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

06-09-2012 16:51 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	Busted

Nicholas Verkaik	Busted
Clifford Ziff	Busted
Max Pescatori	Busted

Charles Tonne	Busted
Charles Polk	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Rodman	45,000 32,000	32,000

Joe Tehan	45,000 7,000	7,000
Bryan Micon	35,000 -7,000	-7,000
Sam Grizzle	30,000 17,900	17,900
Kami Chisholm	30,000 -13,500	-13,500
Ted Forrest	27,000 1,400	1,400

Tommy Vedes	26,000 -18,600	-18,600
Allen Bari	26,000 -900	-900

Yarron Bendor	26,000 4,400	4,400
Tom Schneider	26,000 13,000	13,000

Chris Viox	26,000
Brett Richey	26,000 2,400	2,400
Robert Williamson III	25,000 15,000	15,000

Don Zewin	24,000
Tom McEvoy	22,000 -17,700	-17,700

Scott Clements	21,000 5,200	5,200

Jennifer Harman	19,000 600	600

Barry Greenstein	18,000 -2,900	-2,900

Owais Ahmed	18,000 7,000	7,000

Pat Pezzin	16,000 5,000	5,000
Bill Chen	16,000 -20,500	-20,500

Raymond Davis	14,000 -2,000	-2,000
Andy Bloch	13,000 -4,500	-4,500

Jared Bleznick	10,000 -3,600	-3,600
Xuan Liu	10,000

A Pot for Hellmuth

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Can Phil Hellmuth make back-to-back final tables?

Opponent: {x-} {x-} / {6-} {8-} {q-} {7-} / {x-}
Phil Hellmuth: {x-} {x-} / {3-} {q-} {9-} {4-} / {x-}

When we reached the table on sixth street, Hellmuth was heads up with an opponent who check-called a bet. Both players checked on seventh, and Hellmuth showed {5-} {2-} {x-} . His opponent mucked, and Hellmuth raked in the pot.

"I guess I'm supposed to bet there?" Hellmuth asked himself. "Maybe?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	41,000 9,500	9,500

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-09-2012 16:23 UTC-6

Pezzin Takes a Hit from Davis

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Raymond Davis	/ /
Jared Bleznick	/ (FOLDED)
Pat Pezzin	/ /

We reached the table on fifth street, where Pezzin checked, and Davis bet. Bleznick tank-folded, and Davis called. On sixth, Pezzin check-called another bet, and on seventh, both players knuckled.

Davis fanned {10-} {9-} {3-} for a nine-low, and Pezzin mucked.

After the hand, "Miami" John Cernuto stopped by to say hello to Sam Grizzle, and commented on how tough Davis plays.

"Him??" Grizzle spat. "He couldn't win the tournament if he started with a million chips."

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Davis	16,000 7,100	7,100
Pat Pezzin	11,000 -8,500	-8,500

Tags: Raymond Davis Pat Pezzin

06-09-2012 16:12 UTC-6

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Diano	Busted
Amir Nematinia	Busted
John Bunch	Busted
Edward Brogdon	Busted

06-09-2012 16:05 UTC-6

The 2004 Main Event Champ is Down

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Moments after the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up exited the Amazon Room, the champion was right behind him.

Greg Raymer: /
Joe Tehan: /

Raymer completed with an ace showing, Tehan raised with a three, and Raymer re-raised. Tehan reluctantly called. Raymer led out on fourth street, Tehan called, and on fifth, Raymer led out again. Tehan raised, putting Raymer all in, and Raymer called.

Raymer:
Tehan:

Raymer was dealt a king on fifth, giving him no help, and Tehan received a five, giving him a seventy-five low, and the lead in the hand.

"I really thought I was going to win this hand," Raymer sighed.

Tehan immediately flipped his down card face up on seventh, and the did not improve his hand. Raymer had outs, but another wasn't one of them, and he was eliminated.

JoeTehan Joseph Just busted Raymer from the razz event. Good guy, good player, and gives out pretty cool fossils! http://t.co/3WrDs0do June 09 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	38,000 5,000	5,000
Greg Raymer	Busted

Tags: Greg Raymer Joe Tehan

Level: 10

Limits: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-09-2012 15:59 UTC-6

Johnson's Razz Tournament Comes to an End

Chad Holloway

Linda Johnson completed with the {4-} only to have David Singer two-bet his {3-} . Johnson made the call and the led out when she took the lead on the turn. Singer not only called that bet, but called bets on fifth and sixth as well. Johnson then slowed down on seventh, opening the door for Singer to bet.

Johnson: (x-x) / {4-} {7-} {3-} {A-} / (x)
Singer: (x-x) / {3-} {Q-} {6-} {7-} / (x)

"I got aces up," Johnson said before grabbing her cards and sending them to the muck. That hand knocked her down to just 2,000, which disappeared a short time later.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Singer	23,000 7,200	7,200
Linda Johnson	Busted

Tags: Linda Johnson David Singer

06-09-2012 15:54 UTC-6

Unfortunate Turn of Events Sends Williams to the Rail

Chad Holloway

We caught the action on fifth street when Michael Rosenberg tossed out a bet and received a call from David Williams. The latter took the lead on sixth and proceeded to check-call a bet, doing the same on seventh. Rosenberg then rolled over a to take down the pot and leave Williams with just 1,200.

Williams: (x-x) / / (x)
Rosenberg: /

Not long after, Williams was eliminated:

dwpoker David Williams Out of #WSOP18. Got it in with 235 vs AA7 lol. On 6th was 23455Q vs AA8876. My river was K. Hers 2. Gg. On to the next. $1500 nl June 09 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	Busted

Tags: David Williams Michael Rosenberg

06-09-2012 15:49 UTC-6

"He Might Think That's a Needle"

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

Phil Hellmuth asked us if Event 16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed had started yet, and we promptly informed him that the final table was set and taking place at the ESPN Main Stage.

"Did Mikey make it?" he asked inquiring about his friend Mike "The Mouth" Matusow. We had to inform him of the unfortunate news that Matusow had busted in eighth place, two spots shy of the final table. "Damn, I just tweeted at him good luck," Hellmuth said.

"He might think that's a needle," he add under his breath.

phil_hellmuth phil_hellmuth Go @themouthmatusow go! Go Mikey go! Take this down and show the world your NLHold'em skills! 9 left. GL to @MattGlantz as well... June 09 2012

Tags: Mike Matusow Phil Hellmuth