2013 World Series of Poker

Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$318,955
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,226,700
Entries
261
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Kassela Chops to Stay Alive

Level 6

Stud Hi-Lo

Catching the action on fourth street we found Frank Kassela all in for his last 1,150 against Gus Hansen and an unknown opponent. Hansen would bet fifth and sixth before check-folding seventh.

Kassela: {X-}{X-} / {7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{2-Clubs} / {X-}
Hansen: {X-}{X-} / {5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{A-Spades} / {X-}
Opponent: {X-}{X-} / {4-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} / {X-}

Following a fold from Hansen, Kassela tabled his {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} / {2-Hearts} for the low while his opponent claimed the high with his {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
3,700
-11,300
-11,300
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Frank KasselaGus Hansen

Level: 6

Hold'em - Omaha 8 200/400 blinds 400-800 limits
Razz - Stud - Stud 8 100 ante 100 BI 400-800 limits

Current Counts

Level 5
Player Chips Progress
David Williams us
David Williams
39,000
14,000
14,000
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
33,000
14,500
14,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
30,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
27,500
-50
-50
Sam Grizzle us
Sam Grizzle
20,000
1,500
1,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
19,500
2,500
2,500
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
18,500
9,000
9,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy ru
Viatcheslav Ortynskiy
18,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
17,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
17,000
5,500
5,500
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
16,000
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Abe Mosseri us
Abe Mosseri
15,475
-525
-525
WSOP 2X Winner
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
14,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
14,400
-600
-600
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
14,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
14,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
13,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 4X Winner
David Chiu us
David Chiu
13,500
-800
-800
WSOP 5X Winner
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
11,000
-8,000
-8,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
9,000
-9,000
-9,000
John Racener us
John Racener
7,700
-11,800
-11,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
6,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
5,375
-11,925
-11,925
Eric Crain us
Eric Crain
3,700
-3,800
-3,800
Roland Israelashivili us
Roland Israelashivili
3,500
-10,000
-10,000

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Prizepool Announced

Level 5

The Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. has seen 261 players form a $1,226,700 prizepool with the top 32 players guaranteed a $8,525 payout with the final table payouts as follows.

PlacePrize
1st$318,955
2nd$197,228
3rd$129,600
4th$94,664
5th$70,093
6th$52,613
7th$40,039
8th$30,876

Various Chip Counts

Level 5
Player Chips Progress
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
32,000
17,000
17,000
Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin
29,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
20,200
5,200
5,200
Nikolai Yakovenko ru
Nikolai Yakovenko
18,000
3,000
3,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
18,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
16,000
1,000
1,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
15,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
13,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
12,500
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Noori us
Mike Noori
11,500
8,325
8,325
George Danzer de
George Danzer
3,000
-12,000
-12,000
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Pateychuk Down & Mercier Crippled

Level 5

Razz

Andrey Pateychuk: {x-}{x-} / {9-}{7-}{j-}{j-} / {x-}
Jason Mercier: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{9-}{6-}{8-} / {x-}
Opponent: {2-}{2-} / {5-}{7-}{8-}{8-} / {a-}

We caught the action on seventh street with Andrey Pateychuk already all in and Jason Mercier facing a bet from another player. Eventually Mercier made the call only to see that his opponent had made an eight-seven low by hitting an ace on seventh. Mercier mucked his hand, dropping to just 1,525 in the process, and Pateychuk did the same before exiting the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
1,525
-11,325
-11,325
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
Busted

Tags: Andrey PateychukJason Mercier

The Last of the Registrants

Level 5

As always, we've had some players come in just before the close of registration, and what a lot they are. Check it out:

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
15,000
15,000
15,000
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Alexander Kostritsyn ru
Alexander Kostritsyn
15,000
15,000
15,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
15,000
-500
-500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 3X Winner
John D'Agostino us
John D'Agostino
15,000
15,000
15,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
15,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5
Player Chips Progress
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
44,500
20,000
20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
26,000
6,300
6,300
WSOP 3X Winner
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
22,000
7,500
7,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
20,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Mori Eskandani us
Mori Eskandani
19,000
3,700
3,700
Poker Hall of Famer
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
19,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
18,000
-500
-500
WSOP 4X Winner
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
17,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
16,000
Ed Brogdon
Ed Brogdon
16,000
6,400
6,400
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
14,000
-1,500
-1,500
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
14,000
-1,200
-1,200
WSOP 2X Winner
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
13,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Katja Thater de
Katja Thater
13,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
12,000
-2,500
-2,500
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
11,000
-2,500
-2,500
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
11,000
-4,100
-4,100
WSOP 4X Winner
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
8,000
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
6,000
-11,100
-11,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
6,000
2,500
2,500
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
3,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
2,500
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Updated Chip Counts

Level 5
Player Chips Progress
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
34,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
32,000
11,000
11,000
Sergey Rybachenko ru
Sergey Rybachenko
31,000
-11,000
-11,000
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
28,500
10,500
10,500
Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
28,000
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
28,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Steve Sung us
Steve Sung
27,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Monnette us
John Monnette
21,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
21,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
21,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
18,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Frankie O'Dell us
Frankie O'Dell
18,000
3,800
3,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Bob Lauria
Bob Lauria
16,000
4,375
4,375
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
13,000
-1,000
-1,000
David Levi us
David Levi
10,000
-5,000
-5,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
8,000
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
8,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
2,500
-19,500
-19,500

Level: 5

Hold'em - Omaha 8 200/400 blinds 400-800 limits
Razz - Stud - Stud 8 100 ante 100 BI 400-800 limits