Event #44: $2,500 Seven Card Razz Day 1 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-26-2011 06:23 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Dyer	20,200 12,700	12,700
Chau Giang	15,300 4,300	4,300

Max Stern	15,000 2,700	2,700

Chris Bjorin	12,700

Michael Binger	12,300 4,300	4,300
	12,100 5,200	5,200
	12,000
Hasan Habib	10,600 1,900	1,900

	10,200 2,200	2,200
	9,900 100	100
Dan O'Brien	9,100
Perry Friedman	8,700 300	300

Justin Smith	8,500 1,500	1,500
Phil Laak	8,300 50	50

	7,800
Jason Mercier	7,100 2,600	2,600

	6,300 2,200	2,200
	6,200 3,800	3,800
Shawn Buchanan	6,000 4,500	4,500

Shannon Shorr	5,800 1,700	1,700

	5,500
	5,200 3,000	3,000
Berry Johnston	5,100 300	300

	4,100 800	800
	3,100 900	900

Prizepool and Payouts

Harley Stoffmaker

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Indeed the final number of entries for this year’s Razz event is 363 which is what it looked like and was mentioned by us a few posts below. This creates a total prizepool of $825,825 where the winner will walk away with $210,615, a little less than the $214,085 that Frank Kassela got last year.

In total, 40 players will get paid starting with at least $4,475. Stay tuned with us for the next few days as the players reach the money and then play down to a champion.

06-26-2011 06:31 UTC

The Rest of the Chips

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Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	23,500 8,000	8,000

Jeff Lisandro	19,000 8,500	8,500

John Cernuto	16,000 5,600	5,600

	15,200 5,900	5,900
Chad Brown	15,000 2,700	2,700

David Benyamine	15,000 9,000	9,000

Cyndy Violette	15,000 3,400	3,400

Allen Kessler	14,500
	14,500 5,000	5,000
Jimmy Fricke	14,500
	14,500 3,700	3,700
Bryan Micon	13,500 5,000	5,000
Frank Kassela	13,000 5,000	5,000

Alexander Kostritsyn	13,000 9,000	9,000
Hoyt Corkins	11,500

Jean Gaspard	11,500 3,000	3,000

	11,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Negreanu	10,500 450	450

Jason Somerville	10,000 1,000	1,000

Mickey Doft	10,000 600	600
Daniel Alaei	9,500 1,400	1,400

	9,000 2,000	2,000
David Bach	9,000 700	700

	8,000
David Singer	7,800 2,100	2,100

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06-26-2011 06:40 UTC

Durrrr on the Move

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Harley Stoffmaker

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

We just found Tom Dwan sprinting around the tables to his seat. Since he is on a 20 minute break in Day 2 of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship, like many of smaller tournaments that he has multi-tabled so far, this Razz event could be a quick boom or bust exit for Dwan.

Needless to say, in his first hand, Dwan had the bring in. After he folded on fourth, his stack had already bled down to 5,700. Dwan also asked Daniel Alaei if he could set the alarm on his phone for him to 11:51 which will give Dwan enough time to play a few hands here before he gets back to his bigger tournament.

Tags: Tom Dwan

Level: 6

Limits: 300/600

Ante: 75

06-26-2011 06:52 UTC

Missing, Presumed Busto

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Player	Chips	Progress
Thor Hansen	Busted
Bertrand Grospellier	Busted

Todd Brunson	Busted

Sam Grizzle	Busted
Pat Pezzin	Busted

Steve Zolotow	Busted

Robert Mizrachi	Busted

Richard Ashby	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted

06-26-2011 07:04 UTC

Maybe Not So Quick

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

At last count, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan has worked his count up to a heathy 13,500. He's still in our room for now, but we don't expect to see him for too much longer as the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship is back in action in the Amazon Room.

Tags: Tom Dwan

06-26-2011 07:17 UTC

The Name Game

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Harley Stoffmaker

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We found Mike Matusow in a hand where he bet showing (X)(X) / {J-} {10-} {X-} and his opponent Charles Crouch, who can be found in this post, held (X)(X) / {2-} {K-} {2-} and folded. There was nothing too interesting about the actual hand whatsoever, in fact it was completely standard. However Crouch told us “Make sure you get my name down, random player one”. Matusow then said “Make sure you get my name down too, it’s idiot”. Sorry guys, you can't fool us since we actually know your names.

Tags: Charles Crouch Mike Matusow

06-26-2011 07:38 UTC

Not So Tiny Tim

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Fiorvanti: (X)(X) / {3-} {6-} {3-} {4-}
Opponent: (X)(X) / {4-} {6-} {9-} {K-}

We caught up with the action on sixth where Tim Fiorvanti bet and his opponent contemplated his choices. The player eventually moved all in and Fiorvanti made the call. The players flipped their cards and Fiorvanti showed {9-} {7-} which was ahead of his opponent's {7-} {6-} . Fiorvanti hit an {A-} on the end to give him a seven-low. This had his opponent drawing dead and the player was eliminated while Fiorvanti moved up the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
	22,425 4,325	4,325

Tags: Tim Fiorvanti

06-26-2011 07:38 UTC

Out the Door

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

We just saw Kirk Morrison and Yuval Bronshtein both getting eliminated. Without a word, Bronshtein bolted out of the room with a slight scowl. It was quite a contrast to Morrison who hung around for several minutes to shake the hands of everyone at his table and wish them all good luck and happy drinking.

Tags: Yuval Bronshtein Kirk Morrison