2009 World Series of Poker

Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$1,276,802
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
95
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Chen on the Short Stack

Omaha-8

Gus Hansen opened for a raise from middle position, Erik Seidel called on the button, John Kabbaj called from the small blind and Bill Chen called from the big blind.

The flop came down {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}. The action was checked to Hansen, who bet. Seidel folded, Kabbaj folded, Chen raised and Hansen called. Both players checked the {2-Diamonds} on the turn. The river was the {2-Spades} and Chen check-called a bet from Hansen.

Hansen turned over {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}, his pair of kings good enough to take the pot. He's up to 800,000 while Chen is all the way down to 130,000.

Quicker Than You Can Say Dehkharghani

Stud

Dehkharghani: (X-X) {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} (X)
Richey: (X-X) {A-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} (X)

We caught the action on fifth street with Ray Dehkharghani firing a bet and Brett Richey making the call.

On sixth, Dehkharghani fired again before the players checked down the river. Dehkharghani revealed ({8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{10-Clubs}) for eights and threes to take the pot as Richey mucked.

Dehkharghani - 565,000
Richey - 530,000

Tags: Brett RicheyRay Dehkharghani

Kassela Rolled Up

Stud

Frank Kassela led the betting on all streets with Ray Dehkharghani calling him down.

Kassela tabled ({3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}) {3-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{J-Spades}{5-Hearts} ({K-Hearts}) for rolled up threes, as Dehkharghani groaned at seeing Kassela's king on the river.

"Argh, that's the one I needed!" he said, flipping ({K-?}{K-?}) {9-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} (X).

Kassela heads to the break with 690,000 chips.

Tags: Frank KasselaRay Dehkharghani

Level: 16

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Back-To-Back Scoops for Chen

Bill Chen
Bill Chen
Omaha-8

A short-stacked Bill Chen has found back-to-back double ups in Omaha-8 against Chau Giang.

In the first hand Chen was all in with {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} against Chau Giang's {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs}. The board ran out {Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Hearts} to give Chen a wheel for the low and six-high straight for the high to scoop his way back to 80,000 chips.

A moment or two later the two were at it again. Chen fired the turn and the checked down the river on a board of {K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

"I got half," said Chen, and tabled {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs} for the low.

"No, you got the whole lot," replied Giang as he showed {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}.

"Scoop again? With queen-high?" laughed a surprised Chen as he's now back to 120,000 chips.

Tags: Bill ChenChau Giang

English Only!

Tony G has just received an official warning. He was joking with Mikhail Tulchinskiy and asked him how many chips he held. Nothing strange about that, except that he asked in Russian.

He also didn't realize a tournament director was standing right behind him, and the G copped a warning and was told to speak in only English at the tables!