Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Day 4 Completed
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 49 - $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 4
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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Leading the pack is Swedish online pro Erik Sagstrom, aka "Erik123" with 3,675,000 in chips, over a million more than his closest competition, Vitaly Lunkin, with 2,490,000. Ville Wahlbeck, who along with Lunkin is already a bracelet winner this year, is the short stack with 645,000.
The money bubble burst earlier this afternoon with Frank Kassela hitting the rail just outside the money. 2007 $50K H.O.R.S.E. champion Freddy Deeb went out in 14th place while Gus Hansen ended the evening as the final table bubble boy.
Here's a look at the final table chip counts and seating assignments
Seat 1 - Ville Wahlbeck 645,000
Seat 2 - Erik Sagstrom 3,675,000
Seat 3 - John Hanson 1,700,000
Seat 4 - Huck Seed 1,380,000
Seat 5 - Vitaly Lunkin 2,490,000
Seat 6 - David Bach 2,345,000
Seat 7 - Erik Seidel 965,000
Seat 8 - Chau Giang 1,075,000
Join us again tomorrow at 2 p.m. for wall-to-wall coverage of the final table. From all of us here at the Rio in Las Vegas, that's a wrap.
Vitaly Lunkin raised from middle position and found four callers in Chau Giang, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Sagstrom and Gus Hansen.
They saw a flop of
and the action checked to Giang who fired a bet, Wahlbeck and Sagstrom folded, before Hansen called all in for his last 30,000 chips. Lunkin also made the call.The turn was the
and Lunkin checked, Giang fired again and Lunkin decided to give it up.Giang tabled
for trip kings as Hansen sighed, "Looks like I need a three," as he tabled 
.It wasn't to be for Hansen as the
landed on the river and with that our final table is set.Gus Hansen becomes our final table bubble, eliminated in 9th place for a collect of $123,895.
Gus Hansen raised from UTG+1, Vitaly Lunkin called from the hijack, David Bach called from the cutoff and Ville Wahlbeck came along from the big blind.
The flop was
. The action was checked to Lunkin, who bet. Bach called, Wahlbeck folded and Hansen called. The turn was the 
. Hansen checked to Lunkin, who bet. Bach called and Hansen folded. Lunkin bet a third time on the river, which fell the 
. Bach made the call. Lunkin showed
, scooping the pot with kings full and a 8-5-4-3-2 low. Hansen= 110,000
Lunkin= 2.5 million
Bach= 2.5 million
Now as we've hit our final table, the various other media outlets have reappeared to grab a famous photo or two of the final nine. The table is currently surrounded by people in all directions.
The hype is starting to grow as the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. reaches its climax!
Erik Sagstrom raised from the small blind and Gus Hansen called from the big blind. The flop came down
. Sagstrom led out and Hansen called. The turn was the 
and Sagstrom fired again. Hansen folded and Sagstrom took down the pot. Hansen is on fumes with only 160,000 in chips.
Seat 1 - Ville Wahlbeck
Seat 2 - Erik Sagstrom
Seat 3 - Gus Hansen
Seat 4 - John Hanson
Seat 5 - Huck Seed
Seat 6 - Vitaly Lunkin
Seat 7 - David Bach
Seat 8 - Erik Seidel
Seat 9 - Chau Giang
Chau Giang raised from middle position and Mike Wattel made the call in the big blind.
The flop fell
and Wattel moved all in for his last 30,000. Giang made the call.Giang:
Wattel:
Giang had Wattel in trouble after flopping two pair. The turn was the
and river the to leave Wattel unimproved and eliminated in 10th place for a collect of $123,895.With that elimination the players will now be redrawing for the final table. We need to lose one more player before the official final table is formed and we are finished for the day.
Vitaly Lunkin made a button raise, Ray Dehkharghani reraised all in from the small blind, Huck Seed called from the big blind and Lunkin called. Seed and Lunkin checked down the
board. Lunkin
Dehkharghani
Seed
Seed scooped the pot with aces and threes with a ten kicker and sent Dehkharghani home in 11th place.
John Hanson raised the cutoff and Gus Hansen made the obligatory call from the big blind. The flop fell
and Hanson bet to force a fold from Gus.Gus recovered some chips in subsequent hands after raising preflop and then taking down the pot with a flop continuation bet.
After being down to just 160,000 in chips, Hansen now has some breathing room with 350,000.
