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Bryan Micon just lost a good sized pot with a pair of nines agianst an opponent that held two pair with eights and threes. He is now down to 4,600 chips.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Total Entries
452
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 452
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Bryan Micon just lost a good sized pot with a pair of nines agianst an opponent that held two pair with eights and threes. He is now down to 4,600 chips.
Matt Vengrin: (X-X)
(X)Seat 5: (X-X)
(X)Archie Karas: (X-X)
On fourth street, Vengrin bet and was called by both opponents. On fifth, Vengrin fired again and then the unknown player raised. Karas folded and Vengrin called. Vengrin then check-called sixth and check-called seventh.
Vengrin picked up his down cards and showed our reporter the
, signifying that he may have started the hand with rolled up nines, after his opponent showed a flush with the 
in the hole.Vengrin dropped to 5,000 chips.
Phil Ivey has been turned almost all the way around in his chair for most of the tournament so that he can watch the Lakers game on the big screen behind him. He did take a few moments away from the game to play this hand.
The flop came down
and the small blind checked. Phil Ivey was in the big blind and fired a bet. One player from middle position called and then the small blind called. The turn was the 
and it was checked to Ivey again. He bet once more and both players called.The river was the
and Ivey fired again after the first player checked. The next player raised and then the first player and Ivey both called.The player that raised on the river held
for the nut low. Ivey tabled 
for a club flush and raked in the high half. The other opponent mucked.Ivey is on 12,000 chips.
Level: 4
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Nick Frangos completed with the
showing and one player called showing the 
. Frangos bet fourth and fifth and was called. His opponent took the lead on sixth with a bet, which Frangos called. On the final card, the player bet into Frangos and the East Coast grinder fired a raise with the boards looking like this:Frangos: (X-X)
(X)Opponent (X-X)
(X)After Frangos stuck in the raise, his opponent mucked his hand, handing the pot to Frangos without him having to go to a showdown. Frangos is now up to 15,000 chips.
We caught the action on the flop of
with the whole table involved bar one lonely soul.It was checked to Jimmy Fricke who led out for 150 and was called by Shannon Elizabeth and four others before a two-bet was put in and was called by Fricke and three others following a fold from Elizabeth.
The turn landed the
completing a low draw and again Fricke led the betting tossing out three 100-denomination chips. This time however he found one fold and three callers to see half the table take it to the river.Fricke fired again when the
dropped and was called before a check-raise was put in with both Fricke and the player behind making the call.The turn reraiser tabled his
for the nut high Broadway straight, while Fricke turned over his 
for the low scoop as the player mucked.With the pot being chopped up, Fricke eventually stacked his chips up to 15,000 and change as we end the level.
Archie Karas - 12,000
Mel Judah - 11,800
Gavin Smith - 11,500
Allen Kessler - 9,000
Max Pescatori - 8,800
Steve Wong - 8,500
Barry Greenstein - 6,600
On the river, Eli Elezra fired a bet and one player called. Action was on David "Chino" Rheem and he flipped his hand over complaining, "I can't believe I didn't get there!" after missing his flush draw. He then pushed his cards in, not realizing the game was a split game and that he held the best low hand. Because he didn't make the call though, his hand was dead and he lost half of the pot.
Michael Binger chimed in by saying, "I think he deserves a quarter of the pot." as the table laughed it off.
Michael Binger, David Chiu, and Adam "csimmsux" Geyer are here as well. Another tough table in the room contains Roy Winston, John Juanda, and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson.
"Daniel got so f***ing lucky all f***ing tournament. He was all in four f***ing times and hit one f***cking outers every f***cking time," he said. He then walked back over to his table when Barry Greenstein chimed in.
"He was all in six times today," said Greenstein.
Matusow walked back over and said, "Six times today?!?! Daniel must have sold his f***ing soul to the f***ing devil. Him and f***ing Phil Ivey. Daniel must have talked to Ivey's lawyer and made a deal."
Matusow then recounted how Daniel went from having no chips at one point to doubling and tripling up multiple hands in a row to get back in contention. He then added, "Phil Hellmuth tried to sell his soul to the devil so he could win a bracelet in something other than hold'em, but his wife wouldn't let him."
