WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

It's not easy collating hands, due to a combination of ensuring you know what game it is and having the time to follow both the action AND the cards, but I thought I quickly jot down a few random hands witnessed, just to show you how the betting is going.

The first two are from the Omaha Hi-Lo, as we crept onto Razz.

O

Flop =

Cyndy Violette bets 600 and receives two callers, one of whom is David Chui.

Turn =

Cyndy bets 1,200, both players fold.


On another table, two former Main Event winners clash.

Board =

Johnny Chan bets 1,200, Jim Betchell makes it 2,400 and Chan calls.

River =

Chan bets 1,200, Betchell calls.

Betchell =

Chan =

Split pot, Chan taking the most with the nut flush high and half of the A-2-3-4-6 low.

[snoopy1239]

R

Lindgren = ? ? ?

Mateyboy = ? ? ?

Lindgren bets the River, Mateyboy fold, showing in the process.

[Ironside]

now were in razz can you tell me if its blinds or antes

[Djinn]

Table Draw!!

20
Andy Bloch
Robert Williamson
Neal Friets
Thomas Schneider
Harry Thomas
Jack Zwerner
Noah Jefferson

19
Daniel Harmetz
Chad Brown
David Chiu
Cynthia Violette
Tuan Le
Eli Elezra
Andy Black

18
Sam Grizzle
Sammy Farha
David Grey
Bari Sklar
Daniel Shak
Bill Gazes
Chris Reslock

17
Howard Lederer
Brandon Adams
Chip Reese
Bruno Fitoussi
Luke Neely
Jim Bechtel
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

16
Kirk Morrison
Ali Eslami
David Singer
TJ Cloutier
Mike Sexton
Dewey Tomko
Phil Ivey

15
John Kabbaj
Bradley Helm
Gus Hansen
Alexander Kravchenko
Gregory Mascio
Suk Sung
Jessee Jones

14
Mark Tenner
Rafael Perry
Thomas Weideman
Amnon Filippi
Patrik Antonius
Ted Lawson
Mike Wattel

13
Meikle Partin
Bart Hanson
Patrick Pezzin
Jason Lester
John Hennigan
Gabe Kaplan
David Benyamine

12
Roy Thung
Rafi Amit
Tony Cousineau
Benjamin Lin
David Williams
Rob Hollink

11
John Duthie
David Sklansky
John D'Agostino
Sherkhan Farnood
Greg Raymer
Jennifer Traniello
Robert Mizrachi

10
Charles Kaelin
Scotty Nguyen
Lyle Berman
Charles Lehr
David Levi
Kristy Gazes

9
Chris Ferguson
John Hanson
Greg Mueller
Mickey Appleman
John Juanda
Robert Feduniak
Joseph Tehan

8
Jani Sointula
Allen Cunningham
Hasan Habib
Nicholas Schulman
Allen Kessler
Barry Greenstein

7
Todd Brunson
Tony G
Matthew Hawrilenko
Phil Laak
William Edler
Doyle Brunson
Justin Bonomo

6
Mike Matusow
Darrell Dicken
Chau Giang
Thor Hansen
Jeffrey King
Bon Phan

5
Nikolaos Frangos
Erick Lindgren
Ariel Schneller
John Cover
Daniel Negreanu
Marco Traniello
Shih-Ping Sun

4
Bill Chen
Jerri Thomas
Max Pescatori
Thien Phan
Mark Gregorich
Jeffrey Lisandro
Ted Forrest

3
Stephen Wolff
Mark Vos
Jerrod Ankenman
Thomas Franklin
Erik Seidel
Maureen Feduniak
Abraham Mosseri

2
Patrick Bueno
Soheil Shamseddin
David Oppenheim
Isabelle Mercier
Michael Mizrachi
James Owens
Raymond Dehkarghani

1
Annie Duke
Josh Arieh
Steve Zolotow
Tad Jurgens
Gavin Smith
Minh Ly
Annand Ramdin

Just as I got to the end of typing this list, I noticed a felt-tip pen mark on the front which told me, and now you, that this is "Incomplete" - perhaps some of the members of the audience have taken up the TD's challenge and signed up spur-of-the-moment style...

[Djinn]

I rather think that the Bruson Sr. vs. Brunson Jr. table might be one to watch, what with Tony G and Phil Laak on there too.  Actually it's a NameFest in there, no wonder the crowds have started to form.

Spot Hansen and Kabbaj lurking in the back table...

[Ironside]

will they be moving to 8 handed tables when registration is closed?
if they are that means closing 2 tables

[Micko]

Todd has moved to Iveys table

[NoflopsHomer]

John Kabbaj and Andy Black, the only Brits?

[AndrewT]

John Kabbaj and Andy Black, the only Brits?

John Duthie's there.

[Micko]

Marc Goodwin said he was playin on an interview the other day

[NoflopsHomer]

John Kabbaj and Andy Black, the only Brits?

John Duthie's there.

Snoopy wins again.

[HornswaggleU]

I think ESPN should use this picture to promote the event.

[Djinn]

now were in razz can you tell me if its blinds or antes

It's standard Stud setup - ante from all players (currently) 200 - with a compulsory bring-in for, in this case (it's now Stud) the lowest card shown face up.

[snoopy1239]

S

As I was watching Jeff Lisandro (? ? ) fold to a bet from Andy Bloch (? ? ), three Europeans (and neighbours, incidentally) in Alex Kravchenko, John Kabbaj and Gus Hansen all crossed swords.

Kabbaj = ? ? ?

Hansen = ? ? ?

Kravchenko = ? ? ?

Kabbaj bets 1.6k, the other two call.

The final card is dealt face down. Kabbaj checks, Hansen bets 1.6k, Kravchenko calls and Kabbaj folds.

Bracelet winner and Russian citizen, Alex Kravchenko, takes the pot with () () ()

[snoopy1239]

We'll try to ambush chip counts in a level or twos time as not too much changes in Limit HORSE until later on (only 2 players eliminated on last year's Day 1 remember).

In the meantime, I met blondeite Rio Rodent, who cashed in a recent $1,500 event for over 3k. Doesn't sound like too much, but it's not bad when he qualified on the cheap. Well done that man.