Event #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-23-2017 19:18 UTC-7

Anthony Macnamara Cashes His First World Series of Poker Event Ever

MrCleverFox

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Stud

Chris Tryba called us over to his table to share the story of Anthony Macnamara who was playing in his first World Series of Poker event ever. Macnamara was able to survive through the bubble with just one ante left and he was all in and at risk immediately after the bubble broke.

"I flew all the way from Australia for this," Macnamara said excitedly as he waited for the action.

"I wish I cashed in my first event ever," Tryba said. "I might've quit!"

Macnamara was all in and at risk with a up. A few seats over, Matheus Mendes raised and everyone else folded. The boards rolled out as follows:

Macnamara: / /
Mendes: / /

Mendes made two pair and that would do it for Macnamara. He hit the rail, but not without collecting $4,523 for his first World Series of Poker cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matheus Mendes	51,000 -9,000	-9,000
Anthony Macnamara	Busted

Tags: Anthony Macnamara Chris Tryba Matheus Mendes

06-23-2017 19:27 UTC-7

Tryba Rivered by Cantu to Bust

mnuwwarah

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Stud

Chris Tryba was all in from the bring-in with the . Bradley Snider completed in the next seat with a , and Brandon Cantu called with the . Snider bet when he picked up the but folded to Cantu's raise.

Tryba: /
Snider: / (folded on fourth street)
Cantu: /

"Oh, I have jacks!" Tryba exclaimed.

He stayed ahead as he got while Cantu got .

"Do I have to improve?" he asked.

He did, as Cantu flipped the over for eights up. Tryba peeled a useless and headed to payouts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	180,000 70,000	70,000

Chris Tryba	Busted

Tags: Bradley Snider Brandon Cantu Chris Tryba

Level: 16

Limits: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

06-23-2017 19:37 UTC-7

Deeb Flops Broadway and Improves

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Hold'em

We caught up with Shaun Deeb involved in a pot with Justin Vold with over 30,000 in the middle. The board read and, from under the gun, Shaun Deeb put out a bet. Vold called quickly. Deeb turned up his for a flopped Broadway that improved to a flush and Vold mucked.

With that, Deeb scooped the pot and moved up the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	145,000 88,000	88,000

Justin Vold	35,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Shaun Deeb Justin Vold

06-23-2017 19:46 UTC-7

Parker and Weinberger Eliminated

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Joseph Weinberger was already all in when we got to his table, with three players battling in a side pot. Brock Parker bet fifth street with three low spades and got calls from Phil Hui and Hani Awad.

Weinberger: /
Parker: /
Hui: /
Awad: /

Everyone checked sixth with Parker saving his last 1,500. He put that in on the river, though, and neither Hui nor Awad went anywhere. Awad announced aces up and Parker softly punched the table before showing kings up. Hui had the low with while Weinberger had the other two kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hui	95,000 70,000	70,000
Hani Awad	65,000 -5,000	-5,000

Joseph Weinberger	Busted
Brock Parker	Busted

Tags: Brock Parker Hani Awad Joseph Weinberger Phil Hui

06-23-2017 19:48 UTC-7

Hellmuth Into Orbit

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Razz

Hellmuth: / /
Davidow: / /

With over 40,000 in the pot already, we caught up to Phil Hellmuth and Matthew Davidow on sixth street. Both players checked sixth, then checked again on seventh.

"Ten-six," Hellmuth said. Davidow just shook his head, implying that his hand was no good. Davidow turned up and Hellmuth leaped up from his chair.

He flipped over and slapped his against his hand several times.

"How many times are they going to do it to me," Hellmuth said walking away from the table.

While the dealer was holding action, Davidow got a little impatient.

"Can we just move it along?" He asked. "I don't care if he's dancing over there, but you can be doing stuff in the meantime."

Hellmuth finally came back to the table and sat down. "What did you say?" he asked.

"Oh nothing," Davidow responded. "I mean, I know you have this act and it's a part of what you sell, but I was just asking the dealer if they could move along to the next hand. You can keep dancing if you want."

Hellmuth, still a little steamed, shook it off and started talking about the hand and the way it played out instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davidow	137,000 -13,000	-13,000
Phil Hellmuth	55,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Matthew Davidow Phil Hellmuth

06-23-2017 19:58 UTC-7

Good Read, Bad Result for The Mouth

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Razz

We found Mike Matusow staring at against Matthew Smith who had a much prettier board and had bet. Matusow thought awhile and called but things only got worse from there.

Matusow: /
Smith: /

Matusow paired but called another bet, and then one more on the end. Smith rolled for a six-low, and Matusow asked if the four paired him.

"It paired me," Smith confirmed.

Matusow showed for a seven-low and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Smith	125,000 88,500	88,500
Mike Matusow	35,000 -63,000	-63,000

Tags: Matthew Smith Mike Matusow

06-23-2017 20:05 UTC-7

Nguyen Bluffs Matusow

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

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: /
Matusow: / — 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 , 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	175,000 45,000	45,000

Mike Matusow	15,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Mike Matusow Scotty Nguyen

06-23-2017 20:18 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Himes	262,000 105,500	105,500
Seamus Cahill	231,000 146,000	146,000
Shaun Deeb	179,000 34,000	34,000

Alexey Makarov	170,000 74,000	74,000
Scotty Nguyen	168,500 -6,500	-6,500

Valentin Vornicu	165,000 -27,000	-27,000
Gabe Paul	160,000 40,000	40,000
Nikolay Fal	148,000 -3,000	-3,000
Marcus Mizzi	124,000 61,500	61,500
Thao Thiem	114,500 -7,500	-7,500
Phil Hui	110,000 15,000	15,000
Matthew Schreiber	110,000 -100,000	-100,000

Scott Horowitz	105,000 89,900	89,900
Matthew Smith	97,000 -1,000	-1,000
Shannon Petluck	96,000 36,000	36,000
Hani Awad	78,000 13,000	13,000

DJ Buckley	50,000 25,000	25,000
Justin Vold	50,000 15,000	15,000
Paul Sokoloff	50,000 -47,500	-47,500

Jason Mercier	48,500 -78,500	-78,500

Mike Matusow	44,500 29,500	29,500

Alex Livingston	39,000 -8,500	-8,500

Usman Siddique	14,000 -34,000	-34,000

06-23-2017 20:25 UTC-7

More Chips Before Dinner

MrCleverFox

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Taylor	281,000 132,000	132,000

Don Zewin	255,000 80,000	80,000
Richard Bai	250,000 55,000	55,000
Mark Gregorich	215,000 30,000	30,000
Brandon Cantu	210,000 30,000	30,000

Tom Koral	200,000 115,000	115,000

Ryan Hughes	195,000 -48,000	-48,000

Mike Krasienko	165,000 165,000	165,000
Tyler Groth	165,000 10,000	10,000

Christopher Korent	165,000 45,000	45,000
Dmitry Chop	160,000 73,500	73,500
David Steicke	155,000 65,000	65,000
Tom West	130,000 10,000	10,000
Bradley Snider	100,000 35,000	35,000
Yang Wang	97,000 -8,000	-8,000
Tom McCormick	90,000 30,000	30,000
Josh Arieh	80,000 -47,000	-47,000

Matthew Davidow	60,000 -77,000	-77,000
Ryan Miller	51,000 -14,500	-14,500

Hanks Honig	45,000 -95,000	-95,000
John Urpsis	45,000 45,000	45,000
Jesse Simonelli	31,000 -79,000	-79,000
John Cernuto	21,000 -70,000	-70,000

Phil Hellmuth	Busted