Event #54: $1,500 Razz
Day 1 Started
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $1,500 Razz
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2019 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$490,050
Entries
363
Level
30
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Event #54: $1,500 Razz Starts at 3 p.m. in Las Vegas
It's time for some Razz festivities at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Today at 3 p.m. local time they will commence when Event #54: $1,500 Razz kicks-off in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The seven card game will feature no straights and flushes and the best hand is simply ace through five.
There has been some discussion about the structure and it has been adjusted slightly. The latest structure change is that the players will start with a stack of 12,000 instead of 10,000 to have a little extra room. The first three levels will be played double and will make up for six out of the ten levels played today. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels and they'll bag after ten levels which will be around 2 a.m.
Jay Kwon took the tournament down last year when he beat a field of 389 players. Kwon has three recorded WSOP cashes and all three of them are in Razz tournaments. Should he show up today and try to win back-to-back bracelets in the same event, he may add to his previous tournament score of $125,431.
Plenty of familiar faces are expected to make an appearance in the first Razz tournament of the summer. Make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the latest updates on Day 1.
Delayed Start
They are still busy setting up some of the tables and they just announced they will announce shuffle up and deal in a couple of minutes.
Level: 1
ante - 300 button
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for Event #54: $1,500 Razz. Most of the players have taken their seats and goal one is surviving Day 1 with a healthy chip stack.
Late registration is open until the start of level 9.
First Names
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
11,800 |
More Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
12,000 |
False Start for Ludlow
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
The revised structures mean that players will start with less big bets and more meaningful play in the first couple of levels of the day. For some, that will work out amazing while it's also possible to lose your stack a lot faster than you're used to in a razz tournament.
Benjamin Ludlow is on the bad side of things where he already lost half of his starting stack in the first 30 minutes. The latest pot he lost was when he opened up 
and he lost against the 
of his neighbor, Scott Silverman.
Ludlow is now down to 5,900 but he can still recover with the big bet at 400.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
5,900 | -5,900 |
Tilly Wins One With a Ten
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
Jennifer Tilly: 
/ 
/
Peter Nam: / /
A player brought in and Peter Nam completed to 200 with a . Jennifer Tilly was in the seat next to Nam and she called, also with a showing.
The others folded and Nam bet when he caught a on fouth. Tilly called with the . Nam check-called on the next street when the bet was 400 and he led out again on sixth.
They both checked on seventh and Tilly showed for a ten-six low while her opponent had 
for a ten-eight low.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000 | 13,000 |
|
7,500 | 7,500 |
Level: 2
ante- 300 button