2010 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$611,666
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,265,400
Entries
241
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Break It Up

The players are now taking their last twenty-minute break of the day. When they return we'll be playing another two levels before we wrap it up.

Marco Drives Violette Crazy

Razz

Cyndy Violette: (X-X) / {2-}{6-}{j-}{k-} / (X)
Marco Johnson: (X-X) / {2-}{k-}{3-}{j-} / (X)

Violette completed, then called a raise by Johnson. She bet out on fourth, and Marco called. When Violette bet fifth, Johnson stuck in a raise, and she called. Johnson led sixth with a bet, and Violette called for a battle of the draws. Both players paired on the river. Violette turned over {a-}{3-}{3-} for a jack-six-three low. Johnson held {a-}{5-}{5-} and just pipped her with a jack-five-three. The pot boosted Marco to 420,00 and the chip lead. Violette fell to 150,000.

Tags: Cyndy VioletteMarco Johnson

Bleznick Busts

Stud-8

Well, we spoke too soon about the comeback of Jared Bleznick, as he recently met his demise in 33rd place.

Bleznick was all in on sixth street in a three-way stud-8 hand but mucked when he couldn't get past the hands of Michael Chow and Nick Schulman. The players are now re-balancing for the final four tables of play. One more table break and we'll be in the money.

Tags: Jared BleznickMichael Chow

Chip Count Update

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
395,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Brian Townsend us
Brian Townsend
394,000
-13,000
-13,000
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
318,000
231,000
231,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Brandon Adams us
Brandon Adams
305,000
50,000
50,000
John Racener us
John Racener
252,000
-23,000
-23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
250,000
107,000
107,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
220,000
-77,000
-77,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
210,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
197,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Robert Mizrachi us
Robert Mizrachi
197,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Ray Dehkharghani us
Ray Dehkharghani
175,000
-50,000
-50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
175,000
125,000
125,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
170,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
163,000
-57,000
-57,000
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
160,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Pawel Andrzejewski us
Pawel Andrzejewski
130,000
-16,000
-16,000
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
120,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
120,000
-23,000
-23,000
Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
105,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Benjamin Lin
Benjamin Lin
72,000
-75,000
-75,000
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
35,000
-40,000
-40,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
Busted
Toto Leonidas us
Toto Leonidas
Busted

Chainsaw Chipping Up

Hold'em

Richard Ashby raised under the gun, Allen Kessler flatted, and the small blind joined them. The flop fell {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, and after the small blind checked, Ashby bet. Kessler raised, the small blind folded, and Ashby called. He went back to betting on the {2-Diamonds} turn, and Kessler just called this time. After the {9-Hearts} on the river, Ashby checked.

When Kessler bet, Ashby knew he was in trouble. "Do you have queens or aces?" Ashby decided he was willing to pay the bet to see Chainsaw's cards. Kessler showed {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} for top set as Ashby predicted. Somehow Kessler's loose preflop call had been rewarded with a suckout against Ashby's {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}. You just can't beat Kessler this summer now that he's opened up his game.

With this hand, Kessler moved up to 410k and took over the chip lead. Ashby dropped down to 250k.

Tags: Allen KesslerRichard Ashby

Blazin' Bleznick

Stud

A few minutes ago we reported that Jared Bleznick was down to his last 2,500 chips. Well, in a possible rags to riches story, he's been able to double and triple up on multiple occasions to get himself back into contention.

In the most recent hand he was all in on third street in stud against Carlos Mortensen and Nick Schulman.

Schulman continued to bet into the side pot on fourth and fifth to force a fold from Mortensen.

Bleznick: ({10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}) / {4-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} / ({K-Diamonds})
Schulman: ({A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}) / {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Spades} / ({K-Hearts})
Mortensen: (X-X) / {2-Clubs}{J-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

Bleznick made tens and fours and they held as Schulman couldn't squeeze another pair on the river.

Incredibly Bleznick is now up to 75,000 chips.

Tags: Jared BleznickNick Schulman

Mig.com Crashes

Omaha-8

We arrived to find James Mackey and Brandon Adams heads up on a {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop. Adams bet, and Mackey raised all in. Adams looked him up. Neither player had a very impressive hand at showdown. It was Adams' {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{2-Spades} against Mackey's {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Spades}. The {10-Clubs} ended the possibility of a low, and the {9-Diamonds} on the turn missed both. That meant that Adam's pair of deuces was good enough for him to scoop the pot and send Mackey packing. With Mackey's stack added to his own, Adams is moving back in the right direction. He's got 255k at the moment.

Tags: James MackeyBrandon Adams

Welcome To Check-Raise City

Hold'em

On a flop of {K-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} Matt Glantz check-raised the bet from Abe Mosseri, before leading out with a bet on the {Q-Hearts} turn. Mosseri responded with a raise of his own with Glantz calling.

The river produced the {5-Diamonds} and Glantz checked. Mosseri bet and again Glantz put in the check-raise. Mosseri made the call but mucked his cards in disgust when Glantz revealed {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the flush.

Glantz is at 220,000 with Mosseri slipping to 180,000.

Tags: Matt GlantzAbe Mosseri

OMGClayAiken Voted Out

Stud

Phil Galfond: (X-X) / {4-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs} / (X)
Roman Yitzhaki: (X-X) / {q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Spades} / (X)

Phil Galfond was all in for less than a full bet on fourth street, but his {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} only turned into a pair of sevens with the {7-Spades} on seventh. Roman Yitzhaki's {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts} was ahead from the start and made two pair on fifth. That was good enough eliminate Galfond and move Yitzhaki up to 145k.

Tags: Phil GalfondRoman Yitzhaki

Bleznick On Life Support

Razz

Jared Bleznick is now on life support after being forced to fold on the river in a hand against Nick Schulman. With plenty already invested, Bleznick had only 2,500 behind on the river as Schulman bet into him, but Bleznick must've caught pretty bad as he decided to fold and live to fight another day.

Schulman: (X-X) / {2-}{7-}{3-}{8-} / (X)
Bleznick: (X-X) / {A-}{7-}{A-}{Q-} / (X)

Schulman is now up to nearly 300,000 and looking strong, while Bleznick will need to find something special to recover from here.

Tags: Jared BleznickNick Schulman