Top five counts:
Erik Sagstrom - 1,250,000
Ray Dehkharghani - 880,000
Freddy Deeb - 800,000
Gus Hansen - 725,000
Bill Chen - 648,000
Meanwhile at the other end of proceedings Jerry Buss was a recent elimination from the event.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
95
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 95
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Top five counts:
Erik Sagstrom - 1,250,000
Ray Dehkharghani - 880,000
Freddy Deeb - 800,000
Gus Hansen - 725,000
Bill Chen - 648,000
Meanwhile at the other end of proceedings Jerry Buss was a recent elimination from the event.
Bill Chen (X)(X)
(X)Gus Hansen (X)(X)
Erik Seidel (X)(X)
(X)A massive pot had built on sixth street when we caught up with this hand. Chen led out on the river, Hansen folded and Seidel made what looked like a crying call.
Chen showed
, rivering a 7-5-3-2-A low to take down the monster pot. He's now up to 648,000 in chips.
Sagstrom: (X-X)
Wahlbeck: (X-X)
(X)Turner: (X-X)
(X)Bechtel: (X-X)
(X)Erik Sagstrom completed, Ville Wahlbeck raised and Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner called all in for his last 26,000 chips. Jim Bechtel then reraised forcing a fold from Sagstrom as Wahlbeck made the call.
With only two live players left, they checked fourth and fifth before Wahlbeck fired a bet on sixth. Bechtel called and then called all in for his last chips on the river.
Wahlbeck showed a jack in the hole for jacks and sixes which was enough to win the side pot as Turner scooped the main pot with (
) for a straight and low to send Bechtel to the rail.Turner was able to chip again in the very next Stud-8 hand to now sit a bit more comfortably with 150,000 chips.
John Hennigan (X)(X)
(X)David Bach (X)(X)
(X)John Hennigan completed on third street, David Bach raised and Hennigan called. Hennigan led out on fourth street and Bach called. Both players checked on fifth. Sixth street brought a bet from Hennigan and a call from Bach and they checked on the river.
Bach showed
for kings up and Hennigan mucked. Bach - 600,000
Hennigan - 475,000
John Kabbaj raised from middle position, Gus Hansen three-bet from the button and Kabbaj called. The flop came down
and Kabbaj check-called a bet from Hansen. Kabbaj did the same on the turn when the fell. The river was the 
. "I really hope I get something back," said Hansen as he rapped the table.
"Did you check?" asked Kabbaj.
"Yes. That's an official check from Denmark" quipped Hansen.
Kabbaj held
for a 7-6-5-4-2 low while Hansen's two pair with 
were good for the high.
We caught the action on the river in a hand of Stud between Thor Hansen and David Bach.
Bach fired a bet on the river and Hansen made the call.
Hansen:
(X-X-X)Bach:
(
)Bach tabled a full house to collect the goods. Bach is up to 400,000 with Hansen back to 172,000.
The short stack of the field, Jim Bechtel has just found a much needed double up. His last chips are were all in on third street in a hand of stud against Ville Wahlbeck. The boards ran out as follows:
Wahlbeck:
-XBechtel:
It was aces up for Wahlbeck but Bechtel made a flush to double up to 80,000.
Level: 14
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
