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2009 World Series of Poker
Event 21 - $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
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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Tony Ma is a recent casualty from today's $3,000 H.O.R.S.E event. His demise came during a round of Stud when he was all in holding the lead showing a pair of kings, but his opponent had plenty of outs on the river with his
.The river was flipped and it was the
. "Straight...no...flush!" laughed his opponent as Ma was well and truly beaten, and headed to the exit.
Chris Amaral called a raise preflop from the small blind and saw a flop of
. Amaral check-raised his opponent on the flop. The player made the call. The turn came the and Amaral fired. He was called again. The river was the 
and Amaral bet once more. He was called again and showed 
for the nut low and the nut high to scoop the entire pot."I didn't bust yet." Amaral said. "If I don't cash I want to be the exact bubble person, not two off the bubble." he added.
Nick Frangos has scooped in a recent Stud-8 pot after firing bets on sixth and seventh streets. He showed down (
) 
for a full house as his opponent showing 
tapped the table and mucked.With 12 WSOP cashes under his belt, including a final table in the $1,500 Seven Card Stud the other evening, Frangos will be a force as he now sits with 79,000 chips.
Barry Greenstein has taken a hit in a hand of Stud-8 after missing plenty of outs to collect half, if not all, of the sizable pot that was in the middle against Tim Finne.
Greenstein had four to a straight and four to a low but wasn't thrilled to receive a brick
on the river to leave him with just two pair, sixes and fives."No low?" quizzed Finne as he scooped with his jacks and tens. Greenstein slips to 35,000.
The game was Stud and Giang had two black kings in the hole to go with another king on board which was enough to better his short-stacked opponent. Giang is up to a very healthy 95,000 chips.
Gavin Smith: (X-X)
(X)Andre Akkari: (X-X)
(X)Smith completed and Akkari called on third. On fourth, fifth, and sixth, Smith bet and was called each time by Akkari. After both players received their final down card, Smith fired again and Akkari called.
Smith tabled
( ) for a seven-five low to which Akkari mucked. Smith jumped up to 80,000 while Akkari dropped to 58,000.
The top 48 players will reach the money and a $5,277 pay day, while the other twenty or so players will go home after two days of play with nothing but a headache.
Level: 14
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
David Sklansky has just profited in a monster four-way pot in a hand of Stud-8. By the river two players were all in with Sklansky showing down
for a full house to collect the high.One opponent revealed
thinking he was about to scoop but he only took the low.A third player bemoaned his luck as he'd started with rolled-up tens but couldn't improve, as a fourth player was eliminated.
Sklansky moves up to 55,000.
