Normally playing bad cards is a bad thing. In Razz, you try to play as many bad cards as possible. It’s not a surprise then that a player who likes playing bad cards, a player named OnlyPlayRagz, would be the winner of Event #11, the only Razz event of the WCOOP.
Although one of the smaller events of the WCOOP, Razz is always a fun one. Razz is a game similar to seven card stud, except the worst hand wins. It is often called the most frustrating game around, as even though your hand may look good on early streets, it tends to look worse and worse as the betting rounds go on. But don’t let Razz fool you, it’s a game that takes as much skill as any.
The pro’s didn’t make a large showing at the small event. However, tournament pro THE__D__RY continued his success in the WCOOP with a 16th place finish for nearly $2,000. Dario Mineri, GB2005, and Greg “Fossilman” Raymer represented other pro’s who did well, each making the money.
In the end, we had a final table that was really anyone’s game. OnlyPlayRagz stuck to the advice of his name and pulled out a victory for over $40,000. Here were the rest of the final table payouts.
1 OnlyPlayRagz United States $41,136.79
2 needabanana United States $37,296.11
3 larki1 Norway $29,759.09
4 JAMEST1 United States $15,240.96
5 atactor United States $12,465.60
6 lvstraddle United States $10,113.60
7 tsudneves United States $7,761.60
8 Ima_QT United States $5,409.60
9 j catlett United States $2,116.80
WCOOP Event #11: Report
