Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 1 Started
Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 1 Started
Welcome to the first day's coverage of Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Today, at 3 p.m., the players will start their three-day run for the gold bracelet as they look to emulate the achievement of last year's winner, David Bach, who came through a 150-player field to win $383,208. The entrants last year included Daniel Negreanu, Brian Rast, Stephen Chidwick, Phil Hellmuth, and Jason Mercier, who won this event in 2016, so the field is likely to be strong once again.
Five different game types will be played during this tournament and change every orbit: limit hold'em, Omaha hi-lo, razz, seven-card stud, and seven-card stud hi-lo. Each player will receive 50,000 starting chips with ten 60-minute levels being played out. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels, and late registration is open until the start of Day 2.
Hold'em and Omaha will begin with blinds of 300/500 and limits of 500/1,000, while the three stud games will start with a 100 ante, a 200 bring-in, and the same 500/1,000 limits.
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Level: 1
Hold’em / O8 - 300/500 500/1,000
Razz/Stud/Stud - 8 100 BI 200 500 500-1,000
The first 32 players registered have made their way to the tables and play is underway. The draw was made for the first game which came out as stud hi-lo.
Perry Friedman was the first player to sit down before the cards got in the air and was somewhat surprised to see nobody else in sight. However, that soon changed with plenty of other notables to take their seat in quick succession to get things started.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Christopher Vitch | 50,000 | |
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Perry Friedman | 50,000 | |
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Chris Wallace | 50,000 | |
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Adam Owen | 50,000 | |
Matt Grapenthien | 50,000 | |
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Ashish Gupta | 50,000 | |
Ian Johns | 50,000 | |
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Brandon Shack-Harris | 50,000 | |
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Fabrice Soulier | 50,000 | |
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Tony Cousineau | 50,000 |
Max Kruse, who has so far only been spotted in 2-7 and Omaha tournaments at the WSOP, has entered the competition along with Andrew Barber, Iraj Parvizi and defending champion David Bach. The latter faces mixed game specialist Ismael Bojang among others on his starting table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Max Kruse |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Andrew Barber |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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David Bach |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Iraj Parvizi |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Ismael Bojang |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo
Mike Leah: / /
Eric Kurtzman: / /
On the tail end of a heads-up hand between Mike Leah and Eric Kurtzman, the former checked on seventh street and Kurtzman bet. Leah gave it some thought and called to see Kurtzman admit, "Good call, I only have the low," before turning over his . Leah rolled over the for a pair of sevens and won the high pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eric Kurtzman |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Mike Leah |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Daniel Negreanu, fresh off his third-place finish for $59,788 in Event #22: $1,500 Eight Game Mix, has entered the field alongside Carol Fuchs, who most recently played Event #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, with both players receiving 50,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Negreanu |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Carol Fuchs |
50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Limit Hold'em
Action folded around to Adam Owen on the button, and he bet before Fabrice Soulier raised and Owen called. The Brit then called a bet on the flop before again calling for 1,000 on the turn.
The river fell the , and Owen called for the third time, tabling and beating Soulier's .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adam Owen |
53,000
3,000
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3,000 |
Fabrice Soulier |
47,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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Limit Hold'em
Out of the small blind, George Wolff raised and Peter Neff in the big blind called. Wolff checked the flop and called a bet by Neff before the turn and the river were checked. Wolff showed for the nut flush and Neff mucked.
On a different table, Iraj Parvizi and John David Rogers got into a four-bet pot in a battle of button versus small blind, and Rogers called the four-bet, then checked the flop. On the turn, Rogers checked once more and folded to a bet by Parvizi.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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George Wolff |
51,000
51,000
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51,000 |
Peter Neff |
49,000
49,000
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49,000 |
John David Rogers |
46,000
46,000
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46,000 |
Iraj Parvizi |
45,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |