2022 World Series of Poker

Event #79: $10,000 Razz Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7xkx7xax9x3x4x
Prize
$328,906
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,296,175
Entries
139
Level Info
Level
25
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
13
Players Left
1

Martini Forces Out Zhu

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{2-}{4-}{8-}{a-}
Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{2-}{10-}{8-}{k-} - folded

Julien Martini completed and Yueqi Zhu raised. Martin called before he opened the betting on fourth street.

Zhu called bets on fourth and fifth. Martini fired again on sixth and this time Zhu let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
4,200,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Yueqi Zhu
2,600,000
-600,000
-600,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Yueqi ZhuJulien Martini

Martini Pulls Ahead

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Julien Martini completed with a {6-} and Hal Rotholz called with a {9-} up.

Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{6-}{9-}{3-}{2-}/{x-}
Hal Rotholz: {x-}{x-}/{9-}{3-}{8-}{8-}/{x-}

Martini and Rotholz checked on fourth street and Martini bet out on fifth street getting a quick call from Rotholz.

On sixth street Martini bet once more and Rotholz called, with both players checking on seventh. Rotholz turned over {7-}{2-}{10-} for a nine-eight, but Martini turned over {8-}{2-}{8-} for a better nine-eight and he hopped back over 4 million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
4,125,000
925,000
925,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Hal Rotholz
1,260,000
-740,000
-740,000

Tags: Hal RotholzJulien Martini

Zhu Evens it Up

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{4-}{9-}{q-}{8-}/{x-}
Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{q-}{9-}{3-}{j-}/{x-}

Yueqi Zhu bet on fifth street before Julien Martini put in a raise. Zhu called, then led out on sixth.

Martini just called this time as Zhu bet again on seventh. Martini once again called and Zhu showed {a-}{5-}{7-} for 8-7-5-4-A to take the pot. The two players are now virtually tied atop the chip leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
3,200,000
-450,000
-450,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Yueqi Zhu
3,200,000
640,000
640,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Yueqi ZhuJulien Martini

Zhu On The Move

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Julien Martini completed with a {6-} up and Yueqi Zhu raised with a {7-} which Martini called.

Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{6-}{4-}{3-}{q-}/{x-}
Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{7-}{3-}{2-}{5-}/{x-}

Martini check-called a bet from Zhu on fourth street.

On fifth street, both players checked to sixth street where Zhu bet and Martini called after some deliberation.

On seventh street Zhu bet yet again and Martini painfully put in the call as Zhu showed him {a-}{2-}{8-} for a seven-five which was good for the pot as Martini mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
3,650,000
-650,000
-650,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Yueqi Zhu
2,560,000
560,000
560,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Julien MartiniYueqi Zhu

Rotholz's Raise Backfires

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Hal Rotholz: {x-}{x-}/{9-}{9-}{3-}{4-}/{x-}
Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{7-}{8-}{q-}{5-}/{x-}

Yueqi Zhu bet on every street up to sixth as Hal Rotholz stuck around with calls. On sixth, Zhu bet again and sent Rotholz deep into the tank.

Rotholz eventually came back with a raise and Zhu called. Zhu checked on seventh and Rotholz turned over {7-}{6-} for a nine-seven. Zhu, though, showed {4-}{2-} for 8-7-5-4-2 to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Hal Rotholz
2,000,000
-510,000
-510,000
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Yueqi Zhu
2,000,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Hal RotholzYueqi Zhu

Martini Makes an Eight

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{4-}{k-}{2-}{a-}/{x-}
Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{5-}{k-}{6-}{10-}/{x-}

Julien Martini completed, Yueqi Zhu raised, and Martini called.

Zhu bet on fourth and fifth streets, with Martini calling. Both players checked on sixth.

Martini led out on seventh and Zhu called. "Eight-seven," Martini announced, turning over {8-}{7-} for 8-7-4-2-A. Zhu flashed {9-}{8-}{4-} for a nine-low before mucking.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
4,300,000
400,000
400,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Yueqi Zhu
1,600,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Julien MartiniYueqi Zhu

Koray Aldemir Eliminated In 4th Place ($111,991)

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

Koray Aldemir completed with an {a-} up which was called by Hal Rotholz with an {8-} and Julien Martini with a {6-}. On fourth street Rotholz and Aldemir got it all in with Martini folding and the cards were turned up.

Koray Aldemir:{j-}{5-}/{a-}{8-}{9-}{6-}/{9-}
Hal Rotholz: {7-}{4-}/{8-}{2-}{9-}{3-}/{5-}

Rotholz made a seven-five and Aldemir could not beat it with his nine-eight and the 2021 WSOP Main Event champion exited in 4th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Hal Rotholz
2,510,000
200,000
200,000
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Koray Aldemir
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Hal RotholzJulien MartiniKoray Aldemir

Zhu, Martini Exchange Pots

Level 23 : Limits 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante

Yueqi Zhu: {x-}{x-}/{3-}{3-}{9-}{6-}/{x-}
Julien Martini: {x-}{x-}/{6-}{a-}{6-}{8-}/{x-}

Julien Martini bet on fifth and sixth streets, with Yueqi Zhu calling down to seventh. Both players checked.

Zhu turned over {5-}{2-} for 9-6-5-3-2 as Martini gave a puzzled look at Zhu's cards before mucking.

A few hands later, Martini, with {2-}{j-}{a-}{7-} showing, bet on every street and Zhu called with {7-}{q-}{8-}{j-}.

Martini bet again on seventh and Zhu called. Martini turned over {5-}{4-}{6-} for 6-5-4-2-A to retake his chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Julien Martini
3,900,000
350,000
350,000
WSOP 4X Winner
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Yueqi Zhu
1,700,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Julien MartiniYueqi Zhu