Event #44: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day 3 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$825,825
Entries
363
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Quest for the Bracelet
We’re back for Day 3 of what might be the final day of the $2,500 Razz event, the only one of its kind at this year’s WSOP. After two days of play, 23 players remain with a chance to take home the bracelet and the first place prize.
Leading the pack is Tommy Chen who has amassed a whopping 473,000 in chips, more than double anyone else. The only other player with over 200,000 in chips is also the only player left in the field with a chance to win his second bracelet of the summer, John Monnette. Team PokerStars Pros Victor Ramdin and Chad Brown are still alive and looking to capture their first bracelets as well. Although the likes of David Sklansky, Chris Bjorin and Robert Williamson III are short, they are looking to move up the leaderboard throughout the day towards the final table along with the others in the field.
Play is set to resume at 3 p.m. PST and will conclude once a winner is crowned. However if that is not achieved within ten levels, like many of the events so far this summer, play will be extended to a fourth day. In either case, stay tuned with us at PokerNews as the field is thinned and where a champion will eventually be determined at some point either today or tomorrow.
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | 1 | Mikhail Tulchinskiy | 168,500 |
| 278 | 2 | John Monnette | 205,000 |
| 278 | 4 | Robert Williamson III | 32,500 |
| 278 | 5 | George Lewis | 174,000 |
| 278 | 6 | Matthew Smith | 168,000 |
| 278 | 7 | Greg Dyer | 26,000 |
| 278 | 8 | Andreas Krause | 45,000 |
| 284 | 1 | Simon Kearney | 123,500 |
| 284 | 2 | Brock Gary | 65,500 |
| 284 | 3 | Chris Bjorin | 34,500 |
| 284 | 4 | Tommy Chen | 473,000 |
| 284 | 5 | Eric Pratt | 27,000 |
| 284 | 6 | Chad Brown | 70,000 |
| 284 | 7 | Victor Ramdin | 144,500 |
| 284 | 8 | Jay Kwon | 148,500 |
| 290 | 1 | Roland Isra | 40,000 |
| 290 | 2 | Scott Epstein | 52,000 |
| 290 | 3 | Rep Porter | 82,000 |
| 290 | 4 | Stephen Su | 167,500 |
| 290 | 5 | Mikhail Smirnov | 153,000 |
| 290 | 6 | Gerard Rechnitzer | 113,500 |
| 290 | 7 | Scott Bohlman | 166,000 |
| 290 | 8 | David Sklansky | 50,000 |
Level: 18
Limits: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Game On
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air here on Day 2.
Paging Victor Ramdin
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
We've got two Team PokerStars Pros with us here in the final 23 players. Chad Brown and Victor Ramdin are seated together at the middle table, and they're next-door neighbors in the six and seven seats, respectively.
Well, they're supposed to be neighbors, at least. Right now, though, Ramdin is still not-at-home. He's the only one of our 23 players who's yet to show up. There's a chance he's over in the Pavilion playing the $10,000 Six-Max, but we haven't seen him in the building yet.
Greg Dyer Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,358)
Dyer: 
/ 
Krause: 
/ 
We found a short-stacked Greg Dyer all in on fifth with an eight-low against Andreas Krause’s queen-low but wheel draw. On sixth, Dyer received a 
which changed nothing for him but Krause nailed a 
to give him a seven-low and the lead. Dyer didn’t improve with a 
on seventh and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
No Tip For the Porter
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
When the hand drew our attention, Rep Porter and Stephen Su were heads-up on seventh street. Su had made the last bet with showing, and Porter was deep in the tank, considering one last call for most of his remaining chips with up. After some time, he stacked the call out into the pot, and he heard Su call out, "I got an eight."
Su revealed in the hole for the eighty-seven, and Porter quietly mucked. He's left with just about 8,000 chips now.
What Can Brown Do For You?
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Chad Brown is trending up early after a pot with the chip leader. Tommy Chen was still unbagging and stacking his mountain of checks when we walked up to fifth street.
Brown: (X)(X) / 
/ (X)
Chen: (X)(X) / / (X)
Brown check-called a bet on fifth street, and Chen checked behind him on sixth. On seventh, Brown made the leading bet, and Chen splashed in the call. Brown showed up / , and the ninety-five was good enough to push Brown up over the century mark in chips.
Eric Pratt Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,358)
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Eric Pratt was very short-stacked and already all in by the time we walked up. The dealer was pitching the cards rapid fire to him and Chris Bjorin, and the boards ran out thusly:
Pratt: / (X)
Bjorin: 
/ (X)
Pratt was drawing slim, and he needed Bjorin to brick seventh street even to have a chance. Bjorin flipped over a , though, making an unbeatable six-low. Pratt wasn't going to get much help with his seventh street anyways, and he's out in 22nd place.