Event #22: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Dia 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-06-09 12:43 UTC-7

Madsen Leads Stacked Returning Field For Day 2

Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker! Three-time bracelet winner and 2006 WSOP Player of the Year leads the returning 121 players with 129,200 in chips.

Madsen will be joined on the felt by many of poker's elite today. Two-time bracelet winner Greg Mueller is right on his heels with 121,400. Eric Rodawig rounds out the top three chip counts heading into the day with 112,000.

Yesterday's play saw exactly 200 entrants hit the felt with the hopes of becoming the next World Series of Poker champion. Unfortunately for more than a third of them, that dream would have to wait until the next event. Players like John Monnette, Eli Elezra, Stephen Chidwick, Dan Kelly, Brett Richey, Jason Mercier, Layne Flack, Scott Clements, and David "Bakes" Baker were all eliminated before the players bagged up for the end of the night.

While these players fell, others thrived throughout the first ten levels of the tournament. Just a handful of the notables returning include Jon Turner (106,000), Erick Lindgren (105,600), Michael Mizrachi (98,200), Justin Bonomo (89,800), Sergey Rybachenko (85,900), Josh Arieh (81,200), Scotty Nguyen (80,900), Abe Mosseri (74,800), Andrey Zaichenko (71,900), Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (59,800), Mike Matusow (58,500), and many more.

Also returning with a top-ten stack is none other than the PokerBrat himself, Phil Hellmuth. Hellmuth bagged 100,900 to close out Day 1 and will be searching for his third deep run of the series on the quest for his 14th WSOP bracelet.

Play kicks off at 2 p.m. local time, so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we play down to and through the money bubble today!

2014-06-09 16:03 UTC-7

Sweet Fold by Mueller; Full House for Le

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Nível 12

Stud 8

We just arrived on the scene when the dealer announced "Four bets," as Tuan Le threw a bunch of chips forward. Both Greg Mueller and Doyle Brunson called this raise and three players went to fourth street.

On fourth street Le hit a pair up and bet, Mueller showed his cards to the players on his left and right before swiftly throwing them into the muck. Brunson made the call. On fifth street Le bet again and Brunson called.

Mueller: / - fold
Brunson: (X-X) / / (X)
Le: (X-X) / / (X)

Both players checked on sixth and seventh and Le showed for a full house.

"Well, I'm glad I didn't fill up," Brunson said with a big smile as he mucked his cards and lost the minimum. Mueller was pleased with his fold on fourth street and added that the four bets that went in on third street had him worried.

"I thought that's what you had," Mueller said when Le showed the aces that allowed him to drag in this pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Greg Mueller	170,000	48,600
Tuan Le	100,000	7,500
Doyle Brunson	75,000	56,000

Tags: Doyle Brunson Greg Mueller Tuan Le

2014-06-09 16:33 UTC-7

Owais Out

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Nível 13

Razz

Phil Ivey had the bring-in and Owais Ahmed completed for his last 1,500 with John Racener the only player to give him action.

Ahmed: / / {Kc
Racener: / /

With Ahmed making a ten-seven, it would be Racener's nine-eight that would see him pushed the pot as Ahmed hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
John Racener	31,000	16,000
Owais Ahmed	Eliminado

Tags: Owais Ahmed John Racener

2014-06-09 17:00 UTC-7

Why Isn't Huck Getting Paid?

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Nível 13

"It's simple. You took a jump shot. It was an airball. You don't get paid," stated Nick Schulman to Huck Seed who had ventured over to his table.

Let's rewind.

The tournament has been back in play for 15 minutes already, but all the talk in the Amazon Tan section is related to whether or not Huck Seed should be paid for the basket he made.

Let's rewind a little further.

Outside near All-American Dave's food truck is a basketball hoop that is connected to a pull-up bar. Players, staff, and even the PokerNews crew have wagered on hitting jump shots and free throws out there, and the players find it a great way to pass time (or earn some extra cash) on the breaks.

From what we can interpret, Schulman and Paul Volpe were betting Seed on being able to hit a jump shot. Apparently, Seed launched his shot in the air, but it missed the hoop and somehow bounced off the pull-up bar and back through the hoop. How it exactly happened is what's been up for debate.

One of the arguments is that it bounced off of the pull-up bar and through the bottom of the rim before falling back through in the standard manner. Another argument is that it bounced off of the pull-up bar, ricocheting up and over the rim before falling back in.

Phil Ivey chimed in and said that if it bounced off something and went in, and that it should count, while others such as Schulman stated that it's a flat out air ball.

"Well, if it doesn't count then maybe we need to get some rules out there," said Seed.

"I just think that a guy that played college basketball and that is the best player in the room shouldn't be arguing if an air ball counts," Schulman sardonically replied.

As of now, players on every table are discussing the finer points of the shot, the bet, and whether or not Seed's shot should be counted.

Tags: Huck Seed Nick Schulman Paul Volpe Phil Ivey

2014-06-09 17:00 UTC-7

Schulman and Seed are Off!

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Nível 13

"I paid Paul, did you pay?" asked Nick Schulman as he walked over to Paul Volpe's table.

"It's a good pay for lots of reasons." continued Schulman.

"As long as he's in the game, it's good for us," stated Volpe.

"Now you have to give us action!" directed Volpe to Huck Seed.

With Schulman and Volpe standing behind Seed, Schulman began walking back to his table, but not before adding, "We're just going to be off!"

"Off!" firmly added Schulman as he made a gesture with his hand slicing across his neck.

With Schulman now seated back at his table, he quickly jumped to his feet and turned to Chris Klodnicki on the table next to him and said, "What do you think, Klod?"

But before Klodnicki could barely get a word out, Schulman interrupted him by saying, "It's one of those things that if you want it, you're probably entitled to it!"

Tags: Chris Klodnicki Huck Seed Nick Schulman Paul Volpe

2014-06-09 18:55 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast Episode #223: Game Time feat. Greg Merson

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Nível 15

Week three is underway at the 2014 World Series of Poker, and the crew is back to talk about the Venetian and Sheldon Adelson, some of the new bracelet winners, and more. The 2012 Main Event champion, Greg Merson, then joins the program to talk about his series thus far and play a game of Multiple Bracelet Winner vs. World Cup Footballer against Jason Somerville.

You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.

Tags: Greg Merson Jason Somerville PokerNews Podcast

2014-06-09 19:36 UTC-7

It's Jeff Madsen, Obviously

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Nível 15

Stud

Jeff Madsen began the day as the chip leader, and he has remained a powerful player throughout Day 2 as well. Just now, Madsen won two decently-sized pots to move to 230,000 in chips. Both occurred during the round of stud at his table.

Madsen: / /
Leah: / /

Picking up the action in this first hand on sixth street, Madsen fired a bet and Mike Leah was in the tank. After a minute, Leah called, and then each player received his final card. Madsen bet, and Leah called.

Madsen showed and stated that he began with rolled up kings. Leah mucked, and Madsen won the pot.

Tommy Hang: / /
Sebastien Sabic: / — fold
Madsen: / /

On this second hand, Sabic had to bring in with the up, and then Madsen completed the bet. Hang raised, Sabic folded, and Mdsen called.

On fourth street, both players checked to see fifth, which is where Madsen led with a bet. Hang called. On sixth, after Madsen paired his jack, Hang folded to a bet, and Madsen won the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeff Madsen	230,000	105,000
Tommy Hang	18,000	-12,000
Sebastien Sabic	15,500	-16,500
Mike Leah	6,000	-37,000

Tags: Jeff Madsen Mike Leah Sebastien Sabic Tommy Hang

2014-06-09 22:42 UTC-7

Sklar with Another Chance To Freeroll Ivey

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Nível 17

Although Phil Ivey is out of this event and has already lost the $10,000 buy-in, he can still lose more money in the tournament if Richard Sklar was to make the final table. Ivey laid Sklar 4-1 on $15,000 in a must-final-table last-longer bet, upping the odds from the 3-1 he gave Sklar in a previous event.

With 130,000 in chips and 41 players left, just 33 players stand between Sklar and additional $60,000 from the man himself, Phil Ivey.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Richard Sklar	130,000	80,000

2014-06-10 01:38 UTC-7

Lisandro Eliminated in 26th Place

Nível 20

Razz

Lisandro:
Pescatori:

We arrived at the table on fifth street to find Jeff Lisandro all in for his tournament life against Max Pescatori. Lisandro stood up from the table and threw his hands up in the air to see that he made pairs on both fifth and sixth street. He peeked at his seventh street card then threw it into the muck, eliminated by Pescatori's eighty-seven.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Max Pescatori	290,000	-19,000
Jeff Lisandro	Eliminado

Tags: Jeffrey Lisandro Max Pescatori

2014-06-10 01:42 UTC-7

Jeff Madsen Bubbles in 25th Place

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Nível 20

Stud

With jut 10,000 in chips left, Jeff Madsen was all in against Greg Mueller and David Benyamine. Here's how it all went down that saw Madsen end as the tournament's bubble boy.

Benyamine: / — fold
Mueller: / /
Madsen: / /

Benyamine was the bring-in and Mueller completed the bet. Madsen called all in for 10,000, and Benyamine also called. After both active players checked on fourth street, Mueller bet out Benyamine on fifth.

When the cards were opened, Madsen was behind Mueller's pair of fives. Mueller caught two pair on the end, leaving Madsen drawing dead. The hand resulted in Madsen being the bubble boy for this event, and all remaining 24 players moved into the money.

Tags: David Benyamine Greg Mueller Jeff Madsen