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Phil Ivey, caught in a rare smiling momentOmaha-8
Phil Ivey was all in for his last 5,000 from the small blind against Hasan Habib and Erik Sagstrom, who continued betting on the side.
Sagstrom led out and Habib called on every street on the board.
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Ivey
Habib
Sagstrom scooped the side pot and got half the main pot with his set of aces. Ivey got the low half of the main pot with a 8-7-4-3-A, while Habib was shut out.
Razz
The game changed to Razz on the next hand and Ivey was all in on third street against Habib and Huck Seed. Habib led out on fourth street and Seed folded.
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Seed (X)(X)
Habib made a seven low by fifth street. Ivey was drawing dead and he was eliminated.
Alex Kravchenko completed, Ralph Perry raised and John Kabbaj called. Kravchenko then moved all in for his last 22,000. Perry raised again and Kabbaj came along.
All players bricked on fourth with Perry betting and Kabbaj calling in the side pot.
On fifth Perry fired again and Kabbaj paired up and released his hand. In the end the boards ran out:
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Perry made a six-low which was too good as Kravchenko was sent to the rail.
With the board reading on the river, Gus Hansen checked from the small blind, Nick Schulman bet, Hansen raised and Schulman called. Hansen showed for the flush and Schulman mucked, his stack down to 40,000.
Omaha-8
Schulman ended up making his last stand in Omaha-8, opening for a raise from UTG. Erick Lindgren called from the cutoff, Gus Hansen raised from the button, Schulman called and Lindgren called.
The action was checked around on the flop. Schulman bet when the turn came the , Lindgren raised, Hansen called, and Schulman reraised for his last 21,000. Both players called. The river was the and Lindgren led out. Hansen called.
Lindgren
Hansen
Schulman
Lindgren won the high pot with the nut flush while Hansen took the low with 8-5-4-2-A. Schulman's second-nut flush was no good and he made his exit.
On a flop of , Jim Bechtel check-called a bet from Matt Hawrilenko. The turn fell the and Bechtel checked again. Hawrilenko bet, Bechtel raised, and Hawrilenko called. Bechtel bet out on the river and Hawrilenko looked him up.
Bechtel tabled for a full house and took it down. He's up to 455,000 while Hawrilenko slipped to 120,000.
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While the H.O.R.S.E. World Championship is still in its infancy and the format has been altered over the years, we can take a look back to previous years to look for any trends to help us try to identify the true contenders in today’s field.
In 2007, we had 52 players survive to make day three action and by the end of the day we were down to 21 players. Amnon Filippi was a runaway chip leader with over 2.3 million in chips. He was followed by Kenny Tran, Bruno Fitoussi, John Hanson and David Singer, while eventual champion Freddy Deeb lurked in 6th chip position. Interestingly these top six chip leaders after day three would go on to capture the top six prizes in the event.
Last year we had 67 players return to day three with play halted once the action reached the final 24 players. This really was the day where the cream rose to the top. The day ended with Michael DiMichele, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Ralph Perry and Scotty Nguyen as the top five. All five would go on to cash, with Nguyen and DiMichele going all the way until the final card was dealt. Nguyen in particular had a spectacular day three, as he surged from the near the bottom of the pack at the start of the day, to end it amongst the chip leaders, to set up his run towards the coveted title.
However all hope is not lost if one has a bad day today, as Phil Ivey and Huck Seed were both in the bottom four chip stacks at the end of play on day three in 2008 and both managed to cash. Then again, not everyone is a Huck Seed or a Phil Ivey!
While anything can happen in poker, and the H.O.R.S.E. event only has a brief history, we can be relatively safe to assume that whoever is in the top five in chips at the end of today will play a big part in deciding who will walk away with the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy!
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Jani Sointula and his flowing flaxen hairOmaha-8
On a flop of , Jani Sointula led out from the small blind and Doyle Brunson called from late position. Sointula led again when the turn came the and Brunson called. The river was the and both players checked.
Sointula showed for two pair and won the pot, leaving Brunson withonly 95,000 in chips. Sointula is up to 400,000.
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We've just received word that we'll be playing six levels this evening. We have 53 players remaining, so we imagine that the goal will be try and get close to our final three tables, or 24 players, by the time the chips are bagged up.
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on the river, Gus Hansen checked from the small blind, Nick Schulman bet, Hansen raised and Schulman called. Hansen showed 
for the flush and Schulman mucked, his stack down to 40,000. 
, Lindgren raised, Hansen called, and Schulman reraised for his last 21,000. Both players called. The river was the 
, Jim Bechtel check-called a bet from Matt Hawrilenko. The turn fell the 
river and Hawrilenko looked him up. 
for a full house and took it down. He's up to 455,000 while Hawrilenko slipped to 120,000.
land on the river.
for a set to collect the pot.
