Event #22: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-08-2014 19:18 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Koral	64,000 13,000	13,000

Owais Ahmed	58,000 2,000	2,000

Mike Sexton	46,000 16,000	16,000

Gary Benson	44,000 -5,900	-5,900

Alex Kuzmin	37,000 -2,000	-2,000
Cory Zeidman	32,000 4,000	4,000

Chris Tryba	32,000 2,000	2,000

Bertrand Grospellier	31,000

Scott Clements	22,000 -11,000	-11,000

Ali Eslami	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Ken Song	14,000 -16,000	-16,000
Josh Arieh	11,000 -10,000	-10,000

Omaha 8
Daniel Idema is down to very little chips after he just lost a pot to Maria Ho. Ho and Idema are sitting side by side and the action started with a raise from the latter. Ho called and all other players folded.

The flop brought out and Idema check-raised, Ho called. On the turn the hit and Idema lead out, Ho called. The river completed the board with the and this time Idema check-folded to Ho's bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Daniel Idema	8,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Daniel Idema Maria Ho

06-08-2014 19:25 UTC-7

"Forza Max!"

[user101598]

Level 2

Stud

Max Pescatori: / /
Mike Gorodinsky: / /

Pescatori fired out a bet of fifth street, Gorodinsky called, and the American made a pair of kings on sixth street. His Italian opponent was showing four diamonds, however, so he opted to simply check-call a bet.

Both players checked on seventh, and Gorodinsky flashed the . Pescatori revealed for aces up, and dragged the pot.

"Forza Max!" an Italian-speaking man shouted from the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Pescatori	31,000 -1,300	-1,300

Mike Gorodinsky	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Max Pescatori Mike Gorodinsky

06-08-2014 19:43 UTC-7

Full House for Chen

[user101598]

Level 2

Stud 8

Brian Townsend: / /
Fabrice Soulier: / /
David "ODB" Baker: / — fold
Bill Chen: / /

Chen brought it in, Townsend completed, and Souiler, Baker, and Chen called. The action checked to Townsend on fourth street, he bet, and both Soulier and Chen called.

Townsend slowed down, checking on fifth street. Soulier bet, and both of his opponents called. Chen made a pair of eights on sixth street, checked, and Townsend, who made a pair of sixes, bet. Both players called again.

Chen opted to lead out on the river, Townsend called, and Soulier flashed before folding. Chen announced he had a full house, showing , and Townsend mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Townsend	35,000 -8,000	-8,000
Bill Chen	33,000 8,000	8,000

Fabrice Soulier	28,000 -4,000	-4,000

David "ODB" Baker	27,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Bill Chen Brian Townsend David "ODB" Baker Fabrice Soulier

06-08-2014 19:50 UTC-7

More Greats Join The Party

Happy_Freaked

Level 2

As if the tournament needed any more champions we've just spotted newly seated Dan Shak, Vanessa Selbst, Dan Kelly and Paul Volpe.

Volpe won his first bracelet in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Single Draw event just a few days ago, and followed that one up with a cash in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em six handed and a last night he finished 13th in the $10,000 Razz Championship for $21,371. Volpe's on quite a streak and a real contender for this year's Player of the Year if he makes another big run in this tournament.

Selbst won the first open event of the series, the $25,000 Mixed Max, for $871,148 and she will be chasing after her fourth bracelet the rest of the summer.

Dan Kelly's biggest live tournament success dates back to 2010 when he won the biggest six-handed tournament in World Series of Poker history for $1.3 million after beating Shawn Buchanan heads up.

The only player from this list of four that has not won a bracelet, Shak, has a runner-up finish in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, but that's not nearly his best tournament result. Shak won the 2010 Aussie Million $100,000 Challenge and made the final table in many other events to put his total earnings just shy of $7 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	30,000

Dan Kelly	30,000
Dan Shak	30,000
Vanessa Selbst	30,000

Tags: Dan Kelly Paul Volpe Vanessa Selbst Dan Shak

06-08-2014 19:58 UTC-7

Counts

[user101598]

Level 2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Sexton	54,000 8,000	8,000

Eric Buchman	52,000 11,000	11,000

Matthew Ashton	47,000 17,000	17,000

Konstantin Puchkov	41,000 9,000	9,000

Mike Gorodinsky	40,000 12,000	12,000

Justin Bonomo	34,500

Zimnan Ziyard	34,000 4,000	4,000
Rep Porter	33,000 3,000	3,000

Gary Benson	33,000 -11,000	-11,000

Chris Tryba	32,000

John Cernuto	29,000 -1,000	-1,000

Ralph Perry	29,000 -1,000	-1,000

Steve Billirakis	27,000

Max Pescatori	27,000 -4,000	-4,000

Scott Clements	27,000 5,000	5,000

Jeff Madsen	26,000 -4,000	-4,000

Bertrand Grospellier	25,000 -6,000	-6,000

Jeremy Ausmus	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tony Cousineau	18,500 -11,500	-11,500
Jared Jaffe	17,000 -13,000	-13,000
Jesse Martin	12,000 -18,000	-18,000

Kevin Song	9,500 -20,500	-20,500

Robert Mizrachi	9,000

06-08-2014 20:05 UTC-7

Chidwick Crippled By Obst

Happy_Freaked

Level 2

Limit Hold'em

Stephen Chidwick just raised and James Obst made the call from the small blind, after which the two went heads up to the flop.

The flop brought out and Obst check-raised, Chidwick called. On the turn the hit and Obst bet again, Chidwick called.

On the river the hit and Obst swiftly threw another 1,000 chips into the pot. Chidwick made the call and mucked quickly when his Australian opponent tabled for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	55,000 15,000	15,000

Stephen Chidwick	1,500 -20,500	-20,500

Tags: Stephen Chidwick James Obst

06-08-2014 20:18 UTC-7

Counts

[user101598]

Level 2

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	60,000 30,000	30,000

Jennifer Harman	53,000

Andrey Zaichenko	52,000 36,000	36,000

Ivan Soshnikov	45,000
Larry Wright	36,000 9,000	9,000

Don Nguyen	31,000 1,000	1,000
Scott Bohlman	29,000

Anthony Zinno	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Pat Pezzin	19,000
Eli Elezra	4,000 -24,000	-24,000

Stephen Chidwick	Busted

06-08-2014 20:19 UTC-7

Break

[user101598]

Level 2

The players are now on a 15-minute break.

06-08-2014 20:21 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts at the Break

Happy_Freaked

Level 2

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Iacofano	57,000 27,000	27,000
David Benyamine	56,100 20,100	20,100

Zimnan Ziyard	53,000 19,000	19,000
Jan Suchanek	51,000
Eric Rodawig	50,000 -10,000	-10,000

Matthew Ashton	47,000

Alexander Dovzhenko	46,500 16,500	16,500
Eric Buchman	44,500 -7,500	-7,500

Rep Porter	40,000 7,000	7,000

Justin Bonomo	36,000 1,500	1,500

Ralph Perry	36,000 7,000	7,000

Tommy Hang	35,000
Andrew Rennhack	30,000 1,000	1,000

Tony Cousineau	28,000 9,500	9,500
Mike Gorodinsky	25,000 -15,000	-15,000

Steve Billirakis	25,000 -2,000	-2,000

John Cernuto	23,500 -5,500	-5,500

Max Pescatori	23,100 100	100

Konstantin Puchkov	23,000 -18,000	-18,000

Jared Jaffee	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Jeremy Ausmus	20,000

Jeff Madsen	16,600 -9,400	-9,400

Layne Flack	16,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jesse Martin	13,500 1,500	1,500

Robert Mizrachi	9,700 700	700