2009 WSOP Event 23 - $10,000 Deuce To Seven Draw Lowball

The 2009 WSOP Event # 23 is the World Championship No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball tournament. The buy-in for this event is a respectable $10,000. This game as such is rarely played in public cardrooms anymore and is only patronized at top professional levels because of the presence of large stakes and re-buys. In this game, the worst hand or the lowest ranked hand wins the jackpot. It has been devised as a three day event and is expected to generate a strong level of anticipation among avid poker enthusiasts.

This event has been absent from the WSOP in previous years and was reinstated in the WSOP only in the year, 2007. This year the tournament is structured in such a way that the ante bet for Level 1 is $25 with blinds for level 1 ranging from $75-$150. So far, all 32 levels have been conceived with a maximum blind of $200,000. The individual levels last about 60 minutes with 20 minute breaks allowed to players after every other level has been played. This is a no-limit game, meaning that players can wager as much as the amount of money on the table in front of him. Event #23 at the 2009 WSOP is sure to be a good one.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 to Friday, June 12, 2009 

Tournament Updates

Day 1 Recap
A third of the players in the 23rd event remain. Roland de Wolfe is winning, holding 180,300 chips. Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson are both hanging in, with the lowest of their two chip counts being in the 30,000's. Second place is held by Stanislav Alekhin, standing at 121,000 chips. Vince Musso is the current third place holder with 118,000. Today is the second day for event 23, and it eliminations should be swift.

Day 2 Recap
Day 3 of the World Championship NL 2-7 Draw Lowball event begins today with 10 players left. Spread across two tables, the chips range from 100,000 to nearly 800,000. The current leader is Vince Musso at table one. Table two's leader is Ville Wahlbeck with 481,000. There are more chips overall at table one, so the leader there will be in better position than the leader from table two.