Event 39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-24-2007 12:13 UTC-7

Shuffle Up and Deal?

[user38420]

Chip Reese is making the announcement, and now the cards are in the air.

06-24-2007 12:11 UTC-7

Here are a few of the players seated together:

Table 1: Josh Arieh, Annie Duke, Steve Zolotow and Minh Ly
Table 2: Michael Mizrachi and David Oppenheim
Table 3: Jerrod Ankenman, Maureen Feduniak, Erik Seidel and Mark Vos
Table 4: Bill Chen, Ted Forrest, Mark Gregorich and Max Pescatori
Table 5: Nick Frangos, Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu and Marco Traniello
Table 6: Darrell Dicken, Chau Giang, Thor Hansen and Mike Matusow
Table 7: Justin Bonomo, Doyle Brunson and Todd Brunson
Table 8: Allen Cunningham, Barry Greenstein, Hasan Habib and Jani Sointula

More to come, we are about to begin.

06-24-2007 12:09 UTC-7

Some Names/Tables

[user14554]

We don't have a list of all the players yet, but here are some table assignments as we've been told:

Table 19: Andy Black, Chad Brown, Eli Elezra, Tuan Le

Table 20: Andy Bloch, Noah Jefferson, Robert Williamson III

Table 13: David Benyamine, John Hennigan, Gabe Kaplan

Table 14: Patrik Antonius, Ted Lawson, Rafael 'Ralph' Perry, Tom Weideman

Table 15: Gus Hansen, Greg Mascio

Table 16: Phil Ivey, Kirk Morrison, Mike Sexton, Dewey Tomko, David Singer

Table 17: James Bechtel, Brandon Adams, Howard Lederer, Chip Reese

06-24-2007 11:59 UTC-7

Taking a Cue From the Poker Brat?

[user22113]

With just under two minutes to go until the start of today's $50K H.O.R.S.E. event, there are still far more seats empty than full. We can only assume that with 100K in chips and the slow structure of this event, many players have opted for a fashionably late arrival a la Phil Hellmuth.

06-24-2007 11:51 UTC-7

"These Players Paid $50,000..."

[user14554]

"This chair wobbles. These players did not pay $50,000 for a chair that wobbles," bellows the floor. The dealers hear an additional lecture, "There are no mistakes out there today!" Dinner menus have been set out for each player to pre-order dinner. This looks more like a choreographed wedding reception than a poker tournament.

06-24-2007 10:30 UTC-7

90 Minutes 'Til Post Time

[user38420]

The gates will open at noon and the H.O.R.S.E. event will be off and running. We are 90 minutes from cards being in the air and there are close to 100 players that have ponied up the $50,000 entry fee. This will be a race to the finish and we will bring all the action to you.

06-24-2007 07:42 UTC-7

What Many Pros Consider the 'Superbowl' Starts Today

[user628]

This is the event that many of the top pros in the world have been waiting for - the $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. event. Last year 143 players entered the event, which lasted three very long days. This year, the event is expanded to 5 days, which should make for some more fresh faces at the end. Of the players expected to enter, even the most casual poker fan should recognize most of the names. We have been looking forward to this event since the WSOP kicked off.

Can Chip Reese defend his title? How many prop bets are being made on this event? All those questions and more will be answered, starting at Noon Las Vegas time.