Abe Mosseri wins WSOP braclet, 2-7 triple drawEvent 55 was the only deuce-to-seven triple draw event on this year’s WSOP schedule. The event attracted 258 entrants who each anted up the $2,500 buy-in to create a total prize pool of $593,400 with $165,521 allocated to first place. After three long days of play 36 year-old professional poker player from New York NY Abe Mosseri walked away from the event with his first career WSOP bracelet to go with the top place prize money.

Mosseri started out as a backgammon player. He also played gin rummy for money in clubs in New York but began playing poker seriously as backgammon declined in popularity and as poker became the new phenomenon. He noted that several backgammon players have converted to become serious poker players.

On how backgammon helped him become a better poker player: “I am a math guy. But I would not say I am a calculus genius, or anything. I do put a lot of math into poker, certainly more than most people. You know from math which hands to play, and which hands to get involved with based on the percentages. It’s very important.”
The 2009 WSOP is nearing its conclusion. We congratulate Mossier on picking up the second to last bracelet that will be awarded before the start of the Main Event.

2009 WSOP Event 55 – Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw

Buy-in: $2,500
Entrants: 258
Prize pool: $593,400
Final results:

1. Abe Mosseri (New York, NY, USA) $165,521
2. Masayoshi Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan) $102,313
3. Julie Schneider (Scottsdale, AZ, USA) $66,285
4. John Juanda (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA) $44,941
5. Blair Rodman (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $31,818
6. Bradley Libson (Annapolis, MD, USA) $23,484
7. Kris Lord (Palm Harbor, FL, USA) $17,933
8. Hertzel Zalewski (Houston, TX, USA) $17,933
9. Nam Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA) $13,423
10. Jacobo Fernandez (Hollywood, FL, USA) $13,424
11. Peter Hedlund (Stockholm, Sweden) $9,901
12. Miguel Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain) $9,901
13. Daniel Quach (Monrovia, CA, USA) $7,223
14. Joseph Morrow (Mason, OH, USA) $7,223
15. Ali Sarkeshik (Northampton, UK) $7,223
16. Daniel Negreanu (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $7,223
17. Ryan Fisler (Kitchener, ON, Canada) $7,223
18. Hasan Habib (Downey, CA, USA) $7,223
19. Adam Ewenstein (Brookline, MA, USA) $5,148
20. Jerrod Ankenman (Avon, CT, USA) $5,148
21. Dustin Sitar (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $5,148
22. Justin Smith (Kissimmee, FL, USA) $5,148
23. Martin Corpuz Jr (Mountain View, CA, USA) $5,148
24. Michael O’Grady (New York, NY, USA) $5,148