Event 39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-28-2007 22:09 UTC-8

Hand #175 - Freddy Deeb

Hand #175 - (Hold'em) Bruno Fitoussi has the button in seat 3, and everyone folds to Deeb, giving him a walk in the big blind.

06-28-2007 22:10 UTC-8

Hand #176 - (Hold'em) John Hanson has the button in seat 4, Deeb raises from the small blind to 300,000, and Fitoussi calls from the big blind. Deeb bets 150,000 in the dark before the flop comes {A-Diamonds}

. Fitoussi folds, and Freddy Deeb takes the pot.

06-28-2007 22:11 UTC-8

Hand #177 - Bruno Fitoussi

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Hand #177 - (Hold'em) Freddy Deeb has the button in seat 5, and Fitoussi raises from the small blind to 300,000, winning the blinds.

06-28-2007 22:12 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 9,225,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 3,930,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 1,645,000

06-28-2007 22:14 UTC-8

Hand #178 - Bruno Fitoussi

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Hand #178 - (Hold'em) Bruno Fitoussi has the button in seat 3, he raises to 300,000, and Hanson calls from the small blind. The flop comes {10-Hearts}

, Hanson checks, Fitoussi bets 150,000, and Hanson calls. The turn card is the {2-Hearts}

, Hanson checks, Fitoussi bets 300,000, and Hanson folds. Bruno Fitoussi takes the pot.

06-28-2007 22:16 UTC-8

Hand #179 - Bruno Fitoussi

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Hand #179 - (Hold'em) John Hanson has the button in seat 4, he raises to 300,000, and Fitoussi calls from the big blind. The flop comes {7-Hearts}

, Fitoussi checks, Hanson bets 150,000, Fitoussi bets 300,000, and Hanson thinks for a bit before he folds. Bruno Fitoussi takes the pot.

06-28-2007 22:19 UTC-8

Hand #180 - John Hanson

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Hand #180 - (Hold'em) Freddy Deeb has the button in seat 5, Fitoussi raises from the small blind to 300,000, and Hanson calls from the big blind. The flop comes {K-Hearts}

, Fitoussi bets 150,000, Hanson raises to 300,000, and Fitoussi folds, showing 4-4. John Hanson takes the pot.

06-28-2007 22:19 UTC-8

Chip Counts

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Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 10,205,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 2,880,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 1,715,000

06-28-2007 22:20 UTC-8

Hand #181 - Freddy Deeb

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Hand #181 - (Hold'em) Bruno Fitoussi has the button in seat 3, and everyone folds to Deeb, giving him a walk in the big blind.

06-28-2007 22:21 UTC-8

Last 10 Hands: #171-180

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Here's a rundown of who won the last ten hands:

Hold'em
Hand #171 - John Hanson
Hand #172 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #173 - John Hanson
Hand #174 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #175 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #176 - Freddy Deeb
Hand #177 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #178 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #179 - Bruno Fitoussi
Hand #180 - John Hanson

Instead of backing down, both of the short stacks attacked Bruno Fitoussi's big stack. Deeb and Hanson won four out of the first six hands as they slowly chipped away at Fitoussi's lead. Hanson even doubled up. They were still way behind but if anything, they slowed down his march towards first place. By Hand #176, they cut Fitoussi's stack down to 9.2M.

Fitoussi ran off three straight before Hanson won a small pot on Hand #180.