On third street Dan Kelly was forced to bring in with a . Scott Fischman completed the bet with the . A player next to Fischman called with the and David Bach called with the . Kelly folded and the three players went to fourth street.
Fischman was dealt the . The player next to Fischman received the . Bach was given the . First to act the player to the right of Fischman bet and both players called.
On fifth street the player next to Fischman bet receiving the . Bach called with the and Fishman folded before we caught his card.
Sixth street came and Bach was dealt the while the other player received the . Bach had made a better jack low on his board and bet it out. The other player tanked a bit but then folded allowing Bach to scoop the pot.
Steven Gee, who made the final table of last year's WSOP Main Event, has tripled up.
Gee was all-in for his last 800 on third street against Antonio Esfandiari and another opponent. By sixth street, the boards looked like this:
Gee: /
Esfandiari: /
Opponent: /
Esfandiari called a bet from his only live opponent, and did so again on the river. Esfandiari turned over / for eight-five. His opponent did not show his full hand, and sent his cards to the muck. Esfandiari won the side pot. Steve Gee revealed / for seven-six, and Gee won the main pot. He tripled up on the hand, and now sits with 2,700.
We arrived at the table on sixth street to find Tom Schneider and David Levi with the following boards:
Schneider:
Levi:
Schneider bet, Levi called, and the players were dealt their seventh cards face down. Schneider bet again, and Levi revealed his river card, the . He then also showed his first two hole cards () before sliding his cards to the muck, showing the table he had started strong, but on the last two streets he had paired his ace and received a useless king.
Schneider raked in the pot and has built his stack to 12500.
The final numbers for Event #33: $2,500 Seven-Card Razz are in. The event pulled in a total number of 301 players. Of those 301, 32 will walk home a winner. The champion of this event will receive a World Series of Poker gold bracelet along with $178,052. The numbers represent a very similar field and prize pool as last year.
Cory Zeidman called the bring-in bet on third street with the , and another player completed showing . Everyone else folded, and Zeidman called. Zeidman called a bet on fourth street, check-called on fifth street, and then bet out on sixth street. His opponent called, and Zeidman checked the river dark. His opponent checked as well, and Zeidman showed ten-nine. His opponent pushed his cards to the muck with a look of frustration, and Zeidman took the pot. After the hand, he had 16,500 in front of him.
It was in this same event last year that Phil Hellmuth captured his first non-hold'em World Series of Poker bracelet. It only took him five levels to arrive but Hellmuth is finally in the building to defend his title.