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Event 51, H.O.R.S.E. Live Updates November 21, 2009

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Event 51 - Schaaf Wins $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Event! 1 year ago

Well, after galloping through a field of 803, James Schaaf is the man who has come out on top, winning through to pick up his first bracelet!

Here is how those last few moments played out.

Hang Schaaf'ted!

In the Stud/8 variant of the game, Schaff raised 6h and Tommy Hang called with Jc.

On fourth street, Hang bet his 2h and Schaaf called with the 8c.

On fifth street, Schaaf now took the lead, betting out with the 9h, and Hang called with the 7h.

On sixth, Schaaf bet out with the 8h, Hang raised with the 7s all-in, and Schaaf called!!!

Hang showed down trip sevens, a powerful hand heads-up, BUT Schaaf continued the run of good cards he had, showing an eight in the hole to match the two he had on board for superior trips!!!!

So after a long drawn out final, Tommy Hang is busted, eliminated in second place, tantalizingly close to the bracelet, picking up a prize of $158,933, while James Schaaf is our CHAMPION, picking up a juicy first prize of $256,412 and of course the amazing, shiny, gold bracelet!!!

Join us shortly for the full interview and pictures of our winner but for now, we send our congratulations to a brand-new bracelet winner, James Schaaf.

  • Level: 27
  • Blinds: 20,000/40,000
  • Limit: 40,000/80,000
  • Average Stack: $1,204,500
  • Players Left: 1

Event 51 - Two Horses - One Bracelet ! 1 year ago

The heads up has been an interesting affair, close for a while but in recent times, James Schaff has taken a stranglehold over his more experienced opponent and looks like he is in pole position to pick up the bracelet with a sizeable lead at present.

The audience are highly focused on the action, it's a gripping war of attrition, with the player who has the best concentration and the best cards of course likely to come out on top.

This is one of the hands in recent times, with the blinds quite high, that helped Schaff amass this giant lead...

Tommy Hangs Himself

In the stud variant, Hang completed with the Th, and Schaff called with the 3h.

Hang bet out with the 6h on fourth and Schaff called with the 9c.

Fifth Hang bet the 5s, Schaaf calling with the 8c

On sixth, the tables were turned as Schaaf bet out with the 8h, Hang calling with the 7c.

Schaaf also bet seventh, Hang called after some deliberation but mucked as he was shown Schaaf's hidden cards, the 3c 8s 5h making him a house, an enormous hand heads up that propelled him into a dominant chip lead!

Here are the counts, showing how Schaaf has the upper hand at this stage, counts courtesy of worldseriesofpoker.com.

James Schaaf
$2,349,000
Tommy Hang
$620,000

 

  • Level: 27
  • Blinds: 20,000/40,000
  • Limit: 40,000/80,000
  • Average Stack: $602,250
  • Players Left: 2
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Event 51, H.O.R.S.E. - Day 3, Reports by:

  • Matthew Showell
    Matthew Showell
  • Rod Stirzaker
    Rod Stirzaker

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Event 51, H.O.R.S.E.

  • Buy-In: $1,500
  • Entrants: 803
  • Total Prize Money: $1,096,095
  • Date: Jun 29, 2008
  • Final Day Jul 1, 2008

Event Chip Leaders1 year ago

Event 51, H.O.R.S.E.

Player Chip Stack
Phil Hellmuth $46,400
Steven Diano $38,200
Todd Ickow $37,500
Joe Hachem $37,500
Chad Brown $36,700

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Blind Structure1 year ago

Event 51, H.O.R.S.E.

Level Ante Blinds               
Level 1 25/50
Level 1 25
Level 2 50/75
Level 2 25
Level 3 50/100
Level 3 25
Level 4 75/150
Level 4 25
Level 5 100/200
Level 5 50
Level 6 150/300
Level 6 75
Level 7 200/400
Level 7 100
Level 8 300/500
Level 8 100
Level 9 300/600
Level 9 100
Level 10 400/800
Level 10 200
Level 11 500/1,000
Level 11 200
Level 12 600/1,200
Level 12 300
Level 13 800/1,500
Level 13 300
Level 14 1,000/2,000
Level 14 500
Level 15 1,300/2,500
Level 15 500
Level 16 1,500/3,000
Level 16 700
Level 17 2,000/4,000
Level 17 1,000
Level 18 2,500/5,000
Level 18 1,000
Level 19 3,000/6,000
Level 19 1,500
Level 20 4,000/8,000
Level 20 2,000
Level 21 5,000/10,000
Level 21 2,000
Level 22 6,000/12,000
Level 22 3,000
Level 23 8,000/15,000
Level 23 3,000
Level 24 10,000/20,000
Level 24 5,000
Level 25 13,000/25,000
Level 25 5,000
Level 26 15,000/30,000
Level 26 7,000
Level 27 20,000/40,000
Level 27 10,000
Level 28 25,000/50,000
Level 28 10,000

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