Event 44 - $2,500 Seven Card Razz Day 2 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-23-2009 21:44 UTC-12

Razz: The New Rage Behind Bars?

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Greg Pappas (X)(X) {6-?}

Allen Bari (X)(X) {2-?}

Allen Bari bet out on fourth street showing a 2-5 to Pappas' A-6. Pappas put in a raise and Bari went into the tank.

"I'm assuming you know I paired up," said Bari.

"Yeah," replied Pappas.

"They really should make people in prison play this game" Bari quipped as he mucked his hand.

06-23-2009 21:45 UTC-12

Nikolay Evdakov Doubles Through Ville Wahlbeck

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A raising war broke out between these two on fourth street, Wahlbeck betting out, Evdakov making it two bets, Wahlbeck reraising and Evdakov calling. The rest of Evdakov's chips went in on fifth street.

Wahlbeck made a 8-7-6-5-3 low, but it was no match for Evdakov's 6-5-4-3-A and he raked in the pot, doubling his stack to 110,000. Wahlbeck was left with 115,000.

06-23-2009 21:52 UTC-12

Six More Hands

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As per usual here at the WSOP, the clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining and a card has been drawn to determine how many more hands will be played before we stop for the night. Tonight, it was a six, hence, six more hands.

06-23-2009 21:57 UTC-12

Greg Pappas Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,861)

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Allen Bari was all in on fourth street and Greg Pappas got the rest of his chips in on fifth. Bari rivered a six to make the best hand of the three, a 7-6-5-3-A low, to take down the pot and eliminate Pappas in 15th place.

06-23-2009 22:06 UTC-12

H.G. Houston Eliminated in 14th Place ($10,107)

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H.G. Houston was all in on third street against both Jeff Lisandro and Warwick Mirzikinian. Lisandro ended up with a 6-4-3-2-A low to send Houston to the rail in the closing minutes of Day 2.

06-23-2009 22:21 UTC-12

Day 2 Concludes, Play Resumes at 1 p.m. Tomorrow

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We didn't quite reach a final table, with 13 players still in the hunt for a WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 Razz event. 118 hopefuls returned to the felt this afternoon and 32 came away with a cash, including Yan Chen, David Sklansky, 2005 WSOP Razz champ O'Neil Longson, David Chiu, Alexandra Vuong, and Greg Pappas.

Missing out on a payday were a slew of bracelet winners including John Juanda, James Van Alstyne, Chris Ferguson, Daniel Negreanu, Dario Minieri, Eli Elezra and Mike Sexton.

Returning tomorrow at the top of the pack is none other than Jeff Lisandro, who is already enjoying an outstanding WSOP with two bracelet wins in stud events. He has 438,000 in chips and right behind him are Steve Diano and Don Zewin. Ville Wahlbeck will return tomorrow as the tournament's shortest stack with 55,000.

Join us again tomorrow at 1 p.m. as we play down to this summer's 47th bracelet winner. From all of us at the Rio in Las Vegas... that's a wrap.

06-23-2009 22:24 UTC-12

Official End of Day 2 Chip Counts

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Jeff Lisandro 438,000
Steve Diano 302,000
Don Zewin 300,000
Kenna James 284,000
Warwick Mirzikinian 191,000
Ryan Fisler 190,000
William Cole 182,000
Michael Craig 102,000
Al 'Sugar Bear' Barbieri 99,000
Nikolay Evdakov 88,000
Eric Rodawig 75,000
Allen Bari 62,000
Ville Wahlbeck 55,000

Event 44 - $2,500 Seven Card Razz

Day 2 Completed