Popular Pages

Tools

Live Coverage

Event 45, $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Live Updates November 23, 2009

 Show Live Updates From:

Day 5 Live Updates

 Previous 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Next 

Event 45 - Five Alive! 1 year ago

The remaining five players are still on their 90-minute dinner break right now. They’re due to return at 9:30 p.m local time, just about 30 minutes from now, when we’ll be looking for a number of answers.

Can Michael DeMichele can hold on to his newly-acquired chip lead against some of the stiffest competition in poker and claim his first major tournament win?

Can Erick Lindgren recover from dropping the lead just before dinner and come back to win the bracelet, as well as the lead in the Player of the Year race?

Can Scotty Nguyen continue to play some of his best poker in years and claim his first WSOP bracelet since 2001?

Join us for the answers to these questions in 30 minutes

  • Level: 23
  • Blinds: 30,000/60,000
  • Limit: 60,000/120,000
  • Average Stack: $2,960,000
  • Players Left: 5
  • Tables Left: 1

Event 45 - Rack 'Em, Stack 'Em, Try To Crack 'em 1 year ago

The players have been on a 20 minute break in the last hour but once they resumed play it didn't take long for the explosions to go off.

This led to one of the most famous players at the final table busting and here is exactly how that came to be.

It's All Over Baby!(Greenstein OUT - 6th)

Barry Greenstein was always going to struggle with his shortstack unless he went on an insane rush. The only insane rush he'll be going on is the rush to the rail though, as Scotty Nguyen has seen the bearded veteran off.

Greenstein bet into Scotty on every street with a pair of Aces showing in Stud-8, only for Nguyen to finally reveal pocket sevens in the holeon seventh matching one of his upcards for trips. Greenstein had Aces up, but it wasn't good enough to stop his elimination and we lose Greenstein, who is still in the running for player of the year, but is no longer in the running for the HORSE bracelet.

He received $355,000 for his 6th place finish.

DeMichele-shock For Lindgren

Erick Lindgren has relinquished the lead of the competition to Michael DeMichele, who has been lurking menacingly in 3rd position for a while, and he has now leapfrogged both E-Dog and Nguyen in the chip counts.

This hand in the limit section was a fairly big one, with DeMichele raising, Lindgren three betting and DeMichele capping.

The flop came out 9c 8c 6c and DeMichele bet it, Lindgren called.

The turn was the 8d, bet by DeMichele, call by Lindgren.

River: Jd.

A final bet by DeMichele was not called by Lindgren, causing a big chip swing and promoting DeMichele to the chip lead for the first time.

This could prove a key moment in determining the victor of the competition.

Here are the current stacks as the race for the bracelet gets closer and closer...

Michael DeMichele
$4,200,000
Scotty Nguyen
$3,300,000
Erick Lindgren
$2,300,000
Matt Glantz

$1,300,000

Lyle Berman

$1,250,000

Following this, the players have broken for a 90 minute dinner break.

Hit us back for the gripping finale to this prestigious event.

Who will take it down?

  • Level: 23
  • Blinds: 30,000/60,000
  • Limit: 60,000/120,000
  • Average Stack: $2,960,000
  • Players Left: 5
 Previous 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Next 

Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E. - Day 5, Reports by:

  • Matthew Showell
    Matthew Showell
  • Jason Kirk
    Jason Kirk
  • Rod Stirzaker
    Rod Stirzaker

Browse 2009 WSOP

Event 45, World Championship...

  • Buy-In: $50,000
  • Entrants: 148
  • Total Prize Money: $7,104,000
  • Date: Jun 25, 2008
  • Final Day Jun 29, 2008

Event Chip Leaders1 year ago

Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

Player Chip Stack
Lyle Berman $507,000
Patrick Bueno $485,500
Barry Greenstein $473,000
Minh Ly $451,000
Chris Reslock $435,500

View All Player Chip Counts

Blind Structure1 year ago

Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.

Level Ante Blinds               
Level 1 300/600
Level 1 100
Level 2 400/800
Level 2 200
Level 3 500/1,000
Level 3 200
Level 4 600/1,200
Level 4 300
Level 5 800/1,500
Level 5 300
Level 6 900/1,800
Level 6 400
Level 7 1,000/2,000
Level 7 500
Level 8 1,300/2,500
Level 8 500
Level 9 1,500/3,000
Level 9 700
Level 10 2,000/4,000
Level 10 1,000
Level 11 2,500/5,000
Level 11 1,000
Level 12 3,000/6,000
Level 12 1,500
Level 13 4,000/8,000
Level 13 2,000
Level 14 5,000/10,000
Level 14 2,000
Level 15 6,000/12,000
Level 15 3,000
Level 16 8,000/15,000
Level 16 3,000
Level 17 9,000/18,000
Level 17 4,000
Level 18 10,000/20,000
Level 18 5,000
Level 19 13,000/25,000
Level 19 5,000
Level 20 15,000/30,000
Level 20 7,000
Level 21 20,000/40,000
Level 21 10,000
Level 22 25,000/50,000
Level 22 10,000
Level 23 30,000/60,000
Level 23 15,000
Level 24 40,000/80,000
Level 24 20,000
Level 25 50,000/100,000
Level 25 20,000
Level 26 60,000/120,000
Level 26 30,000
Level 27 75,000/150,000
Level 27 30,000
Level 28 90,000/180,000
Level 28 40,000
Level 29 100,000/200,000
Level 29 50,000
Level 30 130,000/250,000
Level 30 50,000
Level 31 150,000/300,000
Level 31 70,000
Level 32 200,000/400,000
Level 32 100,000

Picture Gallery

Event 45, World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
 

View all the photos