Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship

Day 1 Completed

07-13-2022 02:51 UTC-7

Kakon And Rotholz Bag Big After Day 1 Of Razz Championship; Negreanu, Friedman And Baker Make It Through

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After 10 levels of play, 59 players found bags in WSOP Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 125 fired on Day 1 of this event and with registration open until the start of play on Day 2 Wednesday, that number could climb a bit more.

Hanging at the top of the chip counts with 308,000 is bracelet winner William Kakon. Kakon won his bracelet in $1,500 Limit Hold’em in 2015 for $196,055. In this series, Kakon has seen two cashes in Pot-Limit Omaha events and it seems has branched out into more mixed games. He is sitting atop the charts and like Daniel Strelitz just days ago, put himself in position to try to earn his second bracelet.

Another massive stack at the end of the day is Hal Rotholz, who ended the day with 299,000. Rotholz is a regular in the WSOP mixed games, having made two final tables at the WSOP last year. He has yet to win his first bracelet, however, and will try to make his first a Razz one.

Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	William Kakon	Morocco	308,500
2	Hal Rotholz	United States	299,000
3	Brian Hastings	United States	263,000
4	Kyle Dilschneider	United States	247,000
5	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	240,000
6	Amir Nematinia	United States	228,500
7	Perry Friedman	United States	228,000
8	Adam Friedman	United States	214,000
9	David Bach	United States	210,500
10	Yueqi Zhu	United States	198,500

Others making it through include bracelet winners Daniel Negreanu (240,000), Adam Friedman (214,000), David “ODB” Baker (174,500), Yuri Dzivielevski (144,500), and winner of the $1,500 Razz Daniel Strelitz (66,500).

Defending champion Benny Glaser (21,000) made it through the day on a short stack while sitting at the same table as Phil Hellmuth (12,500), both of whom were involved in some colorful encounters throughout the day. Hellmuth won this event during the 2015 WSOP and has a second Razz bracelet from the 2012 WSOP in the $2,500 Razz event, so these two were bound to clash.

Players who saw their hopes for a second day diminish included Phil Hui, Shaun Deeb, Frank Kassela, Matt Glantz, Carol Fuchs, Maria Ho, and Mike “The Mouth” Matusow. Registration for this tournament remains open until the start of Day 2.

Players will return on July 13th at 2 p.m. to the Paris Purple section. Level 11 will be the first level of the day with a 1,000 ante, 1,000 bring-in, and limits at 4,000-8,000. Levels will last 90 minutes with 15-minute breaks after each level. A 60-minute dinner break will occur after Level 14 ( ~8:30 p.m.) with play ending after Level 17. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the World Series of Poker.

Tags: Adam Friedman Benny Glaser Carol Fuchs Daniel Negreanu Daniel Strelitz Frank Kassela Hal Rotholz Maria Ho Matt Glantz Phil Hellmuth Phil Hui Shaun Deeb William Kakon Yuri Dzivielevski

07-13-2022 02:42 UTC-7

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Matthew Pitt

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Casino	Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chips
Paris	136	1	Daniel Weinman	United States	99,000
Paris	136	2	Daniel Strelitz	United States	52,000
Paris	136	4	Hal Rotholz	United States	299,000
Paris	136	5	Eric Rodawig	United States	70,000
Paris	136	6	Chance Kornuth	United States	71,500
Paris	136	7	Ivan Schertzer	United States	24,000

Paris	137	1	Warwick Mirzikinian	Australia	31,500
Paris	137	2	Ray Dehkharghani	United States	190,000
Paris	137	3	Kyle Dilschneider	United States	247,000
Paris	137	4	Perry Friedman	United States	228,000
Paris	137	6	Connor Drinan	United States	58,000
Paris	137	7	Yong Wang	China	187,000
Paris	137	8	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	21,000

Paris	138	1	Roland Israelashvili	United States	125,000
Paris	138	2	Joao Vieira	Portugal	122,500
Paris	138	4	Andrew Yeh	United States	65,000
Paris	138	5	Brad Ruben	United States	42,000
Paris	138	6	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	240,000
Paris	138	7	Ziya Rahim	United States	189,500
Paris	138	8	Shirley Rosario	United States	152,000

Paris	139	2	Jeffrey Burrell	United States	55,000
Paris	139	3	David "ODB" Baker	United States	179,500
Paris	139	4	Motoyoshi Okamura	Japan	53,500
Paris	139	5	Mike Thorpe	United States	95,000
Paris	139	6	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	149,000
Paris	139	8	Jeremy Ausmus	United States	99,000

Paris	140	1	Julien Martini	France	164,500
Paris	140	3	Gary Benson	Australia	195,000
Paris	140	4	Paul Sokoloff	United Kingdom	191,500
Paris	140	6	Felipe Ramos	Brazil	173,500
Paris	140	7	Mike Wattel	United States	86,000
Paris	140	8	Sergio Braga	Brazil	88,000

Paris	141	1	William Kakon	Morocco	308,500
Paris	141	2	Yehuda Buchalter	United States	33,000
Paris	141	3	Brandon Shack-Harris	United States	165,500
Paris	141	4	Dzmitry Urbanovich	Poland	32,000
Paris	141	5	Max Pescatori	Italy	144,000
Paris	141	6	Yufei Zhong	China	57,500
Paris	141	8	Everett Carlton	United States	13,000

Paris	142	1	Brian Hastings	United States	263,000
Paris	142	2	Harrison Beach	United States	163,500
Paris	142	4	Laith Salem	United States	197,000
Paris	142	5	David Funkhouser	United States	68,000
Paris	142	7	Robert Campbell (AU)	Australia	157,000
Paris	142	8	Phil Hellmuth	United States	12,500

Paris	143	1	David Benyamine	France	171,000
Paris	143	2	Patricia Crivello	United States	62,000
Paris	143	3	Adam Friedman	United States	214,000
Paris	143	5	Owais Ahmed	United States	93,500
Paris	143	6	Rafael Lebron	United States	56,500
Paris	143	7	Andres Korn	Argentina	131,000
Paris	143	8	Amir Nematinia	United States	228,500

Paris	144	1	Yueqi Zhu	United States	198,500
Paris	144	2	David Bach	United States	210,500
Paris	144	3	Eric Wasserson	United States	100,000
Paris	144	4	Bernie Wen	United States	46,000
Paris	144	5	Christopher Smith	United States	99,500
Paris	144	6	Chris Moneymaker	United States	169,000
Paris	144	7	Michael Trivett	United States	66,500

07-13-2022 02:17 UTC-7

Official End Of Night Counts (full)

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
William Kakon	308,500 308,500	308,500

Hal Rotholz	299,000 48,000	48,000
Brian Hastings	263,000 48,000	48,000

Kyle Dilschneider	247,000 247,000	247,000
Daniel Negreanu	240,000 111,000	111,000

Amir Nematinia	228,500 228,500	228,500
Perry Friedman	228,000 -3,000	-3,000

Adam Friedman	214,000 147,800	147,800

David Bach	210,500 77,500	77,500

Yueqi Zhu	198,500 79,000	79,000

Laith Salem	197,000 197,000	197,000
Gary Benson	195,000 600	600

Paul Sokoloff	191,500 191,500	191,500
Ray Dehkharghani	190,000 190,000	190,000

Ziya Rahim	189,500 162,100	162,100
Yong Wang	187,000 187,000	187,000
David "ODB" Baker	179,500 21,500	21,500

Felipe Ramos	173,500 113,500	113,500

David Benyamine	171,000 -2,500	-2,500

Chris Moneymaker	169,000 -34,000	-34,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	165,500 -7,500	-7,500

Julien Martini	164,500 104,500	104,500

Harrison Beach	163,500 163,500	163,500
Robert Campbell	157,000 12,500	12,500

Shirley Rosario	152,000 152,000	152,000

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07-13-2022 01:55 UTC-7

Three More Hands

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The floor has announced that the players will only play three more hands.

07-13-2022 01:45 UTC-7

Negreanu Takes From Funkhouser

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on fourth street between Daniel Negreanu, David Funkhouser, and Cary Katz.

Cary Katz: (Folded on fourth street)
Daniel Negreanu: //
David Funkhouser: //

Negreanu bet on fourth street and Cary Katz raised, David Funkhouser re-raised, Negreanu raised again, Katz folded, then Funkhouser capped the pot and Negreanu called.

Fifth street checked through to sixth street that saw Funkhouser bet and Negreanu called.

The same action happened on sixth street and on seventh Funkhouser checked to Negreanu who bet and Funkhouser called. Negreanu turned over for a nine-eight and he scooped a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	129,000 87,500	87,500

David Funkhouser	101,000

Tags: Cary Katz Daniel Negreanu David Funkhouser

07-13-2022 01:30 UTC-7

Lamb Falls To Friedman

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ben Lamb was all in for his remaining 20,000 with a up and was called by Perry Friedman with a up.

Ben Lamb:
Perry Friedman:

Lamb made an eight-seven on the end which was no good against Friedman's eight-six which earned him the pot and the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Friedman	231,000 64,500	64,500

Ben Lamb	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Perry Friedman

07-13-2022 01:24 UTC-7

Updated Counts

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Liam Gannon

Level 10 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hal Rotholz	251,000 191,000	191,000
Chris Moneymaker	203,000 43,000	43,000

Brandon Shack-Harris	173,000 82,000	82,000

David "ODB" Baker	158,000 19,000	19,000

Robert Campbell	144,500 13,500	13,500

David Bach	133,000 1,000	1,000

Chance Kornuth	119,000 -54,000	-54,000

Owais Ahmed	112,500 78,000	78,000

Michael Trivett	110,500 -54,000	-54,000

John Monette	81,000 9,500	9,500
Daniel Strelitz	78,000 37,000	37,000

Phil Hellmuth	51,000 25,000	25,000

Daniel Negreanu	41,500 -18,500	-18,500

Phil Hui	Busted

Level: 10

Ante: 1,000
Bring-in: 1,000
Limits: 3,000-6,000

07-13-2022 00:57 UTC-7

Glaser Puts Hellmuth On Tilt

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Liam Gannon

Level 9 : Limits 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up on the seventh street of a very sizable pot between Phil Hellmuth and Benny Glaser.

Benny Glaser: //
Phil Hellmuth: //

Action was on Glaser who bet and Hellmuth sat up in his chair. "If I lose this one it'll be brutal," he lamented as he pondered his decision. After some time he tossed in the call and Glaser declared "seven-four," while turning over .

"This f****** guy," Hellmuth said angrily looking at his cards "everytime getting it in a mile behind." "A mile behind?" asked Glaser while he raked in the pot "Where?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	83,000 29,800	29,800

Phil Hellmuth	26,000 -34,000	-34,000

Tags: Benny Glaser Phil Hellmuth