2012 World Series of Poker

Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqq87
Prize
$267,081
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,200,150
Entries
889
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

The Elite Are Here

Level 3

Former WSOP Player of the Year winners Allen Cunningham and Jeff Madsen are seated at the same table here in the Brasilia Room. The room hosts the banners of each of the award winners since 2004, and Cunningham is faced directly toward his banner in the back corner. 2010 Player of the Year Frank Kassela is seated at an adjacent table and is within view of his banner, as well.

Daniel Negreanu, Jeff Lisandro, Tom Schneider and Erick Lindgren are also in the house, which means the only former POY we're missing is 2011 honoree Ben Lamb.

Past WSOP Player of the Year Winners

YearPlayer
2004Daniel Negreanu
2005Allen Cunningham
2006Jeff Madsen
2007Tom Schneider
2008Erick Lindgren
2009Jeffrey Lisandro
2010Frank Kassela
2011Ben Lamb

Sugar Bear Eliminated

Stud 8:

An unknown player in Seat 2 had the bring-in with the {4-Hearts} and was met with a completion by Al "Sugar Bear" Barbieri, who was fresh off a third-place finish in Event 13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em for $84,388. A player in Seat 7, who was showing the {2-Spades}, made the call as did the bring-in and it was three-way action to the turn.

Barbieri proceeded to bet, which both his opponents called, and then he fired again on fifth street. Seat 2 got out of the way while Seat 7 called and then raised when Barbieri bet sixth. The raise was enough to cover the short-stacked Sugar Bear, and he committed his stack.

Barbieri: (2c}{6-Clubs} / {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} / {7-Hearts}
Seat 7: {7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} / {2-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{A-Hearts} / {3-Diamonds}
Seat 2: (x-x) / {4-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} fold

Seat 7 had a low but needed help if he was going to take the high. Unfortunately for Barbieri, the {3-Diamonds} on seventh gave his opponent a pair and the scoop. "Good game guys," Barbieri said. The Sugar Bear was no doubt looking to improve on his second-place finish in this very event back in 2010, but those dreams have been dashed as he became one of the day's early eliminations.

Player Chips Progress
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Al Barbieri
Busted

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Level: 4

Limits: 0/0

Ante: 0

Don't Be a Deebie Downer

Limit Hold'em:

Four players saw a flop of {8-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Shaun Deeb led out with a bet from the small blind. The player in the big blind then raise, a middle-position player folded, and the cutoff put in a three-bet. Two calls ensued followed by two checks on the {Q-Hearts} turn. Again the cutoff bet, two calls were made, and then the {Q-Diamonds} river went check-check. The cutoff fired another bullet, and this time it proved enough to take down the pot as both Deeb and the big blind folded.

After that hand, Deeb was left with just 250 and the game changed to Omaha Hi/Low. Deeb got his chips in preflop and was looking good on the {K-}{8-}{8-} flop with an {8-}{A-} in his hand, but a {K-} on the turn gave one of his opponents a higher trips. The {10-} river failed to help Deeb and he made a hasty exit out of the Brasilia Room.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
Busted

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Eight Hundo

Level 4

For the first time today the tournament clock has a number of entrants, which currently reads 800. That's down from last year's total of 963, though late registration is still open.

Pateychuk Sends One Home

Omaha 8/b:

He did it with some help, but Andrey Pateychuk just eliminated a player in the Silver section.

Five players saw a limped flop of {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and after a bet and three calls the dealer rolled over the {7-Hearts} on the turn. Action checked over to the hijack, who put in a bet, and Pateychuk and the other three players came along for the ride. The river was the {9-Spades} and this time the player in Seat 3 fired a bet. Seat 4 folded, Seat 6 called, and Pateychuk raised. Seat 3 called and Seat 6 called all-in, and the hands were revealed.

Pateychuk: {J-Clubs}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{A-Hearts}
Seat 3: {2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Seat 6: Muck

Pateychuk took the high hand with a queen-high straight, and the player in Seat 3 took the low. Seat 6 quickly made his way out the door.

With European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour titles already under his belt, Pateychuk is seeking his first WSOP bracelet to clinch the elusive Triple Crown.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrey Pateychuk
4,900

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Small One for Mayrinck

Level 4

Stud:

Joe Tehan had the bring-in with the {4-Spades} and was quickly completed by the player in Seat 2. Maria Mayrinck was next to act with her {A-Spades} and promptly made it three bets to go. Tehan got out of the way, Seat 2 made the call and it was off to the turn.

Mayrinck kept the lead with her ace and put out another bet, which inspired Seat 2 to fold. Even with that win, Mayrinck is still below the starting stack with 2,700.

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