| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
24,300
|
24,300 |
|
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45,000
35,900
|
35,900 |
|
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|
42,000
11,800
|
11,800 |
|
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|
41,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
38,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
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|
35,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
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31,000
9,400
|
9,400 |
|
31,000
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
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30,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
28,000 | |
|
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25,000
6,100
|
6,100 |
|
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24,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
100
|
100 |
|
|
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22,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
|
|
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21,000
1,900
|
1,900 |
|
|
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|
18,500
100
|
100 |
|
17,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
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17,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
|
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|
12,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
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9,000
2,100
|
2,100 |
|
8,500
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
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|
5,000
17,600
|
17,600 |
|
4,000
10,700
|
10,700 |
|
|
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|
3,500
3,900
|
3,900 |
|
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Way back in 1986, Berry Johnston won the WSOP Main Event. He was a staple at Binion's Horseshoe before and after that win, and for the past ten years he has been a familiar face here at the Rio. Today Johnston is looking for his sixth gold bracelet and his first since 2001 when he won $83,810 for his victory in Event #13 $1,500 Razz. That's the same variant as today's tournament, so the veteran certainly knows how to win in this game.
In a recent hand, which we picked up on fourth street, Steven Wolansky bet 1,000 and Johnston called. The latter proceeded to call bets on both fifth and sixth, and then both players checked seventh.
Wolansky: 
/ 
Johnston: 
/ 
Despite having two pair showing, Johnston caught good on the river. He played it safe though with a check and was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
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|
21,000
7,200
|
7,200 |
|
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Level: 12
Limits: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
"Have fun," Randy Ohel told Table 350 before collecting his things and exiting the tournament floor.
Ohel had just been victimized by John "Kicker" Roveto, who had made an eight-low. Ohel double paired, and he left Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz short of the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
8,100
|
8,100 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Ali Eslami is known as a cash game player, but today he was hoping to show off his razz skills. Unfortunately after 80 minutes the curtain has closed on his Day 2.
Eslami got his extreme short stack all in on third and was up against Rebecca Kerl and Hoyt Corkins. Kerl ended up tossing out a bet on fourth, and Corkins folded.
Corkins: (x-x) / fold
Kerl: / 
/
Eslami: 
/ /
Kerl made a 7-5-3-2-A low, which bested Eslami's J-10-7-6-3. Unfortunately there will be no chip and a chair story for Eslami here in Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz.
Meanwhile, Australian pro Gary Benson and Las Vegas grinder Blair Rodman have both been eliminated from the tournament in unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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|
Busted | |
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Not long ago John "Kicker" Roveto sent Randy Ohel to the rail, and long-time WSOP grinder and four-time bracelet winner Mickey Appleman sat down in the empty chair in Seat 1. Roveto then promptly sent Appleman out the door.
The exit hand escaped us, but we do know that Roveto made a 7-5-4-3-A low while Appleman has "a whole lot of nothing."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
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We picked up the action on fourth street when Phil Hellmuth bet 1,200 and Hoyt Corkins called. After Hellmuth caught a on fifth he fired out 2,400, and Corkins, who had picked up a , quickly folded.
Hellmuth: (x-x) /
Corkins: (x-x) / fold
It wasn't much of a hand but it gave us a good chance to update you on their respective stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
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|
|
8,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
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Ben Yu began the day on a short stack, but despite being all in on numerous occasions, the dapper man has held his own. In his most recent double, Kevin Iacofano completed with a showing and Yu raised with a . Action folded back to Iacofano who reraised, and then Yu got all in for 4,100. Iacofano called and the hands were tabled.
Iacofano: / / 
Yu: / /
You had an eight-seven low headed to the river, which failed to help him. Iacofano was drawing to a seven-six low, but the river gave him a losing nine-seven low. Iacofano looked frustrated while Yu was all smiles.
While Yu was doubling through Iacofano, Hoyt Corkins fell at Table 356.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
9,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
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|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
72,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
58,000
700
|
700 |
|
58,000
34,800
|
34,800 |
|
55,000
16,600
|
16,600 |
|
55,000
31,100
|
31,100 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
50,000
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
|
45,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
44,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
44,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
|
43,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
35,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
31,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
31,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
30,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
25,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
|
23,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
22,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
20,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
19,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
18,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
