Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-27-2008 02:44 UTC-7

When You're Beat, You're Beat

[user37786]

Stud-8:

With his stack grown short, Allen Kessler found himself in a three-way pot with Isabelle Mercier and Rafi Amit. Mercier was showing {3-Diamonds}

; Amit was showing {3-Spades}

. Kessler looked the situation over and said that he knew he was beat, that there was no way he could win the hand...so he folded. And that left him with just 3,000.

When the hand was over Mercier did show down a flush and Amit a wheel, so Kessler saved that 3,000. What he can do with it from here on out remains to be seen. Chip and a chair, as the saying goes...

06-27-2008 02:50 UTC-7

Day 2 Concludes, Play Resumes at 3 p.m. Tomorrow

[user25067]

Of the 140 players who made it to Day 2 of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, 67 remain. Players are currently bagging and tagging their chips and will resume play at 3 p.m. local time tomorrow.

Patrick Bueno, Barry Greenstein, Joseph "bigjoe2003" Michael, and Lyle Berman ended the evening at the top of the pack, each with over 400,000 in chips. Some of today's notable bust-outs included Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow, Annie Duke, Jennifer Harman, John Juanda, Johnny Chan, and Patrik Antonius.

Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. PDT for continuing coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. From the Rio in Las Vegas, that's a wrap!

06-27-2008 04:56 UTC-7

Official End of Day 2 Chip Counts Released

[user33020]

With play concluded on Day 2 of Event 45, the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship, the chips have now been bagged and tallied and official counts released by Harrah's. Lyle Berman moved into the lead at the very end of the night's play, edging by Patrick Bueno, who will officially start Day 3 in second spot. With chip counts now posted for all surviving players, here are the top ten spots on the leaderboard:

Lyle Berman 507,000
Patrick Bueno 485,500
Barry Greenstein 473,000
Minh Ly 451,000
Chris Reslock 435,500
Joseph Michael 401,000
Erick Lindgren 397,500
Justin Bonomo 384,000
Daniel Negreanu 374,500
Doyle Brunson 366,000

Day 3 action begins at 3pm PDT on Friday.

Tags: Lyle Berman Patrick Bueno

Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship

Day 2 Completed