Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship Day 2 | 2022 World Series of Poker

07-13-2022 22:34 UTC-7

Kornuth Sends Hellmuth to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 15 : Limits 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Chance Kornuth: /
Phil Hellmuth: /

Phil Hellmuth completed, then called when Chance Kornuth raised. Kornuth bet again on fourth street and Hellmuth called.

"I'll bet," Hellmuth said on fifth as he moved all in for 26,000. Kornuth called.

Hellmuth finished with for a 9-8-7-6-5, while Kornuth made for 8-7-5-3-A to eliminate Hellmuth as the "Poker Brat" stormed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	470,000 135,000	135,000

Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Chance Kornuth Phil Hellmuth

07-13-2022 19:44 UTC-7

Negreanu Finds New Life

Liam Gannon

Level 14 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up in a three-way pot on fourth street between Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, and Paul Sokoloff.

Daniel Negreanu: //
Jason Mercier: //
Paul Sokoloff: / (Folded on sixth)

Mercier bet on fourth street and Sokoloff called while Negreanu raised all in for his remaining 11,000, getting a call from both players.

On fifth street Mercier bet and Sokoloff called.

On sixth street Mercier bet once more and this time Sokoloff folded, leaving the other two to turn their hands up. Mercier sweat his seventh street card to let Negreanu know if he was dead. Mercier turned over an leaving him with an eight-six and Negreanu turned over an to give himself a seven-six which was good for the pot.

Despite being at just under 10,000 a few hands ago, Negreanu has spun up his stack to over 100,000.

At another table, David Bach was eliminated and the field was brought down to 32.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	372,000 37,000	37,000

Paul Sokoloff	224,000 -1,000	-1,000
Daniel Negreanu	117,000 -43,000	-43,000

David Bach	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Mercier Paul Sokoloff

07-13-2022 19:32 UTC-7

Hellmuth Raises For Value

Liam Gannon

Level 14 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on sixth street between Yong Wang and Phil Hellmuth.

Phil Hellmuth: //
Yong Wang: //

Wang checked to Hellmuth on sixth street and Hellmuth bet, getting a call from Wang.

On seventh street Wang bet and Hellmuth snap-raised putting Wang into the tank. After about thirty seconds he tossed in a reluctant call.

"Seven-five perfect," as Hellmuth turned over the and Wang mucked his hand. Hellmuth now sits at over 200,000 after coming into the day as the shortest stack in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yong Wang	241,000 151,000	151,000
Phil Hellmuth	218,000 -32,000	-32,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Yong Wang

07-13-2022 19:26 UTC-7

Moneymaker is Zhu's Next Victim

David Salituro

Level 14 : Limits 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Chris Moneymaker: //
Yueqi Zhu: //
Joao Vieira: //

Chris Moneymaker was all in on third street and up against Yueqi Zhu and Joao Vieira.

Zhu continued betting on fourth, fifth, and sixth streets, with Vieira calling to create a side pot. Zhu bet again on seventh and Vieira got out of the way.

Zhu turned over for an 8-7-4-3-2. "Eight's good," Moneymaker said as he mucked before making his way to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	650,000 70,000	70,000

Joao Vieira	190,000 -63,000	-63,000

Chris Moneymaker	Busted

Tags: Yueqi Zhu Joao Vieira Chris Moneymaker

07-13-2022 19:02 UTC-7

Friedman Can't Best Friedman

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Adam Friedman completed with an up and Perry Friedman called with an .

Perry Friedman: //
Adam Friedman: //

Adam checked on fourth street which saw Perry bet and Adam called.

On fifth street, the betting lead changed Adam who bet and Perry raised all in and got a quick call.

Perry ended up making an eight-seven-five which was no good against Adam's eight-seven-four and Perry exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	352,000 152,000	152,000

Perry Friedman	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Perry Friedman

07-13-2022 17:55 UTC-7

Baker Wins One Against Hastings

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : Limits 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

David "ODB" Baker called with a up and Joao Vieira completed with a up. Brian Hastings raised with a up and Baker re-raised which got only Hastings to call.

David "ODB" Baker: /
Brian Hastings: / (Folded on sixth street)

Hastings bet on fourth street and Baker snap-called.

On fifth street Hastings checked while Baker bet and Hastings called.

On sixth street Hastings checked once more and Baker bet which got a fold from Hastings after a short time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Hastings	371,000 66,000	66,000

David "ODB" Baker	268,000 88,500	88,500

Joao Vieira	253,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Joao Vieira

07-13-2022 17:18 UTC-7

Zack Falls To Pescatori; No Repeat For Glaser

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dan Zack found himself all in on sixth street against Max Pescatori.

Dan Zack:
Max Pescatori:

Zack could not beat the eight-seven of Pescatori and the current POY leader exited the tournament area.

Shortly after Benny Glaser found his stack all in against Pescatori. Glaser was unable to win and the defending champion of the $10,000 Razz Championship exited the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Pescatori	176,000 -2,000	-2,000

Daniel Zack	Busted

Benny Glaser	Busted

Tags: Benny Glaser Dan Zack Max Pescatori

07-13-2022 17:02 UTC-7

Zhu Scoops The Biggest Pot Of The Tournament

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : Limits 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up in a four-way pot between four players on sixth street when the pot was capped on fourth and two bets from each player went in on fifth street.

Yueqi Zhu: //
Felipe Ramos: //
Christopher Smith: / (Folded on sixth street)
Chris Moneymaker: / (Folded on sixth street)

On sixth street Zhu bet and Smith slammed the table and got up, analyzing everyone's boards. After some time he folded leaving himself just 4,500 behind and Moneymaker frustratingly tossed his cards into the muck as well. Ramos thought about it and then called.

Zhu bet on seventh street and Ramos called again and Zhu said "seven." Ramos responded "no way," but Zhu indeed had a seven-six as he turned over for the winning hand and Zhu took the chip lead of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqi Zhu	465,000 266,500	266,500

Felipe Ramos	161,000 -104,000	-104,000

Chris Moneymaker	42,000 -88,000	-88,000

Christopher Smith	4,500 -95,000	-95,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Christopher Smith Felipe Ramos Yueqi Zhu

07-13-2022 15:31 UTC-7

Kornuth Versus Friedman

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After Daniel Negreanu called with a , Perry Friedman completed with a up, which saw Chance Kornuth raise with a , folding out all other players and Friedman called.

Chance Kornuth: //
Perry Friedman: //

Friedman bet on fourth street and Kornuth called.

On fifth street Kornuth called another bet from Friedman.

Sixth street saw both players check to seventh where Kornuth bet out and Friedman called. Kornuth turned over for a seven-five which was good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Perry Friedman	273,500 45,500	45,500

Chance Kornuth	149,500 78,000	78,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Daniel Negreanu Perry Friedman

07-13-2022 14:24 UTC-7

Friedman Calls The Hand

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : Limits 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Adam Friedman completed with an up and Bernie Wen called with an .

Adam Friedman: //
Bernie Wen: //

On fourth street Friedman bet and was called by Wen.

Action on fifth street checked through to sixth street where Wen bet and Friedman called.

On seventh Wen bet once more and Friedman called saying "I guess you paired your ace." Wen turned over for an eight-seven but Friedman was right that he paired his ace. Friedman turned over for an eight six which was good for the pot.

At another table, Everett Carlton was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	246,000 32,000	32,000

Bernie Wen	26,000 -20,000	-20,000
Everett Carlton	Busted