WSOP Update: $50K HORSE Final Table Set
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Other than the main event, the final table of the $50,000 HORSE event is probably the most anticipated event of this World Series of Poker.
After four days of play, there are just eight players playing for the top prize of more than $1.2 million, a bracelet, and bragging rights over the dozens of big names who entered this event. Erik “Erik123″ Sagstrom is the chip leader, and is looking for his first big live tournament score to accompany his online success. There are fewer people at the final table who don’t have bracelets (Sagstrom, David Bach and John Hanson) than those who do (Vitaly Lunkin, Huck Seed, Ville Wahlbeck, Erik Seidel and Chau Giang). Gus Hansen finished in ninth to miss the final table.
Here are the chip counts and seats:
Seat 1 - Ville Wahlbeck 645,000
Seat 2 - Erik Sagstrom 3,675,000
Seat 3 - John Hanson 1,700,000
Seat 4 - Huck Seed 1,380,000
Seat 5 - Vitaly Lunkin 2,490,000
Seat 6 - David Bach 2,345,000
Seat 7 - Erik Seidel 965,000
Seat 8 - Chau Giang 1,075,000
Ending early Tuesday morning was Event No. 51, $1.5K no-limit hold’em tourney. The popular $1.5K buyins made yet another unknown rich. Geramny’s Carsten Joh earned his first WSOP cash, and it was a doozy — more than $600K. Owen “ocrowe” Crowe finished fifth.
Here were the payouts:
1. Carsten Joh - $664,426
2. Andrew Chen - $412,632
3. David Walasinski - $272,405
4. Steven Levy - $192,650
5. Owen Crowe - $145,199
6. Thibaut Durand - $115,817
7. Georgios Kapalas - $97,634
8. Jason Helder - $86,702
9. Nathan Page - $80,894
Two events reached their second days: No. 52, a $3K triple chance no-limit hold’em event, and No. 53, a $1.5K seven card stud hi-low-8 or better tourney.
In No. 52, just 15 remain, playing for about $2.4M in prize money. Eric “Rizen” Lynch is among those left, but he is short stacked. Updates here.
In No. 53, 14 players remain. Among them: Chip leader Chad Brown, who has nearly $1M in WSOP cashes but is still looking for that first bracelet. Updates here.
Two events started on Monday: No. 54, a $1.5K NLHE tourney, and No. 55, a $2.5K 2-7 triple draw lowball (limit) tourney.
Not shockingly, another huge field turned out for the $1.5K event, with more than 2,800 players starting to create a prize pool over $3.8M. Just 384 are left, with big names like Carlos Mortensen and Hevad Khan still playing.
No. 55 wasn’t nearly as popular — there were just 258 entries. Former WPT winner Tuan Le is one of the big stacks heading into day two.
The last event before the main event starts today: No. 56, a $5K NLHE 6-handed tourney.
Check back at PTP for updates on these events, and throughout the main event.
