Frank Kassela Leads Stacked Final 38 in Razz Championship!
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 2 of the Event #26: $10,000 Razz Championship.
Tuesday saw 97 players take to the felt to battle it out to see who would be crowned the razz champion of 2017. This tournament attracted another world-class field of players, but unfortunately multi-time WSOP Bracelet winners Phil Hellmuth, Robert Mizrachi, Mike Matusow, Max Pescatori, Benny Glaser, Daniel Negreanu, David Bach, Jeff Lisandro, Jason Mercier, John Monnette and defending champion Ray Dehkharghani were just a handful of those finding themselves on the rail throughout the day.
Once the dust settled on the days play, only 38 players would remain with Frank Kassela bagging an impressive 364,500 in chips and Don Zewin the only other player with a stack over 300,000. Right on their heels are Anthony Zinno (254,000), Andrey Zhigalov (241,000), Konsantin Maslak (216,500), James Obst (210,000) and Russell Clayton (200,000). A plethora of other notables are still in the hunt also, and everyone will be eyeing the money-paying final 15 before switching their focus to the $265,138 first prize and WSOP bracelet going to the winner.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand when play starts at 2:00 p.m. PDT to provide continuous live updates of every bring-in, wheel and outdraw live from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. So stay tuned right here so you don't miss a thing!
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brasilia | 700 | 1 | Konstantin Maslak | Russia | 216,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 2 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 90,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 3 | Nick Schulman | United States | 163,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 4 | Connor Drinan | United States | 35,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 5 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 96,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 6 | Bart Hanson | United States | 146,500 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 7 | Jared Talarico | United States | 185,000 |
| Brasilia | 700 | 8 | Viacheslav Zhukov | Russia | 187,500 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 1 | James Obst | Australia | 210,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 2 | Mike Leah | Canada | 128,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 3 | Erik Seidel | United States | 67,500 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 5 | Donnacha O'Dea | Ireland | 60,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 6 | Dmitry Chop | Ukraine | 70,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 7 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 241,000 |
| Brasilia | 704 | 8 | Ted Forrest | United States | 66,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 1 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 157,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 2 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 254,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 3 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 77,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 4 | Mike Watson | Canada | 190,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 5 | James Chen | Taiwan | 23,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 6 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 123,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 7 | "David "ODB" Baker" | United States | 81,000 |
| Brasilia | 708 | 8 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 119,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 1 | Scott Clements | United States | 169,500 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 2 | Eric Kurtzman | United States | 31,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 3 | Phil Hui | United States | 90,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 4 | Eric Rodawig | United States | 76,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 5 | Brock Parker | United States | 124,500 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 6 | Randy Ohel | United States | 90,500 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 7 | Don Zewin | United States | 303,000 |
| Brasilia | 713 | 8 | Matthew Smith | United States | 31,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 1 | Jyri Merivirta | Finland | 108,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 2 | Jack Duong | United States | 60,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 3 | Frank Kassela | United States | 364,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 4 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 119,500 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 5 | Brian Rast | United States | 28,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 6 | Russell Clayton | United States | 200,000 |
| Brasilia | 714 | 7 | Chris George | United States | 87,500 |