We didn't see the hand in question, but according to two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Dutch Boyd, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ, Jonathan Duhamel, just mucked a winner.
In a recent hand, the board read when Devonshire bet from the big blind and his opponent in early position called. When the completed the board on the river, Devonshire moved all in for his last 225 and his opponent called. Devonshire tabled the for a full house, which could only get half the pot as his opponent tabled a low with the .
Based on his Tweets, it appears Devonshire hasn't been running well here on Day 1:
We just took a stroll through the Silver Section of the Pavilion Room and it's full of notables. Among them are defending champ Herbert Trapscott; the 2007 runner-up in this event Bryan Devonshire; 2010 Player of the Year Frank Kassela; and poker tournament director Matt Savage, who is playing in his first event of the summer.
Today the 2013 World Series of Poker continues with Day 1 action from Event #20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better. Despite the low buy-in, this tournament has morphed into one of the most storied in recent WSOP history. That was mainly due to Alex Kravchenko's win in 2007, Thang Luu's back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2009 and Michael Chow's victory in 2010.
This year we expect to see some of the biggest names in the game take their shot at a Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better title, and thanks to Twitter we can already confirm a few participants:
We also wouldn't be surprised to see Joseph Mitchell in today's field. After all, he did win the 2013 Carnivale of Poker Event #103 $365 Limit Omaha 8 or Better last week for $11,934. Mitchell, who lives in Las Vegas, would no doubt like to grab a gold bracelet to go along with his Carnivale of Poker championship medallion.
Play is set to kick off at 12:00 PST, which is just over an hour from now. Be sure to keep it here throughout the day for all the updates from the Brasilia Room here at the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas!