Oy ve. This is complicated stuff! For the first time, the WSOP has added the $10,000 World Championship Mixed Event, which boasts of 8 different games. Not an event for the casual player. Must be why there is hardly an anonymous face in the crowd.
The tournament was 1/2 hour late to start as the dealers, tournament staff, and players tried to get settled. With the event drawing such an elite group of notable players, they wanted to have everything right. \”We have the best dealers in this event,\” said TD Jack Effel, after admitting this is the first time trying this many games in one event.
And not 5 minutes into the game there was a tiff between Eli Elezra and the dealer regarding the way something happened in 2-7 Triple Draw. If I had any idea what the rules of the game were, I\’d let you know about the disagreement, but… All I can tell you is that the two people in front of the button will sit out on 2-7 games. (Hope that makes sense to someone!) In the end, tournament staff came over and cleared up the misunderstanding, which there was bound to be when Effel noted, \”These are not the same rules that you play at Bellagio.\”
Anyway, eight hands of each game will be played before switching. The games are: 2-7 triple draw lowball, limit hold\’em, Omaha hi-o split 8-or-better, seven card razz, seven card stud, seven card stud hi-lo split 8-or-better, no-limit hold\’em, pot-limit Omaha.
Whew! I\’m tired. And confused.
P.S. – Had my first Gus Hansen and Sammy Farha sightings of the 2008 WSOP.