2009 World Series of Poker

Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
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Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$311,899
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Total Entries
452
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 452
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Ante: 0

Recent Eliminations

Matt Glantz has been eliminated
Matt Glantz has been eliminated
There was a big multi-way all-in pot and Matt Glantz and David Singer's table. Both of the professionals were involved. Glantz held an eight-seven low at the end of the hand and Singer doubled paired to hold a nine-nine low. The other opponent in the hand held a seven-six low. That player not only scooped the pot, but he also scooped Glantz and Singer up and out of the tournament.

Here are some other players that have busted. Full payout information can be located on the payouts page.

38th Mike "Sir Watts" Watson
39th Pat Poels
40th David Sklansky
41st Fabrice Soulier
42nd Stephen Devlin
43rd Barry Greenstein
44th Ali Sarkeshik
45th Tad Jergens
46th Aitan Hillel
47th Martin Davis
48th Mikhail Tulchinskiy

Tags: David SingerMatt Glantz

Are Chips Even Edible?

The always colorful Chris Amaral stood from his chair and called for the floor. "This should be good." commented one of the floor guys. Upon visiting Amaral's table, the floor was proposed a question.

"Question. What if I'm in a hand and eat three of my chips?" Amaral asked, completely stone faced.

The floor just looked at him and laughed.

"No, really." Amaral went on to say. "Can I go and pass them up in the bathroom and then return them into player or is that not allowed?"

"We'll probably have to take those chips out of play or disqualify you." responded the floor.

Tags: Chris Amaral

Pat Poels Eliminated

Stud

Pat Poels was all in on fourth street against one other player. Poels' hand ran out {7-Spades} {3-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {A-Spades} {10-Clubs} {8-Spades} for just a pair of queens. His opponent was about to pull {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} for three deuces and the winning hand.

"Sick sick!" Poels said. "Nice hand."

Tags: Pat Poels

Hold'em Help

Hold'em

Gavin Smith just eliminated a short-stacked Ali Sarkeshik in Hold'em with his pocket eights holding on against his opponent's pocket threes. Smith is up to 42,000.

Very next hand David Sklansky got his last chips in preflop with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} but was outflopped by an opponent's {A-Spades}{10-Clubs} when the board fell {8-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

Sklansky stood and had one foot out the door, only to watch the turn and river fall {J-Clubs}, {9-Spades} to make him a running straight to quadruple up to 10,000 chips.

Tags: Ali SarkeshikDavid SklanskyGavin Smith

Frangos Kills The Bear

The Bear eliminated
The Bear eliminated
Stud-8

Barry Greenstein was just eliminated when Stewart Yancik and Nick Frangos chopped him up in a hand of stud-8.

Frangos: (X-X) {8-Clubs} {8-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} (X)
Yancik: (X-X) {3-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {7-Clubs} (X)
Greenstein: (X-X) {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {5-Spades} (X)

Greenstein was all in on third street and from there Frangos drove the betting with Yancik calling on every street, except for on seventh when he folded.

Frangos showed {J-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} to make two pair his high hand. Barry needed to pull a low or better than two pair to best Frangos, but couldn't do so when his hole cards revealed {A-Spades} {9-?} {5-Clubs}. He signed his book for Frangos and passed it over to Frangos upon exiting the tournament.

Tags: Barry GreensteinNick FrangosStewart Yancik

Schwartz Leaves Sklansky Crippled

Stud-8

It's hard to catch David Sklansky in too many pots, but when we approached his table we found him in another monster four-way Stud-8 hand.

Sklansky led the betting on fourth street before Ylon Schwartz raised. Two players called as did Sklansky. Schwartz then led the betting through until the river, where he found one caller with Sklansky {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs} and Ali Sarkeshik {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-Spades} making painful river folds, leaving themselves only small change behind.

Schwartz revealed a hand full of diamonds ({3-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}) {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} for the flush as the other live player was thankful to get half with ({8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}) {J-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{J-Spades} for the low.

Schwartz continues his good form with around 145,000 chips.

Tags: Ali SarkeshikDavid SklanskyYlon Schwartz

Play Resumes

The 46 remaining players are back, relieved to now be in the money, and the cards are once again in the air.

We'll be playing this evening until a final table is formed, or 3a.m., whichever comes first.