With / showing, Owais Ahmed was faced with a decision for his last 250 chips. His opponent was showing / and had bet.
Reluctantly Ahmed threw in a call for the rest of his chips and turned over his , working on a ten-nine-eight low. His opponent showed for an already made ten-seven low.
Six street came an for Ahmed, keeping him drawing live. His opponent picked up a . Seventh street was dealt face down and Ahmed turned up a making him a nine-eight low. His opponent needed to draw a nine or eight to eliminate Ahmed. Unfortunately his seventh street card was paint and Ahmed was able to greatly increase his chip stack.
"Amazing," someone said at the table after the hand.
"What am I gonna do? Fold and leave myself with three antes?" Ahmed said after the hand. Thanks to the lucky string of cards, Ahmed is currently sitting with a lot more than three antes.
The table where Mike Matusow had been seated has broken, and the recent bracelet winner is now seated next to Bill Chen, and the two men are already clashing.
Mike Matusow: /
Bill Chen: /
Matusow completed with a , and Chen raised showing . Matusow bet out on fourth street, and Chen called. Then Chen bet out when Matusow paired his deuce on fifth street. "The Mouth" called, and Chen check-called Matusow's bets on both sixth street and the river. When Matusow showed his ninety-seven, Chen mucked, and Matusow added the pot to his stack.
It was in this same event last year that Phil Hellmuth captured his first non-hold'em World Series of Poker bracelet. It only took him five levels to arrive but Hellmuth is finally in the building to defend his title.
Cory Zeidman called the bring-in bet on third street with the , and another player completed showing . Everyone else folded, and Zeidman called. Zeidman called a bet on fourth street, check-called on fifth street, and then bet out on sixth street. His opponent called, and Zeidman checked the river dark. His opponent checked as well, and Zeidman showed ten-nine. His opponent pushed his cards to the muck with a look of frustration, and Zeidman took the pot. After the hand, he had 16,500 in front of him.
The final numbers for Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz are in. The event pulled in a total number of 301 players. Of those 301, 32 will walk home a winner. The champion of this event will receive a World Series of Poker gold bracelet along with $178,052. The numbers represent a very similar field and prize pool as last year.
We arrived at the table on sixth street to find Tom Schneider and David Levi with the following boards:
Schneider:
Levi:
Schneider bet, Levi called, and the players were dealt their seventh cards face down. Schneider bet again, and Levi revealed his river card, the . He then also showed his first two hole cards () before sliding his cards to the muck, showing the table he had started strong, but on the last two streets he had paired his ace and received a useless king.
Schneider raked in the pot and has built his stack to 12500.