Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 1 Started
Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 1 Started
Today marks the beginning of Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. at the World Series of Poker in its new home at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. Heading into the home stretch, this event lets you squeeze five variants into a single exciting tournament.
Players will rotate between Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo 8/B, Razz, Stud, and Stud Hi-Lo 8/B. With a starting stack of 40,000 chips, mixed-game stars will have plenty of deep-stack play to showcase their skills.
Last year's iteration drew 282 entries and offered up a $752,940 prize pool. Outlasting that field was Jim Collopy, aka "Mr. Big Queso," who won the $172,823 first-place prize and his second gold bracelet. Collopy battled with a star-studded final table that featured Daniel Negreanu, Maria Ho, and Eli Elezra among others.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Collopy | United States | $172,823 |
2 | Ahmed Mohamed | United States | $107,428 |
3 | Paramjit Gill | United States | $74,346 |
4 | Eli Elezra | United States | $53,986 |
5 | Maria Ho | United States | $39,423 |
6 | Michael Trivett | United States | $29,436 |
7 | Qinghai Pan | United States | $22,462 |
8 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | $17,526 |
Levels will be 60-minutes long with 15-minute breaks scheduled every two levels. Day 1 will feature ten levels of play with late registration being open through the first eight levels (until approximately 12:00 a.m.).
With opportunites at capturing an estimable gold bracelet this year becoming scarce, stay tuned right here to PokerNews to see who can take the reins and come out on top of the final mixed-game bracelet event of this series.
Players are out of the gate and cards are in the air! They will be starting with Omaha Hi-Lo.
Level: 1
Limit Blinds: 200/400
Stud Bring In/Complete: 100/400 Ante: 100
Limits: 400/800
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Allen Kessler | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Tamon Nakamura | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Marcel Luske | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Eugene Katchalov
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Ali Eslami
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Christina Hill | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Andres Korn
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Barry Greenstein
|
40,000 | 40,000 |
Omaha Hi-Lo
Action began with four players seeing a flop of . Stanislav Halatenko checked the small blind, as well as two players in the field until action reached Eric Kurtzman on the button. He bet, and all three others called.
The turn brought the , bringing in the flush draw and a low possibility. Action checked through.
On the river , action again checked to Kurtzmanon the button who bet, then one by one each of his opponents folded, and he took down the early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Kurtzman | 43,600 | 43,600 |
Stanislav Halatenko | 39,200 | 39,200 |
Razz
Andres Korn: /
Opponent: / folded fifth street
Action picked up on fourth street with Andres Korn firing a bet with a better board. His opponent made the call while bets were still the smaller size.
On fifth, Korn again picked up a better card with his four. He fired again, this time his opponent released and Korn took it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andres Korn
|
41,800 | 1,800 |
Stud
Eugene Katchalov: /
Opponent: /
With a small pot building, Eugene Katchalov showed a pair of jacks on the board. Even so, both he and his opponent checked sixth street.
On seventh, Katchalov checked again, but his opponent put out a bet, which Katchalov immediately called.
His opponent showed two pair with aces and tens, but Katchalov had an ace hiding in his hole cards for a better two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eugene Katchalov
|
42,800 |
Stud 8/B
John Zaleski: /
Opponent 1: //
Opponent 2: /
Action picked up on sixth street when John Zaleski bet. Both of his opponents made the call.
With seventh street dealt, Zaleski bet again. This time, the opponent on his left raised with his three diamonds showing. Both the second opponent and Zaleski made the call.
Zaleski had the flush for the high, meanwhile, the player in between had the seventy-six for the low. The river raiser had an eight low and watched his chips get chopped up on the end.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Zaleski | 42,400 | -4,600 |
Level: 2
Limit Blinds: 300/500
Stud Bring In/Complete: 200/500 Ante: 100
Limits: 500/1,000