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

2022-07-13 11:57 UTC-7

Negreanu, Hastings, and Friedman All Chase Another Bracelet on Day 2 of $10,000 Razz Championship

A star-studded field will be spread out across the Paris Ballroom when Day 2 of Event $79: $10,000 Razz Championship begins at 2 p.m. local time.

William Kakon leads the remaining 59 players out of a starting field of 125. The 2015 bracelet winner takes 308,500 into the penultimate day of the tournament. Right behind him is Hal Rotholz with 299,000.

The rest of the top ten is filled out by some of the biggest names in poker. Six-time bracelet winners Brian Hastings (263,000) and Daniel Negreanu (240,000), as well as five-time bracelet winner Adam Friedman (214,000), will all start the day with big stacks. Further down the leaderboard are the likes of Chris Moneymaker (169,000), 2019 Player of the Year Robert Campbell (157,000), and Brazilian superstar Yuri Dzivielevski (149,000).

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

Defending champion Benny Glaser made it to Day 2 with only 21,000, while Phil Hellmuth brings up the rear of the field with 12,500.

Late registration is still open until the start of Day 2, so the field could potentially grow larger. The final prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after.

The schedule calls for seven 90-minute levels to be played today, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 14, which should come around 8:30 p.m. Play will pick up on Level 11 with limits of 4,000/8,000.

PokerNews will be on hand throughout the day as the field plays down to the money and then the final table.

Tags: Adam Friedman Benny Glaser Brian Hastings Chris Moneymaker Daniel Negreanu Hal Rotholz Phil Hellmuth Robert Campbell William Kakon Yuri Dzivielevski

2022-07-13 14:24 UTC-7

Friedman Calls The Hand

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adam Friedman	246,000 32,000	32,000

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

2022-07-13 15:31 UTC-7

Kornuth Versus Friedman

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Perry Friedman	273,500 45,500	45,500

Chance Kornuth	149,500 78,000	78,000

Tags: Chance Kornuth Daniel Negreanu Perry Friedman

2022-07-13 17:02 UTC-7

Zhu Scoops The Biggest Pot Of The Tournament

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
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

2022-07-13 17:18 UTC-7

Zack Falls To Pescatori; No Repeat For Glaser

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Max Pescatori	176,000 -2,000	-2,000

Daniel Zack	Eliminado

Benny Glaser	Eliminado

Tags: Benny Glaser Dan Zack Max Pescatori

2022-07-13 17:55 UTC-7

Baker Wins One Against Hastings

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
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

2022-07-13 19:02 UTC-7

Friedman Can't Best Friedman

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adam Friedman	352,000 152,000	152,000

Perry Friedman	Eliminado

Tags: Adam Friedman Perry Friedman

2022-07-13 19:26 UTC-7

Moneymaker is Zhu's Next Victim

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yueqi Zhu	650,000 70,000	70,000

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

Chris Moneymaker	Eliminado

Tags: Yueqi Zhu Joao Vieira Chris Moneymaker

2022-07-13 19:32 UTC-7

Hellmuth Raises For Value

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yong Wang	241,000 151,000	151,000
Phil Hellmuth	218,000 -32,000	-32,000

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Yong Wang

2022-07-13 19:44 UTC-7

Negreanu Finds New Life

Nível 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.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
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	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jason Mercier Paul Sokoloff