2007 World Series of Poker

Event 39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$2,276,832
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$7,104,000
Entries
148
Level Info
Level
75
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Family Pot of Doom

Stud High:

Toto Leonidas x-x-{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
David Sklansky x-x-{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Sherkhan Farnood x-x-{J-Spades}{6-Spades}
Greg Raymer x-x-{10-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Jennifer Harman x-x-{4-Hearts}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Michael Mizrachi x-x-{3-Spades}{10-Spades}

The Grinder is the bring-in and everyone calls. On fourth street, Leonidas bets and Sklansky calls. Farnood folds. Raymer and Harman call. The Grinder folds.
On fifth street, Leonidas bets, Sklansky calls, Raymer and Harman fold.
On sixth street, Leonidas bets and Sklansky calls.
On seventh street, both check. Leonidas shows {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}-J and Sklansky mucks.

Leonidas is up to 160,000 and Sklansky has 46,800.

Tags: David SklanskyGreg RaymerJennifer HarmanMichael MizrachiSherkhan FarnoodToto Leonidas

Vladimir Troyanovsky Clips Howard Lederer with Aces Up

Vladimir Troyanovsky
Vladimir Troyanovsky
Howard Lederer, showing {Q-Spades}{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{A-Clubs} has bet into Vladimir Troyanovsky on third, fourth, and fifth streets. They both check sixth street. After seventh street is dealt, they both check. Vladimir, showing {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades}{A-Spades} turns his down cards over, and shows Howard aces and nines, taking down a pretty nice pot. The hand puts Lederer down to about 70,000 chips.

Tags: Chau GiangFilipe PachecoHoward Lederer

Sun Dimmed

Stud-8:

Shih-Ping Sun x-x-{A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades}-x
Nick Frangos x-x-{5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}-x

Picking it up on fourth street, Sun bets and Frangos calls.
On fifth street, Sun bets and Frangos raises. Sun calls.
On sixth and seventh street, Sun checks and Frangos bets. Sun calls.
Frangos shows {2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for the 2-3-4-5-6. Sun shows just one card, the {7-Hearts}, and has a A-4-5-7-Q. Frangos scoops and is up to 94,000 and Sun has 22,500.

Tags: Nick FrangosShih-Ping Sun

Gus Hansen Eliminated

Gus Hansen was crippled by Steve Sung's two pair. That hand put Sung's stack up to 98K, while Hansen's stack slipped to 8K.

A couple of hands later, Gus Hansen busted out.

Gus Hansen: ({A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}) {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{J-Spades} ({8-Diamonds})
Steve Sung: ({8-Spades}{2-Hearts}) {4-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{5-Spades}{J-Diamonds} ({5-Hearts})

Sung won with a pair of fives as Hansen headed to the rail.

Tags: Gus HansenSteve Sung

Drinking and Poker

Mike Matusow stopped by Mark Vos's table. "You been drinking? You look like death!" Matusow says. Another player asks Matusow if he's been there. "You know what? If someone had offered me $100,000 to go out drinking last night, I'd have turned it down. This tournament means a lot to me."

Tags: Mark VosMike Matusow

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0