2017 World Series of Poker

Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Matthew Schreiber
Winning Hand
478k262
Prize
$256,226
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,077,300
Entries
399
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Break Time

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day and will return to finish off the night shortly.

Koral Running "Hottest He's Ever Ran," Busts West

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stud

Tom Koral ({j-Diamonds}) and Tom West ({q-Spades}) got a series of bets in on the first round, and Koral caught a {7-Diamonds} and check-raised. West called and then both checked fifth.

Koral: {x-}{x-}/{j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}
West: {x-}{x-}/{q-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

West bet sixth and then checked seventh. Koral bet, and West called. Koral showed {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flush, leaving West with a mere 23,000.

Right after that, West got his remaining chips in with {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} against Koral's {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}/{7-Clubs}. The rolled up jacks were a monster favorite, but Koral tried looking on the bright side.

"I guess I need to make a straight."

He ran out {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} to do just that, busting West when "SBRounder" did not improve.

Koral admitted he is running the best he's ever ran in a WSOP limit tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Koral
638,000
133,000
133,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Tom West
Busted

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Marcus Mizzi Doubles; Scotty Nguyen Bust

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Hold'em

Yong Wang opened from the button. In the next seat over, Marcus Mizzi raised. Alex Livingston raised from the big blind. Wang folded, but Mizzi called all in for the rest of his stack.

Mizzi was holding {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and was well ahead of Livingston's {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. The board rolled out clean for Mizzi, never offering a hint of a sweat, and that was good for him to double through.

Meanwhile, on an adjacent table, Scotty Nguyen busted to Ryan Himes in a hand of Razz.

Player Chips Progress
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Alex Livingston
240,000
57,500
57,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Marcus Mizzi
70,000
-54,000
-54,000
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Scotty Nguyen
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Scotty NguyenRyan HimesAlex LivingstonMarcus Mizzi

Hammerin' Hanks

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Matthew "Hanks" Honig bet into two opponent with {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and got raised by Ryan Hughes and his {k-Spades}{7-Clubs}. A third player ducked out of the way, and Honig called. Both checked fifth even though Honig caught good, and Honig took the lead again betting sixth and seventh.

Honig {3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}/{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Hughes: {x-}{x-}/{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

Honig's straight and six-low were good for a scoop.

Player Chips Progress
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Hanks Honig
355,000
168,500
168,500
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Ryan Hughes
265,000
-105,000
-105,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Matthew HonigRyan Hughes

Deeb Gets a Bluff Through

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Stud Hi-Lo

Deeb: {x-}{x-} / {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} / {x-}
Groth: {x-}{x-} / {7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds} / {x-}

Shaun Deeb completed and he was called by Tyler Groth. Deeb bet on fourth and Groth called.

Groth picked up the betting lead on fifth and he check-called two bets from Deeb. On seventh, Groth checked again. Deeb bet. Groth thought about it for about a minute, then folded.

"Nice fold kid," Deeb said. "You play really good." Then Deeb turned up {6-}{5-}{5-} which was good for a low, but Groth had his high beat with his up cards.

"Maybe you should stick to Omaha," Deeb continued.

The two then got into a bit of a heated verbal tussle over something that was said yesterday. Groth seemed to think he was just joking, but Deeb had taken offense to it.

"You said you wanted to play me heads up," Deeb said.

"You said you wouldn't," Groth shot back.

"Play me a little bigger and maybe we will," Deeb said. "Who are you online?"

Deeb then offered some guesses about Groth's handle, to which Groth just shook his head.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
190,000
63,000
63,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Tyler Groth
143,000
-22,000
-22,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Deeb Doubles Through Zewin

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Shaun Deeb bet fifth and sixth against Don Zewin, leaving himself just 500 behind. There wasn't much in the middle, so it's likely the pot was heads up early on in the hand.

Deeb: {x-}{x-}/{k-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Zewin: {x-}{x-}/{8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Deeb put in his last 500 prior to receiving seventh, and Zewin called, saying he had made two pair. Deeb showed {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} for aces up, and Zewin mucked {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
127,000
-108,000
-108,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Don Zewin
110,000
-145,000
-145,000

Tags: Shaun DeebDon Zewin

Tom Koral Makes a Wheel on Arieh

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Razz

Koral: {x-}{x-} / {3-}{5-}{J-}{2-} / {x-}
Arieh: {x-}{x-} / {3-}{4-}{9-}{7-} / {x-}
Hui: {x-}{x-} / {5-}{6-} — Folded

Josh Arieh completed. Tom Koral raised. Phillip Hui called, as did Arieh. On fourth Arieh bet. Koral raised. Hui folded but Arieh called.

Arieh bet again on fifth and Koral called. On sixth Arieh checked. Koral bet and Arieh called. Koral bet again on seventh and Arieh called.

"Wheel," Koral said. He showed {A-}{4-}{6-} and Arieh mucked.

On the very next hand, Arieh got it all in on third street and he was called by Matthew Davidow. Davidow finished the hand by making a sixty-four low and that would remove Arieh from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Tom Koral
345,000
145,000
145,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Matthew Davidow
270,000
155,000
155,000
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Josh Arieh
Busted
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

Cantu Doubles Through Cernuto; Thiem Busts

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu

Stud

Brandon Cantu bet with an ace on board into two opponents, one of whom folded on fifth. "Miami" John Cernuto put Cantu all in for his last 3,500 and the two ran it:

Cantu: {a-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Cernuto: {9-Spades}{3-Spades}/{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

It was a pair and a flush draw versus aces. Cernuto improved to two pair on the {4-Clubs}, and Cantu drew a {q-Hearts}. Cernuto's river was a {6-Clubs}, no help.

"Any pair, you win," Cernuto said.

Cantu peeled his card, with someone saying he needed a no-spotter.

"Three-spotter," he said. "Hearts."

It would have to be the eight of hearts...and it was.

At another table, Thao "Scratch" Thiem went bust.

Player Chips Progress
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Brandon Cantu
90,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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John Cernuto
68,000
47,000
47,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Thao Thiem
Busted

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Ryan Hughes Bust Jesse Simonelli, Puts Cantu on the Short Stack

Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Brandon Cantu
Brandon Cantu

Stud

Cantu: {x-}{x-} / {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} / {x-}
Simonelli: {x-}{x-} / {Q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} / {x-}
Hughes: {x-}{x-} / {4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds} / {x-}

We caught up to the action on fifth street with Jesse Simonelli already all in. Brandon Cantu had the betting lead and he bet, Ryan Hughes called. On sixth street both Cantu and Hughes checked it.

When seventh street came, Cantu checked. Hughes bet and Cantu hunched over the table. He sweated his cards three or four times.

"How do I miss that," he said to himself. Eventually he decided to fold. Hughes turned up {Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for a straight. Simonelli could only produce {Q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} for two pair and that would seal his elimination from the tournament.

"Stay out of my pots Ryan!" Cantu said to Hughes, joking after the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Hughes
370,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Brandon Cantu
20,000
-190,000
-190,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jesse Simonelli
Busted

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