starting off with 10,000, with two rebuy lammers they can use at any time before the fourth level.
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Late Arrivals
As we expected, we saw a few fresh faces as we made our second run through the tournament floor, including this guy named Phil Ivey you may have heard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Early Table Of Death
All of these tables are tough, but we noticed one in particular that was packed with familiar faces. We don't recognize the poor soul in seat 1, but the rest of the players at his table are easily recognizable.
Seat 2: George Danzer
Seat 3: Chino Rheem
Seat 4: Justin Bonomo
Seat 5: Michael Binger
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Cunningham Bests Grey
Level 1
: 50/100, 25 ante
We caught up to see David Grey and Allen Cunningham both put in 1,200 before the draw. Grey took one while Cunningham opted to stand pat.
Grey shuffled his cards around and took a look at Cunningham before peeking at his hand. Grey checked to Cunningham and Cunningham took one more look at his cards before also checking behind.
Grey threw his hand away almost instantly and Cunningham tabled 
and was able to drag in the pot.