Event #96: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed) Day 2 | 2024 World Series of Poker

07-15-2024 17:54 UTC-8

Some Recent Counts

Dan O'Hair

Level 16

Limit Flop: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Miller	1,125,000 600,000	600,000

Yueqi Zhu	730,000 15,000	15,000

Dan Cates	725,000 510,000	510,000

Jared Bleznick	720,000 495,000	495,000

Ali Eslami	700,000 110,000	110,000

Phil Ivey	650,000 225,000	225,000

Yuval Bronshtein	620,000 20,000	20,000

Phil Hellmuth	580,000 20,000	20,000

Scott Seiver	575,000 385,000	385,000

Ben Yu	450,000 130,000	130,000

Gary Bolden	Busted

07-15-2024 17:42 UTC-8

Benyamine Sends Tran Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16

Limit Flop: 10,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-20,000, 20,000-40,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Seven Card Stud

Long Tran: 6♥5♥/5♦J♦J♣4♥/K♥ All in
David Benyamine: J♠2♠/J♥Q♠Q♣10♠/2♥

Long Tran was already all in and at risk on third street for his last 55,000 against David Benyamine.

Benyamine drew to a pair of queens on fifth street to leave Tran drawing slim with his jacks.

Tran's board didn't improve and Benyamine collected the rest of Tran's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	1,100,000 310,000	310,000

Long Tran	Busted

Tags: David Benyamine Long Tran

07-15-2024 17:32 UTC-8

Brewer Eliminates Ausmus

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Razz

Jeremy Ausmus: 4x2x/3x8x5xKx/4x
Chris Brewer: 4x3x/6x10x7xAx/7x

Chris Brewer completed and Jeremy Ausmus raised. Action folded back around to Brewer, who called.

Ausmus continued for a bet on fourth street and Brewer raised to put Ausmus all in. Ausmus called and boards were run.

Brewer drew to a seven on sixth street and Ausmus ended up with an eight to send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	470,000 10,000	10,000

Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

Tags: Chris Brewer Jeremy Ausmus

07-15-2024 17:31 UTC-8

Ruben Bests Cates

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Tyler Boyer

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Razz

Brad Ruben: Q♣4♣6♠/ 7♠5♦5♣2♦
Dan Cates: XxXxXx/ 10♦5♥10♠8♣

Brad Ruben completed the bet, and Dan Cates called.

Cates called bets from Ruben on fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh street.

Ruben tabled a seven six low, and Cates mucked his hand to give the pot to Ruben.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Ruben	725,000 325,000	325,000

Dan Cates	215,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Dan Cates Brad Ruben

07-15-2024 17:24 UTC-8

Brewer Scoops Ashton

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Matthew Ashton raised from the hijack and was three-bet by Chris Brewer on the button. Action folded back to Ashton, who called.

Ashton proceeded to check-call bets from Brewer on the 7♣4♣9♦ flop, 10♠ turn, and 5♦ river.

Brewer tabled A♦10♦10♥3♦ for a set of tens with a low and Ashton tossed his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Brewer	460,000 255,000	255,000

Matthew Ashton	200,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Chris Brewer Matthew Ashton

07-15-2024 17:21 UTC-8

Benyamine Takes from Friedman

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Brett Slezak

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Razz

Adam Friedman completed and David Benyamine called.

Adam Friedman: XxXx / 7x3xJx2x / Xx
David Benyamine: 5x4x / 8x6xQx3x / Kx

Friedman check-called the entire way, as he called down on fourth through sixth.

On seventh, Benyamine bet for a final time and Friedman went into the tank for around a minute before he finally decided to flick in the call. Benyamine's eight-six was enough to drag a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Friedman	820,000 160,000	160,000

David Benyamine	790,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Adam Friedman David Benyamine

07-15-2024 17:16 UTC-8

Mercier Scoops Ruben

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Brad Ruben raised from early position and found one caller in Jason Mercier in the big blind.

Mercier check-raised a bet from Ruben on the 2♣8♥10♥ flop and Ruben called.

Ruben then called bets from Mercier on the J♣ turn and 6♦ river.

Mercier announced, "Set. Ace-four," and turned over A♦4♠2♦2♠ for the goods. Ruben sent his hand into the muck and Mercier collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	720,000 45,000	45,000

Phil Hellmuth	600,000 250,000	250,000

Brad Ruben	400,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Brad Ruben Jason Mercier

07-15-2024 17:07 UTC-8

Recent Counts From the Field

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	675,000 35,000	35,000

Ryan Miller	525,000 255,000	255,000

Kane Kalas	520,000 404,000	404,000
Dan Cates	480,000 320,000	320,000

Phil Ivey	425,000 185,000	185,000

Shaun Deeb	420,000 255,000	255,000

Phil Hellmuth	350,000 80,000	80,000

Bryn Kenney	100,000 25,000	25,000

Felipe Ramos	Busted
Julien Martini	Busted

Jared Talarico	Busted

07-15-2024 17:04 UTC-8

Mercier Eliminates Brown

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Tyler Boyer

Level 15

Limit Flop: 10,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits
Stud Games: 5,000-15,000, 15,000-30,000 Limits, 5,000 Ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Andrew Brown completed the bet and went all in for 15,000. Jason Mercier then raised, and action folded around, leaving the two players heads up with Brown at risk.

Andrew Brown: 3♥10♦9♥/ 2♣6♣A♦2♥
Jason Mercier: 5♦8♦7♠/ 5♣Q♦9♦4♠