Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante:
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,117,800
Entries
827
Level
30
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Ho and Van Alstyne Chop Up Hunt
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Omaha 8/b
The field is down to seven tables now and play had definitely slowed. Each money ump carries more and more significance. But even with that trepidation, we're still seeing the periodic "significant pot".
Thomas Hunt, James Van Alstyne and Maria Ho all took a flop of 
. Hunt bet and was raised by Van Alstyne (last year's champion in this event). Ho called through the raise and Hunt closed the action by calling as well. The turn was a small card, 
. Action checked all the way to Ho, who bet. Both other players called.
The river put a flush and a low on board, 
. Hunt checked, prompting Van Alstyne to bet. Ho was the only player who went to showdown. She turned up 
for the nut flush and a weak low. Van Alstyne opened 
for the nut low. They chopped it up.
A few hands later, Van Alstyne scooped Robert Mizrachi. The board was 
, which fit well with Van Alstyne's , the nut low and two pair. "That's a nice hand," said Mizrachi as he mucked.
Van Alstye is up to 115,000. Mizrachi has 125,000.
Steindl Finds His Heart
We didn't catch all the preflop action in this hand, but we do know there were at least two raises with Robert Williamson III in the cutoff, Johannes Steindl in the small blind and Clayton Mozdzen in the big blind all seeing the flop.
The flop came 
. Steindl checked, Mozdzen bet, and Williamson called. At that point Steindl raised with Mozdzen calling and Williamson folding.
When the 
was delivered on the river, Steindl bet and Mozdzen raised, putting himself all in. Steindl called and we got to see some cards.
Mozdzen: 
Steindl: (X)
Despite Mozdzen's request for no heart, the river was the 
, giving Steindl the flush and sending Mozdzen to the cage.
Steindl now has about 140,000 chips.
Barbieri Gets Last Laugh on Lazarou
Stud
Barbieri: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Lazarou: (X) (X) / 
/ (X)
Earlier this level, Al Barbieri and Vasili Lazarou had some sharp words. Barbieri must have decided knocking Lazarou out was better than arguing with him.
Barbieri had the betting lead on every street and continued to fire bet after bet into the pot as Lazarou called. Down the river, Barbieri bet dark and Lazarou called. Barbieri opened 
in the hole for two pair, aces and queens. Lazarou stared at his own hand for a long time before mucking.
That hand left Lazarou with just 3,000 chips. He was eliminated the next hand. For his part, Barbieri is up to about 120,000.
Easy Table
With eight tables left, a lot of the bigger names have found themselves at the same table. How'd you like to sit at this table?
Jeff Shulman - 155,000
Robert Mizrachi - 108,000
Brandon Cantu - 70,000
Thomas Hunt - 50,000
James Van Alstyne - 81,000
Maria Ho - 74,000
Recent Eliminations
Greg Monaldi, Shihping Sun, Doug Carli, Steven Sauser and Jason Yano have all recently hit the rail.
Feed the Monster
Stud
Jeff Shulman came back from break and took a couple of small pots down. In the first one, he had raised on third street with an showing and got called by two opponents. When he collected a second 
on fourth street, he went to bet, but his opponents folded before he had a chance put his money in the pot.
On the second hand, the cards in play looked something like this:
Brandon Cantu: (XX) / 
Jeff Shulman: (XX) / 
Player 1: (XX) / 
Cantu completed, with Player one making the call. When Shulman re-raised, Cantu got himself out of the sandwich and folded. However, Player 1 called. Shulman bet again on fourth street, getting a call from his opponent. However, a bet on fifth street before cards were even totally visable to us was answered with a fold from Shulman's opponent.
Huge Pot Ends Conti's Day
Omaha 8/b
There were five, count 'em, five people in pre-flop for the maximum five bets each at Pat Pezzin's table. On a flop of , Eric Conti had first action. His bet was called by Pezzin and James Darnaby before Ken Lennaard raised. The fifth player called two cold, bringing the action back to Conti. He three-bet all in and was called by all four other players.
The turn fell . Betting was on the side. Pezzin and Darnaby checked to Lennaard. He bet and was raised by the fifth player, giving Pezzin a tough decision. As he thought it out, and thought it out, players at the table began talking to him.
"You should have just folded pre-flop," said one.
"You don't even know what I have," Pezzin replied.
A second player asked, "How long does he have?"
"If you want to call the clock," said Pezzin, "Be my guest. But maybe if you would shut up I'd be able to think and make a decision." The table did quiet down, and both Pezzin and Darnaby eventually foldd.
At the river Lennaard bet and the last remaining player called all in. She turned up 
for a straight and the second nut low. Darnaby showed 
for three jacks and the nut low.
As for the main pot, Conti opened 
, a hand clearly no good both ways. He busted, Pezzin moved to 70,000, and Lennaard increased to 100,000.
Lind Doubles
Razz
Just before the break, George Lind went to the river against Hani Awad. On seventh street, Lind bet his last chips in the dark. Awad called, producing 7-6-2 for a final hand of 9-7-6-4-2. Lin turned up 4-8-6, a final hand of 8-7-6-5-4. He doubled up to 42,000.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,300/2,500
Ante: