Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed)
Day 1 Completed
Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed)
Day 1 Completed
After 12 levels of action in Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (8-Handed), Day 1 has concluded at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The event brought in 357 entrants, with many stars of the poker world joining the field. With only 141 players bagging up at the end of the night, the chip leader after Day 1 is David "ODB" Baker.
The three-time bracelet winner finds himself at the top of the leaderboard after bagging 353,500 chips as Day 1 ended. Other big stacks in the room as the night ended include Paul Campbell (251,000), Ariel Mantel (215,500), and Dario Alioto (212,500).
Rank | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 353,500 |
2 | Paul Campbell | United States | 251,000 |
3 | Jared Hyman | United States | 220,000 |
4 | Ariel Mantel | Argentina | 215,500 |
5 | Sean Yu | United States | 213,500 |
6 | Dario Alioto | Italy | 212,500 |
7 | Jonathan Williams | United States | 205,500 |
8 | Curtis Phelps | United States | 204,500 |
9 | Nghia Le | United States | 202,500 |
10 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 201,500 |
There will be several big names in the mix for Day 2, as Phil Ivey, Barry Greenstein, Phil Laak, Scotty Nguyen and Scott Seiver have all bagged up after Day 1.
Some notable names that busted before the end of the night include reigning World Series of Poker Main Event champ Daniel Weinman, Mike Matusow, Shaun Deeb, Chad Eveslage, Dan Shak, Phil Hellmuth and Allen Kessler.
An interesting story that developed throughout play today was John Racener managed to bag in this event while simultaneously playing and bagging in Event #90: $1,500 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha. Racener will have a big day ahead of him as he tries to navigate his way to the money at this event while looking for bracelet number three in the Omaha event.
The 141 players left in the field will be playing for a top prize of $206,321. The prize pool of $953,190 was confirmed after late registration ended, and the top 54 players will all earn a min-cash of $6,051.
Place | Prize |
---|---|
1 | $206,321 |
2 | $135,877 |
3 | $91,547 |
4 | $63,134 |
5 | $44,591 |
6 | $32,274 |
7 | $23,952 |
8 | $18,238 |
9 | $14,259 |
10-11 | $11,454 |
12-15 | $9,461 |
16-23 | $8,042 |
24-31 | $7,040 |
32-39 | $6,353 |
40-54 | $6,051 |
Action resumes at 1 p.m. local time on July 12, with players beginning play in Level 13 at the 2,000/4,000 blind level, and 4,000-8,000 betting limits. Players will compete over ten one-hour levels and have a 15-minute break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 18.
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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David "ODB" Baker |
353,500
88,500
|
88,500 |
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Paul Campbell |
251,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
Jared Hyman | 220,000 | |
Ariel Mantel |
215,500
164,500
|
164,500 |
Sean Yu |
213,500
45,500
|
45,500 |
Dario Alioto | 212,500 | |
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Jonathan Williams |
205,500
5,000
|
5,000 |
Curtis Phelps |
204,500
204,500
|
204,500 |
Nghia Le |
202,500
37,500
|
37,500 |
Mark Gregorich |
201,500
160,500
|
160,500 |
Arash Ghaneian | 199,500 | |
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Travis Pearson | 194,500 | |
Joshua Moskovits | 190,500 | |
Dzmitry Urbanovich | 189,500 | |
John Racener |
189,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
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Charles Petruccione | 186,500 | |
David Williams |
179,500
139,500
|
139,500 |
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Jon Kyte |
178,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
John Clancy | 177,000 | |
Hieu Luu | 176,000 | |
Luis Velador | 169,000 | |
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Philip Sternheimer |
164,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
Jared Talarico | 163,000 | |
Ahmed Mohamed |
162,000
-19,200
|
-19,200 |
Christopher Holden | 160,000 |
Play has concluded and players are bagging up. Play will resume tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time.
Hold'em
A player opened in the hijack and in the big blind, David "ODB" Baker three-bet which was quickly called.
Baker bet on every street on the 10♣10♠K♥7♦9♥ runout and was called each time.
He turned up A♣A♥ after the last call for aces and tens which was good for the pot as his stack grew bigger.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David "ODB" Baker |
265,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
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The players are going to play three more hands before bagging.
Action was picked up on the flop with the board showing Q♣6♠8♣
A player in the hijack checked to Ahmed Mohamed who bet, and the hijack called.
After the 2♠ on the turn, the cutoff checked and Mohamed bet again. The cutoff quickly folded and gave the pot to Mohamed, which put him over 180,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ahmed Mohamed | 181,200 |
Hold'em
Jeremy Ausmus raised from the cutoff and Matt Vengrin three-bet from the small blind. After several raises and re-raises, Vengrin was all in for his last chips against Ausmus.
Matt Vengrin: Q♠J♥
Jeremy Ausmus: 9♣9♦
The board ran out 9♥2♠A♦2♦4♣ and the nines full of twos was good for the pot.
At another table, Phil Hellmuth was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jeremy Ausmus |
176,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
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Phil Hellmuth | Busted | |
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Matt Vengrin | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ari Engel | Busted | |
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Marco Johnson | Busted | |
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Jim Collopy | Busted | |
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Paul Tedeschi | Busted | |
Kevin Gerhart | Busted | |
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Allyn Shulman | Busted | |
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Esther Taylor | Busted | |
Timothy Frazin | Busted | |
Robert Wells | Busted | |
Bryan Micon | Busted | |
Patrick Moulder | Busted | |
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Randy Ohel | Busted | |
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Jerry Wong | Busted | |
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Andrew Brown | Busted | |
Jean Gaspard | Busted | |
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Hye Park | Busted | |
Daniel Weinman | Busted | |
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Jesse Katz | Busted | |
Allen Kessler | Busted | |
Donny Rubinstein | Busted | |
Benny Glaser | Busted | |
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Dan Shak | Busted |