Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed
Day 1 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$980,525
Entries
431
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
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Just when you thought this game couldn't get crazier, the 2011 World Series of Poker have taken the concept to a whole new level with the introduction of the $2,500 10-Game Mixed Event!
There's no question that mixed games are the true test of any all-round poker player and naturally, we'll see quite a few big names in today's field, but perhaps the biggest challenge in this new tournament (for both players and dealers) will be the Korean lowball variant known as Badugi, which has gained popularity over the years online and is now being spread for the very first time here at the WSOP.
How does it work? Simple! Like in Hold'em or Omaha, a small and big blind is posted before four cards are dealt face down to each player. The game is played as a fixed-limit format with four betting rounds - one after the initial deal, then one after each subsequent draw. Aces always count and the absolute nuts in this game is 
rainbow. No suited cards, no pairs and certainly no trips, flushes or quads!
Here's the full list of games that are being spread in this event today - fear not, for there are plenty of old favorites!
- No Limit Hold'em
- Seven-Card Razz
- Limit Hold'em
- Badugi
- Seven-Card Stud
- 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
- Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- Pot-Limit Omaha
- 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
- Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
We're not far off from getting started, so stay with us right here at PokerNews for all the live updates from 5pm PST (GMT -7). Bring it on!
Level: 1
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Level 1
We're starting the rotation with no-limit hold'em, and the cards have gone flying on Day 1. There are 164 players on the board so far, and we'd expect to see that number grow considerably over the next four hours while registration is open.
Level 1
The players are still filling in the empty pegs at the tables, and so most of the tables are playing short-handed for now. Still, some tough tables are emerging.
Over along the far rail, there is a six-handed table with five players we know well. Jeff Sarwer, Frank Kassela, Eli Elezra, Jon Turner, and Dan Heimillier figure to provide a tough go of it for the sixth man at the table. Adjacent to them is a table with Michael Binger, Jason Mercier, and Vitaly Lunkin that should be entertaining to watch as well. Our friend Elissa Harwood has drawn a chatty table with Chad Brown and Tom Koral.
Everyone looks pretty fresh on sleep, even the guy who closed down the Amazon Room last night. While most of these players were tucked soundly in bed, John Monnette was busy winning his first bracelet in Event #23: Eight-Game Mix. There's no rest for the weary, and Monnette is back here this evening looking for the double-dip.
Level 1
Limit Hold'em
The player under the gun raised and the action folded around to American Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier who called from the big blind to go heads-up to the flop of 
. Mercier opened, the UTG made it two bets and Mercier called before leading out again on the turn of the 
. Mercier bet, but this time the UTG folded.
Level 1
Limit Hold'em
Our field reporter picked up the action on a board that read 
; the opponent checked to Shaun Deeb who bet after the turn and the opponent called before the opponent check-called Deeb again after the river of the 
.
Deeb tabled 
for the straight and the opponent mucked his hand.
Level 1
Badugi
Pat Pezzin raised from under the gun and the action folded around to the player in the big blind who called before drawing two. Pezzin drew one, then led out after the big blind checked to him. However, the big blind check-raised and Pezzin called before drawing one after the big blind stood pat.
The big blind check-called Pezzin's bet, then stood pat again on the final draw while Pezzin took one. The big blind checked, Pezzin bet and the big blind called, tabling a badugi of 
. Pezzin mucked his hand.
Level 1
It appears we forgot to mention the table with Layne Flack and Al Barbieri in our tables to watch a moment ago. The two have been jawing at each other since they sat down, sitting right next to each other and giggling like school boys. We counted at least 14 F-words in the thirty seconds we were standing beside them.
Limit Hold'em
In a battle of the blinds, Barbieri and Flack each put in four preflop bets apice. The dealer spread out 
, and both players checked through to the turn. Barbieri checked again, and he called a bet from Flack. That action repeated on the river with Barbieri check-calling one last bet.
"Do you have two jacks?" Flack asked. Barbieri showed his 
, and Flack continued, "Because I got three queens. That's a slow night at Layne Flack's house." He rolled over 
, ahead all the way. Mark him down for 8,400 here in the early going.
Level 1
Badugi
John Monnette raised from the button, and both the small and big blinds called to proceed to the drawing rounds. The small blind took one card, the big blind two, and Monnette patted. Check-check, then a bet from Monnette. Call-call. The draws and the betting were the exact same on the second round, and the small blind patted on the third draw. The big blind took one, and Monnette took his cue to break his hand and take one more card. The small blind bet, the big blind folded, and Monnette called to see the cards.
The small blind showed 
but Monnette had managed a 
to take the pot.