David Charchian opened under the gun, and the button raised all in for 7,700. Action folded back around to Charchia, who made the call. Charchian had his opponent covered going to the showdown.
Button: 
David Charchian: 
Board: 
The on the turn put Charchian ahead, and his pair of tens held through the river, sealing the elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 |
A player opened to 2,000 from middle position and Allen Pock called from the small blind. The flop came 
and Pock check-called a bet of 3,000.
The 
fell on the turn and Pock checked it over to his opponent who bet 7,500. Pock placed a stack of grey 5,000 chips in the middle forcing his opponent to make a decision for his last 14,500. He called.
Allen Pock: 
Opponent: 
The meaningless river was dealt and Pock now sits with over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
222,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
PokerNews is in town to live report both the Main Event and High Roller here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino, but those are just two of the gold ring events that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #4: $400 HORSE, 93 runners created a $30,690 prize pool that was paid out to the top 14 players. Among those to cash but fall short of making the final table was Kevin Aguirre (10th - $685), Scotter Clark (11th - $685), Daryl Nickerson (12th - $685), Javid Javani (13th - $640), and Harry Danielyan (14th - $640).
In the end, it was 42-year-old Adam Kipnis, a local mixed-game player, beating defending champ Alan Myerson in heads-up play to win the title for $9,185 and his first gold ring.
“Not at first because Alan is a very tough player,” Kipnis said when asked if he felt confident against Myerson. “I’ve played with him many times and I know how hard he can be at the table. We kept on battling back and forth and it was pretty much a stalemate throughout most of it.”
He continued: “I play all the mixed event, but H.O.R.S.E. is definitely my favorite. It’s the one I’ve always done well at. I like having change ups in games that I play and being able to take advantage of the fact that I’m pretty good at all of them across the board.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Kipnis | Northridge, California | $9,185 |
| 2 | Alan Myerson | Sherman Oaks, California | $5,680 |
| 3 | Omar Mehmood | Foster City, California | $3,790 |
| 4 | Denis Bilodeau | Orange, California | $2,625 |
| 5 | Rikk Sungwoo | Cerritos, California | $1,890 |
| 6 | Timothy Pong | Granada Hills, California | $1,415 |
| 7 | Hermilo Vargas | Bell Gardens, California | $1,105 |
| 8 | Chris Grigorian | Panorama City, California | $900 |
A middle position player opened to 3,000, and Aaron Messmer three-bet to 12,200.
Action folded back around to the original raiser, who folded, citing a lack of fold equity. Messmer, who had just over 28,000 left behind at the time of the three-bet, moved up to 47,000 in the aftermath.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 |
A player in the cutoff raised to 2,500. Michael Bateman called on the button and the big blind came along as well. The flop came 
and the preflop aggressor put out a continuation bet of 3,200. Bateman called and the big blind folded.
Both players checked the 
turn card and Bateman fired out a bet of 5,000 on the 
river. Bateman tabled 
and collected the pot after his opponent called.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Aaron Messmer opened to 2,500 from middle position, and the big blind called.
The big blind check-called a 3,500 bet from Messmer on the 
flop. The big blind checked again on the 
turn, Messmer bet 9,000, and the big blind folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
With more than 25,000 already in the pot and the flop showing 
, an early position player checked, and Nick Shklonik checked back from the hijack.
The early position player checked again on the river, Shklonik bet 15,000, and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 |
With around 12,000 in the middle, and the board showing 
, Tyler Cormney bet 8,500, and Peter Chu called in the cutoff.
Cormney checked the river, and Chu bet 22,500. Cormney tanked for a bit, then called, but saw the bad news when Chu tabled 
, good for a set of threes.
Both players it north of the 100k mark in the aftermath, with Cormney among the tournament chip leaders in spite of the loss.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
162,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
108,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
The action folded to Bruce Kramer on the button and he raised to 4,500. The small blind folded and Matthew Salsberg moved all in for 24,000 from the big blind. Kramer took a moment before tossing in a chip to call.
Matthew Salsberg:
Bruce Kramer:
Salsberg was in the lead but the 
flop left him with just three outs. He picked up an additional four outs when the 
fell on the turn. But the river was a brick and Salsberg was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
Busted | |
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