Mark Fraser: Qx7x5x/4x8x3xKx
Patrick Stacey: 6x2xAx/7x9xAx10x
Picking action up on sixth street in a battle of short stacks, Mark Fraser called a bet from Patrick Stacey, leaving himself one big bet behind.
On seventh, Stacey bet again and Fraser called. Stacey showed a nine, while Fraser showed an eight to double up, while leaving Stacey with just two big bets.
Tom McEvoy: 3x6x2x/4x8xQxQx
Jason Papastavrou: 4x8x7x/2xJx6xQx
Manju Gera: XxXx/2xJxKx - folded on fifth street
Papastavrou bet on fourth and fifth street, until McEvoy took over on sixth. He checked dark on seventh and the called Papastavrou's bet. McEvoy's 86 bested Papastavrou's 87 and he dragged a nice pot to increase the one he built up on Day 1.
Yuval Bronshtein: Ax7x/3x2x2x6x/Ax
Michael Trivett: XxXx/4x6xQx2x/Xx
Picking action up on sixth street with several bets already in the pot, Michael Trivett check-called a bet from Yuval Bronshtein and then checked again on seventh street.
Bronshtein bet a final time and after a bit of thought, Trivett called to see his opponent's seven-six for the winner.
Friday saw a record-setting 556 entries make their way into the Paris ballroom to make some low hands in the unique and evidently increasingly popular Event #24: $1,500 Razz at the 2023 World Series of Poker.
Of that field that blew away last year’s entry total by nearly 200 players, many notables found a bag, with 170 players coming back for Day 2 in the Gold section of the Horseshoe Event Center.
The top ten of the chip counts alone sees multi-time bracelet winners, Yuval Bronshtein, Jeff Madsen, Michael Moncek, and David "ODB" Baker on that list, while also still in with sizeable stacks are the likes of Hall of Famer Tom McEvoy, Calvin Anderson, and former WSOP Player of the Year Jeffrey Lisandro.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Day 2 Big Bets
1
Maksim Pisarenko
Russia
251,500
31
2
Vasilis Lazarou
United States
223,500
28
3
Yuval Bronshtein
Israel
207,000
26
4
Takashi Ogura
Japan
197,500
25
5
Eoghan O'Dea
Ireland
195,000
24
6
Jeff Madsen
United States
190,000
24
7
Michael Moncek
United States
187,000
23
7
Alon Doitch
United States
187,000
23
9
Marcus Stein
United States
186,000
23
10
David "ODB" Baker
United States
185,500
23
David Baker
The remaining field returns at 1 p.m. local time to play into the money and toward the final table which will take place Sunday. Last year, out of a returning Day 2 field of 123 players, just nine remained at day’s end. With such a large field this year, it’s unlikely a final table will be reached Saturday, but they’ll be close, with the $152,991 first prize and a WSOP gold bracelet within reach.
Ten 60-minute levels are on the schedule for the day starting at limits of 4,000 / 8,000. Players will receive 15-minute breaks every two levels with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 21 at approximately 7:30 p.m.
PokerNews will be there every step of the way until a champion is crowned, so stay with us for all the action from this and every World Series of Poker bracelet event from Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
