Steve Billirakis - 403,000
Frank Kassela - 275,000
John Kabbaj - 103,000
They are feeling the pressure as one mistake and it could all be over for these guys!
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
Total Entries
95
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 95
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Steve Billirakis - 403,000
Frank Kassela - 275,000
John Kabbaj - 103,000
They are feeling the pressure as one mistake and it could all be over for these guys!
Frank Kassela made a button raise and Ray Dehkharghani called from the big blind.
The flop came down
. Dehkharghani check-raised Kassela's bet, only to have Kassela come back at him with a three-bet. Dehkharghani called and they went to the turn, which fell the 
. Dehkharghani bet and Kassela called. The river was the 
. Dehkharghani bet, Kassela raised and Dehkharghani called. Dehkharghani turned over
for top pair, top kicker and Kassela mucked. "Busted straight draw and flush draw," confessed Kassela.
"Sorry you missed," said Dehkharghani, dripping with sarcasm.
"Well, you don't have to be such an asshole about it," snapped Kassela as he departed the table for his ten-minute break.
Erik Sagstrom raised from the small blind and Erik Seidel defended his big blind. The flop was
and Sagstrom led out. Seidel made the call and they saw the 
hit the turn. Sagstrom bet, Seidel raised, Sagstrom three-bet and Seidel called. The river was the 
and Seidel called Sagstrom's bet. Sagstrom turned over
for the nut straight and Seidel mucked. Sagstrom is back up to 1,200,000 while Seidel is down to 755,000.
Bach: (X-X)
(X)Deeb: (X-X)
(X)David Bach completed and Freddy Deeb made the call. Bach led the betting and fired bets on every street with Deeb calling him down the whole way.
Bach revealed (
) for a seven-low to collect the pot. Bach is up to 1.5 million with Deeb back to 690,000.
This bubble is one of the biggest in poker today. In monetary terms it's perhaps only bettered by the $100,000 High Rollers Event at the Aussie Millions. However in terms of prestige and recognition, the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event is as big as they come.
The next player out will go home with nothing to show for four days of toil, other than an interesting story to tell the folks back home, while the remaining 16 will be relieved to have secured at least $72,914 in prize money.
The fans are four and five deep on the rail as they try to catch a glimpse of their favorite player as they watch on in anticipation of the bubble bursting!
Crippled to 80,000 in chips on a previous hand, Brett Richey made his last stand in stud-8.
Brett Richey (X)(X)
(X)Ville Wahlbeck (X)(X)
(X)Vitaly Lunkin (X)(X)
Ray Dehkharghani (X)(X)
Richey completed on third street and got three callers in Ville Wahlbeck, Vitaly Lunkin and Ray Dehkharghani. The action checked to Richey on fourth street, he bet, and all three opponents called. Wahlbeck had first action on fifth street when he made an open pair of queens. He bet, Lunkin and Dehkharghani folded, and Richey put the last of his chips in.
Richey showed
for a pair of tens while Wahlbeck held 
for queens and fives. With the he hit on sixth made him tens and nines and gave him a ray of hope for survival, but the river was no help and Richey departed in 18th place. With Richey's elimination, we're on the money bubble and play has gone hand-for-hand.
Billirakis: (X-X)
(X)Wattel: (X-X)
(X)Steve Billirakis completed before Mike Wattel put in a raise. Billirakis made the call and then called down Wattel as he fired on every street.
Billirakis:
(
)Wattel:
(
)Wattel showed a full house for the high as Billirakis gets half for the low. Chop it up!
Seidel: (X-X)
(X)Sagstrom: (X-X)
(X)Catching the action on fourth street, Erik Seidel led the betting with Erik Sagstrom making the call.
On fifth, Seidel fired again with Sagstrom calling, before Sagstrom took control on sixth. Both players checked down the river.
Sagstrom showed (
) in the hole for just jacks but it was good to scoop.
