Look out for Phil Ivey! One of poker’s top pros, Ivey outlasted 146 other participants to win the $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball tourney, Event 8, at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The win was Ivey’s sixth at the WSOP, moving him into a tie, with four other players, for seventh on the all-time list for victories.

He has now cashed 31 times at the World Series.

Among the other notable players cashing, were David Grey (11^th), Freddy Deeb (12^th), Chris Bjorin (13^th), Barry Greenstein (18^th) and Erick Lindgren (20^th), who was last year’s WSOP Player of the Year.

Vanessa Rousso was 17^th, cashing for the second time at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

A total of 21 places paid.

Event 8

No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw Lowball

Buy-in: $2,500

Entries: 147

Payouts

1. Phil Ivey, Las Vegas … $96,367
2. John Monnette, Palmdale, CA … $59,586
3. Yan Chen, Irvine, CA … $38,891
4. Eric Kesselman, New York, NY … $26,757
5. Talebi Rodeen, Los Angeles … $19,346
6. Raphael Zimmerman, Missoula, MT … $14,663
7. Elia Ahmadian, Fairfax, VA … $11,627
8. Layne Flack, Las Vegas … $8,452
9. Tony G, Melbourne, Australia … $6,292
10. Xavier Laszcz, Saint Cloud, France … $6,292