Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
Day 1 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 23 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
96
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
6,000
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In between, 96 players sat down and played poker. Some (Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth) sat down later than others and left sooner; others quietly chipped up without making much of an impact on the tournament.
At the end of the day, it was Roland de Wolfe's name atop the leaderboard with approximately 180,000 chips. He's followed by John Juanda and Vince Musso. A total of 60 players -- about 60% of the field -- made it through to Day 2.
Those 60 players will go home for the night to get some sleep. They'll reassemble tomorrow for Day 2 at 2pm local time in the Orange section of the Amazon Room. See you then!
Wroblewski picked up an ace to make A-8-6-3-2, while both Alaei and Lisandro drew tens. Alaei's T-7-4-3-2 beat out Lisandro's T-8-7-6-5 to take down the pot and give him a late-night double up to about 52,000. Lisandro slipped to 20,000 while Wroblewski hit the rail.
De Wolfe bet nearly enough to set Flack all in. Flack moved the rest of his chips in the middle and De Wolfe called the small balance.
De Wolfe showed number two, 7-6-4-3-2 and Flack hit the rail. De Wolfe is now up to 165,000 in the closing minutes of Day 1.
Richey's T-8-6 low just out-pipped Phan's T-8-7 low and he took down the pot, doubling his stack to 19,000.
After the draw, Rheem checked to Kesselman, who moved in for 22,000. "I have to call," said Rheem. Kesselman showed down 8-6-4-3-2 to drag the pot and cripple Rheem in the process.
At one point, Grizzle challenged Bellande to a heads-up match. Bellande pointed out that they've set up many heads-up matches in the past, only every time, Grizzle failed to come up with the cash.
"The last three times I showed up, no one would stake you. The only way I'll play you is if you show up with money" said Bellande.
"Bobby, you're the biggest joke in poker!" retorted Grizzle.
One table away, Mike Matusow couldn't resist getting in on the conversation.
"I could pull someone off the rail and they'd have more of a chance against you!" cackled Matusow.
"I don't know, I'm lookin' at the rail and they look pretty smart" remarked Bellande.
"I'm lookin' at you like a three-headed donkey!" laughed Grizzle.
Once the draw was completed Wahlbeck squeezed his card. He then moved all in for 16,400. Grey tanked for more than a minute before calling all in for slightly less. Grey's 10-9-5-4-2 was good enough to take the pot. Wahlbeck is crippled to 1,450; Grey is now on about 45,000.