Before the cards hit the air, WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel made an announcement regarding the late Jerry Buss.
For Buss, Seven Card Stud was one of his favorite games to play whether it be here at the WSOP or in his loyal cash games in Los Angeles. After Effel uttered a few kind words, he handed the microphone to Chad Brown who shared a story about Buss when they were playing $400-800 Stud back in the early nineties and how they both helped each other through their health battles.
Effel then directed everyone's attention to the screen where Kobe Bryant had recorded a video message.
"Tonight lets honor the late, great Dr Jerry Buss. Player's shuffle up and deal!"
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2013 World Series of Poker for Day 1 of the Event 23: $2,500 Seven-Card Stud. Last year’s World Series didn’t feature this buy-in for seven-card stud, but did have a $1,500 and $5,000 version which saw Andy Bloch better Barry Greenstein for $126,363 in the former, and John Monnette captured $190,826 for beating Huu Vinh in the latter. Vinh also also managed a fifth place in the one Bloch won.
The likes of David Williams, Stephen Su, Timothy Finne, Perry Friedman, Jeffrey Lisandro and Bryn Kenney each made the final of one of those events, and these players — as well as many other notable pros and amateurs — are expected to take to the felt later today.
With a total of four events running today, the three that already have cards in the air will more than likely feature a plethora of players that will be planning on playing Event 23. You can expect a continuous influx of competitors until registration closes at 9:40 p.m. as we are down to the final day of Event 20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better, the penultimate day of the Event 21: $3,000 Six-Handed and the start of Event 22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha.
Event 23 is set to kick off at 5:00 p.m. local time with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates throughout the day of every split pair, rolled up aces and lucky seventh street, so stay tuned!
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