Thursday, June 28, 2007

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2007 WSOP HORSE: Freddy Deeb's quads ends Day 4

Freddy Deeb made quads to eliminate Gabe Kaplan on the final table bubble

By Erik Sylven

A spectacular Seven-Card Stud hand ended Day 4 of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2007 World Series of Poker. Freddy Deeb made quad sixes to eliminate Gabe Kaplan in ninth place, and to leave Thor Hansen crippled going in to the final table.

Thor Hansen, who made a full house on seventh street in that particular hand, has only $40,000 chips left, and will find it very difficult to stay alive at the final table. Freddy Deeb on the other hand, has $3.5 million chips and is in second place behind Amnon Filippi, who sits with $4 million in his stack.

Only one player from last year's final table, David Singer, will be competing for the 2007 WSOP H.O.R.S.E. title. Singer is in fifth place with $1.3 million chips. Dewey Tomko had the chance as well, but got eliminated in tenth place, earning $ 131,424.

Daniel Negreanu was the first player to get knocked out on Day 4, and the Canadian was soon accompanied at the rails by other big names such as Mike Matusow and Greg Raymer.

In the Live Tournaments Section you will find everything you need about the H.O.R.S.E. world championship: hand reports, photos, chip counts and results. And of course PokerListings.com's reporters will be there to bring you live updates from the final table, which starts at 2 p.m. (PDT).

The H.O.R.S.E. event is stealing most of the attention at the moment, but two news bracelets were awarded on day 27 at the 2007 WSOP.

Lukasz Dumanski won Event 42, $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, and took home $227,454.

In Event 41, $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Holdem, Ernest Bennett and Tony Korfman made a deal. Bennett got the bracelet and was declared tournament winner, but the prize money for the first two places was split between the two, meaning that both players received $282,963.

In the Live Tournaments Section we have a post-tournament interview with Ernest Bennett and Tony Korfman where they explain why they decided to make this deal.

Otherwise on Day 27, the final table in Event 43, $2,000 Limit Hold'em was set,and Event 44, $2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo got underway with its opening day.

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