Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2023 World Series of Poker

06-23-2023 14:02 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mori Eskandani	60,000

Scott Bohlman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Perry Friedman	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tamon Nakamura	60,000 60,000	60,000
Qinghai Pan	60,000 60,000	60,000

Esther Taylor	60,000 60,000	60,000

Bruno Fitoussi	60,000 60,000	60,000
Julien Sitbon	60,000 60,000	60,000

Owen Scoops Big Four-Way Pot

Mike Patrick

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Adam Owen: A♠Q♠5♣/7♠10♠J♠A♦
David Bach: XxXx/Q♥5♦3♠2♦/Xx
Christopher Vitch: XxXx/2♣J♣7♦7♥/Xx
Daniel Negreanu: XxXx/2♥Q♣8♦K♦ - folded sixth street

With multiple bets in the middle four-ways on sixth street, Chris Vitch checked to Adam Owen who bet and got a call from David Bach. Daniel Negreanu folded, but Vitch called.

On seventh street, It was Owen again betting and he got calls from both opponents.

Owen showed his ace-high flush, with neither opponent being able to beat it or show a low for half, sending a sizeable early pot to Owen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Owen	81,500 22,500	22,500
Daniel Negreanu	49,000 11,000	11,000

David Bach	46,000 16,000	16,000

Christopher Vitch	45,500

Tags: Adam Owen Christopher Vitch Daniel Negreanu David Bach

06-23-2023 13:52 UTC-8

Claassen Scoops Long

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Christopher Claassen: XxXx/A♣8♦5♦3♥/Xx
Philip Long: XxXx/3♠7♠5♥10♦/Xx

Christopher Claassen bet on fifth and sixth streets, with Philip Long, who made the final table of this event last year, calling him down to seventh.

Claassen tossed out another bet on seventh and Long called. Claassen turned over 7♦5♠2♥ for a pair of fives and a low, and Long sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Claassen	65,000

Philip Long	65,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Christopher Claassen Philip Long

06-23-2023 13:46 UTC-8

Idema Gives One Up to Radanov

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 300/600, 0 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Damjan Radanov: XxXx/2♣2♠9♥6♣/Xx
Daniel Idema: XxXx/5♣A♦K♠Xx/Xx

Damjan Radanov bet on fifth street and Daniel Idema called.

Idema called another bet on sixth street before Radanov, with a pair of deuces showing, threw out another bet on seventh.

Idema this time gave it some thought before sending his board into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damjan Radanov	55,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Idema	52,000

Tags: Damjan Radanov Daniel Idema

Level: 2

Limit Flop: 300-600, 600-1,200 Limits
Stud Games: 200-600, 600-1,200 Limits, 100 Ante

06-23-2023 13:36 UTC-8

Rehmatulla Cracks Brandt's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

Abdulahad Rehmatulla: XxXx/K♣5♣9♦2♣/Xx
Lawrence Brandt: XxXx/A♥J♣9♠A♦/Xx

Abdulahad Rehmatulla bet on fifth street and Lawrence Brandt called.

Both players checked on sixth before Brandt opened the betting on seventh. Rehmatulla quickly called and Brandt turned over the J♥ for two pair with his aces showing.

Rehmatulla, though, had 5♥5♠ for trip fives to take the pot off the WSOP bracelet winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lawrence Brandt	59,000

Abdulahad Rehmatulla	57,000

Tags: Lawrence Brandt Abdulahad Rehmatulla

06-23-2023 13:30 UTC-8

Bronshtein Takes From Zhu, Then Teases Him About Cashes

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 0 ante

Razz

Yuval Bronshtein: XxXx/6x9x4x
Yueqi Zhu: XxXx/Ax7xQx - folded
Nicolas Barthe: XxXx/9x7x6x -folded

Yuval Bronshtein completed on third street and was called by Yueqi Zhu and Nicolas Barthe.

Zhu bet out on fourth and both opponents called. Bronshtein led out on fifth and Zhu slammed his board down after receiving a queen and sent it into the muck. He was soon joined by Barthe as Bronshtein took the pot.

"Do you have 20 cashes yet?" Bronshtein asked Zhu after the hand.

"I keep min-cashing. Every Day 2 has been miserable," said Zhu, who's cashed seven times this WSOP.

"You can't let Allen Kessler have more cashes than you," Bronshtein added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuval Bronshtein	70,000 70,000	70,000

Yueqi Zhu	55,000 5,000	5,000

Nicolas Barthe	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Nicolas Barthe Yueqi Zhu Yuval Bronshtein

06-23-2023 13:27 UTC-8

Bach Bets Out Klein

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Mike Patrick

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

David Bach: XxXx/9♣K♦10♥J♠
Jesse Klein: XxXx/10♣4♥K♥5♣ - folded sixth street

After David Bach completed and Jesse Klein called, Bach bet every street right through sixth street.

Klein had called the first big bet round on fifth, but facing another bet on sixth, Klein opted to fold and cede the pot to Bach.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Bach	62,000 2,000	2,000

Jesse Klein	57,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: David Bach Jesse Klein

06-23-2023 13:23 UTC-8

More Faces in the Field

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Mike Patrick

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Sokoloff	60,000
Tom McCormick	60,000
Chris Tryba	60,000

Frank Kitchens	60,000
Greg Mascio	60,000
Damjan Radanov	60,000
Christina Hill	60,000
Tony Cousineau	60,000
Yufei Zhong	60,000
John David Rogers	60,000

06-23-2023 13:17 UTC-8

Loube Rides an Early Razz Rush

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David Salituro

Level 1 : Blinds 300/500, 0 ante

Razz

Steven Loube: XxXx/3x2xJxKx/Xx
Shirley Rosario: XxXx/3x6x10xQx/Xx

Shirley Rosario completed on third street, then called when Steven Loube raised.

Loube bet again on fourth and Rosario called. Rosario led out on fifth and Loube raised again, with Rosario calling to sixth where she bet.

Loube just called this time, then bet on seventh after Rosario checked. Rosario checked and Loube turned over Ax8x4x for 8-4-3-2-A (eight-perfect) to win the pot.