2010 World Series of Poker

Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♥9♠
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
Players Left 1 / 241

Day 1 Comes to an End

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway

The day started with 241 hopefuls who forked over the $10,000 buy-in for this year's H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Most of the big names in poker could be found in the Amazon Room today including Doyle Brunson, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Annie Duke and Ted Forrest. All of whom managed to make it through Day 1, but not all were so lucky.

Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, Howard Lederer, Andy Black, David Benyamine, Lex Veldhuis, Dan Heimiller, David Steicke, Maria Ho and David Bach, last year's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Champion, were among the notables who met their demise. Heading into Day 2, around 170 players remain. Among them are 2004 Main Event Champ, Greg Raymer; L.A. Lakers owner, Jerry Buss; fan favorites, Chris Ferguson and Jason Mercier; and high stakes pro, Eli Elezra. However, all of these players are chasing the big stacks of Carlos Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, Matt Glantz and Sergey Altbregin.

Players are set to return tomorrow at 3:00 pm local time. Check back then for all the latest action from the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, provided by PokerNews.