Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:36 PM Local Time
The players have relocated to the Pavilion Stage and the cards are back in the air.
Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:21 PM Local Time
Here's a look at the new seat draw. The players are on a short break, but action should resume in about five minutes.
Unofficial Final Table
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Michael Chow | 83,000 |
2 | Scott Fischman | 270,000 |
3 | Jeff Misteff | 225,000 |
4 | Barry Greenstein | 128,000 |
5 | Phil Hellmuth | 389,000 |
6 | Brandon Cantu | 343,000 |
7 | Brendan Taylor | 526,000 |
8 | David Rosenau | 56,000 |
9 | Don Zewin | 308,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:17 PM Local Time
Scott Abrams: / /
Jeff Misteff: / /
We caught up with the action on fourth street, where both players checked. The two knuckled again on fifth, and Abrams check-called a bet on sixth. Abrams checked dark going to seventh, Misteff bet dark, and Abrams tank-called.
"Wheel," Misteff said, fanning . Abrams mucked, leaving less than 10,000 chips behind, and was eliminated soon after.
The nine remaining players are now headed to the Pavilion Room stage.
Jeff Misteff | 265,000 | 129,000 |
Scott Abrams | 0 | -143,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:16 PM Local Time
Calvin Anderson battled with a short stack all day, but he was unable to survive long enough to make the unofficial final table. When we reached Table 447 moments ago, Anderson was already all in on fourth street. We're not certain what each players' down cards were, but we know their four cards looked like this:
Brendan Taylor:
Anderson:
Taylor was dealt a and another , giving him a ninety-seven going to seventh, and Anderson was dealt a and a , giving him a leading ninety-five. Taylor was dealt a on seventh however, giving him a seventy-six, and Anderson was dealt the , eliminating him from the tournament.
Calvin Anderson | 0 | -135,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:59 PM Local Time
After doubling through Brendan Taylor the hand before, Calvin Anderson completed with an and put action on the short-stacked Gerald Ringe, who was showing . He thought for a bit before choosing to raise, which essentially showed he was committed to the hand. Anderson obliged with a three-bet and all Ringe's chips ended up in the pot.
Ringe: / /
Anderson: / /
"Nine or less," Ringe said before squeezing out seventh. Unfortunately for him, his card had a line and he knew it was a useless paint card. With that, Anderson chipped up to 135,000 while Ringe made his way to the payout desk in 12th place to collect $10,945.
Calvin Anderson | 135,000 | 100,000 |
Gerald Ringe | 0 | -69,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:47 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth: /
Jared Bleznick: /
Bleznick brought it in with a showing, Hellmuth completed with an , and Bleznick tank-called. On fourth street, Hellmuth led out, and Bleznick moved all in. Hellmuth called.
Bleznick turned over , to which Hellmuth said, "You're a slight favorite, kid."
He showed , and the boards ran out like this:
Hellmuth: /
Bleznick: /
Hellmuth tabled a on seventh street, making a ten-eight, but Bleznick could still win with an ace, three, four, seven, or eight. He paired his deuce however, and was eliminated from the tournament.
"Nice call," Hellmuth complemented as Bleznick was gathering his things.
"Good luck everybody," Bleznick announced before exiting.
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:34 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth's wife, Katherine, has been known to sweat her husband when he makes a deep run. Today is no different as she has been watching the action from the get go. She recently received some company when their oldest son, Phillip III, joined her on the rail.
"There he is," Hellmuth exclaimed with excitement from the rail before getting up to embrace his son.
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:30 PM Local Time
Unfortunately we missed the action, but according to the tournament director, Jeff "Never Nervous" Mervis was eliminated in 14th place.
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:29 PM Local Time
Chirs Viox brought it in with a and Gerald Ringe completed with . Brendan Taylor made the call as did Viox, and then Taylor fired out after taking the lead on the turn. Ringe and Viox called, with the latter committing the rest of his chips. Another bet by Taylor on fifth street drove Ringe from the hand and the cards were tabled.
Taylor: / /
Viox: (x-x) / (x) / (x)
Viox realized he was in bad shape, and after sixth street he knew he was drawing dead. He mixed up his cards so that we weren't able to piece together what he had, but the result was the same. Viox has been eliminated in 15th place and will take home $7,135 for his efforts.
Chris Viox | 0 | -53,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:22 PM Local Time
Dan O'Brien: /
David Rosenau: /
Scott Abrams brought it in with a , O'Brien called with an , and Rosenau completed with a . The action folded back to O'Brien, who called. O'Brien called another bet on fourth street, then led out on fifth. Rosenau raised, and O'Brien was all in. The cards were opened.
O'Brien:
Rosenau:
O'Brien paired on sixth when he was dealt an , and Rosenau improved to a ten-nine with a . Rosenau caught a queen on seventh, and we missed O'Brien's card because he quickly mucked. He obviously couldn't beat Rosenau's hand though, and is our 16th-place finisher in Event 18.
David Rosenau | 105,000 | -15,000 |
Dan O'Brien | 0 | -61,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:10 PM Local Time
Just before Level 20 began, Barry Greenstein and Brendan Taylor were heads up heading to fourth street.
Taylor led out on fourth, Greenstein called, and Taylor led again on fifth. Greenstein tanked a bit before folding, and Taylor raked in another pot,
"Slow down over there," Michael Chow said after the hand.
Taylor smiled. "I couldn't win a pot over at the other table."
Brendan Taylor | 295,000 | 35,000 |
Barry Greenstein | 130,000 | -45,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 2:05 PM Local Time
After the brought it in, Chris Viox just called with his . Brendan Taylor then completed, the bring-in folded and Viox came along for the ride. Viox proceeded to check-call a bet on the turn before calling Taylor's bet on fifth. The latter continued to bet on sixth and seventh, with Viox calling both streets.
Taylor: (x-x) / / (x) ( )
Viox: (x) / / (Ax}
Taylor's 7-6-5-4-2 was good enough to take down the pot and leave Viox with just a stack of 48,000.
Brendan Taylor | 260,000 | 48,000 |
Chris Viox | 53,000 | -48,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:49 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth | 355,000 | 30,000 |
Brandon Cantu | 300,000 | 1,500 |
Don Zewin | 213,000 | 97,500 |
Brendan Taylor | 212,000 | -76,500 |
Barry Greenstein | 175,000 | 80,500 |
Scott Fischman | 160,000 | 80,000 |
Scott Abrams | 143,000 | 50,000 |
Jeff Misteff | 136,000 | -31,000 |
David Rosenau | 120,000 | -29,000 |
Chris Viox | 101,000 | -69,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 90,000 | -1,500 |
Michael Chow | 75,000 | -108,000 |
Gerald Ringe | 69,000 | 14,500 |
Jeff Mervis | 62,000 | -49,500 |
Dan O'Brien | 61,000 | 27,000 |
Calvin Anderson | 45,000 | -5,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:46 PM Local Time
Table 447
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Phil Hellmuth | 355,000 |
2 | Barry Greenstein | 175,000 |
3 | Brendan Taylor | 212,000 |
4 | Calvin Anderson | 45,000 |
5 | Jared Bleznick | 90,000 |
6 | Michael Chow | 75,000 |
7 | Chris Viox | 101,000 |
8 | Gerald Ringe | 69,000 |
Table 448
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Jeff Mervis | 62,000 |
2 | Scott Abrams | 143,000 |
3 | Jeff Misteff | 136,000 |
4 | Dan O'Brien | 61,000 |
5 | Brandon Cantu | 300,000 |
6 | David Rosenau | 120,000 |
7 | Scott Fischman | 160,000 |
8 | Don Zewin | 213,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:41 PM Local Time
Chris "Fox" Wallace: /
Phil Hellmuth: /
When we reached the table, Wallace and Hellmuth were heads up on fifth street, and after a series of bets and raises, Wallace was all in.
Wallace:
Hellmuth:
Both players bricked on sixth - Wallace was dealt a , which didn't improve his hand, and Hellmuth paired his . On seventh street, as a courtesy, Hellmuth flipped his down card face up. Unfortunately for Wallace, it was a , giving Hellmuth an eighty-seven low, and the best hand.
Wallace's down card was a , and he was eliminated from the tournament. Congratulations to Fox, who is the author of a daily blog about the WSOP and other happenings in poker. A 17th-place finish at the WSOP and $5,904 is nothing to scoff at.
Phil Hellmuth | 325,000 | 37,500 |
Chris Wallace | 0 | -54,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:27 PM Local Time
Brandon Cantu completed with his only to have Jeff Misteff, who was showing an , put in a raise. Dan O'Brien came along with a while Cantu opted to get out of the way. O'Brien proceeded to check-call a bet on the turn, but then check-folded to a bet on fifth street. At that point Misteff showed for a made 7-6 low.
O'Brien (x-x) /
Misteff: /
Jeff Misteff | 167,000 | 12,000 |
Dan O'Brien | 34,000 | -16,500 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:22 PM Local Time
Chris Viox completed with a up, Calvin Anderson raised with a up, and the action folded back to Viox who called.
Viox was dealt a on fourth street, Anderson a , and all the money went in.
Viox was dealt a , , and another , while Anderson received a and . On seventh, Anderson squeezed his card, and announced that it had no sides. No sides means that it's an ace, deuce, or tre, because those cards only have symbols in the corner and the center of the card. If it was another tre, Anderson would've been eliminated, but it was a deuce, giving him the best hand and the double up.
"That's the first time I've ever squeezed a card," Anderson said after the hand.
"Now you're addicted," Phil Hellmuth returned, grinning.
Chris Viox | 170,000 | -19,000 |
Calvin Anderson | 50,000 | 22,000 |
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:07 PM Local Time
Scott Clements was our shortest stack entering the day, and after the first hand of play, he's out.
Scott Fischman: /
Scott Clements: /
Clements started with the best hand possible in Razz, but he was dealt the following cards: , and then another face down. After every street was dealt, he said the following, "That's not good."
Fischman was dealt and than an facedown on seventh, which was good enough for the knockout.
Sunday, June 10, 2012 1:00 PM Local Time
Brandon Cantu (two WSOP bracelets) and Brendan Taylor (one WSOP bracelet) are atop our chip counts entering Day 3 of Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz, but everyone's eyes are on Phil Hellmuth, who's lurking right behind them.
Two days ago, Hellmuth finished 15th in Event 15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better, and rather than go back to the Aria to drink the finest whisky, he hopped into Event 18 along with 309 other hopefuls. Now, only 17 players separate Hellmuth from his record-breaking twelfth bracelet.
Keep in mind, he's never won a non-hold'em event at the WSOP.
Neither of Cantu's two bracelets came in stud variants either, but the way he's running, anything is possible. Going into Level 17 on Day 2, Cantu had 4,000 chips. At the time, that was one small bet or four antes. An hour and a half later, he had well over 100,000, and two hours later, when the day concluded, he was the chip leader. Let's see of Cantu can keep the run going on Day 3.
Cantu, Hellmuth, and Taylor aren't the only bracelet winners left in the field however. Chris Viox (1), Michael Chow (1), Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein (3), Scott Fischman (2), and Scott Clements (2) all have at least one bracelet.
For story lines from this and every event today from the Rio, check out today's "What to Watch For."
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