Wednesday, June 27, 2007

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2007 WSOP: Amnon Filippi takes H.O.R.S.E. command

Daniel Negreanu in action in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event

By Erik Sylven

Day 3 of the spectacular $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2007 World Series of Poker is done. With 21 players left in the tournament, Amnon Filippi tops the field ahead of Kenny Tran and Bruno Fitoussi.

Lots can, and will, happen during the two final days, but one thing is certain: we will have a new H.O.R.S.E. world champion. Last year's winner Chip Reese has been eliminated from the tournament, and so has Andy Bloch, who faced Reese in the longest heads-up match in WSOP history in the 2006 H.O.R.S.E. event.

Dewey Tomko and David Singer are the only two players from last year's final table who are still in contention, and they are accompanied by big names such as Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Gabe Kaplan, Greg Raymer and Daniel Negreanu.

Phil Hellmuth, Huck Seed, Eli Elezra, John Juanda, Isabelle Mercier, Erick Lindgren, Allen Cunningham, Phil Ivey, Annie Duke, Erik Seidel, Scotty Nguyen, David Williams, David Sklansky and Cyndy Violette were among the eliminated on day 3.

Day 4 starts off at 2 p.m. (PDT) and of course you can read all the latest live updates and see all the latest photos in the Live Tournaments Section here at PokerListings.com.

Otherwise Fred Goldberg was the man of the day at the Rio in Las Vegas. Goldberg won Event 40, $1,500 Mixed Hold'em and took home a golden bracelet and $ 204,935 in prize money.

Two new final tables has been set, in Event 41, $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Holdem and in Event 42, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, and Event 43, $2,000 Limit Holdem got underway with its opening day. In the Live Tournaments Section you can find everything you need about these WSOP tournaments as well.

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