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2008 World Series of Poker
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$7,104,000
Entries
148
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Kenny Tran Crippled
On a flop of
, Alexander Kostritsyn checked, Kenny Tran bet, Kostritsyn raised and Tran called. The turn was the 
. Kostritsyn bet and Tran called. The river was the 
. Again, Kostritsyn bet and Tran called. Kostritsyn turned up
for top two pair and Tran mucked. "Sick Call Kenny" is now down to only 30,000.
Top 5 / Bottom 5 in Chips
Joseph Michael 730,000
Barry Greenstein 655,000
Edwin Ting 605,000
Lyle Berman 603,000
Chad Brown 545,000
Outhouse:
Kenny Tran 140,000
Keith Sexton 130,000
Phil Ivey 120,000
Brandon Adams 105,000
Raymond Dehkargani 90,000
Robert Williamson III Eliminated
Crippled to only 23,000 on a previous stud hand, Robert Williamson III finally met his end on a hand of stud-8. "Miami" John Cernuto made queens up for high, Gabe Kaplan made an 8-low and Williamson mucked as he headed for the rail.
Lyle Scoops Layne
Lyle Berman and Layne Flack just got mixed up in a hand that saw a showdown. On a board of
, Berman tabled 
. Flack mucked and Berman scooped the pot with his flush and 
low.
Keith Sexton Doubles Up
The exact action is unclear, but Keith Sexton and Mark Gregorich played a hand to showdown and when all was said and done, Gregorich had no answer for Sexton's (
) (
) 
(
). Sexton took the high and the low and now works with a stack of about 130,000.
Rob Hollink Eliminated
Rob Hollink (X-X)
(X)Gabe Kaplan (X-X)
(X)Rob Hollink completed on third street and Gabe Kaplan made the call. On fourth Hollink checked, Kaplan bet and Hollink called. On fifth Kaplan bet out showing a pair of sixes, Hollink raised all in for 36,000 and Kaplan called.
Hollink showed
for a pair of sixes and a busted flush draw while Kaplan rolled over 
for two pair, sixes and deuces. Kaplan dragged the pot, increasing his stack to 370,000 and Hollink was eliminated.
Isabelle Mercier Eliminated
Isabelle Mercier was all in on third street showing the
. Justin Bonomo and Ralph Perry were heads up on the side. When the last card was dealt, neither Perry nor Mercier could beat Bonomo's (
) () () 
.Mercier mucked her (X) (X)
(X) and Perry did the same with his (X) (X) 
(X).
Perhaps We Should Call Him Billy the H.O.R.S.E.?
Crocky is currently on 181,000 in chips.
Flack Shows Ivey the Varkonyi
Action folded to Phil Ivey in middle position and he raised. Layne Flack was next to act and he called as did Barry Greenstein from the big blind.
The flop came
. Greenstein checked and Ivey bet. Flack called and Greenstein passed. The hit the turn and Ivey bet again. Flack went nowhere. The river came the 
and Ivey put the brakes on. He check-called Flack's bet and Layne showed him the 
. Ivey mucked and was left with just 103,000. Flack is now sitting on a stack of 240,000.