2012 World Series of Poker

Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$451,779
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,673,200
Entries
178
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Wait, What?!

Level 16
2012 WSOP Bracelet
2012 WSOP Bracelet

There are 30 players remaining in the field. By our count there are 17 WSOP bracelet winners still in the field. They have a combined total of 39 WSOP bracelets!

PlayerWSOP Bracelets
Phil Hellmuth12
Phil Ivey8
Scott Clements2
John Hennigan2
John Monnette2
Steve Zolotow2
David Bach1
Abe Mosseri1
Nick Schulman1
Robert Mizrachi1
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier1
Ralph Perry1
Eugene Katchalov1
Dan Kelly1
Chris Bell1
Andrew Brown1
David "Bakes" Baker1

Clements Takes Brown's Chips

Stud 8

When we arrived at Table 447, Scott Clements and Andrew Brown were involved in a hand of Stud 8 and it was already on fourth street.

Clements: {x-}{x-} / {q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{q-Hearts} / {x-}
Brown: {x-}{x-} / {q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} / {x-}

On fourth street, Clements led out and Brown called, Fifth street saw Brown lead out, Clements raise it up and Brown call. Sixth street and Clements would bet and Brown again call. The final card to be dealt would see Clements fire out a bet and after some thought, Brown would fold.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
300,000 90,000
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
240,000 -155,000

Tags: Scott ClementsAndrew Brown

"I Got This"

When we arrived at Table 447, David "Bakes" Baker had {a-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades} open in front of him in stud eight-or-better hand. We're not sure what the betting was, or in what order Baker received his cards, but his opponent, Phil Hellmuth, was none too please to see Bake's hand.

"Buddy," Hellmuth said after mucking. "I make it in the money in Stud 8 every year."

Bakes didn't respond.

"These f***in' bad players," Hellmuth muttered under his breath.

Andrew Brown jumped into the mix, saying he had the same cards as Baker, and Baker finally piped up.

"I forsaw only good things," he announced.

Hellmuth proceeded to get up and go for a walk, and upon returning, he told his parents, who have been railing him all day, "I got this!"

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
160,000 -75,000
David "Bakes" Baker us
David "Bakes" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
150,000 95,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthDavid BakerAndrew Brown

An Orbit with Table 450

Level 15
Table 450
Table 450

Table 450 is stacked with talkative players and their collective experience is pretty mind blowing. East Coast legends, Internet superstar or the one simply known as "Angry John" are all at the table.

Table 450

SeatPlayer
1Shaun Deeb
2David Bach
3Mori Eskandani
4Steve Zolotow
5John Monnette
6Mike Sexton
7Steve Sobel
8John Hennigan

Omaha 8
Hand 1 - The hand saw Sobel and Eskandani chop up a good chunk of David Bach's chips. Sobel was all in after the flop of {7-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {6-Hearts}. Eskandani and Bach kept betting and the board completed {8-Diamonds} {10-Spades}. Sobel grabbed the low with {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} and Eskandani took the high with two pair.

"You feeling okay over there?" Deeb asked Bach.

Bach shook his head and sighed, "It was a nice pot..."

Hand 2 - Sexton opened with two bets, Hennigan called and Bach made it three bets. Both players called and the flop came {4-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {2-Hearts}. Sexton bet, Hennigan called, Bach two-bet and Sexton called. Hennigan made it four bets, Bach called and Sexton folded.

The turn came {9-Spades} and Hennigan check-called. The river came {7-Diamonds}, Hennigan bet, Bach two-bet and Hennigan called.

Bach: {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {2-Clubs}
Hennigan: {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {4-Spades} {3-Diamonds}

Bach took 3/4 of the pot.

Hand 3 - Action folded around to John Monnette in the small blind and he two-bet. Mike Sexton called from the big blind and the flop came {4-Hearts} {3-Spades} {J-Diamonds}. Monnette bet and Sexton called to see the {2-Spades}. Both players checked and the {Q-Hearts} came on the river. Monnette bet and Sexton folded after some thought.

A cocktail server arrived at the table and Hennigan had a unique order. "Can I have two cups of extremely hot water?" he asked. Then Bach ordered two green teas and a pineapple juice with ice.

Hand 4 - Hennigan two-bet from under the gun, Monnette called from the button and Sobel called from the big blind. The flop came {4-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs}, action checked to Monnette and he bet. Both opponents folded and Monnette took the pot.

Hand 5 - "There is so little at stake at this point but there is so much tension right now it's f'n scary," Hennigan stated at the start of the deal.

A very short stacked Shaun Deeb two-bet from under the gun and only Hennigan gave thought to playing his hand. He gave his cards a good long stare and then folded. Deeb flashed the {Q-Spades} and said, "This is the worst card in my hand."

"You doubled up there Sean," Bach said in jest.

"Not even close," Deeb replied.

Then Hennigan lamented that he should have called and Deeb asked, "Do you really want to double up such a good player on your left?

Hand 6 - Zolotow opened with two bets in early position and action folded around to Deeb in the big blind. He showed two sixes and said, "I can fold sixes."

Hand 7 - John Monnette opened the action by two betting in early position and Mike Sexton called behind him. The flop came {7-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {8-Clubs}, Monnette bet and Sexton called. The turn came {J-Spades}, Monnette bet and Sexton was left with only one bet. "Guess I'm all in," Sexton sighed.

The river came {Q-Clubs} and Monnette made a straight with {10-Spades} {9-Clubs} and Sexton's hand never got any where. Sexton was eliminated from the tournament.

Hand 8 - There was short silence after Sexton left and Deeb broke it by saying, "You run so good John Monnette."

Bach opened with two bets from the button and Eskandani called from the big blind. The flop came a scary {Q-Spades} {A-Spades} {K-Spades}, Bach bet and Eskandani couldn't fold fast enough.

Hand 9 - We'll consider this one as an Orbit with a bonus because of the table talk. The game changed to Razz and Henningan began talking about the old days on the East Coast.

"Howard and Lyle used to play heads up together because they were better than everyone else. We used to play $25/$50 and made loads of money. One day I bought in for $300 and in three hands I was up to $800."

"I wish I was around in those days," Deeb said.

"It was a totally different game back then. When I first started playing if you were playing Limit Hold'em and you called one bet from the big blind with {Q-} {5-}, you were an idiot," Hennigan stated.

John Hennigan never received his two cups of extremely hot water.

Waxman's Wheel

Stud 8

Cory Zeidman{x-}{x-} / {3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{8-Hearts} / {x-}
Matt Waxman{x-}{x-} / {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs} / {x-}

We reached the table on sixth street, where Waxman led out. Zeidman called, and both players received one down card. Waxman led out again, and Zeidman tank-called. Waxman silently turned over {7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}.

"What's that?" Zeidman asked.

"Wheel," Waxman responded.

"You could've said that, ya know," Zeidman said irritably.

Waxman apologized while he was stacking his chips.

"I didn't mean to slowroll you, Cory," he told him.

"I know," Zeidman responded. "I just can't see that far."

Player Chips Progress
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WSOP 1X Winner
215,000 120,000
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 -32,000

Tags: Cory ZeidmanMatt Waxman

Brown Booming

Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown

Stud

Andrew Brown is sitting behind one of the largest stacks in the room and recently added some chips to that pile. We arrived at the table on seventh street, with Andrew Brown and Chris Bell involved in a hand and a large pot already in play. Both players opted to check here and here's how their cards looked on the board.

Brown: {2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Bell: {5-Spades}{k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{a-Clubs}

When Brown tabled his {a-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts} in the hole, the two-pair would be enough to send Bell's cards into the muck and another pot to Brown.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Brown us
Andrew Brown
395,000 8,000
Chris Bell us
Chris Bell
110,000 -68,000

Tags: Andrew BrownChris Bell

Level: 16

Limits: 0/0

Ante: 0