Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

05-30-2014 23:39 UTC-7

More Chip Counts from Around the Room

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	25,000 20,500	20,500

Sven Arntzen	25,000
Yuval Bronshtein	23,000 -1,000	-1,000

Cyndy Violette	13,000 1,000	1,000

Berry Johnston	12,500 5,500	5,500

Brandon Cantu	11,000 -2,000	-2,000

Adam Friedman	11,000 4,300	4,300

Jeff Lisandro	10,000 7,000	7,000

Brock Parker	10,000 8,000	8,000
Randy Ohel	10,000 2,000	2,000

Galen Hall	8,500

Scott Seiver	8,000 -2,000	-2,000

Hoyt Corkins	8,000

Naoya Kihara	7,500

Ismael Bojang	6,500 1,400	1,400

Tony Cousineau	6,500 -1,700	-1,700
James Woods	6,000 575	575

Julie Schneider	4,600
Bryan Micon	3,500 -600	-600
Don Zewin	Busted
Brandon Shack-Harris	Busted

Zimnan Ziyard	Busted
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Thomas Muhlocker	Busted

05-30-2014 23:48 UTC-7

One Phil Eliminates the Other

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Well it was a short and not-so-sweet stay for Phil Ivey, who was recently eliminated by Phil "Unabomber" Laak. We missed the hand so we decided to ask Laak if he could recall any details.

"I don't remember, but it was lower than his," Laak explained when asked what his hand had been. Another player at the table offered help and reminded Laak that Ivey had made two pair to bust and that Laak actually had trips (which is sometimes better for an overall razz hand).

Laak then launched into numerous tangents as he is prone to do. The point is Ivey has been eliminated from Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Phil Iveym Phil Laak

Level: 8

Limits: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

05-30-2014 23:58 UTC-7

Prize Pool & Payouts

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The official numbers are in. Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz attracted 352 players (up from 301 in last year's $2,500 buy-in razz event) and created a prize pool of $475,200 (down from last year's $684,775 prize pool). That will be distributed to the top 40 players as follows:

Place	Prize
1	$121,196
2	$74,848
3	$48,275
4	$34,979
5	$25,717
6	$19,183
7	$14,517
8	$11,143
9-10	$8,677
11-12	$6,852
13-14	$5,483
15-16	$4,447
17-24	$3,659
25-32	$3,069
33-40	$2,575

05-31-2014 00:20 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Players are hitting the rail at a much more rapid pace here in Level 8. Here are some of the more notable names to have fallen recently.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Woods	Busted

Mohsin Charania	Busted

Marco Johnson	Busted

Julie Schneider	Busted

05-31-2014 00:30 UTC-7

Smile for the Razzies

Chad Holloway

05-31-2014 00:37 UTC-7

The 1983 WSOP Main Event Champ Falls to "Schifty"

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The day stated with quite a few former WSOP Main Event champs in the field, but one of them has just fallen in 1983 champ Tom McEvoy, who you may remember was the first satellite qualifier to win the "Big One."

We didn't pick up the action on the Poker Hall of Famer's final hand until fifth street, which is when he got the last of his chips in against Ron "Schifty" Schiffman.

"I'm not paired yet," McEvoy said optimistically.

"Me neither," Schiffman replied.

McEvoy: / /
Schiffman: / /

After sixth and seventh streets were run out, McEvoy ended with a jack-nine low while Schiffman made a nine-seven. A deflated McEvoy collected his things and exited the tournament just shy of the last break of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ron Schiffman	15,000 15,000	15,000
Tom McEvoy	Busted

Tags: Ron Schiffman Tom McEvoy

05-31-2014 00:47 UTC-7

Hot Start but a Fast End for Violette

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The day started off hot for WSOP bracelet winner Cyndy Violette, but it took a nasty turn here in Level 8.

"She just kept losing pots," Randy Ohel told us after we'd discovered Violette was no longer in her seat. "She had a six-draw on fourth but got three bricks."

Don't worry if you don't understand razz talk. The gist of what he was saying is that Violette has been eliminated from the tournament.