Defending Champion Calvin Anderson Firmly in the Mix on Day 2 of the $10,000 Razz Championship
Welcome to Day 2 coverage of Event #62: $10,000 Razz Championship. Yesterday's starting field of 96 players was trimmed to just 42 overnight, although those numbers should pick up a bit as registration remains open until the cards go in the air at 2 p.m. The prize pool and payout information will be available shortly thereafter.
On top of the counts heading into Day 2 is Andre Akkari, way out in the lead with 508,000 chips. Rounding out the top five are David Bach (308,500), Marco Johnson (254,000), defending champion Calvin Anderson (248,500) and Max Pescatori (241,000).
Anderson had a tumultuous start to his Day 1, finding himself down to just six big bets in Level 4. However, the defending champion ran it up fantastically from that position and finds himself fourth in chips to begin the day.
A plethora of big names remain in the mix as you can see below.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 402 | 2 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 182,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 3 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 20,500 |
| Amazon | 402 | 4 | Jyri Merivirta | Finland | 131,500 |
| Amazon | 402 | 6 | Sergio Braga | Brazil | 80,000 |
| Amazon | 402 | 7 | Daniel Zack | United States | 240,500 |
| Amazon | 402 | 8 | Ben Yu | United States | 38,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 1 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 241,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 3 | Per Hildebrand | Sweden | 45,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 4 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 248,500 |
| Amazon | 403 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 208,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 6 | Marco Johnson | United States | 254,000 |
| Amazon | 403 | 7 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 106,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 1 | Cary Katz | United States | 228,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 2 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 59,500 |
| Amazon | 406 | 3 | James Chen | Taiwan | 156,500 |
| Amazon | 406 | 4 | Denis Strebkov | Russia | 42,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 5 | Julien Martini | France | 217,000 |
| Amazon | 406 | 6 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 70,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 2 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 202,500 |
| Amazon | 407 | 3 | Navin Kamal | United States | 56,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 4 | David Bach | United States | 308,500 |
| Amazon | 407 | 5 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 50,500 |
| Amazon | 407 | 6 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 26,000 |
| Amazon | 407 | 8 | Brian Hastings | United States | 48,500 |
| Amazon | 409 | 3 | Mike Ross | United States | 128,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 4 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 139,500 |
| Amazon | 409 | 5 | Alex Foxen | United States | 105,000 |
| Amazon | 409 | 6 | David Steicke | Hong Kong | 113,500 |
| Amazon | 409 | 7 | John Monnette | United States | 220,500 |
| Amazon | 409 | 8 | Georgii Belianin | Russia | 147,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 1 | James Obst | Australia | 161,500 |
| Amazon | 410 | 2 | Mikhail Semin | Russia | 124,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 3 | Daniel Ospina | Colombia | 144,500 |
| Amazon | 410 | 4 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 508,000 |
| Amazon | 410 | 6 | Todd Brunson | United States | 149,500 |
| Amazon | 410 | 7 | Matthew Gonzales | United States | 145,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 1 | Donnacha O'Dea | Ireland | 38,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 2 | Steven Wolansky | United States | 46,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 3 | Shirley Rosario | United States | 34,500 |
| Amazon | 411 | 4 | Frank Crivello | United States | 35,000 |
| Amazon | 411 | 5 | Michael McKenna | United States | 210,500 |
| Amazon | 411 | 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 53,000 |
Day 2 is set to begin at 2 p.m. and the PokerNews team will be on the floor to provide continuous live updates of the action.