With Negreanu completing, Antonius and Fellows called, Guoga raised. All three opponents made the call.
On fourth, Negreanu led out and Antonius raised. Zac Fellows folded and Guoga raised once again. Negreanu and Antonius both called.
On fifth, Negreanu bet and again Antonius raised. Guoga flat called but Negreanu popped it once more. Antonius and Guoga both made the call.
When sixth street was dealt, Negreanu led and Antonius again raised. Guoga was sick at the boards of his opponents and decided to fold what he later said was rolled up fives.
On the river, Negreanu checked, Antonius bet and Negreanu called for a likely chop.
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Negreanu took the high with a full house and Antonius collected the low.
Fabrice Souiler led the betting on fourth before David Singer took over on fifth. It was Nikolay Evdakov's turn on sixth, as Souiler gave it up, with Singer calling the bet on sixth and again on the river.
Evdakov tabled () for trip queens to take it down. He's up to 174,000 with Singer the first player to drop below the 100,000-chip mark.
On a flop of , Andy Bloch checked from the big blind, David Bach bet from the button, Bloch raised, Bach reraised and Bloch called. Bloch check-called two more bets from Bach on the turn and the river.
Bach turned up for a flush. Bloch mucked and Bach took down the pot.
Bach is up to 210,000 while Bloch is down to 108,000.
It's been a rough day so far for 2008 Aussie Millions champ Alexander Kostritsyn. However, he just recovered some chips in a hand of Hold'em. Kostritsyn raised preflop and fired three streets of value on a board of .
His opponent was Eli Elezra, who called him down but mucked when Kostritsyn tabled for two pair.
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The official prize pool and payout information for the 2009 WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship has been announced.
With 95 entrants today, the top 16 players will finish in the money. The winner will collect over $1.2 million, while the biggest bubble at the WSOP will sting for someone as they miss out on the $72,914 for 16th.
Justin Bonomo led the betting on fourth street, before John Hennigan led fifth. Bonomo assumed control again on sixth before getting one more bet in on the river.
Bonomo tabled () for aces up to collect the pot. After struggling in the early stages today, Bonomo gets himself back to 145,000 with Hennigan at 151,000.
On a flop of , Bryan Colin checked from the big blind, Tony G bet out from early position, Max Pescatori called and Colin called. The turn came the and Colin checked to Tony G, who bet. Pescatori called and Colin called. The river was the . Everyone checked to Pescatori, who bet. Colin called and after a bit of a think, Tony G gave up his hand.
Pescatori turned over for the nut low and the nut flush to win the pot.
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Ralph Perry has just collected a nice pot during Stud-8. We didn't catch the action, but Perry was raking in the chips after making quad sevens to scoop against $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. champ James Van Alstyne.
Perry is now up to 153,500 chips and wanted us to give a shout out to his son Sean back home.
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We've told you who's here. Then we got curious about who decided to skip this year's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event and found ourselves scribbling down three entire pages of names. Here's a look at a few of the pros who did not buy in to this event:
Michael DeMichele (2008 Runner-Up), Lyle Berman (2008 5th Place), James Mackey (2008 Day 1 chip leader), Phil Hellmuth, T.J. Cloutier, Chris Reslock, Tad Jurgens, Mark Gregorich, Phil "OMGClayAiken" Galfond, Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Minh Ly, Rafi Amit, John D'Agostino, Mike Sexton, Katja Thater, Layne Flack, Brian "tsarrast" Rast, Dario Minieri, Tom Schneider, Michael Binger, Dan Harmetz, Brandon Adams, Keith Sexton, George Lind III, Robert Mizrachi, Michael Mizrachi, Lee Markholt, Kirill Gerasimov, Ram Vaswani, Hoyt Corkins, Dewey Tomko, Toto Leonidas, Phillipe Rouas, Amnon Filippi, David Williams, Isabelle Mercier, Raymond Davis (2008 10th Place), Ted Forrest, Kenny Tran, Tim Phan, Billy "The Croc" Argyros, Allen Cunningham, Marcel Luske, Shawn Sheikhan, Mickey Appleman, Robert Williamson III, Jan Von Halle and Markus Golser.
Eli Elezra had to run to his seat just in the nick of time to complete the betting on third street as Huck Seed had limped into the pot.
Seed called, and Elezra then fired bets on fourth and fifth street before Seed led out with a bet on sixth. Despite bricking, Elezra wasn't deterred as he put in a raise. Seed appeared to have a strong board but released his hand as Elezra took down a nice pot without showdown. He'll head to dinner with around 175,000 chips.
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