Event #44: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2022 World Series of Poker

06-20-2022 18:09 UTC-7

Wattel Scoops Zinno

Josh Noy

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Mike Wattel: /
Anthony Zinno: /

Mike Wattel led out on fifth and sixth streets, with Anthony Zinno making the calls. Both players then checked the river, with Wattel seemingly surprised to see his pair of queens hold up as the best hand to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Wattel	64,000 -3,000	-3,000

Anthony Zinno	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Mike Wattel

06-20-2022 18:13 UTC-7

Igwe Takes From Katchalov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Wilson Igwe defended out of the small blind against a cutoff raise by Eugene Katchalov and was then spotted with a check-call on the turn. He checked again the on the river and Katchalov bet. Igwe went into a brief tank and called to get shown the for a pair of eights, which he had beat with the for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wilson Igwe	82,000 24,000	24,000
Eugene Katchalov	41,500 -14,500	-14,500

Tags: Eugene Katchalov Wilson Igwe

Level: 4

Limit Blinds: 500/1,000
Stud Blinds: 300/1,000 Ante: 200
Limits: 1,000/2,000

06-20-2022 18:19 UTC-7

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Michael Rocco had lost some chips early on after entering the field but then won some of them back in an Omaha Hi-Lo hand. He took on Tamon Nakamura and scooped with the , which flopped a spades flush draw but got running diamonds instead.

Several other notable counts are below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shirley Rosario	100,000 13,000	13,000
Brian Yoon	94,000 19,000	19,000

Eddie Blumenthal	87,000 27,000	27,000
Michael McKenna	80,000 20,000	20,000
Mike Gorodinsky	80,000 16,000	16,000

Chip Jett	70,000 70,000	70,000
Amnon Filippi	65,000 5,000	5,000

Chris Tryba	62,000 2,000	2,000

Andrew Barber	62,000 14,000	14,000

Tamon Nakamura	62,000 2,000	2,000

Nick Pupillo	58,000 -26,000	-26,000

Richard Sklar	55,000 55,000	55,000
Michael Rocco	54,000 -6,000	-6,000
Daniel Strelitz	53,000 -12,000	-12,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	52,000 -8,000	-8,000
Elior Sion	48,000 -12,000	-12,000

John Monnette	31,000 -23,000	-23,000

Qinghai Pan	5,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Michael Rocco Tamon Nakamura

06-20-2022 18:31 UTC-7

Field Continues to Grow

Josh Noy

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Brunson	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mike Matusow	60,000 60,000	60,000

Eric Wasserson	60,000 60,000	60,000
Gary Benson	60,000

Christopher Bell	60,000 60,000	60,000

06-20-2022 18:36 UTC-7

Pan Chops to Stay in Contention

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

Qinghai Pan: /
Kevin Song: /
Connor Drinan: /

Qinghai Pan was already all-in and awaiting his fate when Kevin Song bet into Connor Drinan, who called on sixth and seventh street. Song tabled a pair of fours and seven low while Drinan had him beat for the high card in the side pot with sixes and fives.

Pan showed his queens and nines to chop the main pot and stay in contention with a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	63,000

Kevin Song	46,500 -13,500	-13,500

Qinghai Pan	5,500 500	500

Tags: Connor Drinan Kevin Song Qinghai Pan

06-20-2022 18:36 UTC-7

Kelsall Gets Counterfeited

Josh Noy

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Limit Hold'em

Frankie O'Dell raised from the cutoff and Andrew Kelsall defended his big blind to see the flop.

After a bet and call to the turn, Kelsall led out and O'Dell called. Kelsall bet again on the river, and was quickly called by O'Dell.

Frankie O'Dell:
Andrew Kelsall:

Kelsall smirked and said "counterfeited" as he got the bad news, and O'Dell took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Kelsall	58,000 -2,000	-2,000

Frankie O'Dell	52,000 -4,000	-4,000

Tags: Andrew Kelsall Frankie O'Dell

06-20-2022 18:39 UTC-7

Long Scoops Couden

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo

Joey Couden: / /
Philip Long: / /

Joey Couden bet on sixth street when he paired his deuce and was called by one of the bigger stacks at the table in Philip Long. They checked down seventh and Couden tabled the for jacks and deuces without a low. Long had that beat with the for aces and sevens to win the entire pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Long	93,000 33,000	33,000

Joey Couden	40,500 -19,500	-19,500

Tags: Joey Couden Philip Long

06-20-2022 18:49 UTC-7

Ichinose Gets Scooped by Hui

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Razz

Kosei Ichinose: / /
Phil Hui: / /

Phil Hui bet his lead on fourth to get called by Kosei Ichinose and then paired up on fifth, which gave Ichinose the lead. The Japanese pro bet fifth and sixth street to then check-call seventh. Hui tabled the for an eighty-five and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kosei Ichinose	82,000 14,000	14,000
Phil Hui	80,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Kosei Ichinose Phil Hui

06-20-2022 18:53 UTC-7

Seiver Gets Mirzikinian to Fold

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

With more than 130 entries in the mix, several new faces have appeared at the tables and one of them is Warwick Mirzikinian. The Aussie lost a small portion of his stack right away when he took on Scott Seiver.

Warwick Mirzikinian: / /
Scott Seiver: / /

The Aussie completed and then bet fourth to get called by Seiver. On fifth, Seiver took over the lead and bet for Mirzikinian to call. Another bet on sixth earned a call and seventh street was bet by Seiver once more. Mirzikinian mulled it over, double-checked his cards and opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	85,000 17,000	17,000

Warwick Mirzikinian	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Scott Seiver Warwick Mirzikinian