Justin Smith: 7♠A♣/3♠6♣4♥2♣/9♠
Xixang Luo: 10♦10♠/10♣A♠2♦Q♦/5♠
Brandon Shack-Harris: XxXx/7♦9♥Q♠ - folded on fifth street
Action was picked up on third street after Brandon Shack-Harris had raised to three bets over some previous action. Justin Smith called, Xixiang Luo raised to four bets, Shack-Harris called and Smith called.
On fourth street Luo bet, Shack-Harris called and Smith raised. Luo three-bet, Shack-Harris called and Smith four-bet. Luo made it five bets, Shack-Harris called and Smith called.
On fifth street Luo bet, Shack-Harris folded, Smith raised and Luo called. Luo then check-called bets from Smith on sixth and seventh street.
Smith had a six-low while Luo had trip tens to split the massive pot.
Calvin Anderson raised from late position, and Jerry Wong called from the button. John Monnette came along from the small blind, Matt Glantz from the big, and it was four-way action to a flop of A♣6♦9♥.
Three checks saw Wong bet 1,500, and all three of his opponents called.
That action repeated on the 8♣ turn, albeit for 3,000, and the 10♦ completed the board on the river, which everyone checked.
Monnette showed the 10♥9♠7♠3♥ for a straight, but it was no good as Anderson held a bigger one with the Q♠J♦A♥3♠. Glantz then showed 4♣2♦4♠7♥ for a low, and Wong mucked.
With that, Anderson and Glantz chopped up a healthy O8 pot.
Brandon Shack-Harris: XxXx / 7♣2♣5♠K♣ / Xx
Xixiang Luo: XxXx / K♥3♦J♥A♥ / Xx
Afrer a player brought it in with the 5♥ showing, Brandon Shack-Harris just called before Xixiang Luo completed. Action folded back to Shack-Harris, who called.
On fourth, Luo bet and then called when Shack-Harris raised, which was followed by two checks on fifth.
Luo proceeded to bet 2,000 on sixth, Shack-Harris called, and it was off to seventh.
Luo bet again and Shack-Harris thought long and hard before releasing his hand.
Welcome back to PokerNews, the official media partner of the 2025 World Series of Poker and home of live updates from all bracelet events.
Today sees the start of Event #55: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris Las, Vegas. The event includes a mix of Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
Day 1 of the four-day event will kick off at 2 p.m. local time with starting stacks of 60,000. All games are played with limit betting and limits start at 500/1,000. Late registration is available until the start of Level 12 on Day 2, at about 2:15 p.m. No reentry is permitted.
Day 1 will play for ten levels, with the first six being 40 minutes long with 15-minute breaks every two hours of play. Levels 7-15 being 60 minutes, and Level 16 on will be 90 minutes. There is no dinner break on Day 1.
Day 2 will pick back up on Thursday, June 19, at 1 p.m. and will play eight levels with 15-minute breaks after Levels 11, 13, and 16. There will be a 60-minute dinner break after Level 15.
Last year's event saw Russia's Maksim Pisarenko top the 181-player field to win his first bracelet and $399,988, while the previous edition saw 2015 WSOP Player of the Year Mike Gorodinsky win his fourth bracelet and $422,747.
Year
Entries
Winner
Country
Payout
2024
181
Maksim Pisarenko
Russia
$399,988
2023
185
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
$422,747
2022
209
Andrew Yeh
United States
$487,129
2021
149
Kevin Gerhart
United States
$361,124
2020
-
Not held
-
-
2019
166
Greg Mueller
Canada
$414,692
2018
150
John Hennigan
United States
$383,208
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