WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Final: Live Update - Interactive

[Djinn]

And it's time to SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!!!

The very first hand, extremely short-stacked Patrik Antonius moved in, as was quite highly probable.
Small blind Andy Bloch called and so did TJ Cloutier in the big blind.
It check-checked all the way as the board came , and as it turns out Patrik's was enough to double him up.

[Djinn]

Any opinions amongst the aficionados on who's the best NLHE player of those left?

They're all pretty much heavyweights, but I'd go for Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson or Phil Ivey.

[snoopy1239]

Patrik Antonius is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning $205,920

[snoopy1239]

Patrik Antonius moved all in on a flop of with

Chip Reese's pocket eights held up thanks to the Turn and River

[snoopy1239]

Any opinions amongst the aficionados on who's the best NLHE player of those left?

I've just return from asking the aficionados and they say Ivey. I like Chip Reese, but his strenght lies predominatly in cash game poker.

[Djinn]

Big pot for David Singer - I think he raised to 50k, and found a big raise from Doyle Brunson - 100k or so more.  He called and there was a flop:

Doyle wasn't backing off (or so it appeared) as he bet out 200k fairly sharpish, but found an equally swift "all-in" from Singer, and passed a pot to him which took the dealer three goes to sweep over.  There are properly unwieldy WSOP stacks on that final, look good from an overhead camera angle, but take ten minutes to stack per pot...

[Djinn]

The blinds (remembering it's NLHE all the way now) are 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante.  Hefty.  They go up every 90 minutes, with a break between each level.

[snoopy1239]

Preflop action

Tomko v Ivey

Flop =

Ivey fingers his chips for a while, carefully deliberating his next move before announcing rasie and pushing out two 100k towers.

Tomko does the 'hold cards in one hand as if you are considering', before making the inevitable and clear fold that such a gesture signifies.

[crip17]

im going for Andy bloch to win.      I cant sleep cause ive got a horrible cramp in my stomach, so might as well follow the updates.    Thanks jen and   

Has Bloch been in any significant pots yet?

[Djinn]

Doyle makes it 60k and gets a call from Andy Bloch in the small blind.
Flop:    Andy checks, Doyle checks.
Turn:    Andy bet out 100k, and Doyle called.
River:    Check-check

Doyle shows and Andy mucks - looked like that top pair check on the flop got Doyle paid a little bit there.

[maldini32]

quality stuff as per usual u 2...wot times it over there? and my tip its gotta be ivey..hasnt it???

[Djinn]

im going for Andy bloch to win.      I cant sleep cause ive got a horrible cramp in my stomach, so might as well follow the updates.    Thanks jen and   

Has Bloch been in any significant pots yet?

Sorry you're not feeling great, but good to have you with the updates!  Every pot is significant, in that a decent stack moves around every time a hand is dealt.  Bearing in mind they started with 50k in chips, there's that in the pot before they get going...

[snoopy1239]

Phil Ivey raises preflop, Tomko moves all-in, Ivey calls.

Tomko =

Ivey =

Board =

Phil Ivey returns the chips he took off Tomko earlier.

[snoopy1239]

quality stuff as per usual u 2...wot times it over there? and my tip its gotta be ivey..hasnt it???

Hi there

It's 22.25 over here

My tip has always been Ivey, he is just so dominant that I'd love to see him win so people can't keep highlighting the luck factor in poker. True, there is a high level of luck involved, but for Ivey to make 10th in the 2003 Main Event, top 25 in 2005, win the Poker Millions, and so on, it would be awesome for him to zip the mouths of those who claim the skill level to be slim to none.

But don't underestimate Doyle. He may be old, but he's shown from yesterday's 20 hour session that he's moe than capable of staying focussed during long periods of play.

[Djinn]

Aside from the $2000 NLHE running simultaneously...

Found El Blondie at last - doing well in this event 

Also John Shipley  (top 10% in chips)
Skalie (Jon Kalmar)  probably chip leader over 50,000
George Danzer     Would have been chip leader if his KK hadn't been cracked by 10 10
Julian Gardner

And that's just on one row of tables... going to keep half an eye on them when there's nothing much going on on the Feature Table.