The completion of the Razz level has prompted the end of Day 2.

RAZZ

Erick Lindgren made the most of the last level of the day, doubling up his short stack twice.  Both times it was a tight race down to the river.  Against Neal Friets, Lindgren held a 10-7-4-3-A on 6th street while Friets was drawing to an 8-7-3-2 low.  Both players missed, but Friets could only manage a King low.  Against Chris Reslock, Lindgren was drawing to a 7-4-2-A low, already holding two pair against Reslock's 7-6-2-A draw with a Jack.  Lindgren picked up a 3 on the river to make a seven-high low and double his chips back up to over $100,000.

Short stacks Cyndy Violette and Dan Shak also found refuge on the river to double up their short stacks in the last level.

Bill Edler was not so lucky, busting in 53rd place when he ran into Mike Matusow's perfect six low.

The 52 remaining players bagged up their chips for the night and were informed that their tables would be redrawn for tomorrow.  There will be two TV tables tomorrow as ESPN is beefing up the coverage of this massive event.

Amazingly in this star-studded field, the day two chip leader is relative unknown John Hanson, who's tournament winnings to date according to our records wouldn't cover half of the tournament buy-in.  Eli Elezra, Toto Leonidas, and Allen Cunningham are right on his heels though.

Be sure to check out the progress of Chip Reese, Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, and Justin Bonomo as they continue tomorrow in our Pro Blogs section.


Play will resume at 2pm PST

HOLDEM

As the table folded around during one hand Greg Raymer commented, "I thought this was supposed to be the action game" Eli Elezra would agree with that a few tables over. Seated with his heads-up mate from his recent bracelet win, he has been very invovled in this round. He took a pot off Phil Ivey showing Jacks against a 10-high board.

Jacks were not so kind to Gavin Smith. He was all-in against Rob Hollink with the board reading 9 3 4 4, unfortunately Hollink showed K K, and Gavin missed his two-outer. Smith was busted in 55th place.

OMAHA EIGHT-OR-BETTER

John Juanda got the better of Dan Shak in one hand. Juanda called Shak's preflop raise. They both checked on the A 6 4 flop. The 9 prompted a bet from Juanda and a calll from Shak. The river was the K, Juanda bet, and Shak called. Juanda showed a set of nines, while Shak slammed his A-K down with disgust.

There are currently 53 players remaining as the game switches back to Razz soon.
Notable Chip Counts

Eli Elezra	590,000
Toto Leonidas	560,000
Allen Cunningham	526,000
Freddy Deeb	440,000
John Juanda	355,000
Phil Hellmuth Jr	345,000
Robert Mizrachi	335,000
Daniel Negreanu	300,000
David Williams	280,000
Andy Bloch	280,000
Greg Raymer	275,000
John Hennigan	273,000
Tim Phan	270,000
Huckleberry Seed	260,000
Barry Greenstein	260,000
Phil Ivey	245,000
Mike Matusow	230,000
Scotty Nguyen	220,000
Annie Duke	180,000
Sam Grizzle	120,000
Gabe Kaplan	106,000
David Sklansky	76,000
Erik Seidel	70,000
Isabelle Mercier	60,000
Dewey Tomko	60,000
Cyndy Violette	40,000
Chip Reese	35,000
Erick Lindgren	11,000

The last two levels of play have been Stud and Stud-Eight-or-Better.

There are currently 62 players remaining on 9 tables.  Phil Hellmuth's table was broken most recently and he was moved to sit alongside Gavin Smith, with tablemates Amnon Fillipi, Bruno Fitoussi, Robert Mizrachi, and Joe Tehan.  As Hellmuth graciously fist-bumped his new opponents, they could not resist needling him for his ungracious tournament exits.  Tehan asked, "If I knock you out will you shake my hand?"  Fillippi then remarked, "He might call you an idiot."  Hellmuth smiled an replied, "Only under my breath."  Hellmuth would later scoop a pot against Smith, and still berated himself for it.  With his board showing 7-7-3-2 to Smith's A-5-5-6, Hellmuth checked on the river.  When Smith checked behind, Hellmuth announced, "Worst check on the river ever, Eights up and a low"  Smith mucked and Hellmuth scooped.

Tony Cousineau was eliminated when Dan Shak made a low and David Sklansky had three Aces.  Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, and David Singer were invovled in a big pot with Lindgren getting the worst of it.  Here were the player's boards

Ivey: Q 7 5 3
Singer: 9 4 10 9
Lindgren: K4 8 4

On the river, Singer bet $12,000, Lindgren called, Ivey raised to $24,000, Singer re-raised to $36,000, and Lindgren banged the table as he folded.  Ivey called and showed A-4-2 for the wheel, and Singer showed A-10-9 for tens full.  Lindgren revealed soon after that he held K-4 for an inferior full house.  Lindgren sits on life support after that hand.
Notable Chip Counts

Allen Cunningham	525,000
John Juanda	510,000
Eli Elezra	435,000
Toto Leonidas	430,000
Daniel Negreanu	410,000
Huckleberry Seed	378,000
David Williams	342,000
Sam Grizzle	307,000
Tuan Le	305,000
Freddy Deeb	300,000
Robert Mizrachi	290,000
Chip Reese	290,000
Phil Ivey	280,000
John Hennigan	280,000
Andy Bloch	256,000
Gabe Kaplan	240,000
Erik Seidel	235,000
Barry Greenstein	235,000
Phil Hellmuth Jr	233,000
Cyndy Violette	226,000
Annie Duke	182,000
Mike Matusow	155,000
Scotty Nguyen	146,000
Dewey Tomko	133,000
David Sklansky	130,000
Greg Raymer	125,000
Gavin Smith	65,000
Isabelle Mercier	53,000
Erick Lindgren	45,000

Players have returned to from the dinner break to there favorite of the five spread in this tournament:

RAZZ

Chris Ferguson was crippled when he butted heads with Greg "FBT" Mueller.  Mueller had Ferguson nipped before his river card beating his 7-6-5 with  a 7-6-3.  To add insult to injurt, Mueller squeezed a 4 on the river, to improve his already winning hand to a perfect 6 low.

Ferguson was all in on the last hand for his last $1,500, and was called by Gavin Smith and Rob Mizrachi.  Smith caught bad on 4th and 5th and was forced to fold, as Mizrachi's board was 2-4-7.  Ferguson managed a board of 9-5-A-2, and was acutally optimistic, until he finally looked at his down cards, found Q-10-10, and left the table laughing.

Soheil Shamseddin was all in early in a hand with Annie Duke and Dan Shak.  Shak led the betting the whole way to the river with 3-2-3-A showing while Duke had 10-8-5-7.  Shak, holding K-4, was drawing to 4-3-2-A, but paired on the river with another 2, and Duke's 10-8 low was enough to scoop the pot

Play has switched back to Stud much to the relief of many pros.

STUD EIGHT OR BETTER

The End of an Era

Table 41 has been broken, sending numerous big name pros to other tables in the H.O.R.S.E. event.  2006 champion Chip Reese joined Amnon Filipi, Rob Mizrachi, Gavin Smith, Bruno Fitoussi, Greg Mueller and Rob Hollink.   Eli Elezra, who is still chip leader but not by nearly as large a margin, moved to table 13 to join Freddy Deeb, David Sklansky, Joe Cassidy and Tuan Le.  Joe Cassidy was later eliminated in that level.

HOLD'EM

Ramdin Not Victor-ious

At the end of the stud eight or better level Victor Ramdin was crippled. The next hand he found himself with most of his stack in on the big blind. "I'm pot committed." When two players raised before action got back to him, Ramdin reluctantly folded. A few hands later Ramdin was all in, with only Gabe Kaplan left to act.  Ramdin revealed his A, prompting Kaplan to call with A 10. Ramdin turned up his other card, the 6, and after he didn't improve he was eliminated from the event.

Gazes Survives

Bill Gazes had only $17,000 left when he raised to $10,000.  Huck Seed reraised to $15,000, and Gazes just called.  With only $2,000 behind, he saw a flop of Q 7 4 and went all-in.  Seed had to call with his 8-8, but Gazes took down the hand with his K Q, making two pair on  the river to lock up the pot. 

OMAHA EIGHT OR BETTER

Eliminations

Doyle Brunson went into the final table of this event last year as the chip leader.  He won't have the same opportunity this year, for he was eliminated this past level. Patrik Antonius and "Captain" Tom Franklin also hit the rail this level.

Tournament Info

Only 78 players remain in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.   Almost fifty people have hit the rail since play restarted  for the day at 2 p.m.  The players are currently on dinner break, and will return at 9 p.m.
Notable Chip Counts

Eli Elezra	500,000
Allen Cunningham	350,000
Freddy Deeb	324,000
John Juanda	285,000
David Williams	285,000
Chip Reese	280,000
Annie Duke	270,000
Andy Bloch	260,000
Mike Matusow	250,000
Tuan Le	243,000
Phil Ivey	235,000
Phil Hellmuth Jr	230,000
Cyndy Violette	230,000
Barry Greenstein	230,000
Scotty Nguyen	210,000
Huckleberry Seed	210,000
David Sklansky	208,000
Gavin Smith	200,000
Phil Laak	191,000
Toto Leonidas	185,000
Robert Mizrachi	180,000
Daniel Negreanu	180,000
Gabe Kaplan	165,000
Erick Lindgren	165,000
Greg Raymer	158,000
Chris Ferguson	148,000
John Hennigan	145,000
Isabelle Mercier	120,000
Dewey Tomko	120,000
Erik Seidel	105,000
Todd Brunson	85,000
Sam Grizzle	63,000
Howard Lederer	18,000

RAZZ

Table 41

In addition to housing to last year's champion, Chip Reese, and the chip leader , Eli Elezra, table 41 has seen a veritable whose who of big-name pros come and go.  When Carlos Mortonsen busted, Darrell Dicken replaced him.  David Grey took the former seat of Chad Brown.  This table seems unstoppable, but with tables breaking at an increasingly quick pace, this table is next in line.  When it goes it will unleash some of the toughest in the game onto the other tables.

Farnood Busted By Trips

Doyle Brunson eliminated Sherkhan Farnood during the razz level.  Amazingly, Doyle held trip aces in his hand, but also had a jack-high low that was good enough to win the pot and send Farnood to the rail.

Dan Harmetz  and T.J. Cloutier were also eliminated during the razz level.

STUD

Zolotow's Favorite: Position

Steve Zolotow was on a shorter than average stack when he announced that he was merely trying to survive through the seven card stud games, so that he could use the button and the positional advantage it offers.

Fade To Grey

A short stacked David Grey was battling for his tournament life at the treacherous table 41.  He got the last of his chips is after three cards against Chip Reese, who was showing a 10 with (J 8 )J. Unfortunately for Grey, Reese held (Q Q) in the hole and called his all-in.  Grey did not improve and Reese sent him to the rail.

Only 96 players remain in the event. With payouts beginning at 16th place, the money is still a ways off. But with such an incredible field, the mix of games and the amazing amount of money on the line, this is already one of the most  entertaining  and interesting events of the year. Make sure to catch all the action every hour here at Cardplayer.com.

Daniel Negreanu	180,000
Max Pescatori	158,000
Greg Raymer	158,000
Chris Ferguson	148,000
John Hennigan	145,000
Isabelle Mercier	120,000
Todd Brunson	85,000
Howard Lederer	55,000

HOLD'EM

41 Stays Tough

Tony G busted out last level, and his replacement at table 41 was 2006 champion David "Chip" Reese.

D'Agostino Busts

With a board of J 8 4 4 2 T.J. Cloutier bet into the short-stacked John D'Agostino. D'Agostino barely had more than the $5,000 that Cloutier bet, and eventually decided to go all in.  Cloutier quickly called with A A, and D'Agostino mucked his hand. 

Levi Eliminated

David Levi was eliminated when he flopped a pair of tens holding 10-8.  Betting the whole way down, the board ended up reading 10-9-x-x-8, giving Levi two-pair.  Levi's opponent called his all-in on the river and revealed Q-J, for a rivered straight, winning the pot and sending Levi to the rail.

Carlos Mortonsen was also eliminated during the hold'em level.

OMAHA EIGHT OR BETTER

Violette Stayin Alive

Cyndy Violette flopped trip sixes and filled up with a king on the turn.  She got paid off with  her boat when Eli Elezra made a broadway straight on the river.

Buster Brown

Chad Brown was eliminated by Elezra's ten-high straight during the omaha eight or better level.  The board read 10 7 5 9 K, with Elezra holding the A 9 8 6.

Huckleberry Seed	197,000
Daniel Negreanu	180,000
Phil Hellmuth Jr	160,000
Ted Forrest	158,000
Chris Ferguson	150,000
John Hennigan	145,000
Kenny Tran	145,000
Greg "FBT" Mueller	140,000
Doyle Brunson	128,000
Erik Seidel	127,000
Gabe Kaplan	122,000
Chris Reslock	122,000
David Sklansky	120,000
Dewey Tomko	112,000
Joe Tehan	112,000
Scotty Nguyen	111,000
Steve Zolotow	85,000
Todd Brunson	85,000
Freddy Deeb	82,000
Michael Mizrachi	78,000
Jason Lester	78,000

At the end of the night the players did a total redraw, meaning that entirely new sick tables came into existence.  For example:

Table 41-
1. Greg Raymer
2. Chad Brown
3. Tony G
4. Phil Hellmuth
5. Erik Seidel
6. Carlos Mortonsen
7. Cyndy Violette
8. Eli Elezra

Table 29-
1. Michael Mizrachi
2. Howard Lederer
3. Scotty Nguyen
4. Ted Lawson
5. Chris Reslock
6. Phil Laak
7. Joe Tehan
8.  Ted Forrest

STUD

Jesse Jones Eliminated

WPA founder Jesse Jones hit the rail during the stud level this past hour. Jones was short stacked, and though he doubled up off of Erick Lindgren minutes earlier, Lindgren turned right back around and busted Jones with a queen-high straight.

Quack Attack

Showing a board of 2 2 4 8, Greg Raymer check-called Eli Elezra the whole way down, with Elezra showing K 4 A 3.  After seventh street Elezra agian bet and Raymer called. Elezra revealed (10 2 2) for a pair of twos with a A-K.  Raymer mucked his hand, meaning that he had been calling down with a bare pair of twos.  "I knew you didn't have trips," said Elezra jokingly, pointing to his hole cards as he raked the pot.

Raymer's Revenge

Raymer later used the image he built earlier, calling Eli down with just a pair of twos, to win a huge three way pot between himself, Tony G and  Phil Hellmuth with queens full of aces.

STUD 8/OB

Mizrachi Scoops

With Michael Mizrachi showing 9 4 6 7 and Phil Laak showing 9 6 7 A, Laak check-called a bet from Mizrachi.  After the seventh card Laak again check-called, but reluctantly.   His hesitation turned out to be well-founded, because Mizrachi had him notched on both sides, with (A 2 2) he made a 7-6-4-2-A to beat out Laak's 7-6-5-4-A and also had a pair of two's that bested Laak's ace-high.

Make sure to check back next hour for the hold'em and omaha eight or better level updates here at Cardplayer.com.