2021 World Series of Poker

Event #78: $10,000 Razz Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ax4x5x2x10x
Prize
$274,693
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,016,425
Entries
109
Level Info
Level
25
Limits
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
64
Players Left
13

Dzivielevski Soars to the Top, Hellmuth Still Alive in Razz Championship

Level 17
Yuri Dzivielevski
Yuri Dzivielevski

After seven 90-minute levels of play, just 13 of the 63 players that started the day have advanced to Day 3 of Event #78: $10,000 Razz Championship.

Yuri Dzivielevski snagged the Day 2 chip lead and he was the only player to bag over 1 million chips (1,126,000). Dzivielevski began his run to the chip lead with a series of big pots on the bubble and kept on cruising through the rest of the night.

Not far behind the Brazilian though are Yehuda Buchalter (874,000), John Monnette (861,000), and Erik Sagstrom (845,000).

The dream of a 17th bracelet is still alive in 2021 for Phil Hellmuth as advanced to Day 3. Despite some great reads, a late swoon in the night leaves him with plenty of work Thursday to build up his 133,000 chips.

End of Day 2 Chip Counts

RANKPLAYERCountryChips
1Yuri DzivielevskiBrazil1,126,000
2Yehuda BuchalterUnited States874,000
3John MonnetteUnited States861,000
4Erik SagstromSweden845,000
5Roland IsraelashviliUnited States647,000
6Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom552,000
7Shirley RosarioUnited States398,000
8Brad RubenUnited States316,000
9Carlos Chadha-VillamarinUnited States299,000
10Everett CarltonUnited States231,000
11Erik SeidelUnited States227,000
12Phil HellmuthUnited States133,000
13Matt VengrinUnited States54,000

The final 13 players are all in the money, along with Brian Rast (17th place), Long Tran (16th place), David Benyamine (15th place), and John Racener (14th place), who all received the min-cash of $16,299.

The 109 total entries created a total prize pool of $1,016,425, and Thursday the final 13 will be vying for the top prize of $274,693 and a WSOP gold bracelet.

Those not fortunate enough to have made the money included Day 1 chip leader Jeff Lisandro, 2019 champion Scott Seiver, and 2021 WSOP Player of the Year contenders Shaun Deeb, and Jake Schwartz.

Lengthy Bubble Leads to Delayed Restart

The bubble burst after the dinner break when David Singer fell in a pot to Brad Ruben, who battled from a short stack much of the day before finishing the day with 316,000 chips.

Getting to that bubble was a somewhat lengthy affair, with hand-for-hand play adding over a half-hour to the night’s play. As a result, a 3 pm local time restart on Thursday in the gold section of the Amazon room was announced for Day 3.

Play will begin at Level 18 with limits of 20,000 and 40,000, and PokerNews will have you covered for all the action Thursday as another World Series of Poker Champion is crowned at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.