2010 World Series of Poker

Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22277
Prize
$256,820
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,117,800
Entries
827
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Day 3 Started

Who's Your Horse?

Good afternoon H.O.R.S.E. fans, and welcome back for the final day of Event #31, the $1,500 horse-ament.

A total of 827 players began this thing on Wednesday, and we've still got 24 of them left as Day 3 dawns. That's entirely too many to fit around one final table, so we've got a lot of work to do before we can move over to the featured table and play for the bracelet.

Konstantin Puchkov leads the field into this final day, but there's plenty of danger lurking on the leaderboard beneath him. Robert Mizrachi is in third place overall, and Allen Kessler and Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy aren't far behind either. We've still got "Sugar Bear" too; the always-chipper Al Barbieri is poised for another deep run in this event.

It figures to be an exciting (and long) day of poker here inside the Amazon Room, and we're just about set to go. The chip bags have been dumped on the tables here in the Red section of the room, and the dealers are checking and double-checking their decks. We're scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. start, and we expect to get rolling on time.

Don't wander off, there's some exciting mixed-game action just a few minutes away!

Seat Assignments

When we ended the night yesterday, play had just collapsed to three eight-handed tables. This is how the players re-drew for seats:

Table 344

Seat 1: Johannes Steindl
Seat 2: David Brooker
Seat 3: Robert Mizrachi
Seat 4: Kerry Stead
Seat 5: James Van Alstyne
Seat 6: Konstantin Puchkov
Seat 7: Danny Kalpakis
Seat 8: Mark Zuffi

Table 345

Seat 1: Daniel Ospina
Seat 2: Jon Turner
Seat 3: Ming Reslock
Seat 4: Allen Kessler
Seat 5: Ken Lennaard
Seat 6: Thomas Hunt
Seat 7: Dustin Leary
Seat 8: Al Barbieri

Table 350

Seat 1: Andrew Revesz
Seat 2: Regis Burlot
Seat 3: James Darnaby
Seat 4: Hani Awad
Seat 5: Chip Jett
Seat 6: Kyung Han
Seat 7: Cliff Josephy
Seat 8: Blake Cahail

Level: 19

Blinds: /

Ante:

Jon Turner Eliminated in 24th Place ($6,877)

Jon Turner - 24th place
Jon Turner - 24th place

Hold'em

Jon Turner drew the big blind to start the day, and it's apparently a familiar sight for him. "Three days in a row I get the big blind on the first hand?" he asked rhetorically.

Before the dealer had finished pitching the cards, Turner said, "Good luck. I'm all in," adding, "I have seventeen total, FYI."

Ken Lennaard raised preflop and called Turner's shove, and the cards were on their backs:

Turner: {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Lennaard: {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}

The board did nothing to help Turner's cause, running out {6-Clubs} {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {7-Diamonds}. "Weeee, that was fun. Good draw," Turner said, sliding his chair back under the table and heading out as the first casualty of Day 3.

Tags: Jon TurnerKen Lennaard

Conflicting Schedules

Many players like to "double dip" at the WSOP -- register for and play two tournaments simultaneously. They'll let one stack be blinded off while they play the other, then run back and forth. Normally that's not a problem. But today the 5pm tournament is $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em, and heads-up is not a game that you can let yourself be blinded off. The floor here at the H.O.R.S.E. re-start has informed the players that they have until 4:45pm to un-register from the Heads-Up tournament, and that he can un-register them with their seat card and their Total Rewards card. Their buy-in will be held in safekeeping at the cage.

This situation affects at least two of our re-starters today: Robert Mizrachi and Ken Lennaard.

Stead in Trouble Again

Hold'em

Johannes Steindl raised from the hijack seat, and Kerry Stead three-bet him from the small blind.

The two men took a flop of {2-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts}, and Steindl called a small bet. He called another full bet on the {Q-Hearts} turn, and Stead checked to him on the {6-Spades} river. Steindl quickly bet, sending his opponent into the tank. Stead was getting short on chips by this point, and he spent about two minutes deliberating before sliding the calling chips into the pot.

Steindl tabled {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for second pair, and it was the best hand. Stead mucked his cards, leaving himself with just 21,000 chips.

Tags: Johannes SteindlKerry Stead

Kerry Stead Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,877)

Kerry Stead - 23rd place
Kerry Stead - 23rd place

Hold'em

Kerry Stead raised preflop, and Konstantin Puchov made it three bets from the small blind. Stead moved all in for 21,000 total, and the cards were turned up:

Stead: {Q-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}
Puchov: {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

There was a queen for both players on the flop, but the board of {7-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {9-Clubs} changed nothing and gave no help to the at-risk Stead. After doubling up early, he's been reduced back down to zero, and his day is done in 23rd place.

Tags: Kerry SteadKonstantin Puchov