Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Tony G and Nikolay Evdakov have all been spotted, as has Barry Greenstein who dropped off his registration ticket before heading back to the final table of the $2,500 Mixed Hold'em event.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
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Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Tony G and Nikolay Evdakov have all been spotted, as has Barry Greenstein who dropped off his registration ticket before heading back to the final table of the $2,500 Mixed Hold'em event.
Level: 3
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Mikhail Tulchinsky raised from the button, David Singer made it three bets from the small blind, David Benyamine four-bet from the big blind and both Tulchinsky and Singer called.
The flop came down
. Singer checked, Benyamine bet and both Tulchinsky and Singer called. The turn was the
. Singer checked, Benyamine bet, Tulchinsky folded and Singer called. Singer check-called another bet from Benyamine on the river when the
fell. Benyamine showed
for a set of sevens and took it down.
Hansen: (X-X)



(X)Lindgren: (X-X)



(X)Sitar: (X-X)



Bill Chen brought in with the
with Gus Hansen completing. Erick Lindgren then raised before Dustin Sitar reraised. Chen folded, Hansen and Lindgren both made the call.Sitar led the betting on fourth and then folded on fifth when Lindgren took control of the betting.
Things got messy on sixth when Lindgren bet and Hansen raised. Lindgren then reraised with Hansen calling.
On the river, Lindgren fired one more bet with Hansen looking him up.
Hansen:



(X-X-X)Lindgren:



(

)Lindgren tabled a full boat to take it down as Hansen mucked. Lindgren moves to 170,000 with the "Great Dane" down to 130,000.
Gabe Kaplan raised from UTG and Justin Smith called from the big blind. The flop came down
. Smith checked over to Kaplan, who bet. Smith came back with a raise, Kaplan reraised and Smith called. Smith checked again when the turn came the
, Kaplan bet, Smith raised and Kaplan called. Smith then bet the
on the river and Kaplan called. Smith showed
. Kaplan flashed his
as Smith collected the pot.
On a flop of
, Alex Kostritsyn led out from the small blind and Eli Elezra called from middle position. The
came on the turn and Kostritsyn led out again. Elezra raised and Kostritsyn called. Kostritsyn led again on the
river and Elezra called. Kostritsyn showed
while Elezra turned over
. Kostritsyn took the high with a set of aces while they split the low, each having 8-5-3-2-A.
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Joe Cassidy raised from the cutoff and John Hanson called from the big blind. The flop came down
and Hanson check-raised Cassidy's bet. Cassidy called and they went to the turn which fell the
. Hanson bet and Cassidy called. The river was the
and Cassidy called one more bet from Hanson. Hanson showed
for the nut flush and a 7-5-4-3-A low to scoop.