Event #30: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-16-2017 00:53 UTC-7

Rast Clips Kihara

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

On fourth street, Brian Rast bet out 3,000 and Naoya Kihara check-called. Both players checked fifth, and on sixth Kihara checked to Rast and he bet 6,000. Kihara check-raised and Rast called.

Kihara: / /
Rast: / /

Both players checked and Kihara tabled his for two pair and a busted flush draw.

Rast however tabled his for a bigger two pair and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	120,000	10,000
Brian Rast	80,000	25,500

Tags: Naoya Kihara Brian Rast

06-16-2017 00:40 UTC-7

Ho Calls Down and Folds Seventh

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Stud

Maria Ho completed to 3,000 and her opponent who had the bring-in called and then double-bet on fourth when he caught open threes. Ho called, and then called her opponent down the whole way heading into seventh.

Ho: / /
Opponent: / /

On seventh, Ho's opponent bet and she mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	105,000	-35,000

Tags: Maria Ho

06-16-2017 00:37 UTC-7

Penultimate Level Stack Updates

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Woolridge	205,000	-14,000
Aron Dermer	185,000	30,000
Benny Glaser	162,000	4,000
Yuval Bronshtein	158,000	-12,000
Brandon Shack-Harris	150,000	60,000
Randy Ohel	143,000	39,000
Paul Volpe	136,000	-4,000
Craig Chait	132,000	-18,000
Andrew Brown	117,000	55,000
Philip Sternheimer	104,000	52,000
David "ODB" Baker	96,000	22,000
Mike Sexton	89,000	40,000
Felipe Ramos	77,000	27,000
Michael Mizrachi	61,000	2,000
Phil Hellmuth	45,000	-10,000
Howard Lederer	40,000	17,000
James Obst	37,000	-13,000
Sorel Mizzi	27,000	-10,000
Fabrice Soulier	25,000	-58,000

06-16-2017 00:32 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Rodawig	275,000	17,000
Jason Mercier	190,000	2,000
John Racener	140,000	-18,000
Don Zewin	135,000	70,000
Anthony Zinno	135,000	48,000
Ben Yu	130,000	37,000
Scott Bohlman	110,000
David Bach	105,000	-52,000
Andre Akkari	75,000	1,000
Greg Mueller	70,000	51,500
Ray Dehkharghani	65,000	-4,000
Chris Vitch	60,000	-20,000
Shawn Buchanan	45,000	6,000
Richard Sklar	45,000	37,500
Shirley Rosario	31,000	-34,000
Jon Turner	20,000	-23,000

06-16-2017 00:25 UTC-7

Bleznick Busts

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Razz

Jared Bleznick found himself all in on third street against three players; two of which were Maria Ho and Andrew Barber.

Ho fired out bets on every street until Barber folded fourth, and the unknown player folded on sixth as the two remaining player's boards read as follows:

Ho: / /
Barber: / (folded on fourth)
Bleznick: / /
Opponent: / (folded on sixth)

Ho tabled her as Bleznick showed his and headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	140,000	100,000
Jared Bleznick	Busted

Tags: Andrew Barber Jared Bleznick Maria Ho

06-16-2017 00:23 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris George	160,000	56,000
Esther Taylor	160,000	-2,000
Owais Ahmed	125,000	65,000
Mark Gregorich	120,000	-30,000
Naoya Kihara	110,000	20,000
Gary Benson	110,000	67,000
Stephen Chidwick	105,000	65,000
Daniel Negreanu	105,000	24,000
Eric Wasserson	95,000	12,000
Adam Owen	65,000	-20,000
Jack Duong	60,000	10,000
Brian Rast	54,500	4,500
Adam Friedman	35,000	-108,000
Marco Johnson	35,000	-5,000
Andrew Barber	35,000	-72,000
Roland Israelashvili	35,000

06-16-2017 00:12 UTC-7

Bleznick Survives

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

The action folded to Jared Bleznick on the button and he moved all in for 1,400. The small blind raised, and the big blind folded.

Bleznick:
Opponent:

The board ran out to see Bleznick river a full house over his opponent's set to stay alive in the tournament.

"If you had chips, that would have been a big pot!" laughed Negreanu after the hand was complete.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	5,100	-44,900

Tags: Jared Bleznick Daniel Negreanu

06-16-2017 00:09 UTC-7

Gregorich Flops Set of Kings

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Hold'em

With a completed board reading , Mark Gregorich bet and was called by his heads-up opponent.

Gregorich tabled the , flopping a set of kings and his opponent quickly mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Gregorich	150,000	60,000

Tags: Mark Gregorich

06-16-2017 00:05 UTC-7

Rodawig Flops Top Pair

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Hold'em

Ray Dehkharghani raised under the gun to 6,000 and Eric Rodawig three-bet next to act to 9,000. The action folded back to Dehkharghani and he called as the flop landed .

Dehkharghani checked and Rodawig bet 3,000 with Dehkharghani calling as the rolled off on the turn.

Dehkharghani checked, Rodawig bet 6,000, and Dehkharghani called as the completed the board on the river.

Both players checked and Dehkharghani tabled his , but it would be Rodawig's that would earn him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Rodawig	258,000	87,000
Ray Dehkharghani	69,000	-41,000

Tags: Eric Rodawig Ray Dehkharghani

06-16-2017 00:05 UTC-7

Prize Pool and Payout Structure Released

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

The prize pool and payout structure has been released. With 150 entries the total prize pool is $1,410,000. The top 23 spots will get paid with a min-cash of $15,000.

The eventual champion will walk away with a top prize of $383,208 and of course the coveted and prestigious WSOP gold bracelet.