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
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$311,899
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
452
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Stefan Fights Off The Bear

Hold'em

Barry Greenstein opened with a raise and then Stefan Rapp reraised. Greenstein made the call. The flop came down {Q-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {2-Spades} and Barry checked. Rapp bet and then Greenstein raised. Rapp made the call.

The turn was the {A-Spades} and Barry led out. Rapp raised and Greenstein folded, dropping to roughly 13,500.

Tags: Barry GreensteinStefan Rapp

More Chip Counts

Showing off her skills beyond the movie screen
Showing off her skills beyond the movie screen
Jeff Madsen - 19,000
Scotty Nguyen - 14,200
Annie Duke - 12,400
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson - 10,000
Shannon Elizabeth - 7,900
Daniel Negreanu - 7,400
Anna Wroblewski - 5,000

Tags: Shannon Elizabeth

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Prizepool

The 452 entrants for today's Event #21 created a prizepool worth over $1.2 million. First place will be almost $312,000 and a min-cash will return you $5,277. Good luck to all the competitors.

Schaaf Looking Solid

Last year's champion of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event looks like he is our current chip leader. James Shaaf is up to 40,000 and change. He's sitting at a table with Fabrice Soulier, Nikolay Evdakov, and Vanessa Rousso.

Tags: James Schaaf

The Croc Is Bitten

Snapping off The Croc's chips
Snapping off The Croc's chips
Stud

Picking up the action on fifth street, here's how the boards looked:

Billy "The Croc" Argyros: (X-X) {Q-Spades} {A-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}
Opponent: (X-X) {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

Argyros bet and his opponent called. Argyros picked up the {5-Spades} and his opponent picked up the {10-Hearts}. Both players checked. After receiving their seventh cards, Billy The Croc fired a bet. His opponent made the call.

Argyros said, "You probably got me." and turned up {Q-Spades} {A-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {5-Spades} ({9-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {8-Diamonds}). His opponent showed {8-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} ({8-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {4-Clubs}) for two pair and scooped the pot. Billy is down to 5,500 chips.

Tags: "Billy The Croc""The Croc"Billy Argyros

Few More Busts

With the field so stacked as it is today, it's inevitable that some of the bigger names in the field be sent home early. Robert Williamson III, Ivan Demidov, and Linda Johnson have all been sent to the rail much earlier than they would have liked.

Dutch Boyd also busted recently. Dutch was all in after third street in stud and his opponent ran out to make a straight and eliminated Boyd from the tournament.

Tags: Dutch BoydIvan DemidovLinda JohnsonRobert Williamson III

Dealing for Tips

Christopher Amaral just had to bring in the action four times in a row during his table's round of stud. After the fourth time he brought in showing the lowest card on the table, Amaral stood up and pulled out a $100 bill from his pocket. He told the dealer that if she dealt him one more low card so that he had to bring in he'd give her the money. Amaral was dealt a three and it looked as if the dealer was going to get a nice tip. As she dealt each card, Amaral cheered for him to stay the lowest on the table, but the final card she flipped over was a deuce and kept her from the nice C-note.

Tags: Christopher Amaral

Break

The players are on another 20-minute break. The tournament staff will also be doing a color up during this break.