Event #24: $1,500 Razz Dia 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

2023-06-10 01:48 UTC-7

Bronshtein Bags Big in Record-Breaking $1,500 Razz

MikePatrick

Nível 15

A record-breaking 556 players entered Event #24: $1,500 Razz, making it the largest live razz tournament in World Series of Poker history. The number shatters the previous record from 2015 of 462 entries.

With that many players in the field, a prize pool of $742,260 was created, and the winner will take home an impressive $152,991 and a WSOP gold bracelet, while 84 players will collect at least a min-cash of $2,409.

Leading the way into Day 2 will be Maksim Pisarenko who bagged 251,500 for the chip lead. Not far behind him, though, are Vasilis Lazarou with 223,500 and two-time bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein with 207,000.

Of the record-breaking field, 170 players advanced on to Day 2, with plenty of notables bagging chips, including former WSOP Players of the Year Jeff Madsen (190,000), Shaun Deeb (80,000), and David Bach (51,500), multi-time bracelet winners Michael Moncek, (187,000), David "ODB" Baker (185,000), and Marco Johnson (91,500), and Hall of Famer Tom McEvoy (157,000).

End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Bets
1	Maksim Pisarenko	Russia	251,500	31
2	Vasilis Lazarou	United States	223,500	28
3	Yuval Bronshtein	Israel	207,000	26
4	Takashi Ogura	Japan	197,500	25
5	Eoghan O'Dea	Ireland	195,000	24
6	Jeff Madsen	United States	190,000	24
7	Michael Moncek	United States	187,000	23
7	Alon Doitch	United States	187,000	23
9	Marcus Stein	United States	186,000	23
10	David "ODB" Baker	United States	185,500	23

Among the notables that failed to make it through to Day 2 were defending champion Daniel Strelitz, Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, and Barbara Enright to name just a few.

Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. local time on June 10th in the Gold section of the Horseshoe Event Center. Levels will be extended to 60 minutes and ten of them will be played, starting at limits of 4,000 and 8,000, with the money bubble expected to be reached midway through the day.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for continuing coverage of this and every WSOP event here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

Tags: Barbara Enright Daniel Negreanu Daniel Strelitz David Bach Jeff Madsen Maksim Pisarenko Marco Johnson Michael Moncek Phil Hellmuth Shaun Deeb Tom McEvoy Vasilis Lazarou Yuval Bronshtein

2023-06-10 00:42 UTC-7

Hall of Famer McEvoy Building Big at End of Night

MikePatrick

Nível 15

Tom McEvoy: 8x7x2x/3x4x10x9x
Opponent: 8x5x4x/AxJx9x9x

Picking action up four-handed on fifth street, Tom McEvoy bet, and got two opponents to fold, but on remained. On sixth street, both players caught nines, but McEvoy's opponent's nine paired him.

Regardless, McEvoy got a call and then bet dark on seventh street. His opponent quickly called to see the Hall of Famer show an eight-seven to take a sizeable pot that has him among the largest stacks in the room as the night draws toward a close.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tom McEvoy	185,000 133,000	133,000

Tags: Tom McEvoy

2023-06-09 23:45 UTC-7

Berry Makes Compote Out of Negreanu's Stack

MikePatrick

Nível 14

Daniel Negreanu: Ax9x/3xAx8xKx/10x
Will Berry: 5x4x/3x2x7x2x/Jx
Jose Paz-Gutierrez: XxXx/3x8xJx - folded fifth street

In his extremely popular vlog, Daniel Negreanu has shown his affinity for making a delicious-looking berry compote as part of his breakfast routine. So it's quite a unique coincidence that a man named Berry has eliminated him from this event.

Negreanu, Berry, and Jose Paz-Gutierrez each went to fourth street holding a three. Negreanu got his last T-1,000 chip in with the other two, then on fifth street Berry called and Paz-Gutierrez folded.

Berry had already made a seven, leaving Negreanu drawing dead.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jose Paz Gutierrez	87,000 87,000	87,000
Will Berry	62,000 62,000	62,000
Daniel Negreanu	Eliminado

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Jose Paz-Gutierrez Will Berry

2023-06-09 23:30 UTC-7

Bronshtein Busts Brenes

Nível 13

Humberto Brenes: Ax3x4x4x7x8xKx
Yuval Bronshtein: Ax2x2x3x5x6xKx

Humberto Brenes made a final stand with his short stack. Unfortunately he paired his fours on fourth and caught a king on sixth, while Bronshtein kept hitting cards to make a six low. Brenes gave a gracious goodbye as his Day 1 came to an end.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Yuval Bronshtein	155,000 15,000	15,000

Humberto Brenes	Eliminado

Tags: Humberto Brenes Yuval Bronshtein

2023-06-09 19:11 UTC-7

Allen Tangles with Champ Gerhart

Nível 7

Kevin Gerhart: XxXx/6x3x8x8x/Xx
Joshua Allen: XxXx/6xQx4x2x/Xx

Picking the action up on third street, Allen completed, Gerhart raised and Allen called. Allen bet on fourth when Gerhart spiked a queen to Allen's three, and again on fifth. Gerhart took control on sixth. As Allen pondered his decision on seventh, Gerhart said, "You paired your three. I almost raised you on fifth." With this information, both players checked.

Gerhart turned over a 96. Allen laughed and said, "Actually I paired my queen," and folded. "I guess if you're going to lose a hand, you might as well do it to a four-time bracelet winner, and the 2019 winner of this event."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kevin Gerhart	37,200 24,900	24,900

Joshua Allen	36,500 -3,200	-3,200

Tags: Joshua Allen Kevin Gerhart

2023-06-09 18:34 UTC-7

Depaulo Learns Razz the Hard Way

Nível 7

Ryan Depaulo: XxXx/2x9x8xJx/Xx
Robert Wells: XxXx/4xQx7x2x/Xx

Joining action on fouth street, both players checked, and again on fifth street. On sixth street Depaulo checked and Wells bet. Wells bet again on the river and the players turned their cards on their backs. Depaulo was told he had a 98, while Wells had made 97.

"The table is trying to teach me razz," Depaulo said. "But so far I don't think I'm learning much."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Robert Wells	19,000 19,000	19,000
Ryan Depaulo	8,300 8,300	8,300

2023-06-09 18:00 UTC-7

Grapenthien Holds the Better Seven

MikePatrick

Nível 6

Matt Grapenthien: 9x7x5x/8x3x2xAx
Vasilis Lazarou: 6x3x3x/7x4xAx3x
Opponent: XxXx/4x6x2x10x - folded sixth street

Picking action up on fourth street, after a bet from the lead bettor showing six-four up and a raise from Vasilis Lazarou, Matt Grapenthien called, as did the original bettor.

On fifth street, after action was checked to him, Lazarou bet and got called by both opponents.

Sixth street saw Lazarou take the betting lead and Grapenthien call his wager. The other player took a few moments but then folded to leave the pot heads-up.

On seventh street, the duo both checked, with Grapenthien showing a seven-five, while Lazarou was pipped with his seven-six.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vasilis Lazarou	35,000 11,000	11,000

Matt Grapenthien	32,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Matt Grapenthien Vasilis Lazarou

2023-06-09 14:59 UTC-7

Rosengarten Calls His Shot

Nível 2

Robert Rosengarten: XxXx/4x10xAx2x
Mark Epstein: XxXx Kx folded after bring in
John Holley: XxXx/2x7xKx9x folded on sixth street

Holley completed, Rosengarten came along, and Epstein folded his bring in. Both players checked fourth street, and Rosengarten bet his ace on fifth. The always vivacious Rosengarten told the dealer before he dealt sixth street, "Give me a deuce and [Holley] a nine!"

The dealer did just that, Rosengarten bet, and took down the hand. "Shot caller!" exclaimed the dealer.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mark Epstein	25,700 25,700	25,700
John Holley	24,500 24,500	24,500
Robert Rosengarten	21,400 21,400	21,400

Tags: Robert Rosengarten

2023-06-09 13:00 UTC-7

Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Strelitz, Max Pescatori and Others Go Bracelet Hunting in the $1,500 Razz Streets

It’s time at the 2023 World Series of Poker for razz, where the lowest hand wins, and the suits don’t matter. Event #24: $1,500 Razz kicks of at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, the first of two Razz events occurring this WSOP. The popular stud-game variant has been a staple of the WSOP for decades (and featured the excellent Robert Altman California Split film starring Elliott Gould and George Segal) and this year sees the two tournaments once again placed back-to back, with Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship coming June 13th.

Last year’s champion of the event was Daniel Strelitz, winning his second career bracelet, prevailing over a field of 383. Strelitz beat Lynda Tran heads up on his way to adding $115,723 to his $2,139,958 WSOP earnings. His first bracelet came in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event in 2019 (he also finished second in that event last year). This one, coming in a game that he’s studied hard to figure out, was that much sweeter.

“It’s awesome. I’m especially happy that it’s in a non-No-Limit Hold’em event since that’s what I’ve been concentrating on recently. But, yeah, number two is great,” he said following his win.

2022 $1,500 Razz Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Earnings
1	Daniel Strelitz	United States	$115,723
2	Lynda Tran	United States	$71,527
3	Calvin Anderson	United States	$49,557
4	Frank Kassela	United States	$34,996
5	Sergio Braga	Brazil	$25,198
6	Kijoon Park	United States	$18,506
7	Mark Gerencher	United States	$13,869
8	Andres Korn	Argentina	$10,611

Other previous winners of the $1,500 Razz event include Brad Ruben, Kevin Gerhart, Max Pescatori, and Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth has two of his 16 bracelets and a second-place finish in the razz discipline, and so will be looking to add to that total this year. The event is sure to draw some of the biggest names in mixed-game poker.

Play begins at 2:00 p.m. local time, Players will start with 25,000 chips, with level 1 at 200-400 limits. Fifteen 40-minute levels will be played, with 15-minute breaks every three levels. Late registration will close after nine levels, approximately 8:45 p.m.

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Tags: Bradley Ruben Daniel Strelitz Frank Kassela Kevin Gerhart Kijoon Park Lynda Tran Mark Gerencher Max Pescatori Phil Hellmuth Sergio Braga