WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates

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from tomorrow........ post your predictions of who will win, in here:ok

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Starts tomorrow :loon Has there been any coverage in the mainstream press? :unsure

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates yep 2pm tomorrow no press coverage

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from tomorrow........ post your predictions of who will win, in here:ok

I don't think a european will take it, I'm not sure of the line up but Harman, Fischman, Kravchenko and Juanda spring to mind as mixed game specialist.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates I think it's odds on that it won't be a big name!

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates 105 entries :eek

Buy-In: $2,500 Entries: 105 Rebuys/Add-ons: 0 Total Prize Pool: tbd

CHIP COUNTS Time Stamp: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:51:45 PM Player Chip Count Trend Richard Ashby 14,000 Mark Vos 14,000 4,000 Max Pescatori 13,000 Chris Ferguson 12,500 2,500 Marissa Chien 11,800 1,200 Jesse Jones 11,000 1,000 Phil Gordon 10,000 Kirk Morrison 10,000 Michael Craig 10,000 Dave Colclough 10,000 Lee Nelson 10,000 Johnny Chan 10,000 Farzad Bonyadi 10,000 Eli Elezra 10,000 Jan Sorensen 10,000 Scotty Nguyen 10,000 Pascal Perrault 10,000 Ted Lawson 10,000 Dan Shak 10,000 Patrik Antonius 10,000 Joe Beevers 10,000 Allen Cunningham 10,000 David Levi 10,000 Brandon Adams 10,000 Erik Seidel 10,000 Todd Brunson 10,000 Robert Mizrachi 10,000 Gus Hansen 10,000 Robert Williamson III 10,000 Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo 10,000 John Juanda 10,000 Bruno Fitoussi 10,000 Scott Fischman 10,000 Michael Binger 10,000 Andy Bloch 10,000 Annie Duke 10,000 Jeff Madsen 10,000 Marc Goodwin 10,000 Lee Watkinson 10,000 Alex Kravchenko 10,000 Doyle Brunson 10,000 Howard Lederer 10,000 Thor Hansen 10,000 Jani Sointula 10,000 Jeffrey Lisandro 10,000 Mel Judah 10,000 Humberto Brenes 10,000 Jennifer Harman 10,000 Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott 10,000 Phil Hellmuth 10,000 Kenny Tran 9,000 1,000 Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke 8,700 1,300 Tony G 6,500 3,500 Michael Mizrachi 3,800 6,200 Marcel Luske 0 10,000

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Not a bad list, is it? I'll go for Seidel and Cunningham - don't fancy Marcel Luske's chances :loon

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I think it's odds on that it won't be a big name!

How bigger odds on may I have Steve?? :lol

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Marcel Luske Eliminated Marcel Luske is the first player to bust out of today's £2,500 HORSE event. Luske started out with () against Gus Hansen's (x-x) . Luske ended up with two pair, Aces and Fives, and lost to Gus Hansen's Queen-high diamond flush.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Andy Black Eliminated Andy Black was among the short stacks for most of the day. He could not improve on his situation and headed to the rail after being eliminated. It was bad enough that Black's tournament life was over, but he was also busted in the middle of a massage. Massage over. Black out.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Tired Cowboy Doyle Brunson has been spotted napping at random times during the first two levels. Several of the Las Vegas pros flew in at the last minute and are faced with jet lag and adjusting to the new time zone. Brunson is among those unfortunate souls. The £2,500 HORSE event is going to be a marathon spread out over three days. Brunson is taking advantage of the slow action during the early levels to catch up on sleep before he needs to expend his energy for an old-fashioned gun fight.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates The Latest From the Top-Floor Card Room Fierce UK player Ben Grundy has just come upstairs, he was telling Richard Ashby that he is purposely sitting out of the Razz level on his table because he "sucks at razz big time" (his words). Howard Lederer was near elimination about 40 minutes ago but has impressively got his stack back up from 3000 to 10,000. EPT champ Andreas Hoivold is not faring so well; he is on 3000 and doesn't seem to be able to hit a flop to save his life at the moment. Dan Shak is STILL on the phone, buy low, sell high. Presumably whatever shares he is dealing in might be a little more lucrative than the £2500 he bought in with. Ted Forrest is doing well at his table, he lost a few big pots earlier but still has around 14,000.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Stud to the Left of me, Hold'em to the Right With the yellow counters signifying the hands left until game change (eight a round) moving at greatly varying rates on different tables, it's possible to see every game in the H.O.R.S.E catalogue being played at once in the Empire Casino card room. Andy Bloch, playing Stud, just scooped in a big pot peppered with orange 1k chips from Phil Hellmuth. I only saw the chips being shovelled towards Bloch, and rather than ask a spectator what had happened, it was only a matter of time before Hellmuth told the table all about it. "You got lucky. You hit the miracle Six. What you gonna do?" he asked himself, continuing to mutter about how when he bets people always think he's on a draw. It appears that some Kings in the hole figured in this pot loss. No reply from tablemates Jennifer Harman, Jeff Madsen et al., but someone shouted from next door, "How many bracelets at that table?" No reply from Phil Hellmuth, but Tony G offers, "Phil can count up to eleven, no more."

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Dan Shak Won't be Coming Back (Until the Next Event) All that time spent on the phone may have been his undoing, because Dan Shak is out. He fell at the hands of Vegard Nygaard who is now sitting on about 19,000. On Life Support On a trip around the downstairs room we spotted three notable short stacks: Todd Brunson: 2,100 Michael Mizrachi: 1,100 Tony G: 550

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates So... What Game is This? There is an apparent H.O.R.S.E. rookie seated over on Robert Mizrachi's table. As a razz hand reached fourth street, the man looked a bit confused and looked to Mizrachi for a bit of assistance. Rookie: So... this is eight or better? Mizrachi: No, it's razz. Rookie: How does that one go? Various players: Low hand/make the worst hand possible/stud low... Rookie: Is a flush bad? Mizrachi: No, it's not deuce-to-seven. Rookie: OK, then. Call.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates 95 Players Remaining Out of the 105 runners in today's event, 10 players have busted out including Dan Shak, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi , Humberto Brenes, Tony G, Andy Black, and Marcel Luske.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Doing Swimmingly A battle of the English-speaking nations saw Ted Forrest (US), Richard Gryko (UK) and Donnacha O'Dea (Ireland) lock horns in a Razz hand. A bet of 600 from Donnacha, a call from Forrest, and a re-raise to Gryko led to Donnacha moving virtually all- in and Forrest swiftly moving out of the way. Naturally, Gryko called, and it was on their backs. By the end of the hand, it was the former Olympic swimmer and former bracelet winner who survived for a double through, his enough to fend off Gryko's . As a result, the Irishman is as happy as Larry, whoever Larry might be.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Eli Elezra Enjoys the Razz A couple of nice pots for Elezra, including a strange three-way one with Farzad Bonyadi and Torstein Iversen which got to sixth street with the table like so: Elezra (X-X) Bonyadi (X-X) Iversen (X-X) A check round for the final card and when it was dealt one bet from Elezra was enough to see off the other two. "Show off a bluff!" encourages Bonyadi. Elezra adds the 9c to his visible cards...

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Chip Update There are currently 95 players remaining. Average chips - 11,100 Vegard Nygaard is out in front Vegard Nygaard, a player from Oslo, has slowly and quietly taken the chip lead. He is sat at the same table as early leader Richard Ashby, who has dropped a few chips with Nygaard being the benefactor. Annie Duke and Howard Lederer are now at adjacent tables and are sitting back to back. "I've got your back sis" he may have said, perhaps

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Bright As a Button Remarkably, one player that we have missed thus far is JJ Hazan. I say remarkably, because like NPL victor Peter Gould, JJ is renowned for his brightly coloured shirts, the pattern of which are more reminiscent of my curtains at home than anything you'd expect to see in a clothes store. Either way, JJ, who final tabled in last year's Amsterdam Master Classics, was just spotted raking in a nice pot. I didn't quite catch the hand, but he was happy to lean over and reveal his 17,100 chip stack. JJ will probably require every inch of the form that he displayed in Amsterdam, as he's currently the meat in a pro sandwich with Antonius and Lederer to his left and Gordon to his right. A doddle I say!

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Chip Counts

Player	Sponsor	Amount	Trend
Vegard Nygaard		25500	6500
Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo		20500	6000
Johnny Chan		20400	9100
Richard Ashby		19200	2200
Robert Williamson III		17600	8100
JJ Hazan		17100
Annie Duke		16850	2850
David Williams		16500	6500
Max Pescatori		16000	2000
Ted Forrest		15500	1500
David Levi		15200	1000
Scott Fischman		15000	4425
Howard Lederer		14500	2500
Jeffrey Lisandro		14300	2300
Doyle Brunson		14025	3525
Pascal Perrault		14000	6000
Jeff Madsen		13600	900
Barbara Lewis		13500	3500
Lee Watkinson		13500	5600
Phil Hellmuth		13200	4200
Mark Vos		12725	2150
Marissa Chien		12500	500
Mel Judah		12300	2200
Jesse Jones		12200	1600
Chris Ferguson		11850	1350
Brandon Adams		11000	3000
Joe Beevers		11000	3800
Robert Mizrachi		11000	3700
Gus Hansen		10350	650
Scotty Nguyen		10275	75
Michael Craig		10200	100
Alex Kravchenko		10000
Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott		10000
Donnacha O'Dea		10000
Jan Sorensen		10000
Lee Nelson		10000
Rafi Amit		10000
Ted Lawson		10000
Bruno Fitoussi		9000	2000
Erik Seidel		8475	7025
Nikolaus Jedlicka		8200	800
Marc Goodwin		8075	4925
Phil Gordon		8000	2000
Marco Traniello		7500	2500
Farzad Bonyadi		7250	2650
Andreas Hoivold		7100	3500
Thor Hansen		7000	5000
Kirk Morrison		6550	2450
Kenny Tran		6500	500
Bruce Atkinson		6225	8775
Jennifer Harman		6200	4800
Jani Sointula		6000	2200
John Juanda		6000	8000
Jimmy "Gobboboy" Fricke		5100	5475
Andy Bloch		5000	5500
Eli Elezra		4375	2625
Kevin Daly		4325	5675
Allen Cunningham		4100	5100
Dave Colclough		4000	1600
Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner		4000
Patrik Antonius		4000	1000
Michael Binger		3500	625
Todd Brunson		2100	7600
Humberto Brenes		0	Busted
Dan Shak		0	Busted
Michael Mizrachi		0	Busted
Tony G		0	Busted
Andy Black		0	Busted
Marcel Luske		0	Busted

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Prizepool and Payout Information Our 105 players in today's £2,500 H.O.R.S.E. event created a prizepool of £262,500. 16 places will be paid with 16th place winning £5,250 and 1st place taking home £70,875.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Penguin In A Microwave Two third generation stars cross swords with a veteran Elvis impersonator (not too many of them in poker!) as Bruce 'Elvis' Atkinson, Jon 'Pearljammer' Turner and Richard 'I need a nickname so I don't feel left out' Ashby tangle in a pot of Omaha. The action started with Ashby flat calling in late position, followed by Turner (button) and Atkinson (big blind). Flop = Everyone checked round to Turner whose 300 bet was called by both players, before the same happened on the turn. This time only Ashby called, and the dealer dealt out the final card, the {Tc}. Both players checked with Turner taking it down with leaving the once chip leader and his about as happy as penguin in a microwave

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates 4 Ladies in the Field of 105 Of the 105 players that entered today's tournament only 4 are women: Annie Duke (U.S.A.), Jennifer Harman (U.S.A.), Barbara Lewis (U.S.A.), and Francine Brandler (U.K.) Duke and Harman, as you all know are WSOP bracelet winners-- Harman with two in limit hold'em and no-limit deuce-to-seven single draw and Duke with one in Omaha 8-or-better. Barbara Lewis had a terrific WSOP this summer with four cashes in four of the forms of poker in the rotation today-- limit hold'em, razz, seven-card stud, and seven-card stud 8 or better. Francine Brandler is a local player and was eliminated in the early levels of play today. The only recorded cash we can find for her is a 5th place finish in a £40 tournament.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Colour Up and Dinner Break The last level saw the most noticeable change in fortunes for some of the middling stacks (from good to better, or from bad to worse) with a couple of empty chairs signifying the departure of, for example, Kevin Daly. 400/800 betting limits, with the stud at 100 ante, 100 bring in will be our next level.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Not Just A Pretty Face If you've ever wondered if Mr Antonius is actually as good as everyone seems to think he is, then maybe this will help you come to a conclusion, the former model (we once worked the circuit together - cough) getting the better of 10 foot Phil Gordon in an eyebrow raising Omaha hand. Gordon bet every street of a , but Patrik called every time. Gordon mucked instantly on the river, allowing Patrik to gleam as he showed a mere . Good looking and clever, it's just not fair!

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates When Hunger Strikes As we head into the dinner break, the question on everyone's lips is surely, "Who is at the front of that buffet queue, snoopy, we need to know?" Well, I have the inside scoop and can reveal that Barny Boatman was the player with the hungriest stomach with Doyle Brunson not too far behind. Watch this space for more updates on the increasingly riveting buffet situation.

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Cards Are Back in the Air! Players are back in their seats and play has resumed.

Thu Sep 06 2007 21:09 GMT Round: 4 Blinds: 200/400 Ante: 0

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Well-Read With free copies of "Bluff Magazine" floating around the cardroom, and with the Day 1 action in these limit tournaments sometimes being staggeringly boring, a lot of the players have taken to reading up on some strategy -- oftentimes written by fellow players in the tournament. As action was about to start, I walked by Justin Bonomo and noticed him reading 'Establishing a Tight Table Image' by Allen Cunningham. Knowing of Justin's aggressive style and reputation, I leaned down and told him "Justin, I don't think it's gonna work." Justin (in the three seat) laughed and replied, "Yeah, but there's another reason to read it," and nodded his head across the table -- Allen Cunningham was in the six seat

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Re: WSOPe £2500 H.O.R.S.E live updates Omaha/8 -- sorry for the ambiguity of the title -- it meant that he was scooped, losing a little chunk of his 22K stack... The Hendon Mobster found himself in a three-way pot with Kirk Morrison and Per Erik Loeff, all three of them coming along for the ride on a flop of (in-position Morrison betting). A fourth player had reached the flop, perilously short-stacked Bruno Fitoussi, who thought for a while before deciding that this was not the hand on which to commit his remaining 1,600 chips. The turn: . Now Kirk Morrison bet when it was checked to him (800) and got just one player calling: Small blind Boatman. The river brought the and again Barny Boatman check-called a bet, showing . "I don't have a low..." advised Morrison. "I knew I didn't like that ace," he said as Kirk Morrison's took the whole lot anyway.