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Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball

December 13, 2002 at 12:00 PM
Bellagio
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Buy-In	$1,500
Prize Pool	$24,735
Entries	17
Report Available

Place Name Prize

1 Jeff Mervis (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $12,368

2 Captain Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA) $7,420

3 Jack Duncan (Newport, WA, USA) $4,947

Tournament Report

BY JIM SHERWOOD
Veteran player Jeff Mervis of Las Vegas overcame the final table chip leaders to take the final title offered in the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic, the 3 Draw Limit Low Ball champion. The multi-tournament event winner patiently worked his way through a field of 17 to take first prize money of $12,368 for this $1,500 buy-in event.
This was the last event of the12-day tournament, which drew more than 1,500 entries and paid out nearly $2 million in prize money, including $228,192 to the No Limit Hold'em Championship winner, Erick Lindgren of Folsom, CA.
'Captain' Tom Franklin of Gulfport, MS, and Jack Duncan of Las Vegas finished second and third respectively. Franklin earned $7,420 while Duncan got $4,947. Franklin nor Duncan are strangers to final table play in major tournaments. Both have had impressive showings in past World Series Of Poker events as well as other major tournaments.

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