2012 World Series of Poker

Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ax4xax2xjx4x10x
Prize
$182,793
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$702,975
Entries
309
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Chris Viox Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,135)

Chris Viox
Chris Viox

Chirs Viox brought it in with a {K-} and Gerald Ringe completed with {5-}. Brendan Taylor made the call as did Viox, and then Taylor fired out after taking the lead on the turn. Ringe and Viox called, with the latter committing the rest of his chips. Another bet by Taylor on fifth street drove Ringe from the hand and the cards were tabled.

Taylor: {A-}{9-} / {2-}{Q-}{4-}{6-} / {8-}
Viox: (x-x) / {K-}{10-}{9-}(x) / (x)

Viox realized he was in bad shape, and after sixth street he knew he was drawing dead. He mixed up his cards so that we weren't able to piece together what he had, but the result was the same. Viox has been eliminated in 15th place and will take home $7,135 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Viox us
Chris Viox
Busted

Tags: Brendan TaylorChris Viox

Dan O'Brien Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,135)

Dan O'Brien (Day 2) - eliminated.
Dan O'Brien (Day 2) - eliminated.

Dan O'Brien: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{6-}{q-}
David Rosenau: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{3-}{k-}

Scott Abrams brought it in with a {k-}, O'Brien called with an {8-}, and Rosenau completed with a {5-}. 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: {a-}{5-}
Rosenau: {10-}{2-}

O'Brien paired on sixth when he was dealt an {a-}, and Rosenau improved to a ten-nine with a {9-}. 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.

Player Chips Progress
David Rosenau
David Rosenau
105,000
-15,000
-15,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
Busted

Tags: David RosenauDan O'Brien

"Slow Down Over There"

Just before Level 20 began, Barry Greenstein and Brendan Taylor were heads up heading to fourth street.

Greenstein{x-}{x-} / {7-}{9-}{3-}
Taylor{x-}{x-} / {2-}{7-}{4-}

Taylor led out on fourth, Greenstein called, and Taylor led again on fifth. Greenstein tanked a bit before folding, and Taylor raked in another pot,

"Slow down over there," Michael Chow said after the hand.

Taylor smiled. "I couldn't win a pot over at the other table."

Player Chips Progress
Brendan Taylor us
Brendan Taylor
295,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
130,000
-45,000
-45,000

Tags: Brendan TaylorBarry Greenstein

Level: 20

Limits: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Taylor Takes a Bite Out of the Pi Master

After the {K-} brought it in, Chris Viox just called with his {3-}. Brendan Taylor then completed, the bring-in folded and Viox came along for the ride. Viox proceeded to check-call a bet on the turn before calling Taylor's bet on fifth. The latter continued to bet on sixth and seventh, with Viox calling both streets.

Taylor: (x-x) / {4-}{8-}{2-}{J-} / (x) ({7-}{6-}{5-})
Viox: (x){2-} / {3-}{8-}{Q-}{A-} / (Ax}

Taylor's 7-6-5-4-2 was good enough to take down the pot and leave Viox with just a stack of 48,000.

Player Chips Progress
Brendan Taylor us
Brendan Taylor
260,000
48,000
48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Viox us
Chris Viox
53,000
-48,000
-48,000

Tags: Brendan TaylorChris Viox

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
355,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
300,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Don Zewin us
Don Zewin
213,000
97,500
97,500
Brendan Taylor us
Brendan Taylor
212,000
-76,500
-76,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
175,000
80,500
80,500
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
160,000
80,000
80,000
Scott Abrams us
Scott Abrams
143,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Misteff
Jeff Misteff
136,000
-31,000
-31,000
David Rosenau
David Rosenau
120,000
-29,000
-29,000
Chris Viox us
Chris Viox
101,000
-69,000
-69,000
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
90,000
-1,500
-1,500
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
75,000
-108,000
-108,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gerald Ringe gb
Gerald Ringe
69,000
14,500
14,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Mervis
Jeff Mervis
62,000
-49,500
-49,500
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
61,000
27,000
27,000
Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
45,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Two Table Redraw

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Table 447

SeatPlayerChips
1Phil Hellmuth355,000
2Barry Greenstein175,000
3Brendan Taylor212,000
4Calvin Anderson45,000
5Jared Bleznick90,000
6Michael Chow75,000
7Chris Viox101,000
8Gerald Ringe69,000

Table 448

SeatPlayerChips
1Jeff Mervis62,000
2Scott Abrams143,000
3Jeff Misteff136,000
4Dan O’Brien61,000
5Brandon Cantu300,000
6David Rosenau120,000
7Scott Fischman160,000
8Don Zewin213,000

Chris "Fox" Wallace Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,904)

Chris Wallace - eliminated.
Chris Wallace - eliminated.

Chris "Fox" Wallace: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{9-}{7-}
Phil Hellmuth: {x-}{x-} / {a-}{8-}{7-}

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: {4-}{2-}
Hellmuth: {7-}{5-}

Both players bricked on sixth - Wallace was dealt a {10-}, which didn't improve his hand, and Hellmuth paired his {8-}. On seventh street, as a courtesy, Hellmuth flipped his down card face up. Unfortunately for Wallace, it was a {3-}, giving Hellmuth an eighty-seven low, and the best hand.

Wallace's down card was a {j-}, and he was eliminated from the tournament. Congratulations to Fox, who is the author of a daily blog about the WSOP and other happenings in poker. A 17th-place finish at the WSOP and $5,904 is nothing to scoff at.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
325,000
37,500
37,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Chris Wallace us
Chris Wallace
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chris WallacePhil Hellmuth