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 ...

Steven Gee , a 54 year-old poker pro from Sacramento, California, won his first career WSOP bracelet and $472,479 in prize money for outlasting 3,042 players in Event #13 of the 2010 World Series of Poker, A $1,000 buy-in No Limt Hold'em event.   Steven Gee had this to say, "When I first started playing, there was no online poker or videos. I learned from the school of hard knocks." And for winning a WSOP bracelet, Steven Gee said, "It’s really big. It’s not that I’m insecure. I’m very secure about what I do. But this is a validation if you are a poker player. The thing about poker today is that no matter how good you are in cash games, even if you crush the games, nobody knows who you are. The tournament players are the rock stars today. So, this is what you do if you want to be known and get validation for what you do as a poker player.” The other results and payouts at the final table are as follows: 2nd: Matthew Vance (USA) - $292,232 3rd: David Baker (U...

Event # 2 of the 2010 World Series of Poker is called The Poker Players Championship , and has an impressive buy-in of $50,000. 116 entrants joined the event, which featured several types of poker games - Seven Card Razz, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball , Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Pot limit Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or better, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or better. Sounds confusing to you? Well, that's the reason why they call it The Poker Players Championship because only the real true poker players who are experts in these games have the balls and talent to play, especially with a $50K buyin. If you're going to sit in this event, then you better be a master of 8 kinds of poker games. Of the 116 entrants, 16 players made it into the money with the final table of the remaining 8 players to be played on 3PM June 2, 2010 PST at the Rio in Las Vegas for a first prize of $1.55 Million, the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy and a WSOP bracelet. Of the 8 hop...