Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 1 Completed
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,560,400
Entries
166
Level
31
Limits
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Level 10
Day 1 of the 2018 World Series of Poker Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship is in the books and the field of 157 entries has been cut down to 72 hopefuls after ten levels of 60 minutes each. The field has already surpassed the 150 entries of the previous year and the registration remains open until the first cards are dealt on Day 2 on Wednesday, June 13th, 2018, as of 2 p.m. local time.
Leading the field of survivors is two-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb with 234,500 followed by Michael McKenna (215,500) and Robert Mizrachi (212,500), while other big stacks and notables at the end of level 10 feature Brock Parker (199,500), Aditya Prasetyo (191,000), Randy Ohel (185,500) and John Hennigan (175,000). Hennigan jumped into the action mid-way through Day 1 after finishing 7th in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. "Johnny World" was quickly reduced to a short stack before turning on the heat late on and bagging up a top 10 stack.
A whole host of other former WSOP bracelet winners bagged up above-average stacks in David Benyamine (166,500), James Obst (164,500), Anthony Zinno (162,000), David "Bakes" Baker (159,000), Ian Johns (158,000), Cliff Josephy (142,500), John Monnette (142,000) and Jeff Lisandro (132,500).
Daniel Negreanu quickly doubled up his starting stack after taking a seat, but the last two levels of the night weren't as kind to the six-time WSOP bracelet winner. "KidPoker" advanced with a mere 25,500 and will return on Day 2 as one of the shortest stacks. Katja Thater returned to the WSOP tables for the first time since 2013 and made it through with 53,000, while 2016 champion and five-time WSOP bracelet winner Jason Mercier bagged up 79,000.
Many other big names were less fortunate and joined the rail throughout the day including defending champion David Bach and 2017 runner-up Eric Rodawig. John Racener, Nick Schulman, Adam Friedman, Ben Yu, Paul Volpe, Rep Porter, Brandon Shack-Harris, Viacheslav Zhukov and Justin Bonomo also failed to find a bag.
Bonomo's seemingly never-ending win streak in 2018 ended in rather brief fashion, as the now two-time WSOP bracelet winner was quickly reduced to a short stack in level eight after running into the flush of Michael Gathy before bowing out soon after. Zhukov's end came in the penultimate level of the day when he was all in and at risk with four to a flush on fourth street in Seven Card Stud, as three blanks failed to improve the Russian against Randy Ohel and Richard Bai.
All remaining 72 survivors will return to the tables of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino at 2 p.m. local time and the registration will close once the cards are back in the air with level 11. New additions to the field will receive 50,000 in chips with blinds of 2,000/4,000 in Hold'em and Omaha, while the three Stud games feature a bring-in of 1,000, a completion of 4,000 and limits of 4,000/8,000 upon restart.
Among those expected to jump in are Brian Rast and Mike Wattel, who battled for the title in Event #23: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship until after 2 a.m. local time. Rast emerged as the champion to secure his fourth bracelet and a payday of $259,670. A feature table on the PokerGO live stream will be available as well and the PokerNews live reporting team will be your one-stop shop for all the action from the floor.
Level 10
| Room | Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 424 | 1 | Andrey Zhigalov | Russia | 85,000 | 21 |
| Amazon | 424 | 2 | Stuart Rutter | United Kingdom | 26,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 424 | 3 | Randy Ohel | United States | 185,500 | 46 |
| Amazon | 424 | 4 | Cliff Josephy | United States | 142,500 | 36 |
| Amazon | 424 | 6 | James Obst | Australia | 164,500 | 41 |
| Amazon | 424 | 7 | David "Bakes" Baker | United States | 159,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 424 | 8 | Andrew Kelsall | United States | 187,500 | 47 |
| Amazon | 425 | 2 | Andrew Barber | United States | 99,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 425 | 3 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 14,000 | 4 |
| Amazon | 425 | 4 | Ian Johns | United States | 158,000 | 40 |
| Amazon | 425 | 5 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 101,500 | 25 |
| Amazon | 425 | 7 | Cory Zeidman | United States | 97,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 425 | 8 | Calvin Anderson | United States | 15,300 | 4 |
| Amazon | 426 | 1 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 162,000 | 41 |
| Amazon | 426 | 3 | Jean Gaspard | United States | 173,500 | 43 |
| Amazon | 426 | 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 25,500 | 6 |
| Amazon | 426 | 5 | Richard Sklar | United States | 103,000 | 26 |
| Amazon | 426 | 6 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | 62,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 426 | 7 | Michael Noori | United States | 57,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 426 | 8 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 102,500 | 26 |
| Amazon | 427 | 1 | Brandon Wong | United States | 53,500 | 13 |
| Amazon | 427 | 2 | Illya Trincher | United States | 132,500 | 33 |
| Amazon | 427 | 4 | Katherine Fleck | United States | 118,500 | 30 |
| Amazon | 427 | 6 | Frank Kassela | United States | 56,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 427 | 7 | Ryan Miller | United States | 198,000 | 50 |
| Amazon | 427 | 8 | Brock Parker | United States | 199,500 | 50 |
| Amazon | 428 | 1 | Jared Talarico | United States | 97,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 428 | 2 | Joseph Couden | United States | 75,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 428 | 3 | Jean Montury | France | 50,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 428 | 4 | Scott Bohlman | United States | 56,500 | 14 |
| Amazon | 428 | 5 | Laith Salem | United States | 169,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 428 | 7 | Marco Johnson | United States | 130,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 428 | 8 | Michael Mckenna | United States | 215,500 | 54 |
| Amazon | 429 | 1 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 122,500 | 31 |
| Amazon | 429 | 2 | Jake Schwartz | United States | 74,000 | 19 |
| Amazon | 429 | 3 | Matt Glantz | United States | 29,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 429 | 4 | Max Kruse | Germany | 51,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 429 | 5 | Tony Cousineau | United States | 54,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 429 | 7 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 212,500 | 53 |
| Amazon | 430 | 1 | John Monnette | United States | 142,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 430 | 2 | Jason Mercier | United States | 79,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 430 | 3 | Jared Bleznick | United States | 142,000 | 36 |
| Amazon | 430 | 4 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 80,500 | 20 |
| Amazon | 430 | 5 | John Hennigan | United States | 175,000 | 44 |
| Amazon | 430 | 7 | Brian Hastings | United States | 26,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 431 | 1 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 99,500 | 25 |
| Amazon | 431 | 2 | Yehuda Buchalter | United States | 70,500 | 18 |
| Amazon | 431 | 3 | Paul Sokoloff | Canada | 28,000 | 7 |
| Amazon | 431 | 6 | David Benyamine | United States | 166,500 | 42 |
| Amazon | 431 | 7 | Shawn Buchanan | Canada | 58,500 | 15 |
| Amazon | 431 | 8 | Aditya Prasetyo | United States | 191,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 432 | 1 | Phillip Wallace | United States | 52,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 432 | 2 | Karen Longfellow | United States | 54,000 | 14 |
| Amazon | 432 | 3 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 132,500 | 33 |
| Amazon | 432 | 4 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 65,000 | 16 |
| Amazon | 432 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 234,500 | 59 |
| Amazon | 432 | 8 | Scott Seiver | United States | 25,500 | 6 |
| Amazon | 433 | 1 | Fabrice Soulier | France | 146,000 | 37 |
| Amazon | 433 | 2 | Katja Thater | Germany | 53,000 | 13 |
| Amazon | 433 | 3 | Carol Fuchs | United States | 105,500 | 26 |
| Amazon | 433 | 4 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 39,000 | 10 |
| Amazon | 433 | 6 | Robert Campbell | Australia | 144,500 | 36 |
| Amazon | 433 | 7 | Mark Gregorich | United States | 139,000 | 35 |
| Amazon | 433 | 8 | Suketu Patel | United Kingdom | 72,500 | 18 |
| Amazon | 434 | 1 | Richard Bai | United States | 79,000 | 20 |
| Amazon | 434 | 2 | Daniel Zack | United States | 99,000 | 25 |
| Amazon | 434 | 3 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 167,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 434 | 4 | Iraj Parvizi | United Kingdom | 192,000 | 48 |
| Amazon | 434 | 5 | Andrey Zaichenko | Russia | 96,000 | 24 |
| Amazon | 434 | 6 | Scott Cole | United States | 167,500 | 42 |
| Amazon | 434 | 7 | Michael Lau | United States | 132,000 | 33 |
| Amazon | 434 | 8 | Motohiro Kondo | Japan | 41,000 | 10 |
Level 10
A recap of today's action is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
234,500
54,500
|
54,500 |
|
||
|
215,500
15,500
|
15,500 |
|
212,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
||
|
199,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
198,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
192,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
191,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
187,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
||
|
185,500
90,500
|
90,500 |
|
|
||
|
175,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
||
|
173,500
173,500
|
173,500 |
|
|
||
|
169,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
||
|
167,500 | |
|
167,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
166,500
116,500
|
116,500 |
|
|
||
|
164,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
|
||
|
162,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
159,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
|
158,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
||
|
146,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
|
||
|
144,500
-55,500
|
-55,500 |
|
|
||
|
142,500
-17,500
|
-17,500 |
|
|
||
|
142,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
||
|
142,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
|
|
||
|
139,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
Level 10
The clocks have been stopped with 10 minutes to go on the level and five more hands will be played. Shortly after the announcement, Kyle Miaso sent his stack over to Carol Fuchs and headed out of the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 10
Razz
Tony Cousineau: 
/ 
Cliff Josephy: / 
Tony Cousineau had been nursing a short stack for quite some time and eventually got his remaining 7,400 in after fifth street against Cliff Josephy, who had bet fourth street and received a call. Cousineau showed the 
and spiked the 
on sixth to secure the double, as Josephy's 
received the on sixth to pair up and make the seventh street a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Level 10
Limit Hold'em
David 'ODB' Baker raised on the button and was three-bet by Ryan Miller in the big blind. Baker made the call and called once more on the 
flop.
Both players checked the 
turn and 
river as Miller revealed 
for a flopped full house to win the pot after Baker had shown his to the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
Level 10
Omaha Hi-Lo
Michael McKenna raised on the button and was called by short stack Jean Montury in the big blind. On the 
flop, Montury checked and called a bet before the 
turn went check, check.
Montury bet the 
river and McKenna raised, Montury called and was shown the 
for a low and a straight. Montury had 
for a full house and chopped it up.
"Bad six," McKenna joked while claiming his portion of the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
25,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Level 10
With some half an hour left on the clock the field size of Day 1 has been cut into half as just 78 players out of 156 entries remain. Jared Bleznick has emerged among the biggest stacks and Cliff Josephy has also increased his stack further to become a possible contender for the overnight spotlight, while Richard Ashby, Per Hildebrand, Eric Kurtzman and Todd Brunson all busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
160,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
130,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
||
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
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|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 10
Seven Card Stud
Mark Gregorich: / 
(folded on sixth street)
Iraj Parvizi: / 
/
Andrey Zhigalov: / 
/
On sixth street Mark Gregorich had a nine-seven high showing and folded to a bet of Iraj Parvizi, who turned over 
for a diamond flush draw. Andrey Zhigalov had been awaiting his fate until then and showed for trips queens.
Parvizi hit the on seventh, and that locked up the triple up for Zhigalov, who received the meaningless 
as final card.
Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo
Robert Mizrachi: / 
/
Owais Ahmed: / 
/
Jyri Merivirta: / 
/
One table over, Owais Ahmed was also already all in on sixth street for the last 1,900 and he was called by Jyri Merivirta and Robert Mizrachi. The former checked seventh street and reluctantly called a bet by Mizrachi to get shown the 
for sevens and fives as well as a seventy-six low.
Merivirta had for eights and fours, while Ahmed had the 
for a full house to chip up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
90,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
35,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |