David Benyamine

The $10,000 Omaha 8 or better is down to the final two tables and early this evening, we could have another (over)loaded final table. Here is where they stand at present, I will keep updating until the lure of being at the Rio watching my guy play becomes overwhelming.

Ten Handed -the final table technically begins at nine players but it appears they may keep playing rather than break for the traditional Final Table dinner, so I am off to the Rio to sweat the final nine.

1 Hieu "Tony" Ma
2 Jason Gray
3 Ram Vaswani
4 Toto Leonidas
5 Berry Johnston
6 David Chiu
7 Mike Matusow 5th place
8 David Benyamine Champion
9 Greg Jamison
10 Eugene Katchalov

X Ray Dehkharghani 18th place
X William McMahan 17th place
X Danny Dang 13th place
X Brent Carter 16th place
X Shun Uchida 11th place
X Pat Pezzin 14th place
X Chau Giang 12th place
X Stuart Paterson 15th place

I am going to attend a final table today at the World Series of Poker. I wish you could be here, it's not another No Limit Hold'em tournament either. In fact, this is a game very few players play well and most don't even understand: Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball. The game is played with a limit betting structure and there is a single draw. Two rounds of betting; one before and one after the draw.

But what is going to be exciting about this final table is the cast of characters who have made it to this seven-handed party:

Erick Lindgren
Mike Matusow
Jeffery Lisandro
Barry Greenstein
Tony "G" Guoga
David Benyamine
Tom Schneider

The fun kicks off at 3 PM PDT. My reports will come during breaks in the action, no chance I am going to miss one moment of this table. Do I have a favorite for the bracelet? Well, yes I do but you will never guess who.