Craig Mckinnon completed to 12,000 only to have Tom Schneider raise. Mckinnon committed his final 22,000 and this is how each player's board ran out.
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With Schneider improving on seventh, Mckinnon would hit the rail in 10th place as the final nine players are redrawing and moving to the feature table.
Catching the action on fifth street after fourth was checked round. Alex Dovzhenko bet out 20,000 only to have Tom Koral two-bet to 40,000. Viatcheslav Ortynsiky folded and Dovchenko raised to 60,000 before Koral moved all in for 72,000 with Dovchenko making the call.
Dovchenko: /
Koral: /
With Koral having a made 8-7 low to Dovchenko's pair, Dovchenko would improve to an 8-6 low when he caught the .
On seventh Koral squeezed out the for a better high, but Dovchenko would have the best of it as he spiked the for aces-up and the low to scoop Koral out in 12th place.
After another player had completed, Chris Klodnicki two-bet and Marcel Luske three-bet. After the completer folded, Klodnicki called and then check-called bets on fourth and fifth that saw Luske get in his remaining chips. Klodnicki showed kings in the hole, but they were no good as Luske tabled aces.
While he got it in good, Luske would lose the lead on sixth when Klodnicki hit a ten to make two pair. That meant Luske needed to pair one of his cards on seventh, which didn't happen when he flipped over the .
After Brett Richey opened with a raise from middle position, David Moskowitz three-bet all in for 21,000 total. Chris Klodnicki made the call from the big blind, Richey called the additional 5,000 and there were to active players headed to the flop. To make a long story short, Klodnicki bet every street and Richey called as the board ran out .
"Wheel-flush," Klodnicki declared before tabling the . Richey simply mucked and Moskowitz showed the before saying his final words, "Good luck, guys."
After losing a big hand to Greg Mueller's kings and sevens, and then bringing in for two hands, Scott Bohlman committed his final 7,000 following a complete by Tom Koral and a call by Konstantin Puchkov. David Benyamine two-bet and both active players called before a bet from Benyamine on fourth forced out Koral but kept Puchkov in. Benyamine bet fifth street and this time Puchkov folded as both Benyamine and Bohlman's boards read as follows leading up to seventh street.
Koral: / (folded on fourth)
Puchkov: / (folded on fifth)
Bohlman: / /
Benyamine: / /
With Bohlman in the lead with his pair of fives and a better lo-draw, Benyamine held an 8-6 low, and when he caught the on seventh he improved to a better pair. Unfortunately for Bohlman he could only find the on seventh and was forced to the rail in 15th place for a $12,451 payday.
Benjamin Scholl completed and David Bach made the call before calling a bet on fourth and then another on fifth to be all in.
Bach: /
Scholl: /
Bach caught the while Scholl picked up a flush draw with the before completing his flush with the on seventh as Bach found the meaningless to be eliminated in 16th place.
Craig Mckinnon just knocked out two tough competitors in back-to-back Razz hands. Here's a look at the first.
Craig Mckinnon: / /
George Rechnitzer: / /
We picked up action on fourth when Rechnitzer bet and Mckinnon called. Rechnitzer bet again on fifth, and then hesitantly called off his last 5,000 when Mckinnon raised. Rechnitzer showed that he had paired his three and woud need some help. The on sixth didn't do it as it double paired him, but he was drawing live on seventh as Mckinnon only made a 10-8-4-3-A low. Rechnitzer squeezed out his last card to reveal a , giving him a losing J-10-7-4-3 low. Rechnitzer exited in 18th place for $10,304.
In the very next hand, Dan Kelly was felled by Mckinnon. We didn't see the hand unfold but we caught both players' cards (in no specific order) before the dealer pulled them in.
Mckinnon:
Kelly:
Kelly ended up second best and followed Rechnitzer out the door in 17th place. That marks Kelly's eighth cash of the 2013 WSOP, and while he will remain second on the WSOP Player of the Year Leader Board, he will gain a bit on Daniel Negreanu.
Gus Hansen: / /
Rick Schwartz: / Fold
Benjamin Scholl: / /
After action was brought in, a short-stacked Gus Hansen completed showing a . Rick Schwartz then raised, Benjamin Scholl flatted and Hansen called. Hansen took the lead on fourth and he said, "I don't see getting away from this now," before betting. Schwartz folded, Scholl raised and Hansen called off for 11,500 total.
"That's a good card," Hansen continued when he caught a on fifth. Indeed it was as he took the lead. He kept it on sixth, but then Scholl caught a on seventh to make a 6-5-4-3-A low. Hansen's on seventh was no help and his 7-5-4-3-2 was bested.
Hansen was eliminated in 28th place and will take home $8,525.
Welcome back to the 2013 World Series of Poker Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. What started with 261 players is now down to the final 28. Among those still in contention for the $318,955 first-place prize are some poker nobility in Tom Schneider, Greg Mueller and Dan Kelly, just to name a few.
As far as Schneider is concerned, the 2007 WSOP Player of the Year is hunting for his second bracelet of 2013. What's more, it'd be his second H.O.R.S.E. bracelet! Just a few days ago, Schneider was able to best a field of 862 runners in Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. and claim his third gold bracelet. Schneider, who was featured in PokerNews’ popular Where Are They Now? series two months back, starts the day fourth in chips with 292,000.
Speaking of chips, no one will start today with more of them than two-time bracelet winner Greg "FBT" Mueller, who enters with 430,500. Last year, Mueller finished runner-up to David "ODB" Baker at the 2012 WSOP in Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix , and this year Mueller continued his mixed game domination and once again came close to a bracelet when he final tabled and ultimately finished third in the very same event: Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix.
Third, but certainly not least, is bracelet winner Dan Kelly, who begins the day with 88,500. Last night Kelly scored his eighth cash of the series by making the money in this event. If Kelly can place second or first in today's tournament, he will take the top spot from Daniel Negreanu on the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Leader Board. Either way, he'll be adding to his point total.
Other notables who will return include David Benyamine (373,500), David Bach (179,000), Marcel Luske (175,000) Chris Klodnicki (165,500), Todd Brunson (163,500) Adam Friedman (117,000), Brett Richey (74,000) and Gus Hansen (58,000).
Play is set to kick off at 2:00 PM PST, which is just over an hour from now. The plan is to play to a winner, but the chances of ten levels passing before then are good, so don't be surprised if things spill over into an impromptu Day 4. Only time will tell if that happens or not.
Be sure to check back in an hour for all the latest and greatest as we look to crown a Event #29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. champion. In the meantime, check out Sarah Grant's WSOP June 15 update:
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before saying his final words, "Good luck, guys."
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while Scholl picked up a flush draw with the 
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