2024 World Series of Poker

Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2024 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
axqx9x8x7x6x6x
Prize
$282,443
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,097,400
Total Entries
118
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
98
Players Left
54
Players Left 1 / 118
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Owen Finishes Strong

Level 1

Adam Owen: Ax6x4x/Qx3x10x8x
William Burke: 9x8x7x/6x7x7xQx

William Burke completed and Adam Owen called to fourth street, where a bet from Burke was called. Owen called again on fifth before betting himself on sixth.

Burke made the call and both players checked after seeing their final card. Owen showed down his eight-six, good enough to take the pot as Burke bricked out.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Owen
61,000
2,500
2,500
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William Burke
57,500
2,500
2,500

Tags: Adam OwenWilliam Burke

Claassen Takes the Lead on Sixth

Level 1

Christopher Claassen: XxXx/Ax9x7x5x/Xx
Denis Strebkov: XxXx/7x6x8x8x/Xx

Heads-up on fifth street, Denis Strebkov put out a bet and Christopher Claassen, who had only just taken his seat in the tournament, called.

Strebkov checked on sixth and Claassen bet. Strebkov called and both players checked on seventh.

Claassen showed 3x2x for a 7-5-3-2-A and Strebkov mucked.

David Benyamine has also joined the field.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Claassen
63,000
$25K Fantasy
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Denis Strebkov
61,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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David Benyamine
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Christopher ClaassenDenis Strebkov

McKenna Starts Strong

Level 1

Michael McKenna: XxXx/5x9x8x4x/Xx
Mark Epstein: XxXx/Ax8xQx6x/Xx

With around 3,000 in the pot, Michael McKenna and Mark Epstein both checked on fifth street before Epstein bet on sixth.

McKenna called, then opened the betting on seventh. Epstein called.

McKenna showed Ax3x for 8-5-4-3-A and Epstein mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael McKenna
65,000
5,000
5,000
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Mark Epstein
55,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Mark EpsteinMichael McKenna

Level: 1

Ante: 100
High Card: 200
Completion: 500
Limits: 500-1,000

Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship Kicks Off at 2 p.m.

Jerry Wong
Jerry Wong

Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2024 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.

Today sees the start of Event #50: $10,000 Razz Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

This three-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration closing after ten levels (approx 2 p.m. on Day 2). There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play. There is no reentry in this event.

Levels 1-3 are 40 minutes in duration, Levels 4-13 increase to 60 minutes and from Level 14 onwards, blinds escalate to 90 minutes.

The starting stack is 60,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play nine levels. For the surviving players or late registrants, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. Thursday and wraps up after eight more levels play out. Day 3 is when a winner will be crowned.

Last summer, poker veteran and 2016 WSOP Main Event finalist Jerry Wong reigned supreme to become the king of Razz. He bagged his first WSOP bracelet after topping the 123-player field and defeating Carlos Chadha in heads-up play. Along with the piece of WSOP hardware, Wong grabbed the lion's share of the $1,143,900 prize pool, cashing out for $298,682.

“I'm kind of speechless,” Wong said after being awarded a long-awaited bracelet. “What I want to say is hello, Frisco, and give a shout-out to all my guys in Florida.”

“I've played a lot of cash games, and I don't think either of these two guys had a lot of experience. I played the Russians heads-up online for probably 10 years. Heads-up is very, very natural to me. There’re spots you have to figure out on the fly like I already knew, like the back of my hand.”

YearEntriesWinnerCountryPayout
2023123Jerry WongUnited States$298,682
2022139Julien MartiniFrance$328,906
2021109Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom$274,693
2020-Not held--
2019116Scott SeiverUnited States$301,421
2018119Calvin AndersonUnited States$309,220

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