Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2010 World Series of Poker

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06-16-2010 16:27 UTC-7

H.O.R.S.E.ing Around

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It's a very busy day at the 2010 World Series of Poker, with six events already in action. It's only going to get busier at 5pm local time when roughly 800 mixed-game players take their seats for Event 31, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

Mixed game tournaments are designed to draw out the best all-around poker players. With two flop games and three stud games in the H.O.R.S.E. mix (limit hold'em, limit omaha hi/lo, limit razz, limit stud and limit stud hi/lo), a premium is placed on having many different skills and being able to switch gears as the game switches. Having a weakness in even a single game is a huge handicap in this type of tournament.

In 2009 James Van Alstyne overcame a field of 770 players to win his first WSOP bracelet in this event. It followed several near-wins throughout his career, including a 2nd-place finish a week earlier in the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Woe to the seven players who draw Van Alstyne's table to start the tournament.

Play will begin in the Amazon Room in about 35 minutes. We'll be spread out all over the room, with "every empty table" (according to a floor) in the Blue Section, Orange Section and Red Section pressed into service to accomodate the field. In fact, the daily deep stack tournament, which goes off at 1pm every day in the Blue Section, was just put on an unscheduled break so the whole tournament could be moved to the Pavilion Room to make way for H.O.R.S.E. players.

See you at 5pm.

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

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