Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-14-2009 20:46 UTC-12

The Home Stretch

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This is it. We've made it to the final level of the night. From a starting field of 770 runners, we're down to 312. We'll probably finish with a shade less than 200.

Level: 8

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-14-2009 20:34 UTC-12

Presented for your perusal in no particular order are the following notable chip counts:

Andy Black - 17,000
Annie Duke - 24,000
Justin Bonomo - 4,500
Archie Karas - 22,000
Marcel Luske - 7,000
Thor Hansen - 16,000
Howard Lederer - 4,500
Al Barbieri - 27,000
Lana Maier - 28,000
Mickey Appleman - 2,000
Chad Brown - 3,000
Barry Greenstein - 26,000
Jason Mercier - 3,500
Vanessa Rousso - 15,000
Ylon Schwartz - 9,000
Al Boston - 9,500
Daniel Negreanu - 5,700
Justin Smith - 5,600
Cyndy Violette - 3,700
Erick Lindgren - 9,100
Bryan Micon - 19,800
Mike Sexton - 6,400
Perry Friedman - 13,100
Matt Savage - 23,000
Mike Wattel - 8,200

06-14-2009 20:25 UTC-12

One Pair Enough for the Mighty Thor

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Stud:

Opponent: x-x / {3-Clubs}

FOLD
Luske: x-x / {9-Hearts}

/ x
Hanson: x-x / {2-Diamonds}

/ x

Who says Seven-Card Stud is a race to two pair? After one player completed the {3-Clubs}

, Marcel Luske and Thor Hansen both called. Hansen checked fourth street to the third player, who bet and was raised by Luske. Hansen called through the raise as did the third player.

On fifth street, action checked to Luske. He bet and was called only by Hansen. It was the same action on sixth street, with both players checking the river. Luske turned up {9-Clubs}

in the hole for a pair of nines; Hansen managed to produce a king as one of his hole cards for a pair of kings. A sizable pot was pushed to Hansen, allowing him to climb to 19,500 in the counts.

06-14-2009 20:11 UTC-12

Phil Ivey's Stack Eliminated

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Razz:

Phil Ivey's stack has been eliminated from the tournament. On Ivey's stack's final hand, it made fives full of aces. That's not the object in razz, of course. The object is to make a low hand. Ivey's stack's opponent made a king-queen, also not ordinarily a winning razz hand -- but good enough in this instance.

Phil Ivey's stack is still alive in Event 30, $2,500 PLO, where it has about 36,000 chips. Perhaps Phil Ivey's stack will win an eighth bracelet in that event. It certainly won't be this one.

06-14-2009 20:02 UTC-12

Sugar Bear Finds Some Honey

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Our reporter just approachd Max Stern's and Al Barbieri's table to see that they were playing four-handed.

"What happened?" he asked Barbieri.

"What happened?" Barbieri parroted back. "I just knocked out three players, that's what happened! I'm up to 30,000."

That could be a tournament-leading stack.

Tags: Al Barbieri

06-14-2009 19:56 UTC-12

Death Watch

[user75032]

Phil Ivey's double-dipping again today, and it isn't going so well for him in this event. He's been blinded and anted off to the point where he has about 1,000 chips left. Or I guess we should say, his stack has about 1,000 chips left -- since he hasn't been here for hours.

Mel Judah is a player who has NO chips left. Playing hold'em, Judah raised after one player limped in. That player 3-bet when everyone else folded, allowing Judah to get his last chips in. It was a flop, Judah's {A-Diamonds}