Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-30-2008 05:18 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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Official tallies at the end of Day 1 of Event 51, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., show that 179 players remain alive in the event. The leader is Phil Hellmuth, who opened up a gap over the rest of the field by reaching 46,800 in chips by night's end. Many big-name players remain in this one, as illustrated by the overnight top ten:

Phil Hellmuth 46,400
Steven Diano 38,200
Joe Hachem 37,500
Todd Ickow 37,500
Chad Brown 36,700
Tommy Hang 36,000
Lonnie Heimowitz 33,200
Ken Zeng 32,500
Michelle Ankenman 32,100
David Gee 31,000

Action resumes in Event 51 at 3pm PDT on Monday. The 179 players will attempt to play all the way down to a final table, meaning that a lengthy day's action is likely. We'll have the latest reports right here on PokerNews.

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Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Day 1 Completed

06-30-2008 02:35 UTC-7

Event #51: $1,500 HORSE, End of Day 1

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A massive 803 players entered the $1,500 HORSE event, making it one of the largest mixed-game tournaments in history, possibly the largest. The 3,000 starting chips and the slimmer early structure (changed this year in favor of more players later in the day) ensured that these players wound not last long.

And bust out they did, as hundreds of players exited play in the first few levels despite the limit format and the split nature of two of the five games.

Several players interested in shoring up their placements in the Milwaukee's Best Light WSOP Player of the Year standings entered this event. Among the top points-earners, only David Benyamine and Mike Matusow remain standing. Due to Barry Greenstein and Erik Seidel earning points at today's $50,000 HORSE final table, Benyamine will have his work cut out for him tomorrow to make a comeback and win the honor.

One hundred eighty-four players are left in this event, and all these runners return Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific time. They plan to play all the way down to 8, but it may get cut off earlier than that, depending on how things go. Either way, see you right here at 3!

06-30-2008 02:21 UTC-7

Chip Counts Updated

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Phil Hellmuth continues to lead the field with 43,000, followed by Joe Hachem with 25,000 and Thomas Hunt, also with 25,000.

06-30-2008 02:17 UTC-7

Hachem Busts Opponent

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Stud-8:

The bring-in has x-x / {2-Hearts}

and Player 2 calls with {7-Hearts}

. Joe Hachem raises with {4-Hearts}

and Player 3 reraises with {8-Hearts}

. Everyone calls.

On fourth street, Player 1 checks {Q-Clubs}

. Player 2 checks {10-Spades}

. Hachem checks {J-Clubs}

. Player 3 bets {4-Clubs}

and everyone calls.

On fifth street, Player 2 checks {K-Spades}

. Hachem checks {5-Spades}

. Player 3 bets {J-Spades}

and Player 1 folds. Player 2 also folds. Hachem calls.

On sixth, Player 3 checks {7-Diamonds}

. Hachem bets {2-Clubs}

and Player 3 calls.

On seventh, Player 3 checks. Hachem bets and Player 3 calls all in.

Hachem: ( {A-Diamonds}

)

-x
Player 3: {8-Hearts}

-x

Hachem gets the wheel and busts his opponent. He's up to 25,000.

06-30-2008 02:04 UTC-7

This Much

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Richard Brodie holds up a 100 chip. "I'm up this much!" he jokes. He's got 3,100 in chips, just above the starting stack. "Can you cash out?" another player says.

06-30-2008 01:58 UTC-7