Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

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06-09-2009 12:55 UTC-12

Mike Patrick In the Field

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Mike Patrick, the sportscaster for ESPN and the NCAA is here in the room giving it a go in the H.O.R.S.E. event. Patrick played the $10,000 Omaha-8 World Championship as well.

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06-09-2009 12:44 UTC-12

As always, the field is growing and here are some more names. There's currently just under 400 people in the field.

Jimmy Fricke
Fabrice Soulier
David Bach
Cyndy Violette
Mike Wattel
Pat Pezzin
Bob Lauria
Jen Harman
Matt Hawrilenko
Blair Rodman
Chris Bjorin
Davidson Matthew
Robert Mizrachi
David Sklansky
Marcel Luske
Rafe Furst
Steve Billirakis
Aurangzeb "Ozzy87" Sheikh
Ylon Schwartz
Sergey Rybachenko
Svetlana Gromenkova
Darius Suharto
Layne Flack
Matt Vengrin

06-09-2009 12:39 UTC-12

Poker > Lakers

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Jerry Buss is seated in the tournament field today and doesn't seem overly concerned about the Lakers game going on later tonight. Maybe he's confident they'll take it down. Or maybe he just didn't feel the need to travel all the way down to Orlando for the game. Nevertheless, Buss is decked out in a nice purple shirt and sporty Lakers hat to support his team.

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06-09-2009 12:27 UTC-12

More faces in the Crowd

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Ari "BodogAri" Engel
Michael Craig
Kristy Gazes
Rob Hollink
Esther "E-Tay" Taylor
Mark Dickstein
Kirill Gerasimov
Chip Jett
Shannon Elizabeth
Dewey Tomko
Katja Thater
Andy Black
Zach Fellows
Manny Minaya
Maridu Mayrinck
Jim McManus
Shannon Shorr
Justin "Boosted J" Smith
Gavin Smith

06-09-2009 12:23 UTC-12

Notables

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There's a long list of notable players in the field today. Here's a bunch of them.

Amnon Filippi
Steve Wong
Barry Greenstein
Mike "The Mouth" Matusow
Jose-Luis Velador
Maria Ho
Mel Judah
George Danzer
Jeff Lisandro
Raphael Zimmerman
Justin Young
Vitaly Lunkin
Thor Hansen
Jerry Buss
Nikolay Evdakov
Jeff Williams
Perry Friedman
Stefan Rapp
Greg "Fossilman" Raymer
James Schaaf
Nick Frangos
Jens Vortmann
Scotty Nguyen
Jason Risenberg
Bryan Micon
James "Mig.com" Mackey
Chris Reslock
Archie Karas
Allen Kessler
Robert Williamson III
Shirley Rosario
Tony Cousineau
Chad Brown
Bill Chen
Jacobo Fernandez
Allie Prescott
Dan Shak
Marco Traniello
"Miami" John Cernuto
Shawn Buchanan

06-09-2009 12:05 UTC-12

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Although many of the seats are still empty, the room is cluttered with players standing around and talking. The cards are in the air though with the button in the eight seat.

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06-09-2009 11:43 UTC-12

Welcome to Event #21

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The first of three H.O.R.S.E. events at the 2009 World Series of Poker kicks off today at 5:00 PM local time. Last year's event drew 32 players more than the previous year despite the increase in the buy in from $2,500 to $3,000, and with the way things have been going thus far at the WSOP, there's a good possibility the field may swell even more this year. Jens Voertmann conquered a field of over 400 entrants last year to claim nearly $300,000 in first-place prize money and his first gold bracelet.

This event serves as the largest H.O.R.S.E. event outside of the $50,000 World Championship that will be taking place later on in the Series. Many of the games top pros will be on hand to give it their shot at the featured game sequence of hold'em, Omaha-8, razz, stud, and stud-8.

We'll see you here shortly for the start of Event #21 as we bring you all te live action from right here at the Rio in Las Vegas. Stay tuned!