WSOP Event #44: It’s Time For Razz!
With 315 players showing up for the WSOP annual Razz event, everything was set for another round of clashes between top pros and enthusiasts crazy enough to tag along.
With a whole barrage of Hold’em and Omaha events, it was quite refreshing for some players to see this year’s Razz event kick off, though for others it was just the beginning of another painful chapter.
A total of 315 showed up for this tournament, thus generating a prize pool of $724,500. Only 32 players will end in the money with the first place finisher being awarded $188,370 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Many familiar faces were seen at the tables and many of them were packing their bags before the night came to an end. Scott Seiver, Huck Seed, Jeff Madsen, Carlos Mortensen, Shannon Elizabeth and Dan Heimiller were just some of the less fortunates ones who couldn’t make it through the day.
Dario Minieri (pictured left) was having a good time. His stack wasn’t all too bad, even after taking a few hits here and there. In one of such hands, Minieri held (X)(X)6-K-A-8(X) and his opponent held (X)(X)A-K-3-6(X). Dario completed on third street and got one called. The fourth street brought a king for both players and the action was checked to Minieri who commented, "I think I am still ahead here, So I bet." Minieri raised to 400 and a re-raise came from the opponents corner which Minieri called and said, "Are you raising there because you think you are ahead? Or because you’re gambling?"
His opponent mumbled, "I’m gambling." The fifth street came and his opponent fired a bullet. Minieri asked, "Did you pair the three?". "No", came the answer and Minieri made the call. Another bet came on the sixth street and Minieri said, "How about the six?", before mucking his hand. Minieri lost this hand but he still had roughly 20,000 in chips left.
