WCOOP success!

SirWatts · 09-17-2008, 04:12 AM

It wasn't the best event to final table but it was a fun one! I final tabled the $500 buy-in 2-7 NL single draw event of the WCOOP today and finished 2nd for $30K. This was the first and likely only WCOOP event that will have overlay. It had a $200K
guarantee on it but only attracted 308 players, and even with the added money from PokerStars it was still the 3rd smallest prize pool of the WCOOP. So most of you are probably wondering what the hell is 2-7 NL single draw and since when do you know
how to play it? Basically it's a 5-card draw game in which you try to make the worst possible poker hand and ace only counts for high, just like in triple draw. So 23457 is the nuts, 23467 is the 2nd nuts and so on. Straight and flushes count against ...

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scalawag · 09-17-2008, 03:00 PM

Congratulations on getting 2nd. I've never heard of 2-7 but I love 5 card draw, I'll have to look into it.

Swami54 · 09-17-2008, 03:27 PM

Damn man...teach me the skills!!
Congrats!

lakeoffire · 09-21-2008, 02:15 PM

You are a machine!

09-17-2008, 04:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
SirWatts Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 66	WCOOP success! It wasn't the best event to final table but it was a fun one! I final tabled the $500 buy-in 2-7 NL single draw event of the WCOOP today and finished 2nd for $30K. This was the first and likely only WCOOP event that will have overlay. It had a $200K guarantee on it but only attracted 308 players, and even with the added money from PokerStars it was still the 3rd smallest prize pool of the WCOOP. So most of you are probably wondering what the hell is 2-7 NL single draw and since when do you know how to play it? Basically it's a 5-card draw game in which you try to make the worst possible poker hand and ace only counts for high, just like in triple draw. So 23457 is the nuts, 23467 is the 2nd nuts and so on. Straight and flushes count against ... Read Full Post
IP: 99.232.185.81

09-17-2008, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
scalawag Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 16	Congratulations on getting 2nd. I've never heard of 2-7 but I love 5 card draw, I'll have to look into it.
IP: 98.224.68.83

09-17-2008, 03:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Swami54 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 23	Damn man...teach me the skills!! Congrats!
IP: 98.227.115.203

09-21-2008, 02:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
lakeoffire Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 52	You are a machine!
IP: 98.224.106.173

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