2017 World Series of Poker

Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
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Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Matthew Schreiber
Winning Hand
4♣7♦8♣k♦2♦6♥2♥
Prize
$256,226
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,077,300
Entries
399
Level Info
Level
27
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
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Andre Akkari Leads the Returning 154 in Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Andre Akkari
Andre Akkari

Welcome back to Day 2 of Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Yesterday the field was cut from 399 runners down to just 154, but plenty of big names are still alive in the field. Two in particular worth keeping an eye on today are James Obst (62,100) and Daniel Negreanu (44,900). Both men are in the top five of the World Series of Poker Player of the Year race, with Negreanu sitting in fifth and Obst holding the top spot for now.

They will join Andre Akkari who bagged up the chip lead last night with 110,100. Also returning are Phil Hellmuth (36,100), Jason Mercier (76,400), Natasha Mercier, (21,000), Ben Yu (44,900), Jeff Madsen (85,000) and Scotty Nguyen (84,300), to name a few.

Action is set to kick off at 2 p.m. PDT with a plan to play 10 levels to complete the day. Of the returning field, 60 players will make the money with a min-cash being worth $4,523 and a final table appearance being worth at least $21,007. The eventual champion of the event will lock up $256,226, 167.1 Player of the Year points, and of course, a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.

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Full Table Draw:

RoomtableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
Amazon651Adam FriedmanUnited States45,100
Amazon652Dmitry ChopUkraine78,000
Amazon653Phil HellmuthUnited States36,100
Amazon654Daniel NegreanuCanada44,900
Amazon655Hal RotholzUnited States46,400
Amazon656Eric BuchmanUnited States32,100
Amazon657Brian SchollUnited States23,000
Amazon658Christopher SensoliUnited States91,200
      
Amazon661Kurt WildinUnited States32,500
Amazon662Konstantin PuchkovRussia27,600
Amazon663Blair RodmanUnited States9,000
Amazon664Chris BjorinSweden61,100
Amazon665Christopher KorentUnited States36,300
Amazon666Tom McCormickUnited States59,300
Amazon667Todd BuiUnited States23,000
Amazon668Tom SchneiderUnited States10,300
      
Amazon671Matthew DavidowUnited States63,600
Amazon672Shawn BuchananCanada47,100
Amazon673Mark KlecanBrantford, ON, CA17,400
Amazon674Cole JacksonUnited States57,300
Amazon675Aaron SteuryUnited States50,000
Amazon676Usman SiddiqueUnited Kingdom31,000
Amazon677Bruno FitoussiFrance36,900
Amazon678Hani AwadUnited States85,400
      
Amazon681Bradley SniderUnited States29,700
Amazon682David BenyamineUnited States31,000
Amazon683Alexander LukyanovRussia28,300
Amazon684Aditya PrasetyoUnited States43,400
Amazon685Shannon PetluckUnited States23,000
Amazon686Mike MatusowUnited States50,000
Amazon687Toma KalajUnited States18,200
Amazon688David LeviUnited States15,300
      
Amazon691Jean GaspardUnited States29,400
Amazon692Al BarbieriUnited States26,700
Amazon693Matthew SchreiberUnited States9,700
Amazon694Joe TehanUnited States49,300
Amazon695Michael MaCanada33,500
Amazon696Dustin LeeUnited States9,900
Amazon697Ryan MillerUnited States72,200
Amazon698Brendan TaylorUnited States73,900
      
Amazon731Gina HechtUnited States3,500
Amazon732Mike PuskarichUnited States8,200
Amazon733Brock ParkerUnited States41,400
Amazon734Gary BensonAustralia47,200
Amazon735Phillip HuiUnited States30,000
Amazon736Chris KlodnickiUnited States27,200
Amazon737Mikhail TulchinskiyRussia35,300
Amazon738Joe AronestyUnited States9,000
      
Amazon742Ryan HimesUnited States13,100
Amazon743James McwhorterUnited States11,800
Amazon744Brian BrubakerUnited States26,400
Amazon745John CernutoUnited States38,700
Amazon747Jyri MerivirtaFinland19,000
Amazon748Ylon SchwartzUnited States37,800
      
Amazon751Arash GhaneianUnited States52,400
Amazon752Christopher VitchUnited States17,700
Amazon753Don ZewinUnited States42,400
Amazon754Justin VoldUnited States57,900
Amazon755Matthew SchultzUnited States40,300
Amazon756Peter LevineUnited States16,800
Amazon757Jim BalestrereUnited States27,500
Amazon758Thomas HammersUnited States33,200
      
Amazon761Matthew HonigUnited States88,000
Amazon762Kevin IacofanoUnited States45,700
Amazon763Dave StannUnited States16,100
Amazon764Valentin VornicuUnited States32,100
Amazon765Robert SlezakUnited States16,500
Amazon766Jason BerilgenUnited States32,100
Amazon767Ben YuUnited States44,300
Amazon768Matthew SmithUnited States64,100
      
Amazon771Scotty NguyenUnited States84,300
Amazon772Joseph CoudenUnited States23,300
Amazon773Justin BonomoUnited States21,400
Amazon774Christopher ChungUnited States31,200
Amazon775Pascal LeyoUnited States19,200
Amazon776Cary AronsonUnited States43,500
Amazon777Steven AlbiniUnited States32,700
Amazon778John UrpsisUnited States32,300
      
Amazon811Jean MonturyFrance29,000
Amazon812Steve SungUnited States47,900
Amazon813Lamont DavisUnited States20,400
Amazon814Seamus CahillIreland26,800
Amazon815Scott HorowitzUnited States39,300
Amazon816Andrey PateychukRussia2,200
Amazon817DJ BuckleyUnited States60,000
Amazon818Christian PereiraArgentina32,400
      
Amazon821Tommy HangUnited States45,000
Amazon822Alex LivingstonCanada39,500
Amazon823Jason MercierUnited States76,400
Amazon824Jesse SylviaUnited States1
Amazon825Gennady ShimelfarbUnited States32,600
Amazon826Shaun DeebUnited States43,000
Amazon827Filippos StavrakisUnited States15,900
Amazon828Paul SokoloffCanada45,600
      
Amazon831Gabe PaulUnited States32,400
Amazon832Marcus MizziCanada83,200
Amazon833Greg RaymerUnited States41,200
Amazon834Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom45,300
Amazon835Thao ThiemUnited States28,100
Amazon836John CrispUnited States64,600
Amazon837Jason RiesenbergUnited States2,900
Amazon838Harold KleinUnited States24,100
      
Amazon841Christian NolteAustria39,400
Amazon842DID NOT REPORT 1United States1
Amazon843Nick SchulmanUnited States15,700
Amazon844Joseph WeinbergerUnited States37,000
Amazon845Alexey MakarovRussia81,100
Amazon846Barry LevyUnited States17,500
Amazon847Richard BaiUnited States42,000
Amazon848Tom ChambersUnited States28,400
      
Amazon851Long TranUnited States34,000
Amazon852Cory ZeidmanUnited States25,600
Amazon853Frank DigiorgioUnited States24,800
Amazon854Daniel LoweUnited States24,600
Amazon855James ObstAustralia62,100
Amazon856Nikolay FalRussia90,500
Amazon857Christopher McHughUnited States30,700
Amazon858Scott BohlmanUnited States37,600
      
Amazon891Jesse SimonelliUnited States63,700
Amazon892David WellsUnited States71,500
Amazon893Natasha MercierUnited States21,200
Amazon894Luis VeladorUnited States29,500
Amazon895Yong WangUnited States29,900
Amazon896Brandon CantuUnited States48,000
Amazon897Marcel LuskeNetherlands8,400
Amazon898Matheus MendesBrazil26,800
      
Amazon901Mark GregorichUnited States82,500
Amazon902Tony MaUnited States23,800
Amazon903Daniel RatiganUnited States35,300
Amazon905George RechnitzerUnited States29,200
Amazon906Steven LoubeUnited States4,000
Amazon907Kyle WelshUnited States27,200
Amazon908Josh AriehUnited States72,200
      
Amazon911Mike Schneider (MN)United States11,500
Amazon912Tyler GrothUnited States31,500
Amazon913Ralph PerryUnited States16,700
Amazon914Michael KrasienkoUnited States9,300
Amazon915Tom KoralUnited States24,500
Amazon916Ronald SchiffmanUnited States69,300
Amazon917Jeff MadsenUnited States81,700
Amazon918Per HildebrandSweden54,100
      
Amazon921David SteickeHong Kong35,600
Amazon923Ismael BojangGermany20,200
Amazon924Ryan HughesUnited States29,300
Amazon925Andy BlackIreland59,100
Amazon926Ernst StollerSwitzerland36,300
Amazon927Norman ChadUnited States33,000
Amazon928Matt VengrinUnited States29,100
      
Amazon931John MonnetteUnited States36,000
Amazon932Tom WestUnited States63,300
Amazon933Ashish GuptaAustralia42,800
Amazon934Andre AkkariBrazil110,100
Amazon935John HolleyUnited States42,900
Amazon936Anthony MacnamaraAustralia39,600
Amazon937Frank AtheyUnited States28,800
Amazon938Jim CollopyUnited States58,700

Tags: Andre AkkariDaniel NegreanuJames ObstJason MercierJeff MadsenNatasha MercierPhil HellmuthScotty Nguyen

Ben Yu Busted

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ben Yu
Ben Yu

Hold'em

Action folded around and Ben Yu raised from the small blind. Alex Livingston called from the big.

The flop came {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and Yu bet. Livingston raised and Yu called all in for the rest of his stack.

Yu: {K-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Livingston: {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board completed with the {A-Clubs} and {3-Hearts} and Yu was eliminated from the tournament by Livingston's pair of nines.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston 		92,000
29,000
 29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu 		Busted
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Ben YuAlex Livingston

Two For Negreanu

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Hold'em

We caught up with Daniel Negreanu and watched him play a couple pots of hold'em, both of which he took down.

On the first hand, Negreanu opened from the button. Eric Buchman raised from the big blind and Negreanu called.

The flop was {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Buchman bet. Negreanu called.

On the {4-Diamonds} turn, Buchman bet again and Negreanu thought a second before calling. The river was the {9-Hearts} and both players checked.

"I just have a pair," Buchman said, turning up {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. Negreanu had him beat with the {A-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and he took down the pot.

Before Negreanu could even finish stacking his chips he was involved in another pot. He opened from the cutoff and was called by Bradley Snider in the big blind. The flop came {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Snider checked to Negreanu who bet. Snider called.

Both players checked on the {10-Clubs} turn and the {2-Clubs} river. Snider showed {A-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for a rivered pair but it was no good against Negreanu's {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for a better pair.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu 		75,000
29,000
 29,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
GGPoker
Bradley Snider us
Bradley Snider 		45,000
15,300
 15,300
Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman 		42,000
9,900
 9,900
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bradley SniderDaniel NegreanuEric Buchman

Matthew Schreiber Eliminates James Obst In Monster Pot

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante
James Obst from an earlier event
James Obst from an earlier event

Stud

Schreiber: {x-}{x-} / {4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Hearts} / {x-}
Horowitz: {x-}{x-} / {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{10-Spades} / {x-}
Obst: {x-}{x-} / {K-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} / {x-}

We caught up to the action on sixth street with already over 40,000 in the pot. On sixth, Horowitz checked with his pair of tens over to Schreiber. Schreiber bet and Obst and Horowitz both called.

On seventh, Horowitz and Schreiber both checked over to Obst. Obst moved all in for less than a bet with his stack of 3,700. Both players eventually decided on calls.

Obst showed {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} for two pairs.

"I can beat that," Schreiber said.

Horowitz turned up {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} for two pairs as well, albeit a worse two. Schreiber eventually turned up {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}{5-Hearts} for a slightly better two than Obst with his fours on board, and that was good to earn him the big pot, sealing Obst's elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber 		170,000
56,800
 56,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Horowitz us
Scott Horowitz 		110,000
70,700
 70,700
James Obst au
James Obst 		Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: James ObstMatthew SchreiberScott Horowitz

Arieh Takes a Bite Outta Hellmuth

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Omaha Hi-Lo

With a board of {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and a pot over 20,000 already in the middle, Phil Hellmuth, Brendan Taylor, and Josh Arieh were involved in a pot. Taylor checked from the small blind over to Arieh who put out a bet. Hellmuth called and Taylor folded.

Arieh showed {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and his flush made Hellmuth mutter a slew of obscenities. Hellmuth flashed {A-}{K-}{2-}, and kept his other card down.

"I play nittier than all these guys here and I'm still getting called by this shit?" Hellmuth muttered to no one in particular.

"I had the nine-seven," Arieh said, stacking his new found chips smiling.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Taylor said. "Your hands both sucked!"

Hellmuth continued to mutter to himself about playing the best cards and getting called by worse hands as Arieh moved above the 200,000 chip-mark

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh 		225,000
60,000
 60,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth 		88,000
-10,000
 -10,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Brendan Taylor us
Brendan Taylor 		36,000
-13,000
 -13,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Phil HellmuthBrendan TaylorJosh Arieh

Vornicu Gets Two

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante
Valentin Vornicu in an earlier event
Valentin Vornicu in an earlier event

Omaha Hi-Lo

Jesse Sylvia raised from the cutoff and was called by the button player. Valentin Vornicu also called from the big blind.

On the {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop, Vornicu checked over to Sylvia. Sylvia bet and was called by the player on the button. Vornicu raised. Sylvia moved all in and the button and Vornicu both called.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Vornicu bet again. This time the button player called all in for the rest of his stack and the three hands were turned up.

Vornicu: {2-Spades}{J-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Sylvia: {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Button: {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

The board completed with the {K-Clubs} and that made Vornicu's two-four good for the low and his set of jacks good for the high. With that, he scooped the big pot and Sylvia and the button were eliminated in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Valentin Vornicu us
Valentin Vornicu 		195,000
25,000
 25,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia 		Busted

Tags: Jesse SylviaValentin Vornicu

Negreanu Antes Out to Soft Bubble

mnuwwarah
mnuwwarah
Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Stud

Daniel Negreanu was down to his last two antes and was pleased to get dealt the {q-Spades}. That bought him one more hand after he folded, so he was all in with the {j-Diamonds}. He soon realized how bad of a spot he was in though, as two other players were dealt jacks as well. Tom West completed with {6-Spades}, and Ryan Himes made it two bets with {j-Clubs}. Those two played a side pot that saw West pair up and lead sixth.

Negreanu: {x-}{x-}/{j-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
West: {x-}{x-}/{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Himes: {x-}{x-}/{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

Himes called and both players checked seventh.

"Flush," West said, showing {q-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}. Himes mucked {k-}{k-}{7-} and Negreanu squeezed out one diamond but said his second card was worthless and left him drawing dead.

"On to PLO8," he said cheerfully.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Himes us
Ryan Himes 		156,500
-27,500
 -27,500
Tom West us
Tom West 		120,000
24,000
 24,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu 		Busted
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
GGPoker

Tags: Daniel NegreanuRyan HimesTom West

Hellmuth Chops to Stay Alive on the Bubble

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Stud Hi-Lo

Hellmuth: {x-}{x-} / {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} / {x-}
Taylor: {x-}{x-} / {J-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} / {x-}
Arieh: {x-}{x-} / {5-Hearts}{A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} / {x-}

We caught up to the action on sixth street where Phil Hellmuth moved all in over a bet. He was called by both Brendan Taylor and Josh Arieh, leaving the two with heads-up action for a side pot.

On sixth, Taylor bet.

"Are you kidding me!" Hellmuth said, thinking he had been outdrawn.

Arieh called. On seventh, both Arieh and Taylor checked. Hellmuth showed {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs} for a seven low with a pair of fives. Taylor showed {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for a flush. Arieh, realizing he had lost both sides of the pot, just mucked, and Hellmuth and Taylor chopped the big pot, keeping Hellmuth alive for another hand.

Player Chips Progress
Brendan Taylor us
Brendan Taylor 		149,000
64,000
 64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh 		127,000
-13,000
 -13,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth 		65,000
39,000
 39,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Brendan TaylorJosh AriehPhil Hellmuth

Nguyen Bluffs Matusow

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

Razz

For the last half hour or so, Mike Matusow has been dancing and singing about wanting to be back on a short stack, claiming that he plays better that way.

"On the nub again," he sang across the Amazon room. "Just can't wait to get back on the nub again."

Well, Scotty Nguyen was finally able to grant Matusow his wish after bluffing Matusow out of a big razz pot.

Nguyen: {x-}{x-} / {8-}{5-}{5-}{A-}
Matusow: {x-}{x-} / {2-}{j-}{j-}{2-} — Folded

Nguyen bet on fourth street and Matusow called.

"Come on, Mikey baby, you sure you want a piece of this?" Nguyen asked.

On fifth, Nguyen bet again and Matusow thought for a while, then called.

"I'm gonna bet in the dark, baby," Scotty said, betting before seeing his card. His bet was enough to put Matusow all in. "Uh oh, baby. I think I made a full house."

Matusow, unfortunately, had two pairs on the board too. He thought for a long while, then folded his hand. Nguyen showed the {A-}, showing that he had two pairs as well.

But Matusow may have been right about the short stack being better for him because on the next hand he moved all in and tripled up when he made a low and had his opponent drawing dead on sixth street.

Player Chips Progress
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen 		175,000
45,000
 45,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow 		15,000
-20,000
 -20,000
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Mike MatusowScotty Nguyen

Matusow is Now 80% to Win the Tournament

MrCleverFox
MrCleverFox
Level 18 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen

Stud

Matusow: {x-}{x-} / {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} / {x-}
Scotty Nguyen: {x-}{x-} / {J-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{6-Hearts} / {x-}

With the {J-Hearts} up Nguyen completed. Matusow called.

On fourth, Nguyen check-called a bet from Matusow. On fifth, Nguyen took the betting lead and led out. Matusow called this time.

Sixth street came and Matusow took control of the betting lead, and he bet with his pair of nines up. Nguyen called. Both players checked on seventh.

Matusow showed {6-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Spades} for two pair. Nguyen flashed a pair of kings, but it was no good and the pot was pushed to Nguyen.

"This guy is 80% to win the tournament now," Matthew Schrieber said about Matusow's double up. "He said if he doubles, he's going to win the tournament."

"You motherf@#$ers couldn't bust me when I had 4,500 chips!" Matusow said. "What are you going to do now that I have 130,000."

Player Chips Progress
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow 		120,000
75,500
 75,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen 		40,000
-115,000
 -115,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Mike MatusowScotty Nguyen

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