2017 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj98
Prize
$383,208
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,410,000
Entries
150
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
30,000

Bleznick and Hang Chop

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

On sixth street, Tommy Hang four-bet, getting calls from Jared Bleznick and Alex Luneau. All three checked seventh street.

Luneau: {x-}{x-}/{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}/{x-}
Hang: {x-}{x-}/{a-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}/{x-}
Bleznick: {x-}{x-}/{q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}/{x-}

Hang tabled {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{a-Hearts}, making aces up to take the high half, and Bleznick had {4-Spades}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts} to take the low. Luneau mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang
58,000
23,000
23,000
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
47,000
-700
-700
Alex Luneau fr
Alex Luneau
17,000
-22,000
-22,000

Tags: Alex LuneauJared BleznickTommy Hang

Kings Enough for Rheem

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Stud

Chino Rheem called a completion and then bets on fourth and fifth, before he bet out 2,000 on sixth, with his opponent calling.

Rheem: {X-}{X-} / {K-Spades}{5-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} / {X-}
Opponent: {X-}{X-} / {A-Spades}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}{K-Hearts} / {X-}

On seventh street, both players checked, and Rheem announced, "Kings," and tabled his {K-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs} for a pair of kings.

His opponent mucked, and Rheem collected the pot to move to 70,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
70,000
10,000
10,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Chino Rheem

More Assorted Chip Updates

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Andrew Barber us
Andrew Barber
78,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
77,000
-11,000
-11,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
68,000
2,000
2,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
64,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
PokerStars.fr
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
57,000
9,000
9,000
Defending Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
53,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
47,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
44,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
26,000
-17,000
-17,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Ray Dehkharghani us
Ray Dehkharghani
22,000
-28,500
-28,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Buchanan Cracks Zaichenko's Flopped Set

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante

Hold'em

With 6,000 already in the middle of a {q-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} board, Andrey Zaichenko bet, and Shawn Buchanan called. The turn was the {k-Diamonds}, and action went bet, raise, three-bet, call.

The {9-Diamonds} came on the river, and Buchanan check-raised, getting a call from Zaichenko. Buchanan tabled {5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a rivered flush, and Zaichecnko jumped up from the table, whipping his pocket queens into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
50,000
24,000
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
32,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrey ZaichenkoShawn Buchanan

2015 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Snapshot

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 200 ante
Andrew Barber
Andrew Barber

Back in 2015, the $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. Championship was won by Andrew Barber for his first career WSOP bracelet.

Barber bested a field of 204 entrants to collect the $517,766 first prize after defeating Viacheslav Zhukov heads-up on a final table that featured Don Zewin, Jared Bleznick, Joe Hachem, Frank Kassela, and Scotty Nguyen.

Of those final table combatants, all but Kassela, Nguyen, and Arash Ghaneian are in the field currently, while six other in-the-money finishers are also battling it out here in level four.

Since his win, Barber has gone on to collect four additional WSOP cashes split evenly across 2016 and 2017, with his most notable result being a 241st-place finish in last year's WSOP Main Event.

2015 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Championship Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1stAndrew BarberUnited States$517,766
2ndViacheslav ZhukovRussia$319,989
3rdDon ZewinUnited States$210,629
4thJared BleznickUnited States$153,638
5thJoe HachemAustralia$114,308
6thFrank KasselaUnited States$86,541
7thScotty NguyenUnited States$66,579
8thArash GhaneianUnited States$51,986

Level: 5

Limits: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300