Event #40: $2,500 Seven Card Razz Day 2 | 2010 World Series of Poker

06-23-2010 01:35 UTC-7

Robl Busto

Linda Johnson: {3-} {7-} / {2-} {q-} {a-} {6-} / {4-}
Andrew Robl: {6-} {2-} / {5-} {9-} {4-} {8-} / {7-}
Stuart Rutter: {7-} {6-} / {10-} {8-} {3-} {8-} / (mucked)

We only caught the very tail end of the hand, and the cards were as above. Andrew Robl was elminated, Linda Johnson upped her stack to 155,000, and Stuart Rutter, who'd moved into the chip lead, dropped a little to 255,000.

"I got lucky," said Johnson, "I won't lie."

Table neighbour David Chiu: "Nobody ever won a tournament who didn;t get lucky."

Chris Bjorin: "What about Phil Hellmuth?"

Everybody had a good laugh at that.

Tags: Andrew Robl Linda Johnson Stuart Rutter

06-23-2010 01:26 UTC-7

Hachem Mashed

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We didn't see the hand, but we saw Joe Hachem let out an almighty sigh as his former chips were shipped over to Frank Kassela. A railer told him, "Unlucky," and he headed dejectedly for the payout room to collect his 22nd place money.

Tags: Joe Hachem

06-23-2010 01:22 UTC-7

Hasan Halted

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Maxwell Troy completed for 5,000 and Hasan Habib made the call before both players checked fourth street.

On fifth, Habib moved all in for his last 9,000 and Troy made the call as both player's boards ran out as follows:

Habib: {8-} {6-} / {4-} {Q-} {A-} {K-} / (X)
Troy: {7-} {4-} / {3-} {3-} {6-} {J-} / {A-}

With Habib unable to improve on seventh, he mucked his hand and exited in 23rd place.

Tags: Hasan Habib Maxwell Troy

06-23-2010 01:17 UTC-7

Last Shuffle Up & Deal of the Night

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Cards are back in the air.

23 players remain. At this stage, we would hazard a guess that we're not going to make it as far as a final table tomorrow.

Level: 17

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-23-2010 00:58 UTC-7

Break O'Clock

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Last one of the night.

Back in 20.

06-23-2010 00:58 UTC-7

Bari Busts

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Steve Diano completed for 4,000 and Joe Hachem bumped it to 8,000 only to have Allen Bari move all in for 11,800. Diano called and Hachem raised it once again with Diano calling.

Diano fired out on fourth, fifth and sixth street with Hachem calling the whole way only to have seventh checked through.

Bari: (X)(X) / {5-} {Q-} {Q-} {8-} / (X)
Diano: (X)(X) / {3-} {4-} {A-} {5-} / (X)
Hachem: (X)(X) / {A-} {9-} {3-} {5-} / (X)

Diano tabled his {7-} {4-} {Q-} for a seven-five while Hachem tabled his {2-} {3-} / {K-} for nine-five as Bari mucked and hit the rail in 24th place.

As Hachem slips to 44,000, Diano climbs to 135,000 in chips.

Tags: Allen Bari Joe Hachem Steve Diano

06-23-2010 00:48 UTC-7

The Wheel Deal for Kassela

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Joe Hachem: (mucked) / {a-} {8-} {9-} {7-}
Frank Kassela: {a-} {2-} {3-} / {5-} {j-} {4-} {10-}

Joe Hachem bet out on fifth street and called a raise from Frank Kassela. Undeterred by the raise, he bet out again on sixth street too. Kassela just called.

Hachem checked the river and then called a bet from Kassela, but mucked when Kassela showed him the wheel.

"Wow, what a game," sighed Hachem.

"First one I've had all day," Kassela told him. "Good time to get it."

Kassela moved into firm big stack status, on 208,000. Hachem dropped to a below-average 86,000.

Tags: Joe Hachem Frank Kassela

06-23-2010 00:40 UTC-7

Final Twenty-Four Chip Counts

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Here are the updated counts of the final twenty-four players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Schemelev	260,000 90,000	90,000

Maxwell Troy	235,000 5,000	5,000
Stuart Rutter	198,000 78,000	78,000
Mikko Pispala	185,000 75,000	75,000
Dee Tiller	150,000 25,000	25,000
Frank Kassela	150,000 6,000	6,000

Melville Lewis	145,000 15,000	15,000
Joe Hachem	140,000 45,000	45,000

John Nguyen	120,000 38,000	38,000
Linda Johnson	120,000 21,000	21,000

Chris Bjorin	120,000 10,000	10,000

William Wood	115,000 13,000	13,000
Scott Packer	110,000 8,000	8,000
Morris Klevansky	85,000 10,000	10,000
Arthur Cobb	76,000 6,000	6,000
	75,000 38,000	38,000
Nick Helm	72,000 7,000	7,000
Steven Diano	44,000 26,000	26,000
Andrew Robl	40,000 83,000	83,000
David Chiu	36,000 5,000	5,000

Daniel Ospina	33,000 7,000	7,000

Dario Minieri	27,000 93,000	93,000

Allen Bari	25,000 6,000	6,000

Hasan Habib	12,000 16,000	16,000

06-23-2010 00:37 UTC-7

Final Twenty-Four Redraw

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Table 345
Seat 1: Linda Johnson
Seat 2: Morris Klevansky
Seat 3: Andrew Robl
Seat 4: Dee Tiller
Seat 5: Nick Helm
Seat 6: David Chiu
Seat 7: Stuart Rutter
Seat 8: Chris Bjorin

Table 350
Seat 1: John Nguyen
Seat 2: Vladimir Schemelev
Seat 3: Melville Lewis
Seat 4: William Wood
Seat 5: Dario Minieri
Seat 6: Daniel Ospina
Seat 7: Scott Packer
Seat 8: Mikko Pispala

Table 355
Seat 1: Joe Hachem
Seat 2: Arthur Cobb
Seat 3: Allen Bari
Seat 4: Maxwell Troy
Seat 5: Jennifer Harman
Seat 6: Hasan Habib
Seat 7: Frank Kassella
Seat 8: Steve Diano