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‘The Fossilman’ finishes Day one of the $2,500 2-7 triple draw near the top
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2008-06-23 15:31
Since – by the looks of things -we’re indeed in the ‘year of the pro’ we just had to include event #40 into our news feature, if for no other reason then for the simple fact that it probably features the most big poker names per square meter of green felt.
Because of the nature of the game (not many people consider themselves good 2-7 triple draw players, except the very best of professionals) there were only 238 entrants. The field quickly ebbed to 30 Day 1 survivors, with Shun Uchida leading the hostilities (79,200 chips) followed by Gioi Loung, Raymond Davis and none other than everyone’s favorite fossil salesman, Greg Raymer.
The list of participants included names like John Juanda, Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Carlos Mortensen, David Sklansky, Andy Bloch, Daniel Negreanu and Billy Baxter – the recognized triple draw specialist.
As the day wore on, the rails slowly filled up with an extremely select crowd. Negreanu busted out first among the celebrities, followed by Chris Ferguson, Marcel Luske and Todd Brunson.
Steve Zolotow almost made a perfect hand (a 2,3,5,6,8) before it blew up in his face as he made a flush (which is a pretty bad thing in triple draw), sending him to the rail too.
The parade of celebrity bust-outs continued after the break with Erick Lindgren, Kirill Gerasimov, Chad Brown and Phil Hellmuth.
Shawn Sheikhan followed, and then Freddy Deeb (who showed down a pair of sixes against Von Altizer’s deuces).
Billy Baxter survived the massacre, although he came out of it with his stack in tatters. Only six more players need to go before the bubble is reached, and thus Baxter runs the chance of becoming bubble boy if a miracle doesn’t help him out tomorrow.
David Sklansky (yes, THAT David Sklansky), Chau Giang and Robert Mizrachi were also among the survivors. With all eyes on the ‘Fossilman’, this event may yet end up staying within ‘the year of the pro’ bounds.
