Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz
Day 1 Started
Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz
Day 1 Started
Welcome to Day 21 at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Today features the only Razz event on this year’s WSOP schedule, as Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz starts at 5 p.m. Razz events often attract small, but highly competitive, fields, and we expect a plethora a big names and famous faces at the tables once the event gets undersay.
Last year, this event marked Phil Hellmuth’s record-extending 12th WSOP bracelet. He bested a field of 309 players and captured a first-place prize of $182,793. En route to the bracelet, Hellmuth navigated through top-notch competition that included Barry Greenstein, Brandon Cantu, Scott Clements, Dan O’Brien, Ted Forrest, and Don Zewin, who finished third when Hellmuth won his first bracelet in the 1989 Main Event. Later in 2012, Hellmuth further improved his record by winning his 13th bracelet at WSOP-Europe.
The event is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Stay with us here at PokerNews as we bring you live updates throughout tonight’s eight levels of play. In the meantime, here’s Sarah Grant to tell you about everything on tap today at the WSOP.
Level: 1
Limits: 75/150
Ante: 25
Level one has officially begun and cards are in the air.
Plenty of the World Series of Poker's finest mix game crew has shown up today for a shot at razz gold. Here's a list of familiar faces so far:
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ben Yu |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Randy Ohel |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Abe Mosseri |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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David Chiu |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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David "ODB" Baker |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Mike Leah |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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George Danzer |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Martin Staszko |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Frank Kasella
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Andy Bloch |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Steven Albini |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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David Bach |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Frankie O'Dell |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Allen Kessler |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Erik Seidel |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Scott Abrams |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
John Monnette |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
Jason Mercier |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Bill Chen |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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We first ran across singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer, and music journalist Steve Albini playing in Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Albini has made a reappearance here today in Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz to take a second shot at razz gold.
While Albini's name may not be as familiar as some musical artists, he's worked with groups such as Nirvana, Cheap Trick, the Pixies, and The Stooges as a record producer.
Albini already has two WSOP cashes to his name. The first being in 2010 in a $1,500 seven card stud event and the second being a 12th place finish just days ago in Event #26. Albini is looking to improve upon his $40,694 cash with a strong showing here today.
We'll keep tabs on Albini's progress throughout the day and make sure to note if he can make another hit here today in Event #33.
One of PokerNews' own Mickey "123md" Doft is in the field today, but he's not providing tournament coverage this time.
Doft is going to be using a different set of skills in an attempt to make his first World Series of Poker Cash. While Doft is known as being a chip counter extraordinaire, he also has a secret set of hidden skills that lie in his razz prowess.
We'll keep an eye on Doft throughout the day and update on his progress.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mickey Doft
|
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Seats are filling up as more players have filtered into the tournament area. We'll keep you posted on late arrivals and late registrants as they appear throughout the next few levels.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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John Cernuto |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
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Mike Wattel |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
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Chad Brown |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Bryan Micon |
7,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
Huck Seed, winner of the 1996 WSOP Main Event, has taken his seat in this tournament.
In a recent hand, Seed raised on third street with the after Bill Chen completed showing the . Chen received the on fourth street, and Seed bet out with his . Chen folded, and Seed raked in the chips.
Chen and Seed are seated directly next to each other and have six bracelets between them, so we'll keep an eye on these two throughout the night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Huck Seed |
7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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