2010 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$611,666
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,265,400
Entries
241
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Al Barbieri Eliminated in 22nd Place ($21,997)

Stud-8

Scotty Nguyen, Al Barbieri, and Brandon Adams all walked into a bar. We mean Scotty, Al, and Brandon were all involved in big stud-8 hand, and Nguyen was out of money on fourth. Barbieri bet on fifth, and Adams raised. Sugar Bear called all in, and Adams had a chance to score a double knockout. He had to settle for just one, though, as Nguyen made a ten-high flush to take the high. Adams' six-low was good for the other half of the pot. Barbieri held {a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}, which couldn't beat anything. He was dispatched in 22nd place.

Nguyen and Adams split Barbieri's chips, moving Scotty up to 85k and Adams to 220k.

Tags: Al BarbieriBrandon AdamsScotty Nguyen

Johnson Scoops Brunson

Marco Johnson
Marco Johnson

Omaha-8

Marco Johnson raised from the cutoff and Todd Brunson flat-called in position on the button.

Johnson fired three streets of value on the board of {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Hearts} with Brunson calling him down.

Johnson showed {j-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{2-Spades} for a full house and nut low to scoop as Brunson sighed and mucked.

Brunson is down to around 115,000 with Johnson now into the chip lead with 770,000.

Tags: Marco JohnsonTodd Brunson

Nguyen Losing It

Razz

The Prince of Poker is on death watch now that he's lost any breathing room he'd bought himself in the last hour.

Scotty Nguyen: (X-X) / {4-}{6-}{10-}{q-} / (X)
Michael Chow: (X-X) / {3-}{6-}{4-}{5-} / (X)

Chow bet every street, and Nguyen called down through sixth. He peeked at his final down card and had to fold to one last bet. Having missed his expensive draw, Nguyen left himself with 45,000, less than two big bets.

Tags: Michael ChowScotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen Eliminated in 19th Place ($21,997)

Scotty Nguyen - 19th Place
Scotty Nguyen - 19th Place

Razz

The courageous run of Scotty Nguyen has come to an end with his elimination in 19th place. Nguyen was all in on third street against Carlos Mortensen with the boards running out as follows:

Nguyen: ({5-}{7-}) / {4-}{K-}{8-}{8-} / ({10-})
Mortensen: ({6-}{2-}) / {7-}{A-}{8-}{J-} / ({4-})

Mortensen made a seventy-six low and Nguyen bricked out to send the Prince to the rail in 19th place. Mortensen has created one of his famous chip tower structures, so it's rather difficult to count at the moment, but we'll guess around 500,000.

Tags: Carlos MortensenScotty Nguyen

Break Time

Since they ended with an odd number of levels last night, we get a 20-minute break after only one today. Back at 4:20.

Level: 19

Blinds: 8,000/15,000

Ante: 0