WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 Live Update - At a Glance

[Djinn]

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[snoopy1239]

They've just announced the prize pool.

$6.84 million with 1,784,620 going to first.

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Layne Flack -- 39,000
Gabe Kaplan -- 41,000
John D'Agostino -- 55,000
Daniel Negreanu -- 42,000

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D'Agostino takes down a nice pot with a straight.

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3 players in

Negreanu bets a few hundred with

Cloutier and Mateyboy call.

Negreanu then bets 1k after receiving a

Cloutier folds, Mateyboy calls with

Face down card deatl.

Negreanu bets around 2k, Mateyboy calls again.

Negreanu shows and take down the pot with a flush.

Mateyboy mucks.

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Carlos Mortensen loses a 10k pot after his opponent hits a straight on the last card.

[Djinn]

Game has just become Stud 8-or-better...

And at the end of the Stud 40 mins, some counts for you:

Kristy Gazes       35,100
Freddy Deeb      68,000
Ram Vaswani     43,500
John D'Agostino  50,200
Howard Lederer  43,100
Tod Brunson       54,000
Daniel Negreanu  38,400
TJ Cloutier          46,500
John Juanda       64,000
Phil Ivey             51,500
Greg Raymer       52,600
Patrik Antonius    60,000
Tony G              45,100
Devilfish             37,200
Doyle Brunson     54,800
David Benyamine  48,000
Marcel Luske        67,000
Scott Fischman    44,600
Mike Matusow      55,500
Andy Bloch          43,800
David Grey           49,000
Michael Mizrachi    56,500
Tony Bloom        48,000
Gus Hansen         54,500
Scotty Nguyen     51,000
Rob Hollink          55,600
Annie Duke          52,000

[Djinn]

Interesting hand from the last round - Hellmuth vs. Luske:

Marcel was sat with
Phil had

Marcel mutters something like "give me an Ace," but is making all the betting (600 a pop at this stage) with Phil calling.  Mike Matusow says to Phil, "I couldn't put you on a hand if I tried..." as their hands become:

Marcel: 
Phil: 

Again, Marcel bets and Phil calls.  With all seven cards out, Marcel bets again, and Phil dwells, saying, "I'm thinking about raising.  I already played one hand like a coward.  It's you, Marcel, I raise."  Call - and Phil says, "straight," showing:

.  It's good.

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Deeb loses a 10k plus pot to Mateboy.

He called  a final bet, but found his opponent sitting on a full house, aces over eights.

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David Benyamine, Daniel Negreanu, and Mateyboy lock horns.

Benyamine -- ?
Negreanu -- ?
Mateyboy -- ?

Benyamine bets, Negreanu and Mateyboy call.

Benyamine -- ?
Negreanu -- ?
Mateyboy -- ?

Mateyboy bets, Benyamine and Negreanu call.

Benyamine -- ?
Negreanu -- ?
Mateyboy -- ?

Negreanu bets, Benyamine and Mateyboy call.

Benyamine -- ?
Negreanu -- ?
Mateyboy -- ?

Mateyboy bets 600, Benyamine raises to 1,200, Negreanu folds, Mateyboy calls.

Benyamine shows for a flush.

Mateyboy has for trips.

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Another three rounds over, and we'll be heading back in to Omaha 8/b (blinds 200/400) when they return.  Definitely interested in watching some of that...

Only caught a couple of hands from the last round, one being Negreanu taking down a couple of thousand with AK (Ace high) on the river.  Elsewhere briefly worried that Ram Vaswani's high-denomination chips had gone somewhere, but they were just hiding.

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Play has now resumed with Limit Omaha.

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blinds are at 300/600

Current game is Limit Omaha

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Board =

Chip Jett bets 800, Chinese guy (he's pretty well known and makes many a final table, but I can't recall his name) makes it 1600. Chip calls the reraises (after Williams and Arieh had folded their rags) and the river brings a

Chip bets 800, opponent calls, and Jett shows 8-6-K-K for a full house.

[Djinn]

Chip Counts!  These are taking longer as the stacks get more "impressive" aka larger.  By midnight tomorrow expect it to take an hour per count...

Mike Sexton       61,000
Chris Ferguson    50,200
Kristy Gazes       37,700
Freddy Deeb      72,000
Ram Vaswani     54,000
John D'Agostino  41,900
Howard Lederer  38,100
Tod Brunson       60,000
Daniel Negreanu  31,600
TJ Cloutier          44,000
John Juanda       56,500
Phil Ivey             53,000
Greg Raymer       58,000
Patrik Antonius    75,000
Tony G              65,000
Devilfish             24,500
Doyle Brunson     45,300
Scott Fischman    43,000
Mike Matusow      70,000
Andy Bloch          60,000
David Grey           51,000
Michael Mizrachi    76,000
Tony Bloom        40,400
Gus Hansen         60,000
Scotty Nguyen     44,800
Annie Duke          50,000