Scott Clements (Day 2) - eliminated in 18th place.
Scott Clements was our shortest stack entering the day, and after the first hand of play, he's out.
Scott Fischman: /
Scott Clements: /
Clements started with the best hand possible in Razz, but he was dealt the following cards: , and then another face down. After every street was dealt, he said the following, "That's not good."
Fischman was dealt and than an facedown on seventh, which was good enough for the knockout.
When we reached the table, Wallace and Hellmuth were heads up on fifth street, and after a series of bets and raises, Wallace was all in.
Wallace:
Hellmuth:
Both players bricked on sixth - Wallace was dealt a , which didn't improve his hand, and Hellmuth paired his . On seventh street, as a courtesy, Hellmuth flipped his down card face up. Unfortunately for Wallace, it was a , giving Hellmuth an eighty-seven low, and the best hand.
Scott Abrams brought it in with a , O'Brien called with an , and Rosenau completed with a . The action folded back to O'Brien, who called. O'Brien called another bet on fourth street, then led out on fifth. Rosenau raised, and O'Brien was all in. The cards were opened.
O'Brien:
Rosenau:
O'Brien paired on sixth when he was dealt an , and Rosenau improved to a ten-nine with a . Rosenau caught a queen on seventh, and we missed O'Brien's card because he quickly mucked. He obviously couldn't beat Rosenau's hand though, and is our 16th-place finisher in Event 18.
Bleznick brought it in with a showing, Hellmuth completed with an , and Bleznick tank-called. On fourth street, Hellmuth led out, and Bleznick moved all in. Hellmuth called.
Bleznick turned over , to which Hellmuth said, "You're a slight favorite, kid."
He showed , and the boards ran out like this:
Hellmuth: /
Bleznick: /
Hellmuth tabled a on seventh street, making a ten-eight, but Bleznick could still win with an ace, three, four, seven, or eight. He paired his deuce however, and was eliminated from the tournament.
"Nice call," Hellmuth complemented as Bleznick was gathering his things.
"Good luck everybody," Bleznick announced before exiting.
After doubling through Brendan Taylor the hand before, Calvin Anderson completed with an and put action on the short-stacked Gerald Ringe, who was showing . He thought for a bit before choosing to raise, which essentially showed he was committed to the hand. Anderson obliged with a three-bet and all Ringe's chips ended up in the pot.
Ringe: / /
Anderson: / /
"Nine or less," Ringe said before squeezing out seventh. Unfortunately for him, his card had a line and he knew it was a useless paint card. With that, Anderson chipped up to 135,000 while Ringe made his way to the payout desk in 12th place to collect $10,945.
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Calvin Anderson (Day 2) - 11th Place.
Calvin Anderson battled with a short stack all day, but he was unable to survive long enough to make the unofficial final table. When we reached Table 447 moments ago, Anderson was already all in on fourth street. We're not certain what each players' down cards were, but we know their four cards looked like this:
Brendan Taylor:
Anderson:
Taylor was dealt a and another , giving him a ninety-seven going to seventh, and Anderson was dealt a and a , giving him a leading ninety-five. Taylor was dealt a on seventh however, giving him a seventy-six, and Anderson was dealt the , eliminating him from the tournament.
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where both players checked. The two knuckled again on fifth, and Abrams check-called a bet on sixth. Abrams checked dark going to seventh, Misteff bet dark, and Abrams tank-called.
"Wheel," Misteff said, fanning . Abrams mucked, leaving less than 10,000 chips behind, and was eliminated soon after.
The nine remaining players are now headed to the Pavilion Room stage.
Scott Fishman brought it in with a and Brandon Cantu completed. A short-stacked David Rosenau then raised all in for 14,000 total, which both Fischman and Cantu called. Fischman proceeded to check-call bets on the turn, fifth and sixth, and then bet when Cantu checked seventh. Cantu thought for a long time before he folded.
Brendan Taylor completed with a and then called a raise from Jeff Misteff. The latter bet the turn before calling a bet on fifth. Misteff's last 10,000 went in on sixth and the cards were tabled.
Misteff: (x) / / (x)
Taylor: / /
We didn't get a good look at Misteff's cards, but we do know he was drawing dead headed into seventh street. He finished in eighth place and parted with a $17,693 consolation prize.
Michael Chow fired out a bet on the turn and was called by Phil Hellmuth, who was showing a pair of aces. Fifth street saw Chow fire out another bet, but this time Helluth quickly raised. "You can just say all in," Hellmuth told Chow, who only had 10,000 behind. While he didn't say it, Chow did commit it.
Chow: / /
Hellmuth: / /
Sixth street gave Hellmuth a nine-low, which meant Chow needed to improve on seventh. He squeezed out his card and didn't see any pips, meaning it was either a deuce, three or ace. "You've got two of the aces though," Chow said, knowing it was the only card that would save his tournament life. He then flipped and revealed a . With that, Hellmuth chipped up to 500,000 and sent Chow home in seventh place.
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