Event #22: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-09-2014 15:19 UTC-7

Aces vs. Kings vs. Ace-King

donpeters

Level 12

Limit Hold'em

Richard Sklar leaned back in his chair to tell our reporter about a hand that just went down on his table. The hand history wasn't overly detailed, but Sklar was able to get most of the key points across. The main thing was that three big hands clashed in a round of limit hold'em.

The three players were Sklar, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, and Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Sklar had ace-king, Grospellier had pocket kings, and Mizrachi held pocket aces. The action was capped preflop, and then there was lots of betting on the flop, turn, and river. Mizrachi's aces held up, and he was able to scoop a large pot and moved up to 122,000 in chips.

"That's how lucky this guy is!" exclaimed Sklar after telling the story of the hand, pointing to Mizrachi with a smile. "That's how lucky he is to get aces in that spot!"

"Yeah, but I wish it was no-limit hold'em!" yelled back Mizrachi.

Sklar was knocked back a little to 78,000, and Grospellier dropped to 38,000. Below are the rest of the counts from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	122,000 23,800	23,800

Jeff Madsen	117,000 -12,200	-12,200

Abe Mosseri	90,000 15,200	15,200

Richard Sklar	78,000 22,800	22,800
Bertrand Grospellier	38,000 -21,800	-21,800

David Singer	27,000 -7,300	-7,300
Tony Hartmann	23,000 3,300	3,300
Bruno Fitoussi	17,000 -16,800	-16,800

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Michael Mizrachi Richard Sklar

Level: 12

Hold'em - Omaha 8 800/1,500 blinds 1,500-3,000 limits
Razz - Stud - Stud 8 300 ante 500 BI 1,500-3,000 limits

06-09-2014 15:05 UTC-7

Ivey Rivers Trips

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11

Limit Hold'em

The completed board read and Randy Ohel and Phil Ivey were in a battle of the blinds. Ohel fired out a bet and Ivey came over the top with a raise. Ohel thought for about 15 seconds before dropping out a call.

Ivey rolled over for trip jacks and Ohel mucked his hand. Ivey picked up the pot and his stack now sits at about 68,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	68,000 15,200	15,200

Randy Ohel	46,000 6,500	6,500

Tags: Phil Ivey Randy Ohel

06-09-2014 15:04 UTC-7

Israelashvili's Bluff Fails

Happy_Freaked

Level 12

Limit Hold'em

On a flop Kevin Iacofano checked, Zimnan Ziyard bet and Roland Israelashvili raised it up. Iacofano folded right away and Ziyard called.

The turn brought the hit and Ziyard lead out, Israelashvili called. On the river the hit and Ziyard check-called a bet again.

"I give up," Israelashvili said as he quickly mucked his cards. Ziyard tabled and he took down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	49,000 -9,700	-9,700
Zimnan Ziyard	43,000 -200	-200

Tags: Kevin Iacofano Zimnan Ziyard

06-09-2014 15:04 UTC-7

Hearts For Song

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11

Limit Hold'em

Nicholas Kost raised from under the gun and found calls from Kevin Song in late position and Ben Yu in the big blind. The flop came down and Yu checked. Kost continued out, Song called, and Yu let his hand go. The turn brought the and Kost fired another bet. This time, however, Song came over the top with a raise. Kost called to see a river.

The river was the and Kost checked. Song fired one last bet and Kost called. Song rolled over for a flush, prompting Kost to muck his hand. Song raked in the pot and now has about 55,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	55,000 5,000	5,000

Nick Kost	43,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Kevin Song

06-09-2014 14:56 UTC-7

Aces Up For Klodnicki

Happy_Freaked

Level 11

Stud 8

Sergey Rybachenko and Chris Klodnicki just played a hand against each other and while the latter won the former also trends up in the chip counts. Rybachenko's off to a good start as he's up about 30,000 since the start despite losing the following hand.

On sixth street Rybachenko check-called a bet and the same thing happened on seventh.

Rybachenko: (X-X) / / (X)
Klodnicki: (X-X) / / (X)

"Aces up," Klodnicki said and his opponent immediately mucked his seven cards.

In order to proof his hand strength Klodnicki did table and he raked in this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Rybachenko	115,000 29,100	29,100
Chris Klodnicki	68,000 37,300	37,300

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Sergey Rybachenko

06-09-2014 14:47 UTC-7

Duhamel Doubles Through Buchman

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11

Stud 8

David "ODB" Baker was the bring in and Jonathan Duhamel completed. Action folded over to Eric Buchman and he made it two bets to go. Phil Hellmuth, with the showing, went into the tank. About 30 seconds passed before Hellmuth picked up his cards and tossed them into the muck. It came back around to the short-stacked Duhamel who three-bet the action. Buchman called.

Duhmael paired his fives on fourth and shot out another bet. Buchman called and Duhmael moved all in for less than another big bet on fifth. Buchman called it, the hands were tabled, and the remaining streets were dealt.

Duhamel: / /
Buchman: / /

Buchman took a quick look at his seventh-street card and then mucked his hand, allowing Duhamel to scoop with pot with his trip fives. The 2010 WSOP Main Event champion is now sitting around 16,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Buchman	21,000 -32,100	-32,100

Jonathan Duhamel	16,000 5,600	5,600

Tags: Eric Buchman Jonathan Duhamel

06-09-2014 14:34 UTC-7

Tryba Hammering Away

Josh_Cahlik

Level 11

Stud

Tryba: /
Roasrio: /
Chiu: /

We picked up with the action to find Chris Tryba complete and earn calls from Shirley Rosario and David Chiu. On fourth street,Tryba fired out a bet and found call a call just from Chiu. On fifth street, Tryba received a queen and had four cards showing to a Broadway straight. He shot out another bet and Chiu thought for a moment before Tryba began with the table talk.

"It's stud-eight!" chimed Tryba with a smile. Chiu did not crack a smile, however, as he opted to fold his hand and Tryba was pushed the pot.

Tryba is now sitting on about 53,000 while Chiu has dropped to 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Tryba	53,000 53,000	53,000

David Chiu	45,000 -7,700	-7,700

Tags: Chris Tryba David Chiu Shirley Rosario

06-09-2014 14:32 UTC-7

Baker Gets Hellmuth Going

Happy_Freaked

Level 11

Stud

David "ODB" Baker completed on third street and Phil Hellmuth put in a raise after which Baker made the call. On fourth street Baker called a bet from Hellmuth and the same thing repeated itself on fifth. Sixth street turned the tables and Baker checked to Hellmuth who bet again. Baker called and checked on seventh street.

Without looking at his seventh card Hellmuth bet and Baker quickly responded with a check-raise. Now Hellmuth grabbed his final card and peeked at it before putting in the call.

Hellmuth: (X-X) / / (X)
Baker: (X-X) / / (X)

"Straight to the eight," Baker said as he turned over .

Hellmuth mucked his cards and Baker said, "There's nothing I can do about that one, Phil."

"Nice hand buddy," Hellmuth responded sounding like he always does after losing a pot.

"What I could've done was fill up," Hellmuth then added, as most of the players started laughing.

Hellmuth lost a little at the start of today but he's still sitting on a good stack. Meanwhile Baker's started an upwards trend he very much needed after starting the day with very little chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	90,000 -10,900	-10,900

David "ODB" Baker	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker Phil Hellmuth

06-09-2014 14:18 UTC-7

Wattel Misses His Draw

Happy_Freaked

Level 11

Razz

Mike Wattel completed on third street and Huck Seed, on his immediate left, made the call. On fourth street Wattel bet and Seed called.

"You like your hand, huh?" Seed said with a smile to his opponent right before both their hands paired on the next street.

On fifth Seed check-called a bet before leading himself on sixth. Wattel looked back down at his cards and called. Seed checked on seventh and Wattel scrambled his cards together as he had missed his draw.

Wattel: (X-X) / / (X)
Seed: (X-X) / / (X)