Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-15-2013 21:21 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	32,000 17,000	17,000

Gavin Griffin	29,000 14,000	14,000

Vanessa Selbst	20,200 5,200	5,200

Nikolai Yakovenko	18,000 3,000	3,000
Nick Schulman	18,000

Stephen Chidwick	17,500

Jonathan Tamayo	16,000 1,000	1,000

Todd Brunson	15,500

Gavin Smith	13,000
Carlos Mortensen	12,500 2,500	2,500

Mike Noori	11,500 8,325	8,325
George Danzer	3,000 12,000	12,000

Scotty Nguyen	Busted

Place	Prize
1st	$318,955
2nd	$197,228
3rd	$129,600
4th	$94,664
5th	$70,093
6th	$52,613
7th	$40,039
8th	$30,876

Current Counts

Chad Holloway

Level 5

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	39,000 14,000	14,000

David "ODB" Baker	33,000 14,500	14,500

Michael Mizrachi	30,000 6,000	6,000

Bryan Micon	27,500 50	50
Sam Grizzle	20,000 1,500	1,500
Allen Kessler	19,500 2,500	2,500
Josh Arieh	18,500 9,000	9,000

Viatcheslav Ortynskiy	18,000 6,000	6,000

Huck Seed	17,000

Jon Turner	17,000 5,500	5,500

Bill Chen	16,000 5,500	5,500

Abe Mosseri	15,475 525	525

Brian Rast	14,500

Phil Ivey	14,400 600	600

Matt Glantz	14,000

Adam Friedman	14,000 5,000	5,000

Ben Yu	13,500 3,500	3,500

David Chiu	13,500 800	800

Yuval Bronshtein	11,000 8,000	8,000

Justin Smith	9,000 9,000	9,000
John Racener	7,700 11,800	11,800

Bryn Kenney	6,500

Bryan Devonshire	5,375 11,925	11,925
Eric Crain	3,700 3,800	3,800
Roland Israelashivili	3,500 10,000	10,000

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Level: 6

Hold'em - Omaha 8 200/400 blinds 400-800 limits
Razz - Stud - Stud 8 100 ante 100 BI 400-800 limits

06-15-2013 21:47 UTC-8

Kassela Chops to Stay Alive

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Level 6

Stud Hi-Lo

Catching the action on fourth street we found Frank Kassela all in for his last 1,150 against Gus Hansen and an unknown opponent. Hansen would bet fifth and sixth before check-folding seventh.

Kassela: / /
Hansen: / /
Opponent: / /

Following a fold from Hansen, Kassela tabled his / for the low while his opponent claimed the high with his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	3,700 11,300	11,300

Tags: Frank Kassela Gus Hansen

06-15-2013 22:02 UTC-8

"Six No Good?"

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Chad Holloway

Level 6

Razz

Brandon Shack-Harris: / /
Eli Elezra: / /

We picked up action on sixth street when Brandon Shack-Harris bet and Eli Elezra called. Elezra then encouraged Shack-Harris to bet in the dark, which he did. Elezra made the call on seventh and Shack-Harris tabled . He caught the jack which meant he went in with an 8-6-5-2-A low.

Elezra squeezed out his cards, which was a , and asked, "Six no good?" It wasn't as it only gave him an 8-6-5-4-A low.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	26,500 3,500	3,500

Brandon Shack-Harris	8,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Brandon Shack-Harris Eli Elezra

06-15-2013 22:05 UTC-8

More Counts from Around the Room

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Chad Holloway

Level 6

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	40,000 23,000	23,000

Andy Bloch	36,000 25,000	25,000

Eric Buchman	32,500 15,500	15,500

David Benyamine	28,500 1,000	1,000

Vitaly Lunkin	27,500 8,500	8,500

Farzad Bonyadi	25,000 21,600	21,600

Jonathan Duhamel	23,000 23,000	23,000

Gus Hansen	13,500 13,500	13,500

Dan Shak	12,000
Jeff Lisandro	6,500 8,500	8,500

Frank Kassela	3,500 200	200

Hasan Habib	3,200 3,200	3,200

Randy Ohel	1,400 2,850	2,850

Tony Ma	Busted

Timothy Finne	Busted
Cary Katz	Busted

Roland Israelashivili	Busted
Jose Luis Velador	Busted

06-15-2013 22:07 UTC-8

Sung and Richey Chipping Up

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Level 6

Limit Hold'em

The action folded to Steve Sung on the button and he made it 800. Brett Richey in the big blind defended before checking the flop.

Sung continued for 400 and Richey snap-raised to 800 to force Sung's cards into the muck.

Although it wasn't a huge pot, both Sung and Richey are up the top of the leaderboard as Sung has a healthy 41,000 while Richey is sitting with 26,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Sung	41,000 14,000	14,000

Brett Richey	26,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Brett Richey Steve Sung

06-15-2013 22:19 UTC-8

Hellmuth vs. Seidel

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Chad Holloway

Level 6

Stud Hi-Lo

Erik Seidel: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /

We picked up the action on fifth street when Erik Seidel bet and Phil Hellmuth raised. Seidel responded by three-betting to 3,000 and then called when Hellmuth four-bet to 4,000. Seidel proceeded to check-call a bet on sixth before both players checked seventh.

"I'm supposed to bet this," Hellmuth admitted before showing that he started with in the hole and caught the on seventh. His trips were good as Seidel sent his hand to the muck unseen.