Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day 2 Started
Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
Day 2 Started
Yesterday, the 2012 World Series of Poker continued with Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz, which attracted 309 players and created a prize pool of $702,975. Over the course of eight levels of play, 174 players hit the felt, leaving just 136 looking to make the money at the top 32; what’s more, each have their eyes set on the $182,793 top prize.
The man best positioned to make a run toward the money is the Day 1 chip leader, Tommy Vedes, who bagged up 44,600. Standing in his way is an eclectic mix of experienced players including former WSOP Main Event winners Tom McEvoy, Phil Hellmuth, Greg Raymer and Berry Johnston; online stars Jared “harrington25” Bleznick and Kami “Dr. Kamikaze” Chisholm; former Razz champ Barry Greenstein; and young pros Bryan Micon and Joe Tehan.
Some others who’ll be returning to action, albeit with less than stellar stacks, are last Stephen Su, David Bach, Owais Ahmed, Chris Viox, Mickey Doft, Sam Grizzle, Maxwell Troy, Andy Bloch, Jennifer Harman, Tom Schneider and Scott Clements.
Player | Chips |
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Tommy Vedes | 44,600 |
Kami Chisholm | 43,500 |
Jaime Lezama | 42,900 |
Bryan Micon | 41,500 |
Tom McEvoy | 39,700 |
Joe Tehan | 39,500 |
Bill Chen | 36,500 |
Larry Wright | 34,700 |
Vasili Firsau | 34,200 |
Peter Brownstein | 34,000 |
Who will be the next to add their name to the list of Razz Champions?
Year | Player | Entrants | Prize |
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2012 | ??? | 309 | $182,793 |
2011 | Rep Porter | 363 | $210,615 |
2010 | Frank Kassela | 365 | $214,085 |
2009 | Jeff Lisandro | 315 | $188,390 |
2008* | Barry Greenstein | 453 | $157,643 |
2007* | Katja Thater | 341 | $132,653 |
2006* | James Richberg | 409 | $139,576 |
2005* | O’Neil Longson | 291 | $125,690 |
*Featured $1,500 buy-in.
The plan for the day is to play ten levels and get as close to the final table as possible, which means we ought to crack the money sometime in the late evening. Day 2 action will begin at 2 PM PST, so be sure to check back then for all the latest and greatest from Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz.
Level: 9
Limits: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
We didn't catch the action, but we saw Sardor Gaziev walking away from Table 436. We glanced at the table as saw that he was drawing dead headed into seventh street against Jerry Wong and didn't even stick around to see his last card.
Wong:
Gaziev: / /
Wong is up to 25,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sardor Gaziev | Busted |
We didn't catch the hand, but we can confirm that last year's runner-up, Stephen Su, has been eliminated from the tournament. He started the day with just 3,600, and unfortunately for him he couldn't run it up. Likewise, Ingram Boykins and Corey Burbick have joined him on the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ingram Boykins
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Busted | |
Stephen Su | Busted |
Corey Burbick was very short coming into today - he only had one and a half small bets. He got the last of his chips in the middle with a showing, Michael Noori completed with a , and another player called with a . On fourth street, Noori bet, and his opponent called, but on fifth, Noori's opponent mucked. The boards ran out like this.
Burbick | / /
Noori | / /
Burbick was eliminated, while Noori shipped the small pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Corey Burbick | Busted |
Right in front of media row is the Pavilion Purple Section Feature Table, which is elevated on a platform. It is currently playing host to Table 420, which has the following lineup:
Seat 1- Mickey Doft
Seat 2- Tom McEvoy
Seat 3- Alan Miskin
Seat 4- Michael Gagliano
Seat 5- "Miami" John Cernuto
Seat 6- Chris Viox
Seat 7- Jim Collopy
Seat 8- Brandon Guss
Chris Swan got the last of his chips in on fifth street and was behind Brendan Taylor. We didn't get the exact order of Taylor's cards as they were tabled too quickly, but we do know that Swan was left drawing dead on sixth.
Swan: / /
Taylor:
Other recent eliminations include Marcus Gee and McLean Karr.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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McLean Karr | Busted | |
Marcus Gee
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Busted | |
Chris Swan | Busted |
hoss_tbf Matt Hawrilenko Just won the razz anti-satellite to qualify for tonight's 5k LHE!
June 09 2012
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matt Hawrilenko | Busted |
Frankie O'Dell | / |
Raymond Davis | / |
Pat Pezzin | / |
Chris Back | / |
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where Pezzin bet and Back raised. O'Dell and Davis released, and Pezzin called. On fifth, there was a bet, a raise all in, and a call. Pezzin tabled , and Back showed . Pezzin picked up running eights to make an eighty-seven, while Back was dealt two face cards.
Pezzin more than doubled to around 20,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Pat Pezzin | 19,500 | 10,500 |