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

06-23-2017 18:17 UTC-7

Vornicu Gets Two

MrCleverFox

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

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 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 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:
Sylvia:
Button:

The board completed with the 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	195,000 25,000	25,000
Jesse Sylvia	Busted

Tags: Jesse Sylvia Valentin Vornicu

06-23-2017 18:18 UTC-7

Break Time

MrCleverFox

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 700 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break and will return shortly.

Level: 15

Limits: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

06-23-2017 18:34 UTC-7

A Few More Bustouts

MrCleverFox

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Buchman	Busted

Thomas Hammers	Busted
Arash Ghaneian	Busted

Jeff Madsen	Busted

Ernst Stoller	Busted
Christopher Vitch	Busted

06-23-2017 18:40 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Hughes	243,000 63,000	63,000

Matthew Schreiber	210,000 40,000	40,000

Scotty Nguyen	130,000 65,000	65,000

Brock Parker	102,500 -14,500	-14,500
Mike Matusow	98,000 -37,000	-37,000

Seamus Cahill	85,000 58,200	58,200
Hani Awad	70,000 -15,400	-15,400

Matthew Smith	60,500 -15,500	-15,500
Shannon Petluck	60,000 37,000	37,000
Usman Siddique	48,000 17,000	17,000
Hal Rotholz	31,000 -15,400	-15,400
Phil Hui	25,000 -11,000	-11,000
DJ Buckley	25,000 -35,000	-35,000
Scott Horowitz	15,100 -94,900	-94,900
Gary Benson	4,500 -70,900	-70,900

06-23-2017 18:46 UTC-7

More Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Bai	195,000 153,000	153,000
Valentin Vornicu	192,000 -3,000	-3,000
Ryan Himes	184,000 170,900	170,900
Nikolay Fal	146,500 76,500	76,500
Jason Mercier	127,000 6,000	6,000

Alexey Makarov	96,000 -9,000	-9,000
Tom West	96,000 19,000	19,000
John Cernuto	91,000 -24,000	-24,000

Paul Sokoloff	70,000 -6,000	-6,000
Ismael Bojang	62,000 41,800	41,800

Justin Vold	57,000 -900	-900
Shaun Deeb	57,000 -1,500	-1,500

Alex Livingston	47,500 -44,500	-44,500

Joseph Weinberger	30,500 -6,500	-6,500
Tom Chambers	26,000 -66,000	-66,000
Daniel Negreanu	8,000 -67,000	-67,000

Gary Benson	Busted

06-23-2017 18:54 UTC-7

The Rest of the Field

MrCleverFox

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Gregorich	185,000 102,500	102,500
Don Zewin	175,000 121,000	121,000
Tyler Groth	155,000 57,500	57,500

Matthew Davidow	150,000 -12,500	-12,500
Hanks Honig	140,000 52,000	52,000
Josh Arieh	140,000 -85,000	-85,000

Thao Thiem	122,000 93,900	93,900
Gabe Paul	120,000 -25,000	-25,000
Christopher Korent	120,000 83,700	83,700
John Crisp	112,000 47,400	47,400
Brandon Cantu	110,000 36,000	36,000

Jesse Simonelli	110,000 22,000	22,000
Yang Wang	105,000 75,100	75,100
David Steicke	90,000 54,400	54,400
Dmitry Chop	86,500 23,000	23,000
Brendan Taylor	85,000 31,200	31,200

Ryan Miller	65,500 -12,500	-12,500

Bradley Snider	65,000 20,000	20,000
Marcus Mizzi	62,500 -20,700	-20,700
Matheus Mendes	60,000 33,200	33,200
Tom McCormick	60,000 11,000	11,000
Andre Akkari	55,000 1,000	1,000

Per Hildebrand	50,000 24,300	24,300
Cory Zeidman	30,000 4,400	4,400

Phil Hellmuth	26,000 -62,000	-62,000

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06-23-2017 19:01 UTC-7

Negreanu Antes Out to Soft Bubble

mnuwwarah

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

Stud

Daniel Negreanu was down to his last two antes and was pleased to get dealt the . That bought him one more hand after he folded, so he was all in with the . 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 , and Ryan Himes made it two bets with . Those two played a side pot that saw West pair up and lead sixth.

Negreanu: /
West: /
Himes: /

Himes called and both players checked seventh.

"Flush," West said, showing . Himes mucked 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	156,500 -27,500	-27,500
Tom West	120,000 24,000	24,000
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Ryan Himes Tom West

06-23-2017 19:07 UTC-7

Hellmuth Chops to Stay Alive on the Bubble

MrCleverFox

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

Stud Hi-Lo

Hellmuth: / /
Taylor: / /
Arieh: / /

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 for a seven low with a pair of fives. Taylor showed 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	149,000 64,000	64,000

Josh Arieh	127,000 -13,000	-13,000

Phil Hellmuth	65,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Brendan Taylor Josh Arieh Phil Hellmuth

06-23-2017 19:14 UTC-7

Collopy Bubbles

mnuwwarah

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

Stud

Jim Collopy was all in for his last ante with the . John Crisp completed early with the and chased everyone away.

"You're good, man," he assured Collopy. "This is all I've got."

Crisp: /
Collopy: /

Collopy was ahead, but his board ran out with for no immediate help. Crisp, meanwhile, picked up for aces with a straight and flush draw. He got the on the river for aces up, and Collopy flipped over a useless .

Player	Chips	Progress
John Crisp	104,000 -8,000	-8,000
Jim Collopy	Busted

Tags: Jim Collopy John Crisp