2012 World Series of Poker › Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz

Young Hellmuth Has Arrived

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6 • Level 20: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante

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.

phil_hellmuth phil_hellmuth Down to 16 in WSOP Razz tourney, I may be chip leader. Flying our oldest son in to watch w wifey...Already Won 1 bracelet w him watching! June 10 2012

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Jeff Mervis Eliminated in 14th Place ($8,780)

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6 • Level 20: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante

Jeff Mervis - 14th Place.

Unfortunately we missed the action, but according to the tournament director, Jeff "Never Nervous" Mervis was eliminated in 14th place.

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Chris Viox Eliminated in 15th Place ($7,135)

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Chris Viox

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.

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Dan O'Brien Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,135)

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Dan O'Brien (Day 2) - eliminated.

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.

Chip Counts
David Rosenau			105,000	-15,000
Dan O'Brien			Busted

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"Slow Down Over There"

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Just before Level 20 began, Barry Greenstein and Brendan Taylor were heads up heading to fourth street.

Greenstein	/
Taylor	/

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."

Chip Counts
Brendan Taylor			295,000	35,000
Barry Greenstein	PokerStars Team Pro		130,000	-45,000

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Level 20 started

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Taylor Takes a Bite Out of the Pi Master

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

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.

Chip Counts
Brendan Taylor			260,000	48,000
Chris Viox			53,000	-48,000

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Updated Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Chip Counts
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	PokerStars Team Pro		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

Two Table Redraw

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6 • Level 19: 6,000-12,000, 1,500 ante

Table 447

Table 448

Chris "Fox" Wallace Eliminated in 17th Place ($5,904)

Posted 2012-06-10 GMT-6

Chris Wallace - eliminated.

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.

Chip Counts
Phil Hellmuth			325,000	37,500
Chris Wallace			Busted

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