Event 26 - $1,500 Razz Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-13-2008 04:11 UTC-7

An Evening of Razz

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Katja Thater returns to defend her title

Razz makes its debut at 2008 WSOP (excepting brief appearances within several mixed-format events) in Event #26, $1,500 Razz. Razz is a game from the stud family where seven cards are dealt in total, with successive rounds of betting after the first three, and the goal is to construct the lowest possible hand, such as A-2-3-4-5... the unbeatable nuts in this format.

Action gets underway at 5pm PDT in the Amazon Room. Last year's $1,500 razz event drew 341 entrants and was captured by Katja Thater; her victory was worth $132,653.

Tags: Katja Thater

06-13-2008 16:53 UTC-7

Play To Begin Soon

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Players have begun to take their seats and the final preparations are being made. The cards should be in the air soon. Stay with us...

06-13-2008 16:59 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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The cards are in the air.

Level: 1

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-13-2008 17:22 UTC-7

Vanessa Rousso Takes an Early Hit

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Vanessa Rousso was involved in a hand early in level 1.

Her opponent bet every street, with Vanessa making the calls.

Rousso: {5-?}

Opponent:

Her opponent showed {2-?}

for the wheel to take down the pot.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

06-13-2008 17:30 UTC-7

Famous Faces

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Amnon Filippi, Chad Brown, Chip Jett, Cyndy Violette, David Bach, David Matthew, Dewey Tomko, Huck Seed, Jason Mercier, Katja Thater, Kenna James, Marco Traniello, Mel Judah, Men "The Master" Nguyen, Mike Wattel, Perry Friedman, Phil Ivey, Ralph Perry, Steve Wong, Greg Raymer, Andy Bloch, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner, and James Van Alstyne have all been spotted playing today's event.

06-13-2008 17:51 UTC-7

Who Likes Sushi?

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Senior tournament director Jack Effel just made a unique announcement over the P.A. which is paraphrased below.

"A few of you have approached me and let me know that you like to eat sushi on your dinner break but you can't. The reason for that is because the sushi kitchen closes at 8 o'clock. So out of the four or five hundred of you here, I've gotta think there is thirty or forty of you that want some sushi. So if you want me to keep the sushi kitchen open for you, and you'll go eat there tonight, raise your hand."

A few dozen players, amused by the nature of this announcement, smiled and shyly raised their hands. Effel looked around the room and got an approximate count.

"OK," he said, "that should be enough." "I'll see what I can do and report back to you later."

Effel headed toward the media perch and spotted WSOP media director Nolan Dalla in borderline hysterics.

"What's so funny?" Effel asked. Dalla replied "In all my years in this business, I've never heard an announcement like that."

06-13-2008 17:52 UTC-7