Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz
Day 2 Started
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $1,500 Seven-Card Razz
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$475,200
Entries
352
Level
27
Limits
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day 2 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | 6 | Marcus Bower | 23,000 |
| 349 | 1 | Ali Eslami | 19,200 |
| 349 | 2 | Alex Dovzhenko | 21,700 |
| 349 | 3 | Jerry Wong | 22,700 |
| 349 | 4 | Eric Pratt | 7,100 |
| 349 | 5 | Ronald Schiffman | 11,000 |
| 349 | 7 | Randy Ohel | 22,600 |
| 349 | 8 | Naoya Kihara | 17,300 |
| 350 | 1 | Michael Gathy | 14,500 |
| 350 | 2 | James Obst | 23,100 |
| 350 | 3 | Ayelet Kotonas | 15,300 |
| 350 | 4 | David Bach | 20,500 |
| 350 | 5 | David Chiu | 13,600 |
| 350 | 6 | Lu Zhang | 11,000 |
| 350 | 7 | Jason Whiddon | 15,100 |
| 350 | 8 | Todd Dakake | 23,200 |
| 351 | 1 | Mickey Appleman | 23,000 |
| 351 | 2 | Blair Rodman | 18,500 |
| 351 | 3 | Ted Forrest | 30,200 |
| 351 | 4 | Gino Levrini | 18,000 |
| 351 | 5 | Amir Namatinia | 38,400 |
| 351 | 6 | Jeffrey Foreman | 15,200 |
| 351 | 7 | George Novo | 11,300 |
| 352 | 1 | Scott Adaska | 17,700 |
| 352 | 2 | Jean Gaspard | 16,400 |
| 352 | 3 | Michael Block | 30,200 |
| 352 | 4 | Fabio De Francesco | 66,700 |
| 352 | 5 | Patsy Altomari | 19,400 |
| 352 | 6 | Matt Waxman | 42,300 |
| 352 | 7 | Bryan Micon | 19,400 |
| 352 | 8 | Craig Chait | 37,200 |
| 355 | 1 | Yuebin Guo | 33,500 |
| 355 | 2 | Phillip Hellmuth | 39,700 |
| 355 | 3 | Jeet Shetty | 30,300 |
| 355 | 4 | Jordan Siegel | 61,100 |
| 355 | 5 | Tyson Marks | 10,100 |
| 355 | 6 | Huck Seed | 28,000 |
| 355 | 7 | Kyle Miaso | 23,200 |
| 355 | 8 | John Roveto | 22,900 |
| 356 | 1 | Sven Arntzen | 8,200 |
| 356 | 2 | Keith Sexton | 4,800 |
| 356 | 3 | Huynh Cao | 16,000 |
| 356 | 4 | Rebecca Kerl | 17,500 |
| 356 | 5 | Gary Benson | 11,200 |
| 356 | 6 | Chris Parsons | 8,200 |
| 356 | 8 | Bryan Campanello | 7,000 |
| 357 | 1 | Chris Sandrock | 10,700 |
| 357 | 2 | Ellen Mead | 13,700 |
| 357 | 3 | Steven Wolansky | 18,400 |
| 357 | 4 | Brock Parker | 11,100 |
| 357 | 6 | Frank Henderson | 23,900 |
| 357 | 7 | Rep Porter | 7,500 |
| 357 | 8 | Berry Johnston | 17,500 |
| 358 | 1 | Jeffrey Mitseff | 15,800 |
| 358 | 2 | Jason Corlew | 31,000 |
| 358 | 3 | Gregory Pappas | 39,400 |
| 358 | 4 | Phil Laak | 20,100 |
| 358 | 5 | Dan Kelly | 17,900 |
| 358 | 6 | Bradford Albrinck | 34,700 |
| 358 | 7 | Richard Bruning | 23,400 |
| 358 | 8 | Joseph Loguidice | 28,200 |
| 362 | 1 | John Racener | 7,600 |
| 362 | 2 | Hoyt Corkins | 14,700 |
| 362 | 3 | Barbara Lewis | 14,500 |
| 362 | 4 | Jared Koppel | 41,700 |
| 362 | 6 | Bill Chen | 31,100 |
| 362 | 8 | Hal Rotholz | 30,800 |
| 363 | 1 | John Sisneros | 21,800 |
| 363 | 2 | Shawn Sheikhan | 22,600 |
| 363 | 4 | Kevin Iacofano | 40,400 |
| 363 | 5 | Ben Yu | 7,400 |
| 363 | 6 | Avinash Kataria | 14,800 |
| 363 | 7 | Aaron Duczak | 12,800 |
| 363 | 8 | Brandon Cantu | 9,100 |
Will Hellmuth Make a Run at Bracelet No. 14 and Notch His 101st WSOP Cash?
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #7 $1,500 Seven-Card Razz here at the 2014 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. What started wit 352 runners is down to the final 75, and one of them is none other than 13-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, who begins the day sixth in chips.
Hellmuth won his twelfth bracelet in this very event two years ago, and now he's eyeing up his fourteenth along with what will be his record 101st cash if he makes it to the top 40. That is the mark to hit if players hope to take home a portion of the $475,200 prize pool, but of course everyone wants the $121,196 and gold bracelet awaiting the winner.
There's no doubt Hellmuth is hungry for it, but he'll face some stiff competition this afternoon including Fabio De Francesco, who beings the day as chip leader with 66,700 leading the way. Not far behind is Jordan Siegel, who bagged up 61,100; while Matt Waxman (42,300), Jared Koppel (41,700), and Kevin Iacofano (40,400) round out the top five.
Others returning to action are Huck Seed (28,000), Randy Ohel (22,600), Ali Eslami (19,200), Dan Kelly (17,900), Berry Johnston (17,500), Brandon Cantu (9,100), and the defending champ Bryan Campanello (7,000). Campanello is on an extreme short stack, so he'll face an uphill battle if he hopes to defend his title.
We actually caught up with Campanello on Day 1 to talk about his title defense. Have a listen.
Day 2 will get underway in just over an hour and the plan is to play through the money bubble on the way to the final table, or at least as close as we can get in ten one-hour levels. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be here every step of the way to capture the action, so stay tuned.
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Level: 11
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
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Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
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Rotholz Scores a Knockout; Sexton Falls
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
We missed when the chips went in — it appeared to be on either fourth or fifth street — but we do know that Hal Rotholz scored the first elimination of the day after making a nine-eight low against his opponent's ten-nine.
Rotholz: 
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Opponent: 
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Meanwhile, Keith Sexton, who began the day on the short stack, has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000 | 3,200 |
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Busted |
The Defending Champ Among First to Go
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Bryan Campanello topped a field of 301 players to win this event (or at least it's $2,500 buy-in counterpart) last year for his first WSOP gold bracelet. He also became the youngest player to ever win the razz title. Campanello, who was fresh off winning the WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Main Event for $175,459 and cashing in the National Championship, managed to make Day 2 in his title defense, albeit as a short stack.
Unfortunately Campanello was unable to spin it up and was recently eliminated by Alex Dovzhenko. We missed the hand, but from what we were told, Campanello got it in on fifth street with a draw to a six. He missed and that was the end of his title defense.
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Meanwhile, George Novo has also been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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27,500 | 5,800 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
"We Both Caught a King," Says the Prince
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Jean Gaspard got off to a bad start here in Level 11 and immediately saw his stack dwindle. A short time later, his tournament life would be at risk.
It happened when Gaspard completed with a and Michael Block and Matt Waxman both called showing a and respectively. Gaspard then bet his last 900 on fourth street, both his opponents called, and fifth street was checked. Block then check-folded to a bet on sixth.
"I made my jack," Waxman said.
"I made my ten," Gaspard responded.
Gaspard: 
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Waxman: / 
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Block: (x-x) / fold
"We both caught a king," said Gaspard, who is nicknamed "The Prince." Indeed they did, and that meant Gaspard stayed alive.
Two men who did not though were Michael Gathy and Jason Whiddon, both of who fell over at Table 350.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | -10,300 |
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9,000 | -21,200 |
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8,000 | 4,000 |
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Busted |
Adaska on Fire
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Michael Block started the day with a healthy stack of 30,200, while Scott Adaska only had 17,700. Razz can be an extremely frustrating game to some, as Block found out here in Level 11 after hemorrhaging chips. On the flip side, Adaska has done nothing but add to his stack.
We missed the elimination hand of Block, who was sporting a Baltimore Ravens cap, but we do know that he fell with an eight-low to Adaska's seven-low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | 42,300 |
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Busted |