Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 1 Started
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,720,500
Entries
185
Level
26
Limits
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Entries
165
Players Left
91
Mixed Game Specialists Begin Long Ride to the Bracelet When Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Kicks Off at 2 p.m.
What will surely be a long, difficult road to mixed-game supremacy begins today when Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship gets underway at 2 p.m. local time at the 2023 World Series of Poker.
This event attracts one of the most elite, star-studded fields on the WSOP calendar. Andrew Yeh prevailed over 209 players last year to win $487,129 and his first WSOP bracelet, defeating Craig Chait in a heads-up match that lasted well into the fourth day of play. Bracelet winners Philip Long, Bryce Yockey, and John Racener also made runs to the final table, while Ben Lamb, Jerry Wong, Shaun Deeb, and newly-crowned $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. winner Yuri Dzivielevski finished in the money, but came up short of making it to the final table.
Past H.O.R.S.E Championship Results
| Year | Winner | Entrants | Earnings | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Andrew Yeh | 209 | $487,129 | Craig Chait |
| 2021 | Kevin Gerhart | 149 | $361,124 | Marco Johnson |
| 2019 | Greg Mueller | 172 | $425,347 | Daniel Ospina |
| 2018 | John Hennigan | 166 | $414,692 | David "Bakes" Baker |
| 2017 | David Bach | 150 | $383,208 | Eric Rodawig |
This tournament requires a mastery of five different poker variants—Limit Hold’em; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Razz; Seven Card Stud; and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. The field might be small, but it surely won’t lack star power. Past champions of this event include Poker Hall of Famer John Hennigan, $50,000 PPC winner David Bach, and Jason Mercier. Four days from now, one lucky player will get to add their name to this illustrious list.
Players begin the tournament with a 60,000 starting stack. Day 1 consists of ten levels, the first six are 40 minutes long and levels seven through ten are 60 minutes long. All levels from Day 2 on will be extended to 90 minutes. There is a 15-minute break every two hours. Late registration is open until the beginning of Day 2, so anyone who doesn’t jump in today can still do so on Saturday before cards go in the air. The final table on Monday will be streamed on a delay on PokerGO.
Poker's biggest stars will gather today inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2 p.m. and PokerNews will be right there alongside them providing live updates from this prestigious event.
Level: 1
Limit Flop: 300-500, 500-1,000 Limits
Stud Games: 200-500, 500-1,000 Limits, 100 Ante
Giddy Up!
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
The first 31 players are out of the gates with 60,000 chips as the 'shuffle up and deal' command has been given.
This will be the first of six 40-minute levels, followed by four 60-minute levels to close out the day.
Registration will remain open throughout the day and right up until the start of Day 2 on Saturday.
Early Arrivals
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mozdzen Bets Out Owen
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Heads-up on a flop of 7♣9♥J♣, Clayton Mozdzen bet from the small blind before Adam Owen put in a raise from the hijack.
Mozdzen called to the K♥ turn and checked over to Owen, who continued with another bet. Mozdzen now raised and Owen called.
The river came the 3♦ and Mozdzen led out with a bet, leading to a quick fold by Owen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000 | |
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59,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
Loube Rides an Early Razz Rush
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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74,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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53,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
More Faces in the Field
Level 1
: Blinds 300/500, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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60,000 | |
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Bach Bets Out Klein
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 |
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62,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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57,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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Bronshtein Takes From Zhu, Then Teases Him About Cashes
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 |
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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55,000
-5,000
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |