The second day of action for the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament will get underway within the next hour. Of the 743 entrants that started play yesterday, 144 will return to try and be part of 80 who make the money. Jason Riesenberg enters play with 72,600 in chips and the chip lead and the 1996 WSOP Main Event champion, Huck Seed, is sitting in second with 59,400 in chips.
Other notables who will be returning to action include John Monnette (43,900), Dutch Boyd (43,400), Adam Friedman (36,400), Greg Raymer (30,700), Aaron Steury (27,600), Tom McEvoy (21,900), David "ODB" Baker (19,700), Allen Kessler (16,700), Joe Kuether (16,000), and Dan Heimiller (10,000). Also returning is Phil Ivey but with only 4,900 in chips, Ivey is going to have his work cut out for him if he hopes to make a run at the $230,744 first-place prize and bracelet.
Play will resume in less than an hour at 1 p.m. in the Purple section of the Amazon Room. As always, be sure to tune into PokerNews for all of the latest updates from the tournament felt.
The PokerNews Podcast crew covers several huge stories, including the PokerStars sale, Mike Matusow's penalty, and the decline of pot-limit hold'em. They are then joined by defending Main Event champion Ryan Riess to talk about his banner, his recent run bad, and much more.
A flock of people gathered around Huck Seed's table. Seed sat there, a sheepish grin on his face, and said "I got the worst hand. Go away." The cards were face up and Seed's opponent was ahead but at risk:
Seed:
Short stack:
Fourth street was the for Seed to move him into the lead. The dealer would quickly put out fifth and sixth street and the hands looked as follows afterwards:
Seed:
Short stack:
No lows were possible and the at-risk player would need to pair up one of his cards in order to stay alive. He squeezed the card the dealer gave him, and with slight disgust turned the face up. That would be the end of his tournament and he would fall short of making the money. The floor announced that they were now in the money and play has resumed.
Just before the break, we picked up with the action on fifth street to see Bruce Walters already all in and David "ODB" Baker and Vietezslav Pesta playing for a side pot. Pesta led out on fifth with 5-2-A showing and Baker cut out a raise. Pesta called for his tournament life and all of the hands were tabled.
Baker showed for a seven perfect and Pesta rolled over for a pair of fives with a wheel draw. Baker continued to hold his lead through sixth and extended it even further on seventh, pulling a and making a sixty-four. Pesta pulled an and was unable to best Baker's hand. Walters, on the other hand, flashed a second jack and was also eliminated from play. Baker scooped the massive pot and now has 137,000 in chips.
In Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low at the 2014 World Series of Poker, Mike Matusow was penalized for "excessive celebration" deep into the money. After being slapped with a one-round penalty, the ruling quickly became a hot topic with the poker community. PokerNews spoke with "The Mouth" about the incident to get his thoughts and reaction, and to see how it affected his play.
John Monnette opened with a late position raise and Adam Friedman made it three bets from the small blind. Matthew Smith four-bet the action and Monnette folded his hand. Friedman called and the flop came down . Friedman led out with a bet and Smith called for his tournament life.
Friedman:
Smith:
Friedman led with his pocket fives and held that lead through the turn () and the river (). Smith was eliminated from play and Friedman added to his stack, which now sits around 115,000.
It started with Michele Limongi raising first to act. Baker would make it three bets and Jang Won Lee would make it four bets. Limongi and Baker would both call and we would see a flop of . Lee would bet and get called by both Limongi and Baker. The turn was the and this time Lee would check. Limongi checked as well and called after Baker bet with Lee folding and leaving himself with just 3,000 behind. The river was the and both players checked. Limongi turned over for a rivered spade flush. Baker shook his head and muttered under his breath "he's been doing that all day."
The very next hand Joe Cassidy would raise, Lee would call off his last 3,000 and Limongi would call as well. Lee smiled at the action and said "look at that... yum, yum baby." Before the dealer put out the flop, Limongi said in a thick accent "I check dark." The flop came and Cassidy said "I guess I bet light." Limongi smiled and said "I call in the shade" as he made the call. The turn was the and Cassidy checked and said "I don't like it when your in the shade, it's creepy." Limongi said "I check also" and we were off to the river. Both players checked the turned over by the dealer and Lee would survive with bottom two pair with for the high end while Limongi would take the remainder of the pot with .
The next hand saw five players seeing the flop including Lee and Limongi. Shannon Petluck would make bets on the flop and turn on the board and find one caller in Limongi. The river was the and Limongi said "I bet" and after a few moments told Lee "you can go home." That was enough to get Petluck to fold and Limongi turned over for the nut spade flush and with that Lee was eliminated in 24th place.
Despite doubling immediately after being crippled by Joe Villella, Devin Hanneman has since been eliminated from play.
Boyd: / /
Hanneman: / /
Dutch Boyd was the bring in and Hanneman completed. Adam Friedman called from the next seat over and action folded back around to Boyd. He thought for a moment before raising the action, prompting Hanneman to go all in for his last 16,500 total. Friedman folded and the hands were turned up. Boyd led with his pair of aces and Hanneman looked to catch up with his pair of tens.
Despite making tens up, Hanneman failed to improve against Boyd's trip aces on fifth, ensuring his elimination in 23rd place. He collected $6,178 in prize money while Boyd boosted his stack to 305,000.
Picking up with the action on fifth street, Chris George led out with a pair of fives. Brandon Guss cut out a raise and Dennis Morrison made it three bets to go. George and Guss called to see sixth.
On sixth street, Morrison made sixes, allowing him to lead out first. Both George and Guss called and the trio received seventh street. Morrison moved all in in the dark for his last 13,000 and both of his opponents called. Guss rolled over for trip nines which was good enough to take the high.
George showed for an eighty-five which earned him the low. Morrison showed for sixes and an eighty-seven for the second-best hand in both the high and the low. He was eliminated from play in 22nd place.
We missed the hand but according to Stewart Yancik, Joe Cassidy was knocked out when his pair of tens was unable to improve against Yanick who would end up hitting trip jacks. Winning that pot has moved Yancik to the top of the leader board with 400,000 in chips.