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Event 39 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.Day 1 completed
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Mon Jun 25 2007 00:28 PST | Posted by shorton
Day One Ends
We are finished with Day One of the $50,000 HORSE event. There are 127 players remaining and the restart is at 2 p.m. PDT Monday. Chip leaders include Eli Elezra, Bruno Fitoussi, David Oppenheim, Gavin Smith, Alexander Kravchenko, and Barry Greenstein.
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Mon Jun 25 2007 00:28 PST | Posted by DrPauly
2006 WSOP $50K HORSE Champion - Chip ReeseDefending Champion Advances to Day 2
Chip Reese ended Day One with around 153,700 in chips. The defending champion showed no signs of slowing down at this year's event.
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Mon Jun 25 2007 00:26 PST | Posted by DrPauly
Sexton Survives Razz
Mike Sexton was down to 4.200 after catching a blizzard of bricks during Razz. He doubled through Todd Bruson when his 7-6 low beat Brunson's 8-7 low. That pot pushed his stack to 12K.
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Mon Jun 25 2007 00:19 PST | Posted by shorton
Oppenheim Climbing the Charts
Razz:
Sam Farha x-x-
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Raymond Dehkharghani
David Oppenheim x-x-
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On third street, Farha raises. Dehkharghani reraises and Oppenheim calls. On fourth street, Oppenheim bets and both call. On fifth street, Oppenheim bets and Farha calls. Dehkharghani folds. On sixth street, Oppenheim bets and Farha raises. Oppenheim calls. On seventh street, Oppenheim checks. Farha bets and Oppenheim calls. He shows
for the A-2-4-5-6 low and Farha mucks. Farha goes out a few hands later and Oppenheim has 270,000. -
Mon Jun 25 2007 00:13 PST | Posted by shorton
Jim Bechtel Playing Nine-Handed
The tournament staff apparently broke a table too early and had nowhere to put Jim Bechtel -- so he's playing at a table nine-handed. This unusual situation means there's a possibility of a community card being dealt in the Stud games. This requires multiple players to seventh street, so it's unlikely.
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Mon Jun 25 2007 00:04 PST | Posted by shorton
Sun Extinguished
Shih-Ping Sun and James Owens have been eliminated.
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Sun Jun 24 2007 23:54 PST | Posted by DrPauly
Mike Sexton's Omaha-8 Roller Coaster
Hand #1: Sexton increased his stack to 33K after he took down a pot from T.J. Cloutier.
Hand #2: On a board of
, Mike Sexton thought his A-2 was good for a scoop. He only took one-quarter of the pot, because Kirk Morrison showed A-2-6 for a wheel low and a six-high straight. Sexton slipped to 21K after that hand.
Hand #3: In a three-way pot with David Singer and Phil Ivey, Sexton got quartered again with A-2-2-3 on a board of
. Singer held A-2 while Ivey flopped a straight with 
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Sun Jun 24 2007 23:52 PST | Posted by shorton
Game Change: Razz
500 is the ante, 700 the bring-in, 2500/5000 is the betting. This is the last level of the evening, and then we are redrawing at the end of the night.
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Sun Jun 24 2007 23:52 PSTRound: 18 Blinds: 2500/5000 Ante: 500
Started 24th Jun, 2007
