Event #22: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-08-2014 21:50 UTC-8

The Godfather Cometh

Level 4

Only three players have ever won double digit bracelets - Phil Hellmuth (13), Johnny Chan (10), and Doyle Brunson - and only one member of that trio is present; Mr. Brunson.

The godfather of poker just rolled up on his scooter to compete in another 2014 World Series of Poker bracelet event. His table is right by our reporting desk, so we'll be sure to keep tabs on Texas Dolly for the next few hours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doyle Brunson	30,000

Tags: Doyle Brunson

Level: 4

Hold'em - Omaha 8 300/600 blinds 600-1,200 limits<br />
Razz - Stud - Stud 8 100 ante 200 BI 600-1,200 limits

06-08-2014 21:33 UTC-8

Break

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3

Play will resume in 15 minutes. We will play four more level in total, and this break marks the last chance for players to register.

06-08-2014 21:32 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
James Obst	74,000 15,000	15,000

David Chiu	74,000 9,000	9,000

Jeff Lisandro	60,000 8,800	8,800

Mike Sexton	60,000 13,000	13,000

Cory Zeidman	60,000 6,000	6,000

Alex Kuzmin	56,000 27,600	27,600
Erick Lindgren	55,000 15,500	15,500

Marco Johnson	55,000 20,000	20,000

Jan Suchanek	53,000 2,000	2,000
Josh Arieh	50,000 13,000	13,000

Chino Rheem	49,000 15,000	15,000
Tom Koral	46,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Tryba	42,000 8,000	8,000

Sergey Rybachenko	41,500 1,000	1,000
Tommy Hang	40,000 5,000	5,000
Fabrice Soulier	38,000 5,000	5,000

Jeff Madsen	36,000 3,000	3,000

Adam Friedman	32,500 1,000	1,000

David "ODB" Baker	31,000 1,700	1,700

Brian Hastings	31,000

Tony Cousineau	29,000 1,000	1,000
Bill Chen	28,000 3,400	3,400

Jon Turner	26,000

Matt Vengrin	26,000 23,000	23,000

Brian Townsend	24,000 6,500	6,500

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06-08-2014 21:27 UTC-8

Counts For Days

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	59,000 18,000	18,000

Roland Israelashvili	57,000 19,000	19,000

Michael Moore	56,000 12,800	12,800
Bruno Fitoussi	52,000 31,000	31,000
Scotty Nguyen	51,000 15,000	15,000

Owais Ahmed	50,000 8,000	8,000

Sebastian Saffari	50,000
Lee Goldman	45,000 15,000	15,000
Todd Brunson	33,000 3,000	3,000

Mike Leah	32,000 4,500	4,500

Vladimir Schemelev	31,000

Ben Yu	31,000 5,900	5,900

Sebastien Sabic	31,000 1,000	1,000
Nick Schulman	29,000 5,000	5,000

Brett Richey	27,000
Brandon Cantu	16,000

Mikhail Tulchinskiy	14,000
Daniel Idema	13,000 5,000	5,000

Maria Ho	10,000 19,000	19,000
Stuart Rutter	8,500 21,500	21,500
Vanessa Selbst	Busted

Scott Seiver	Busted

06-08-2014 21:17 UTC-8

More Counts

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Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	74,000 21,000	21,000

Greg Mueller	72,000 10,000	10,000

Eric Buchman	55,000 10,500	10,500

Kevin Iacofano	49,000 3,000	3,000
Eric Rodawig	46,500 3,500	3,500

Justin Bonomo	43,000 7,000	7,000

Ryan Miller	42,000 8,000	8,000

Konstantin Puchkov	39,000 16,000	16,000

Ivan Soshnikov	38,000 7,000	7,000
Max Pescatori	37,400 2,200	2,200

Chris Klodnicki	34,000 3,000	3,000

Jared Jaffe	34,000 17,000	17,000
Robert Mizrachi	32,000 22,300	22,300

Naoya Kihara	30,000

Ofir Mor	30,000
Scott Bohlman	30,000 1,000	1,000

Jason Mercier	30,000

Mike Gorodinsky	29,000 4,000	4,000

Don Nguyen	29,000 2,000	2,000
Rep Porter	26,500 13,500	13,500

Ralph Perry	21,000 15,000	15,000

Jeremy Ausmus	18,500 1,500	1,500

John Cernuto	18,000 5,500	5,500

Andrew Rennhack	15,000 17,000	17,000

Eli Elezra	Busted

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06-08-2014 21:09 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Le	78,000 1,000	1,000
Brian Tate	76,000 10,000	10,000
Calvin Anderson	72,000 42,000	42,000

Phil Ivey	61,000 13,600	13,600

Mike Watson	55,000 14,000	14,000

Paul Volpe	54,000 7,000	7,000

Daniel Negreanu	51,000 15,000	15,000

Richard Ashby	48,000 18,000	18,000

John Racener	48,000 1,000	1,000

Tom Franklin	46,000 18,000	18,000

Andre Akkari	45,000 2,000	2,000

Frankie O'Dell	42,000 12,000	12,000

Randy Ohel	38,000 16,000	16,000

John Monnette	35,000 3,000	3,000

Mike Matusow	30,000

Michael Mizrachi	29,000

Brock Parker	29,000 1,000	1,000
Michael Chow	27,000 3,000	3,000

Scott Abrams	23,000 7,000	7,000

Timothy Finne	22,000 8,000	8,000
Alexander Kostritsyn	22,000
Barry Greenstein	20,000 10,000	10,000

Sabyl Cohen	20,000
David Bach	17,000 36,000	36,000

Cliff Josephy	14,000 12,000	12,000

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06-08-2014 20:58 UTC-8

Gordo's Guaranteed Scoop

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Level 3

Mike Gorodinsky (In a previous event) - Scoops

Omaha 8

There was a raise and a reraise before Mike Gorodinsky tossed out 1,200 from the big blind, thinking he was only calling two bets. Gorodinsky quickly realized his mistake, but not after Zimnan Ziyard called on his left. The floor was called over, and they told Gorodinsky that he could keep the 1,200 in front of him or call the full 1,800. He chose to call, and he went to the flop with Ziyard, Joe Weinberger, and Matt Waxman.

"Guaranteed scoop for Gordo," Waxman said. "Congrats."

"If I scoop you guys with this hand..." Gorodinsky responded.

The dealer fanned , and both Gorodinsky and Ziyard checked. Weinberger tossed out a bet, all three players called, and the turn was a third club - the .

The action checked to Weinberger again, he bet, and this time Waxman folded. Gorodinsky and Ziyard both called, and the trio all checked on the river ().

Gorodinsky tabled for a king-high flush and a six-low, fulfilling Waxman's guarantee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zimnan Ziyard	49,000 4,000	4,000
Joe Weinberger	45,000 1,000	1,000
Mike Gorodinsky	33,000 8,000	8,000

Matt Waxman	2,600 27,400	27,400

Tags: Joe Weinberger Matt Waxman Mike Gorodinsky Zimnan Ziyard

06-08-2014 20:51 UTC-8

Volpe and Racener Battling

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3

Limit Hold'em

John Racener raised from the button and Paul Volpe immediately three-bet from the small blind. The big blind folded and Racener flicked in the four-bet right away. Volpe called and the flop brought .

Volpe check-called but folded on the turn when Racener kept firing. The action at this table, that also seats Daniel Negreanu and Bryn Kenney, is fast-paced and as the limits grow we're going to see some fireworks here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	47,000 17,000	17,000

John Racener	47,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney John Racener Paul Volpe

06-08-2014 20:41 UTC-8

Le's Hot

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Level 3

Razz

Tuan Le: /
Chun Lei Zhou: /

Le completed, Zhou made it two bets, and only Le called. Le led out on both fourth and fifth street, and after getting dealt paint on the latter, Zhou folded.

"You're hot," Barry Greenstein said from across the table, grinning. "Don't burn out."

Le flashed a grin, then said something about it being easy when his opponents receive paint in razz. He's up to 77,000 chips - and hunting for his second bracelet this summer, while Zhou is very short with 3,400.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tuan Le	77,000 47,000	47,000
Chun Lei Zhou	3,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Chun Lei Zhou Tuan Le