Event #50: $1,500 Razz
Day 2 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $1,500 Razz
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$525,150
Entries
389
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Big Names Still in Contention as Shalom Leads $1,500 Razz Day 2
Victor Shalom may be topping the chip counts ahead of Day 2 of Event #50: $1,500 Razz, but there is still a lot of competition in the field including two former champions and 45 bracelets' worth of talent.
Max Pescatori won the first of his two bracelets in the $1,500 Razz back in 2015, while Ted Forrest defeated Phil Hellmuth heads-up one year earlier.
Also still in the field is the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller champion Shaun Deeb, and he is joined by the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship runner-up John Hennigan. The pair are currently first and second, respectively, in the 2018 WSOP Player of the Year standings, separated by just 60 points.
Last year's final tablists Benny Glaser and Phil Hellmuth who finished fifth and sixth, respectively, are also still in the hunt. Multiple bracelet winners Brandon Cantu, Chris Bjorin, Barry Greenstein and John Cernuto are also present ahead of Day 2.
The money bubble will burst today, with just 59 players guaranteed a payout of at least $2,244. The winner of Event #50: $1,500 Razz will take home $125,431 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Play gets back underway at 2 p.m. local time and you can catch all the action right here on PokerNews
Level: 11
Limits: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Kruse Wins an Early One
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
On sixth street Max Kruse check-called a bet from Michael Pickett and then both players checked seventh street.
Max Kruse: 
/ 
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Michael Pickett: / 
/
Pickett announced "Eight," but Kruse showed 
for a better eight and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000 | 3,800 |
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30,000 | -3,400 |
Early Double For Scott Abrams
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Scott Evelyn completed with his 
and Scott Ambrams made it two bets with his . Action folded back to Evelyn who called.
Scot Abrams: /
Scott Evelyn: /
On fourth street, Abrams bet and Evelyn raised. Abrams called to put himself at risk for 1,800. Here's how their boards ran out.
Scot Abrams: / /
Scott Evelyn: 
/ / 
Evelyn ended up making a nine low by seventh street, but Abrams completed an eight low and he would earn the pot and the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | -9,100 |
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10,000 | 7,800 |
Bad Runout Foils Pescatori
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Mark Gregorich completed and Scott Silverman called. Max Pescatori raised and got two callers.
Gregorich bet on fourth street and Silverman called. Pescatori raised and Gregorich made it three bets. Silverman let his hand go and Pescatori called. Gregorich bet on fifth street and got called. He bet again on sixth street and Pescatori quickly mucked.
Mark Gregorich: /
Scott Silverman: / - folded on fourth
Max Pescatori: / - folded on sixth
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 9,500 |
|
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37,000 | -3,500 |
|
19,000 | -9,800 |
Early Eliminations
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
| 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 |
Greenstein Sent to the Rail
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Barry Greenstein: / /
Sergey Selin: / /
Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni: / /
Action was on seventh street in a three-way pot between Rodrigo Garrido Portaleoni, Barry Greenstein and Sergey Selin. Greenstein was already all in before seventh street action. Portaleoni was first to act and he put out a bet. Selin called.
Selin showed down his for a wheel. Greenstein could only muster and that meant he would be sent to the rail. Selin's hand was mucked as well so that meant that Portaleoni would collect the whole put chipping up over 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 27,400 |
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24,000 | -26,800 |
|
Busted |
Guo Doubles Through Chip Leader Shalom
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Victor Shalom raised, Kyle Montgomery reraised and short stack Yuebin Guo made it three bets and got two callers. It checked to Shalom on fourth street who bet and got two callers.
It again checked to Shalom who bet on fifth street. Montgomery got out of the way before Guo raised all in. Shalom called.
Kyle Montgomery: / 
- folded on fifth
Yuebin Guo: / /
Victor Shalom: / /
Shalom hadn't even made a low yet, but caught a five to make an eight-seven. Guo was drawing live and peeled a on the end to complete an eight-perfect to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000 | -12,600 |
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51,000 | -5,000 |
|
21,000 | 11,200 |
Grapenthien Getting Short
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Scott Evelyn completed with a and he was called by Troy Murdough, Andreas Hole, and Matt Grapenthein
Andreas Hole: /
Matt Grapenthien: / — folded on fifth
Troy Murdough: / — folded on fourth
Scott Evelyn: / — folded on fourth
On fourth, Grapenthien led out with the betting lead. Only Andreas Hole called.
On fifth street, Grapenthien paired up. With the lead, Hole made a bet. Grapenthien thought for a long while then eventually decided to fold his hand, leaving himself with about 4,700 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500 | 4,400 |
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4,700 | -23,000 |