Matt Grapenthien Rocking the Big Stack and All That Razz in Day 2 of Event #69
Matt Grapenthien leads the remaining 102 players into Day 2 of Event #69: $1,500 Razz. Grapenthien already has one WSOP gold bracelet from the 2014 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. He is joined by a pretty strong field with the likes of 14-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth (45,900), Mike "The Mouth" Matusow (23,200), Jason Mercier (31,200), Tom Schneider (46,500), and Benny Glaser (61,000).
There are a ton of great players returning, we could list plenty more, but if players like Brandon Shack-Harris (23,100) are being left off the list, then you know this field is stacked.
James Obst (30,700) is still in the mix and has a chance for a Glaser-esque sweep, having already won the $10,000 Razz Championship. Glaser swept the $1,500 and $10,000 Omaha Eight or Better events last year.
It should be an interesting Day 2 and it all kicks off at 2 p.m. today. Stay up to date with all the action from Event #69 and all of the eight events happening today at the 2017 Wolrd Series of Poker, right here on PokerNews.com.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 33 | 1 | Phillip Hui | United States | 18,500 |
| Amazon | 33 | 2 | James Mackey | United States | 7,000 |
| Amazon | 33 | 3 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 45,900 |
| Amazon | 33 | 4 | Refugio Quintero | United States | 56,300 |
| Amazon | 33 | 5 | Kim Pham | United States | 51,800 |
| Amazon | 33 | 6 | John Cernuto | United States | 7,000 |
| Amazon | 33 | 7 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 61,000 |
| Amazon | 33 | 8 | Mike Matusow | United States | 23,200 |
| Amazon | 34 | 1 | Frankie O'Dell | United States | 25,000 |
| Amazon | 34 | 2 | Jeremiah Callahan | United States | 15,700 |
| Amazon | 34 | 3 | Jeffrey Duvall | United Kingdom | 15,200 |
| Amazon | 34 | 4 | Scott Adaska | United States | 24,400 |
| Amazon | 34 | 6 | Jaehwa Son | Canada | 12,200 |
| Amazon | 34 | 7 | Brian Horwitz | United States | 25,300 |
| Amazon | 34 | 8 | Denny Axel | United States | 28,300 |
| Amazon | 35 | 1 | Allen Kessler | United States | 19,000 |
| Amazon | 35 | 2 | Matt Grapenthien | United States | 82,300 |
| Amazon | 35 | 3 | Ted Jivkov | United States | 28,400 |
| Amazon | 35 | 5 | Andrew Yip | Canada | 39,500 |
| Amazon | 35 | 6 | Richard Shtrax | United States | 24,000 |
| Amazon | 35 | 7 | Jesse Hampton | United States | 55,200 |
| Amazon | 36 | 1 | Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 30,000 |
| Amazon | 36 | 2 | Dan O'Brien | United States | 12,200 |
| Amazon | 36 | 3 | Bonnie Rossi | United States | 13,800 |
| Amazon | 36 | 4 | Jordan Siegel | United States | 38,200 |
| Amazon | 36 | 5 | Chun Chen | United States | 19,300 |
| Amazon | 36 | 6 | Ian Shaw | Mexico | 2,000 |
| Amazon | 36 | 7 | Naoya Kihara | Japan | 27,100 |
| Amazon | 36 | 8 | Sam Grizzle | United States | 47,300 |
| Amazon | 37 | 1 | Ronald Mcmillan | United States | 23,800 |
| Amazon | 37 | 2 | Brendan Taylor | United States | 16,600 |
| Amazon | 37 | 3 | Tom Schneider | United States | 46,500 |
| Amazon | 37 | 4 | Raymond Henson | United States | 35,000 |
| Amazon | 37 | 5 | Kyle Miaso | United States | 37,800 |
| Amazon | 37 | 6 | Daniel Tafur | Estonia | 41,100 |
| Amazon | 37 | 7 | Brian Zekus | United States | 17,900 |
| Amazon | 37 | 8 | Alan Leach | United States | 15,900 |
| Amazon | 38 | 2 | Michael Noori | United States | 40,500 |
| Amazon | 38 | 3 | David Harth | United States | 46,000 |
| Amazon | 38 | 4 | Cole Jackson | United States | 35,600 |
| Amazon | 38 | 7 | DID NOT REPORT 1 | United States | 1 |
| Amazon | 38 | 8 | Jeremy Hageman | United States | 27,500 |
| Amazon | 39 | 1 | Michael Rosenberg | United States | 8,700 |
| Amazon | 39 | 2 | Michael Block | United States | 19,800 |
| Amazon | 39 | 3 | John Butler | United States | 22,200 |
| Amazon | 39 | 4 | Scott Epstein | United States | 36,500 |
| Amazon | 39 | 5 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 31,700 |
| Amazon | 39 | 7 | Michael Ross | United States | 48,600 |
| Amazon | 39 | 8 | Grzegorz Wyraz | Poland | 79,800 |
| Amazon | 41 | 1 | Fernando Brito | Australia | 8,100 |
| Amazon | 41 | 2 | Jason Gola | United States | 36,400 |
| Amazon | 41 | 3 | Scott Evelyn | Canada | 4,000 |
| Amazon | 41 | 4 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 24,500 |
| Amazon | 41 | 5 | Jared Talarico | United States | 30,600 |
| Amazon | 41 | 6 | Molichisa Ngeth | United States | 49,800 |
| Amazon | 41 | 7 | Michael Filipiak | United States | 2,500 |
| Amazon | 41 | 8 | Robert Williamson III | United States | 9,200 |
| Amazon | 42 | 1 | Andrew Barber | United States | 19,300 |
| Amazon | 42 | 2 | Artie Cobb | United States | 10,600 |
| Amazon | 42 | 3 | Neal Liptak | United States | 53,800 |
| Amazon | 42 | 4 | Chip Jett | United States | 12,900 |
| Amazon | 42 | 5 | Peter Brownstein | United States | 43,000 |
| Amazon | 42 | 6 | Jeffrey Foreman | United States | 11,700 |
| Amazon | 42 | 7 | Brandon Shack-Harris | United States | 23,100 |
| Amazon | 42 | 8 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 39,200 |
| Amazon | 43 | 1 | Matthew Schreiber | United States | 38,200 |
| Amazon | 43 | 2 | Johnny Landreth | United States | 48,700 |
| Amazon | 43 | 3 | Rafael Concepcion | United States | 22,500 |
| Amazon | 43 | 4 | Nickolai Orlov | United States | 33,700 |
| Amazon | 43 | 5 | Brad Ruben | United States | 33,500 |
| Amazon | 43 | 6 | James Schaaf | United States | 67,900 |
| Amazon | 43 | 7 | Melville Lewis | Canada | 74,500 |
| Amazon | 43 | 8 | Garrett Weliever | United States | 45,100 |
| Amazon | 44 | 1 | James Woods | United States | 29,200 |
| Amazon | 44 | 2 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 36,000 |
| Amazon | 44 | 3 | Wendy Freedman | United States | 65,200 |
| Amazon | 44 | 4 | Jason Mercier | United States | 31,200 |
| Amazon | 44 | 5 | Eric Pratt | United States | 30,500 |
| Amazon | 44 | 6 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 20,700 |
| Amazon | 44 | 7 | Joshua Mammon | Canada | 19,500 |
| Amazon | 44 | 8 | Paul Sexton | United States | 36,600 |
| Amazon | 45 | 1 | Mo Fathipour | United States | 19,500 |
| Amazon | 45 | 2 | Luke Spano | Australia | 29,300 |
| Amazon | 45 | 3 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 17,900 |
| Amazon | 45 | 4 | John Brennen | United States | 36,700 |
| Amazon | 45 | 5 | Timothy Batow | United States | 61,400 |
| Amazon | 45 | 6 | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | 37,900 |
| Amazon | 45 | 7 | Jacob Powers | United States | 19,800 |
| Amazon | 45 | 8 | Jens Lakemeier | Austria | 15,500 |
| Amazon | 46 | 1 | David Greenberg | United States | 14,000 |
| Amazon | 46 | 4 | Mark Jenkins | United States | 1,800 |
| Amazon | 46 | 5 | Yong Wang | United States | 53,700 |
| Amazon | 46 | 6 | Paul Taylor | United States | 22,400 |
| Amazon | 46 | 7 | Yordan Petrov | Bulgaria | 70,500 |
| Amazon | 46 | 8 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 23,100 |
| Amazon | 47 | 1 | Scott Abrams | United States | 20,900 |
| Amazon | 47 | 2 | Brett Helm | United States | 7,100 |
| Amazon | 47 | 3 | James Obst | Australia | 30,700 |
| Amazon | 47 | 4 | Joseph Heinzmann | United States | 22,400 |
| Amazon | 47 | 5 | Gerard Rechnitzer | United States | 37,300 |
| Amazon | 47 | 6 | Alm Wilson | Norway | 26,100 |
| Amazon | 47 | 8 | Steven Cage | Canada | 48,300 |