The 2010 WSOP Tournament of Champions is the very first fan-voted event in the history of the WSOP, and perhaps in the history of poker. Look at it as the all-star game of poker. 355,081 votes were cast online through WSOP.com from March 15 to June 15, and the top 20 players would be included in the Tournament of Champions along with previous TOC Champions, the 2009 WSOP Main Event Champ, 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event Champ, the WSOP Academy Playoff Winner and the WSOP.COM UK Qualifier. The tournament of champions was started by the WSOP in 2004 and was an invitational for the top ten names in poker in a winner-take-all competition. The first winner was Annie Duke . In 2005, the Tournament of Champions was expanded to 114 players, all of whom were WSOP gold bracelet winners. Mike Matusow was the champion of that event, while 9 others were also paid. In 2006, 27 of the most accomplished WSOP poker players were invited to play with final table players walking away with prizes. The...

1,245 poker players signed up for Event 26 of the 2010 WSOP , a $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed . Instead of having the regular 9 players at a poker table, this variant of poker only goes six-handed. When playing six-handed, the poker game emphasizes short-handed poker skills at play, especially when it comes to post-flop play since most players get to play a wider range of hands from the standard starting-hand requirements. Of the 1,245 players, it was 23 year old poker pro Will Haydon from San Francisco, California, who outlasted everyone to win his first ever WSOP gold bracelet and a first place cash prize of $630,03. Willl Haydon started the final table of six with the smallest stack, and climbed his way up after eight hours of competitive poker to eventually emerge as the winner. The runner up was Jeffrey Papola from New York, New York, who won $391,068, marking his third cash in three straight years at the WSOP . The third-place finisher was Joe Baldwin ...

Deuce-to-Seven Lowball made its tournament debut at the 1973 World Series of Poker. The game is rarely played anywhere except at the very highest levels, and is rarely played public card rooms -- either as cash games or tournaments. In fact, the World Series of Poker is one of the few places where this poker game is offered. The game was tacked onto the 20WSOP schedule because it was the preferred game of many high-stakes cash game players. Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball means the worst, or lowest-ranked, hand wins the pot. The very best possible 2-7 lowball hand is 2-3-4-5-7 of mixed suits. An ace counts as a high card. Flushes and straights count against the player. While a wheel (A-2-3-4-5) is the perfect hand in standard lowball, in Deuce-to-Seven it is usually a losing hand since the ace counts as a high card against the player. So, K-2-3-4-5 is better than A-2-3-4-5. In the “Triple-Draw” variant of this game, players may draw up to three times to make their hand. Event #19 of the ...