Steve Zolotow raised to 10,500 after which the player to his left, Matt Hawrilenko, opted to raise pot. The total bet was 36,000 and both blinds folded. Zolotow quickly moved all in for right around 60,000 chips, and Hawrilenko snap-called.
Steve Zolotow
Matt Hawrilenko
The board ran out giving Zolotow a full house, but Hawrilenko had quads to take down this pot.
We are down to 24 players and there will be a redraw at this time.
Action folded to a short-stacked Jeff Madsen in the cutoff and he potted. David "ODB" Baker then reraised from the big blind and Madsen committed for 16,000 total.
Showdown
Madsen:
Baker:
The flop wasn't much help to Madsen, while the gave him some outs to a straight. Unfortunately for him, the on the river would give Baker a full house and the win. Madsen, the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, made his way to the payout desk in 26th place to collect $6,587.
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We just had our first casualty of the day, and it was Cory Zeidman, winner of Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better. His demise came after making a 7-low in Razz only to run into a 6-low.
Matthew Rasco just played a crucial pot for his tournament life against Donnacha O'Dea, and it seemed like he caught the right card on seventh street in order to win him the pot.
Matthew Rasco
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Donnacha O'Dea
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We caught the action on fourth street where Rasco bet 6,000 and O'Dea made the call. On fifth the action changed, and O'Dea got the betting lead. He bet 12,000 and Rasco called. On sixth street O'Dea bet 12,000 once more and Rasco called after a slight hesitation.
Seventh street was dealt down and after tanking for a bit Rasco lead out for 12,000. O'Dea called and mucked when his opponent turned over for a seventy-four low.
Scott Seiver completed with a and received a call from Chris Viox, who was showing . The latter proceeded to call a bet on the turn before taking the lead on fifth. He check-called a bet on that street as well as on sixth, and then both players checked seventh.
Viox: /
Seiver: (x-x) / / (x)
Viox rolled over an 8-7-6-4-A low, which prompted Seiver to rap the table and send his cards to the muck.
The first game at all tables is Seven Card Razz, and Konstantin Puchkov just managed to find himself a double up.
Konstantin Puchkov
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Matthew Rasco
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On fifth street Puchkov got his last chips in and he turned over . Rasco made the call and showed , and the Russian bracelet winner was in the lead. He caught the for a eighty-seven low, and Rasco was drawing dead. He caught the and lost the pot.
On the next hand Rasco doubled up, and he still has a shot if he finds a couple more! Puchkov is also not out of trouble and remains to be one of the short stacks.
The cards are back in the air here in Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix. As soon as we lose three more players, there will be a complete three-table redraw, then when we get down to the final table, we'll be relocating from the Blue Section in the Amazon Room to a feature table.
Chad HollowayFreddy Deeb is one of 13 bracelet winners remaining
Two days ago, the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, which featured alternating rounds of Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha. What started with 477 players is down to the final 27, all of who will return today to play down to a winner.
Of the 27, Joe Couden leads the way with 303,300. With that said, he has some stiff competition close behind including the 2009 champion of this event, Jerrod Ankenman (215,900); and thirteen other bracelet winners including Rep Porter (237,200), Jennifer Harman (204,300), Scott Seiver (169,000), Greg Mueller (163,600), Freddy Deeb (156,900), Chris Viox (145,000), Jeff Madsen (106,300) and Barry Greenstein (103,600).
To say the field is stacked would be an understatement. The question is, can one of the few amateurs remaining defy the odds and outlast the pros?
Former Eight-Game Mix Champions
Year
Player
Entrants
Prize
2011
John Monnette
489
$278,144
2010
Sigurd Eskeland
453
$260,497
2009
Jerrod Ankenman
412
$241,637
2008*
Anthony Rivera
192
$483,688
*Featured $10,000 buy-in.
That questions will be answered today as action recommences at 2 PM PST, which is about 45 minutes from now. Be sure to join us then as we look to crown the latest bracelet winner of the 2012 WSOP.
giving Zolotow a full house, but Hawrilenko had quads to take down this pot.
flop wasn't much help to Madsen, while the 
gave him some outs to a straight. Unfortunately for him, the 
on the river would give Baker a full house and the win. Madsen, the 2006 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, made his way to the payout desk in 26th place to collect $6,587.
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for a seventy-four low.
and received a call from Chris Viox, who was showing 
. The latter proceeded to call a bet on the turn before taking the lead on fifth. He check-called a bet on that street as well as on sixth, and then both players checked seventh.
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. Rasco made the call and showed 
