Event #18: $10,000 Seven-Card Razz Championship Dia 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-06-07 13:34 UTC-7

Butzhammer Leads Razz Championship Into Day 2

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Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2014 World Series of Poker for Day 2 of Event #18: $10,000 Seven-Card Razz Championships!

Late Friday afternoon, 112 players took to the felt to partake in the biggest Razz buy-in tournament ever and also the second time since 1977 two Razz tournaments were run during the series.

Along the way Michael and Robert Mizrachi, Billy Baxter, Todd Brunson, Chris Tryba, Calvin Anderson, Josh Arieh, Shawn Buchanan, John Hennigan and Phil Ivey all were eliminated as just 74 players would reach the bag and tag phase.

Leading the field into today's battle is German Thomas Butzhammer who bagged an impressive 141,300 in chips to be just ahead of Todd Dakake (136,400) as the only two players in the six-figure club. Here is how the top ten chip stacks rank:

Player	Chip Count
Thomas Butzhammer	141,300
Todd Dakake	136,400
Brian Hastings	92,700
Eric Rodawig	81,700
Bill Chen	81,200
Brent Keller	77,600
Mike Gorodinsky	77,100
Roland Israelashvili	76,700
Dan Shak	74,100
Brandon Cantu	73,000

Bracelet winners Brandon Shack-Harris, Naoya Kihara, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel, Jason Mercier, David Bach, Scott Clements, Barry Greenstein and Jeff Lisandro are just a few of the big names still remaining in this highly stacked field.

The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be providing extensive live coverage from 2:00 p.m. (PDT) as we look to play down to firstly the money, and then hopefully the final table. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews.com for Day 2 of the Seven-Card Razz Championship live from the 2014 World Series of Poker!

Tags: Thomas Butzhammer

2014-06-07 14:15 UTC-7

"Hey PokerNews! Allen Kessler Tripled Up!"

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Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Over the years we've quoted many players during PokerNews live updates, but there haven't been many that made us laugh this much.

After Allen Kessler just managed to triple up, which happened right in front of our desk, none other than Doyle Brunson turned to us and yelled, "Hey PokerNews! Allen Kessler tripled up!"

The entire table started laughing, and it's safe to say we had a bit of a chuckle over it as well.

Kessler started the day with just a few thousand chips, and on the second hand of play he ended up all in for his tournament. Both Brunson and Christopher Wallace had called Kessler's all in and the hand was checked down to sixth street.

"PokerNews, I'm all in!" Kessler yelled.

"EPSN!" Elezra yelled, as he looked around the room for someone to capture Kessler's big moment, but to no avail.

With every card the dealer turned over Kessler's smile grew as his the strength of his hand grew. On sixth Brunson bet and that was enough to get Wallace to fold.

Kessler: (X-X) / / (X)
Brunson: (X-X) / / (X)
Wallace: (X-X) / / fold

Kessler turned over the for his hole cards and he had a lock on this hand against Brunson's . Kessler raked in this very important pot, but he's not out of danger just yet.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Doyle Brunson	40,000	12,500
Christopher Wallace	17,000	-6,900
Allen Kessler	12,000	8,100

Tags: Allen Kessler Doyle Brunson Eli Elezra

2014-06-07 14:38 UTC-7

Mercier Loses "Brutal" Hand to Negreanu

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Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Daniel Negreanu hadn't played a hand for the first 25 minutes of the day, but piped up with, "I've got good cards! Guys, I've got good cards!" before playing the following hand and taking a pot off of Jason Mercier.

Mercier: (X-X) / / (X)
Negreanu: (X-X) / / (X)

After announcing that he had good cards, Negreanu completed the bet on third street. Mercier was the only caller.

"Queen!" yelled out Negreanu, pointing out what he wanted to dealer to give Mercier. "Aha! I'm pretty good at that," he excitedly said when he saw Mercier pick up a queen. Negreanu landed a king, though, and both players checked.

On fifth street, Mercier checked, Negreanu bet, and Mercier called. Then on sixth, Mercier led with a bet, and Negreanu called. On seventh, Mercier checked, and Negreanu bet.

"Fifty-fifity on the end... so brutal," Mercier said before he called with a grimace on his face after a few moments.

"Nine," said Negreanu, showing for a nine-eight low.

"No good," responded Mercier, but he was joking and didn't show his hand.

After Mercier mucked his hand and Negreanu was pushed the pot, about half a minute passed by and then Mercier said, "I'm trying to figure out how I could've won that hand. I don't think I could've," while looking towards the sky as though he was searching for answers.

"Nope," responded Negreanu.

"I guess I could've gone all in on third street, then you might've folded," joked Mercier.

"Yeah, that would've worked," laughed Negreanu.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	71,000	4,900
Jason Mercier	51,000	3,700

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Mercier

2014-06-07 15:45 UTC-7

Kihara Takes Out Two

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Nível 7 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Japanese bracelet winner Naoya Kihara just took out two players and he's now among the biggest stacks in the room.

The action started on Andrew Rennhack who was all in for his tournament life from the bring in. Former WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel completed the bet and Kihara called.

Kihara bet on fourth street, Duhamel called. On fifth street Kihara check-called and on sixth it was Duhamel who check-called with only 1,100 chips left behind.

Rennhack: (X-X) / / (X)
Duhamel: (X-X) / / (X)
Kihara: (X-X) / / (X)

On seventh street Kihara bet in the dark and Duhamel sighed as he looked down at his cards. The French Canadian super star put in the call quickly however, but the news he received wasn't good.

Kihara turned over for a ten-seven low while Duhamel tabled for a jack-seven low. Rennhack sarcastically threw his on the table and yelled "full house," and two players hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Naoya Kihara	112,000	12,000
Andrew Rennhack	Eliminado
Jonathan Duhamel	Eliminado

Tags: Andrew Rennhack Jonathan Duhamel Naoya Kihara

2014-06-07 16:42 UTC-7

Greenstein Falls to Corkins

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Nível 8 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Barry Greenstein completed all in for his last 1,500 and both Hoyt Corkins and Jason Matthews called. Corkins bet out on fourth, fifth and sixth street with Matthews eventually giving up on sixth.

Greenstein: (X-X) /
Corkins: (X-X) /
Matthews: (X-X) /

Greenstein tabled his and drew the while Corkins tabled his to scoop the pot and send Greenstein to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hoyt Corkins	86,000	49,600
Barry Greenstein	Eliminado

Tags: Barry Greenstein Hoyt Corkins Jason Matthews

2014-06-07 16:54 UTC-7

Townsend Makes Wheel to Double

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Nível 8 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Wade Townsend had the bring-in, and the action folded round to Daniel Negreanu who completed to 2,000. Townsend raised and Negreanu put him all in for his last 5,700. Townsend called and each player's board ran out as follows:

Negreanu: / /
Townsend: / /

With Townsend making a wheel, he doubled through to roughly 13,000 as Negreanu slipped to 73,100 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Daniel Negreanu	73,100	-9,200
Wade Townsend	13,000	-59,200

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Wade Townsend

2014-06-07 17:34 UTC-7

Bob Hooks: The Forgotten Texas Road Gambler

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Nível 9 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Not many people are familiar with Bob Hooks, but he is a man the poker world should not soon forget. Despite not being active in the poker world anymore, Hooks came up as a Texas road gambler with the likes of Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, Johnny Moss, Amarillo "Slim" Preston, and so many more.

Hooks got his start in Texas, as so many of the old-time poker legends did, before he eventually made the leap to Las Vegas. Alongside his roommate Brian "Sailor" Roberts, Hooks made it to heads-up play in the 1975 World Series of Poker Main Event, but lost out on the title. Even without poker immortality reached, Hooks has so much to offer looking back on the old days of the game.

To hear some great stories from Hooks and find out much, much more about the legend, please click here to read Chad Holloway's feature piece.

Tags: Amarillo Slim Doyle Brunson Chad Holloway Johnny Moss Las Vegas T.J. Cloutier World Series of Poker Bob Hooks

2014-06-07 18:13 UTC-7

Danzer Shoots Up

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Nível 9 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Not too long ago we reported on George Danzer making a little comeback after value betting a queen low and now we can confidently say that the German is among the biggest stacks in the room.

Stephen Chidwick just completed and Danzer called after which the German bet all streets up until seventh. On seventh both players checked.

Chidwick: (X-X) / / (X)
Danzer: (X-X) / / (X)

Danzer tabled for an eight-six low and he raked in another decent sized pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
George Danzer	172,000	68,000
Stephen Chidwick	60,000	-54,000

Tags: George Danzer Stephen Chidwick

2014-06-07 19:25 UTC-7

#IveyStories

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Nível 10 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Ivey may be out, but he's still the talk of the town

Over on Table 353, Mike Gorodinsky turned his chair around to get a massage and that made Nick Schulman think of a great Phil Ivey story.

"A few years ago, I was getting a massage at the table but I had no cash on me, so I asked Ivey if he could pay the lady for me," Schulman said. "So when the massage was over, he gives the lady a thousand bucks," to which the the entire table bursted out in laughter because it was just a 90-minute massage, according to Schulman.

"Ivey said, 'We're at a thousand now,'" citing than Schulman now owed Ivey $1,000, and the laughter continued.

"Now that's a great move," Brandon Cantu added with a laugh. "That's one of the funniest things I've ever heard."

"That for sure was a pro move," Schulman replied with a smile.

Tags: Brandon Cantu Nick Schulman Phil Ivey

2014-06-07 19:47 UTC-7

Bach Busts Akkari and Gorodinsky

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Nível 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Catching the action on fourth street, we found Andre Akkari betting out and David Bach calling before Mike Gorodinsky raised. Akkari three-bet, Bach called and Gorodinsky raised again as Akkari moved all in for 13,200 total and both Bach and Gorodinsky called.

On fifth street, Gorodinsky bet, Bach raised and Gorodinsky committed his final 13,600 with Bach calling to put both players at risk.

Akkari: /
Bach: /
Gorodinsky: /

On sixth, Akkari paired up with the , Bach found the and Gorodinsky paired the . On seventh Bach improved with the as Gorodinsky found the and Akkari folded to see Bach eliminate both players and soar to 220,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David Bach	220,000	85,000
Mike Gorodinsky	Eliminado
Andre Akkari	Eliminado

Tags: Andre Akkari David Bach Mike Gorodinsky