2011 World Series of Poker

Event #44: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9x8x6x4x2x
Prize
$210,615
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$825,825
Entries
363
Level Info
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Chen Extends His Lead

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Tommy Chen
Tommy Chen

Robert Williamson III completed with a {4-} up, and Tommy Chen made it two bets showing the same {4-}. Williamson made the call, and they'd go all the way to showdown.

Williamson: (X)(X) / {4-}{3-}{8-}{8-} / (X)
Chen: (X)(X) / {4-}{a-}{4-}{k-} / (X)

Chen continued out with another bet on fourth street, and Williamson called. That reversed with Williamson leading the betting on fifth, and Chen check-called a bet on sixth with both men showing a pair. On seventh, the action slowed with Chen squeezing slowly and checking. Williamson squeezed too, but he liked what he saw good enough to bet it. Chen snuck in a check-raise, though, and it got Williamson mumbling to himself. We heard the words, "Two-three-four," among muttering, and he eventually added, "Here!" and splashed the last bet into the pot.

Chen showed {7-}{6-}{5-} / {4-}{a-}{4-}{k-} for the seven-low, and Williamson riffled his cards in between his hands. He flashed that {2-}{3-} on the way into the muck, and that's a pretty nice pot to Chen's corner. It pushes him up to about 760,000, while Williamson drops back down around 400,000. He's still in second place, but that gap has widened considerably.

Tags: Robert Williamson IIITommy Chen

Level: 22

Limits: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Rechnitzer Gets Low

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Mikhail Smirnov completed with a {7-}, and Gerard Rechnitzer came along with a {5-} and a short stack.

Smirnov: (X)(X) / {7-}{3-}{k-}{9-} / (X)
Rechnitzer: (X)(X) / {5-}{3-}{J-}{10-} / (X)

Both players checked fourth street, and Rechnitzer bet his lead on fifth. Smirnov called, and Rechnitzer let him bet on sixth before check-calling himself. On seventh, it went check-check again.

Rechnitzer showed {q-}{7-}{6-} / {5-}{3-}{J-}{10-} for the ten-low, but it was no good. Smirnov made sure, then tabled {8-}{2-}{a-} / {7-}{3-}{k-}{9-} for the eighty-seven perfect. It was good for the pot, and it's not good at all for Rechnitzer, down now to just 39,000 chips.

Tags: Gerard RechnitzerMikhail Smirnov

Scott Bohlman Eliminated in 12th Place ($11,908)

Scott Bohlman - 12th Place
Scott Bohlman - 12th Place

Scott Bohlman completed and then called after Matt Smith had raised. Bohlman led out on fourth and received a call. On fifth, Smith bet and Bohlman called all in for 20,000 which was the exact amount of the bet as the players revealed their hands.

Bohlman: {4-}{5-} / {8-}{10-}{8-}
Smith: {A-}{7-} / {6-}{J-}{8-}

Smith was ahead with his jack-low at that point and hit a {2-} on sixth to give him an event better eight-low. Bohlman double-paired with a {10-} and was drawing dead. It came a meaningless {7-} for Smith and a {10-} for Bohlman on the end as Smith took a leap up the leaderboard while Bohlman was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Smith us
Matt Smith
380,000
215,000
215,000
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Matt SmithScott Bohlman

Lewis Needs a River Card

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Rep Porter put George Lewis all in on third streed for about 30,000. Through sixth streets, the boards read like so:

Porter: {10-}{3-} / {5-}{6-}{5-}{2-}
Lewis: {q-}{5-} / {4-}{6-}{a-}{6-}

Lewis needed to catch a card to stay alive, and Porter did him the courtesy of asking who he preferred to turn their river card over first. "Simul-?" Lewis asked. In unison, Porter flipped over a {J-} and Lewis a {9-}.

"Nine's good," Porter acknowledged, and that allows Lewis to double back to about 70,000.

Tags: George LewisRep Porter

Chip Check

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Chen us
Tommy Chen
560,000
40,000
40,000
Robert Williamson III us
Robert Williamson III
550,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
285,000
125,000
125,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Mikhail Smirnov ru
Mikhail Smirnov
230,000
-35,000
-35,000
Stephen Su
Stephen Su
201,000
105,000
105,000
Scott Epstein us
Scott Epstein
180,000
10,000
10,000
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
175,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Andreas Krause de
Andreas Krause
170,000
4,000
4,000
Matt Smith us
Matt Smith
165,000
-92,000
-92,000
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
83,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
George Lewis
George Lewis
80,000
1,000
1,000
Gerard Rechnitzer us
Gerard Rechnitzer
49,000
-126,000
-126,000

John Monnette Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,530)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
John Monnette - 13th place
John Monnette - 13th place

John Monnette was all in by fourth street, heads-up against Rep Porter. On fifth street, the boards looked like this:

Monnette: {4-}{10-} / {3-}{2-}{a-}
Porter: {6-}{2-} / {8-}{q-}{q-}

Monnette was in a big lead with two to come, but he bricked off with a {Q-} and a {3-} to be stuck with a ten-low. Porter was drawing hot. He pulled a {4-} and a {7-} to make an eight-seven at showdown and signal the end of the road for Monnette.

"Runner-runner," Monnette astutely noted as he stood up to gather his things. "Perfect-perfect." With that, he was whisked away to the payout desk to collect 13th-place money.

Tags: John MonnetteRep Porter

Level: 21

Limits: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000