2009 World Series of Poker

Event 31 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$247,033
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
770
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Chopping Up Black Money

The low half goes to Soulier
The low half goes to Soulier
Stud Hi/Lo:

James Van Alstyne: (X-X) {Q-Spades} {A-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} (X)
Andy Black: (X-X) {5-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {10-Hearts} (X)
Fabrice Soulier: (X-X) {8-Hearts} {10-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} (X)

After seventh street, Black checked showing a pair of fives and then Soulier fired a bet. Van Alstyne made the call and then Black called as well.

Van Alstyne turned up his hole cards of {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {7-Hearts}, mentioning that he was rolled up with queens to begin the hand. Soulier turned up {A-Hearts} {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} for a perfect eight low. Black mucked his hand and the two chopped up his money.

"I almost puked when you bet." Van Alstyne said to Soulier after the hand.

Here's how the chips looked after the hand:

Soulier - 190,000
Van Alstyne - 130,000
Black - 73,000

Tags: Andy BlackFabrice SoulierJames Van Alstyne

Next Table Down

These players will each receive $4,330:

41st - David Singer
42nd - Keith Sexton
43rd - Eddie Fishman
44th - David Schneyer
45th - David Taylor
46th - Ryan Plusch
47th - Thor Hansen
48th - Jeff Wagner

Scooper for Shorr

Shorr and his empire of chips
Shorr and his empire of chips
Stud Hi/Lo:

Brodie: x-x / {K-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} / x
Shorr: x-x / {6-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {10-Hearts} / x

Richard Brodie and Shannon Shorr have been playing a bunch of pots together during the Stud Hi/Lo round. Most have been split, but Shorr finally got the better of Brodie.

There had to be close to 50,000 chips in the middle when Shorr bet the river. Brodie called to see Shorr open {4-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} in the hole, a straight to the ten for high with no low. Brodie had no low of his own and couldn't beat the straight.

Shorr is up to more than 200,000 in chips now and appears to be the chip leader.

Level: 17

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

Richard Brodie Eliminated

Richard Brodie - eliminated
Richard Brodie - eliminated
The next player down is Richard Brodie. He was all in preflop with {K-Spades} {10-Diamonds} against Shannon Shorr and a third player. The board ran out {2-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}, with Shorr betting the flop and calling a check-raise, calling the turn, and betting the river. Brodie's third-nut flush was no good against Shorr's {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}, the nut flush.

Tags: Richard Brodie

Recent Eliminations

We've broken another table. Only four tables remain. These players each busted and received $4,372:

33rd - Clyde Hinton
34th - Richard Brodie
35th - Lawrence Birck
36th - Ronnie Hofman
37th - Kenneth Krouner
38th - William Buckley
39th - Bonnie Leinhos
40th - Timothy Acker

Still Here

Yep, we're still here. It's just that large pots have become a rare breed and eliminations are basically extinct. When we set the over/under at 36.5 this morning (a bet we lost miserably), we expected this point of play to come a little sooner than it actually did.

There are a couple of stacks that have grown to more than 200,000 now, but none that are particularly short.

Rousso Rebuilding

Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso
Hold'em:

In a game that almost seems quaint and simple by comparison to all the other games, Vanessa Rousso has added more chips to her stack. She limped the button, then called a raise from the small blind to see a flop of {5-Spades} {10-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. The small blind led out, drawing a raise from Rousso that the small blind called.

The {A-Spades} on the turn brought another bet from the small blind. Rousso called there, then called again on the {2-Hearts} river. The small blind made a pair of aces, {A-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}. No good against Rousso's {A-Clubs} {2-Clubs}. She's up to 155,000 as a result.

"I think I liked it better when you didn't have chips," one player at the table said.

"I don't think she cares," commented another.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso