Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

Level: 7

Limits: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-09-2012 01:24 UTC-6

Bjorin Will Not Be Making the Final Table Three Years in a Row

Chad Holloway

At the start of the day we told you that Chris Bjorin, who has an impressive 62 World Series of Poker cashes, would be one to watch in this event on account of him making back-to-back final tables in 2010 and 2011. Unfortunately, Bjorin's run at the final table for a third year in a row has come to an end as he is among the latest round of casualties.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Lind	Busted

Ted Lawson	Busted

Chris Tryba	Busted

Martin Staszko	Busted

Chris Bjorin	Busted

Matthew Kelly	Busted
Gabriel Nassif	Busted
Ryan Tepen	Busted

Tags: Chris Bjorin

06-09-2012 01:29 UTC-6

Kassela Eliminated From Two Tournament in Less Than 15 Minutes

Chad Holloway

Frank Kassela, who won this event in 2010, was busy playing Event 16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed for most of the day, that is until his recent elimination in 15th place. Kassela then made his way to his stack here in Razz, which had been whittled down to just 300 by the antes and bring ins. "Wow, I still have chips," Kassela said.

He managed to win a pot and build it up to 1,300, but a short time later he would be eliminated after his {4-} {A-} {Q-} {J-} {7-} {K-} (X) failed to beat his opponent's {A-} {2-} {5-} {6-} {8-} . Unfortunately for Kassela, he was eliminated from two tournaments in less than 15 minutes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	Busted

Tags: Frank Kassela

06-09-2012 01:41 UTC-6

Rodman Puts an End to Mercier's Day

Chad Holloway

A short-stacked Jason Mercier was all-in in a hand against Matt Hawrilenko and Blair Rodman. Side action saw Hawrilenko fold, and Rodman ended up making a 8-7-6-5-A. We're not sure of all Mercier's cards as he picked up his 4-4-4-7-10 and two mystery cards and sent them to the muck.

Meanwhile both Jason Sackler and Amnon Filippi have been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amnon Filippi	Busted

Jason Mercier	Busted

Jason Sackler	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Blair Rodman

06-09-2012 01:53 UTC-6

Doft Survives

Chad Holloway

We happened upon Table 366 just in time to see Mickey Doft complete and his opponent in Seat 6 raise. Doft, who started the hand with 2,200, three-bet and then called off when his opponent four-bet.

Doft: {6-} {5-} / {2-} {4-} {K-} {K-} / {3-}
Seat 6: {A-} {8-} / {4-} {2-} {A-} {J-} / {10-}

Doft started off good but things seemed to go downhill. He needed to improve on seventh, and lucky for him, the {3-} allowed him to do just that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mickey Doft	5,300 3,100	3,100

Tags: Mickey Doft

06-09-2012 01:59 UTC-6

Various Chip Counts

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Chen	36,000

Tom McEvoy	35,000

Joe Tehan	32,000 2,000	2,000
Tommy Vedes	28,000 -3,000	-3,000
Ted Forrest	23,000 9,000	9,000

Bryan Micon	21,000
Max Pescatori	21,000

Ylon Schwartz	20,000

Phil Hellmuth	20,000 3,000	3,000

David Singer	18,000
David Williams	17,000 8,500	8,500

Andy Bloch	15,000

Amir Nematinia	15,000 -4,500	-4,500
Scott Clements	14,000

Brandon Cantu	14,000

Dan O'Brien	14,000
David Bach	13,000

Tom Schneider	13,000

Blair Rodman	13,000

Matt Hawrilenko	12,000
Owais Ahmed	11,000 -5,400	-5,400

Robert Williamson III	10,000

Jennifer Harman	10,000

John Cernuto	9,000

Allen Bari	9,000

06-09-2012 02:04 UTC-6

Fisher Drawing Dead

Chad Holloway

Jan_Fisher Jan Fisher All in A734 on 4th in 3way pot. TT... River he shows me straight 6 so I'm drawing dead. I hate razz... IGHNB June 09 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Fisher	Busted

Tags: Jan Fisher

06-09-2012 02:08 UTC-6

Raymer Making a Late Push

Chad Holloway

We caught the action on the turn when Greg Raymer fired out a bet and received a call from his opponent. The same action would occur on the rest of the streets and Raymer rolled over a wheel to take down the nice pot.

Raymer: {A-} {2-} {4-} / {3-} {5-} {J-} {6-}
Opponent: (x-x) / {3-} {3-} {8-} {10-} / (x)