2010 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
6x5x3x2xax
Prize
$329,840
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,319,280
Entries
478
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Aces Down Town

With a complete {A-Hearts} and a raise {K-Hearts} in front of him, Brown put in a re-raise with the {Q-Hearts} showing. He forced one fold as the two players went to fourth street. Brown's opponent led the betting on fourth before Brown took over on fifth and sixth before finally forcing a fold from his opponent on seventh.

Brown: (X-X) / {Q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} / (X)
Opponent: (X-X) / {K-Hearts}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}{9-Spades} / (X)

Brown showed aces in the hole for aces up to rake in a nice pot. He's up to 17,000.

Tags: Chad Brown

Play Slows

It's really slowed down out here as the players start to think about the dinner break. At the moment our chip leaders are Marcel Luske, Nikolay Evdakov and Condy Violette.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Play Resumes

We're back after the break with four more levels to play today. Now that the limits are starting to kick up we can expect to see some more action around the tables as the short stacks start to feel the pressure.

Recent Eliminations

Just prior to the dinner break we lost Barry Greenstein and Allen Kessler, while Linda Johnson, John D'Agostino and Jerry Buss are also missing, assumed busto.

The Professor's Story Is Convincing Enough

Razz

Howard Lederer called the completion of his opponent, and called again on fourth street, before raising it up on fifth. His opponent again led on sixth and Lederer made the call. On the river, it was checked to Lederer who made a bet with a rather raggedy board but it was convincing enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Lederer: (X-X) / {3-}{J-}{A-}{Q-} / (X)
Opponent: (X-X) / {6-}{8-}{10-}{9-} / (X)

Lederer moves up to 8,000 chips.

Tags: Howard Lederer

Mueller and Hellmuth Tangle

Stud

Greg "FBT" Mueller completed before Phil Hellmuth put in the raise. Mueller called, and then check-called Hellmuth on fourth, fifth and sixth streets, before both players checked down the river.

Mueller: ({A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}-X) / {K-Spades}{4-Hearts}{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Hellmuth: (X-X-X) / {8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

Following the hand it was only natural that two of the world's best trash talkers got into a bit of verbal warfare that included some of the following quotes:

"Can you beat aces?"
"What did you think I was raising you with?"
"I was going to outplay you..."
"I could represent spades..."
"Buddy...if you think you can outplay me...."

etc. etc.

Tags: Greg MuellerPhil Hellmuth

Bach and Lindgren Gone

We've lost David Bach from the tournament. He recalled to us that despite having a straight-flush wheel draw in Stud-8, his hand bricked out into three pair as Joe Serock made aces full.

Also more recently, Erick Lindgren was eliminated at the hand Tommy Vedes during a hand of Razz.

Tags: David BachErick Lindgren

There's Something In The Air Tonight

As we reported earlier today, there's seems to be a lot of angst in the room today. Before the break there was another altercation, this time between a player and a dealer. We didn't really have a lot of dealers and we didn't know the player involved, but the commotion was enough to stop the room for a moment due to the yelling and the player involved did cop a one-orbit penalty.

Now, following the dinner break, there was another argument, which must be about the fifth one we've spotted today. The two players exchanged words and it got to the point where one stood and removed his jacket to get ready to tango. Thankfully, it settled down and play continued on.

We can only suspect that these random acts of violence are when the table moves around to Razz.