Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. Day 3 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-27-2009 23:28 UTC-12

Day 3 Seating Assigments and Chip Counts

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Play resumes at 2:00pm.

(Table 58)
Seat 1: Matt Glantz - 337000
Seat 2: Bill Chen - 324000
Seat 3: Frank Kassela - 379000
Seat 4: Justin 'Boosted J' Smith - 87000
Seat 5: Patrick Bueno - 380000
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein - 284000
Seat 7: Freddy Deeb - 208000
Seat 8: Brett Richey - 43000

(Table 60)
Seat 1: Tony G - 433000
Seat 2: Ray Dehkharghani - 643000
Seat 3: Jason Gray - 144000
Seat 4: Martin Vallo - 100000
Seat 5: Todd Brunson - 549000
Seat 6: Scotty Nguyen - 463000
Seat 7: John Monnette - 324000
Seat 8: Mikhail Tulchinskiy - 235000

(Table 62)
Seat 1: John Hennigan - 142000
Seat 2: Erik Seidel - 179000
Seat 3: Doyle Brunson - 224000
Seat 4: Thor Hansen - 256000
Seat 5: Jani Sointula - 412500
Seat 6: Scott Clements - 221000
Seat 7: David Bach - 451000
Seat 8: Kirill Rabtsov - 165000

(Table 64)
Seat 1: David Grey - 191000
Seat 2: Patrik Antonius - 131000
Seat 3: John Kabbaj - 376000
Seat 4: Daniel Alaei - 63000
Seat 5: David Benyamine - 130000
Seat 6: Alex Kravchenko - 80000
Seat 7: Ralph Perry - 348000

(Table 66)
Seat 1: Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner - 179000
Seat 2: Jim Bechtel - 312000
Seat 3: Fabrice Soulier - 138000
Seat 4: Mike Wattel - 307000
Seat 5: John Hanson - 113000
Seat 6: Matt Hawrilenko - 190000
Seat 7: Ville Wahlbeck - 307000
Seat 8: Chris Ferguson - 173000

(Table 68)
Seat 1: Hasan Habib - 490000
Seat 2: Phil Ivey - 154000
Seat 3: Jerry Buss - 130000
Seat 4: David Chiu - 344000
Seat 5: Steve Billirakis - 300000
Seat 6: Erik Sagstrom - 560000
Seat 7: Huck Seed - 244000

(Table 70)
Seat 1: Frank Cremen - 457000
Seat 2: Steve Sung - 50000
Seat 3: Nick Schulman - 157000
Seat 4: Vitaly Lunkin - 308000
Seat 5: Chau Giang - 231000
Seat 6: Erick Lindgren - 114000
Seat 7: Gus Hansen - 686000

06-28-2009 08:51 UTC-12

Saddle Up For Day 3 HORSE Action

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Welcome back to the Rio Hotel and Casino for what is now day three of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship.

We have 53 survivors from the first two days of action and they are led by the "Great Dane" Gus Hansen who is striving for his first WSOP bracelet. What a huge win it would be if he can go all the way.

He won't have it easy as we're not even half way through this event as yet. Ray Dehkharghani, Erik Sagstrom, Todd Brunson and Hasan Habib round out the top five, with PokerNews' own Tony G well placed to make a surge at the leaders during the day.

Stay tuned for all the live HORSE action from 2 p.m. which is about fifteen minutes from now.

Level: 12

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-28-2009 09:02 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Cards are in the air.

06-28-2009 09:05 UTC-12

Today's Format

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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.

06-28-2009 09:13 UTC-12

Battle of the Heavyweights

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Omaha-8

With 18 bracelets between them, a hand between Erik Seidel and Doyle Brunson was certainly a battle of the heavyweights.

Catching the action on a board of {J-Spades}

Seidel fired out a bet into Brunson who made the call to see the {K-Hearts}

land on the river.

Seidel checked, Brunson bet and Seidel made the call. Brunson tabled {3-Hearts}

for a set to collect the pot.

Tags: Doyle Brunson Erik Seidel

06-28-2009 09:25 UTC-12

Sointula Scoops Doyle

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Jani Sointula and his flowing flaxen hair

Omaha-8

On a flop of {7-Diamonds}

, Jani Sointula led out from the small blind and Doyle Brunson called from late position. Sointula led again when the turn came the {9-Spades}

and Brunson called. The river was the {K-Spades}

and both players checked.

Sointula showed {A-Hearts}

for two pair and won the pot, leaving Brunson withonly 95,000 in chips. Sointula is up to 400,000.

06-28-2009 09:31 UTC-12

Day Three H.O.R.S.E. - The Cream Rises To The Top!

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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!

06-28-2009 09:33 UTC-12

Bechtel Bests Hawrilenko

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Omaha-8

On a flop of {10-Clubs}

, Jim Bechtel check-called a bet from Matt Hawrilenko. The turn fell the {2-Hearts}

and Bechtel checked again. Hawrilenko bet, Bechtel raised, and Hawrilenko called. Bechtel bet out on the {J-Clubs}

river and Hawrilenko looked him up.

Bechtel tabled {A-Diamonds}

for a full house and took it down. He's up to 455,000 while Hawrilenko slipped to 120,000.

06-28-2009 09:42 UTC-12

Nick Schulman Eliminated

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Hold'em

With the board reading {9-Spades}

on the river, Gus Hansen checked from the small blind, Nick Schulman bet, Hansen raised and Schulman called. Hansen showed {10-Spades}

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 {Q-Spades}

flop. Schulman bet when the turn came the {8-Spades}