Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 2 Started
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,265,400
Entries
241
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Saddle Up For Day Two Action
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Welcome back to the 2010 World Series of Poker and PokerNews' exclusive live coverage of Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship.
Yesterday we saw 241 players pony up a lazy ten large for the chance at fame and fortune, and by the end of eight levels, 169 players had survived for the privilege of unbagging their chips on Day 2.
Amongst a sea of big name professionals, it was unknown Russian Sergey Altbregin who finished the day atop of the leaderboard with 143,000. Can he stay there? There's two former World Champions lurking in the top four, in Carlos Mortensen and Scotty Nguyen, which is indicative of just how tough this field is.
Today will be mover's day as the cream rises to the top, as we attempt to get as close to a final table as possible in ten levels of play.
All the action will kick off at 3pm local time and we look forward to your company!
Level: 9
Blinds: 800/1,500
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Cards in the air for the first level of the day. The remaining players will battle through two levels, have a 20-minute break, and then play two more before taking a 60-minute dinner break. Then they'll be back for six more levels. They certainly won't make a final table tonight, but they should reach the money before bag and tag. The top 24 get paid, so we've got to lose 85% of the field before we hit the cash.
Clements Scoops Lisandro
Stud-8
Scott Clements has just scooped a nice pot against Jeff Lisandro in Stud-8. Lisandro check-called on every street as Clements was the aggressor.
Lisandro: (X-X-X) / 
Clements: (
) / 
Clements tabled a seven-high straight which was good for the high and the low, as Lisandro sighed and mucked. Clements jumps to 44,000 with Lisandro back down to 40,000.
Mortensen on the Move
Stud-8
David Grey: (X-X)/
Carlos Mortensen: (X-X)/
/(X)
Alexander Kuzmin: (X-X)/
/(X)
David Grey completed with the , and Carlos Mortensen checked. Kuzmin bet, and both players called. Grey opened with a check on the next street, and this time, Mortensen bet. Kuzmin raised, and Grey ducked out while Carlos called. On fifth, Kuzmin began with a bet, and the Matador flatted. Kuzmin bet out again after sixth street was dealt, and Mortensen raised. Kuzmin three-bet, and Mortensen four-bet, forcing his opponent to call all in. With the action complete, Kuzmin showed down 
for trip tens. Mortensen's 
was good for the pot with an ace-high flush. He knocked out Kuzmin and moved further up the chip counts to 142,000.
Shchemelev Not Slowing Down
Stud-8
Fresh off his final table in last night's $2,500 Razz event, Vladimir Shchemelev's form is showing now signs of slowing down after he just scooped a big pot against David "Not Bakes" Baker.
The cards were already spread on the table when we arrived, so the order of cards is unknown, but it was clear that Shchemelev would rake in the pot with his ace-high flush and eighty-five low.
Shchemelev: 
Baker: (X-X-X) / 
Shchemelev is up to 48,000 with Baker back to 35,000.
Elezra Gone in a Flash
Hold'em
Pawel Andrzejewski raised under the gun, and out of the blinds, Eli Elezra three-bet all in. Andrzejewski called with to race Elezra's 
. The 
flop gave Eli top pair. No good since it also brought Pawel a set of snowmen. Neither player had a heart, and the 
on the turn quickly ended any hopes of a chop. The river finished the job and sent Elezra packing.
Fricke Dents Binger
Hold'em
Jimmy Fricke raised the button before Michael Binger three-bet from the big blind. Fricke made the call and saw a 
flop. Binger fired a bet on the flop, the and again on the 
river, with Fricke calling him down the whole way.
Binger showed for three pair, the best two being aces and kings, but Fricke revealed for trip aces to take it down.
Fricke is at 38,000 with Binger dropping to 39,000.
After the hand there was a stray 100-denomination chip sitting in between Fricke and Scotty Nguyen and neither knew who it belonged to. They decided to settle it in traditional fashion - by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors. Fricke appeared the more comfortable RPS player and was successful in the heads-up duel with scissors over paper.
Godfather Gone
Doyle Brunson met his demise in a Limit Hold'em hand. He's joined on the rail be recent eliminees George Lind, Isabelle Mercier, and Frank Kassela. Kassela was blinded down to under 10k last night while he focused on the $2,500 Razz final table where he won his second bracelet of the summer around 4:30 a.m.