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2009 40th Annual World Series of Poker

Friday, June 26, 2009 to Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Event #49: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

  • Buy-in: $50,000
  • Prizepool: $4,560,000
  • Entries: 95
  • Remaining: 0

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:52 PM Local Time
Razz Wahlbeck: (X-X)      (X) Sagstrom: (X-X)      (X) John Hanson was the bring in with a   and Ville Wahlbeck completed. Erik Sagstrom raised and Hanson folded. Wahlbeck made the call. Wahlbeck check-called on fourth before taking the lead with bets on fifth, sixth and seventh streets. Sagstrom paired on fifth but didn't release until the river as Wahlbeck rakes in the pot without showdown.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:48 PM Local Time
Razz Bach (X)(X)        (X) Sagstrom (X)(X)         (X) Vitaly Lunkin had the bring-in with a  , David Bach called, Erik Sagstrom completed, Lunkin folded and Bach called. Sagstrom led out on every subsequent street and Bach called him down. Sagstrom showed       in the hole for a 8-7-6-4-2 low and Bach mucked. Sagstrom took it down.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:44 PM Local Time
Omaha-8 Vitaly Lunkin raised it up and found two callers in Erik Sagstrom and John Hanson in the blinds. The flop landed     and action checked to Lunkin who fired a bet. Sagstrom called as Hanson stepped aside. The turn was the   and Sagstrom checked to Lunkin who fired a second barrel. Sagstrom deliberated for several moments before finally releasing his hand.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:43 PM Local Time
Omaha-8 Vitaly Lunkin raised from the cutoff, Ville Wahlbeck called from the small blind and Erik Sagstrom called from the big blind. The flop came down       and the action was checked around. The turn came the  . Wahlbeck and Sagstrom checked to Lunkin, who bet. Wahlbeck raised, Sagstrom folded and Lunkin called. The river was the   and Wahlbeck led out. Lunkin called. Wahlbeck showed         for a wheel and scooped the pot. He's now up to 1.6 million.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:39 PM Local Time
Omaha-8 The Omaha-8 round has been rather subdued so far with the last few hands resulting in two "raise and take it" hands and one walk. On a rare hand that saw a flop, the action folded to Vitaly Lunkin on the button who put in a raise. Ville Wahlbeck called in the big blind. The flop fell     and Wahlbeck checked to Lunkin who tossed out a bet. Wahlbeck let it go and Lunkin collected the pot.
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:37 PM Local Time
Erik Sagstrom 3,960,000 Vitaly Lunkin 3,470,000 John Hanson 2,635,000 David Bach 1,970,000 Huck Seed 1,195,000 Ville Wahlbeck 1,185,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:34 PM Local Time
Omaha-8 David Bach raised from the cutoff, Erik Sagstrom called from the small blind and John Hanson called from the big blind. The flop came down      . The action was checked to Bach, who bet. Sagstrom folded and Hanson called. The turn was the  . Hanson checked, Bach bet and Hanson called. The river was the   and Hanson led out. Bach made the call. Hanson showed         to scoop the pot with a six-high straight and a 6-5 low.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:32 PM Local Time
Omaha-8 John Hanson raised from under the gun and Eric Sagstrom made the call in the big blind. The flop landed     and Sagstrom checked to Hanson who fired a continuation bet to take down a rare pot.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:30 PM Local Time
Hold'em David Bach opened for a raise, Erik Sagstrom three-bet and Bach called. The flop was      . Bach check-called a bet from Sagstrom. The turn came the   and Bach checked again. Sagstrom bet and Bach called. The river was the  . Bach check-called one more bet. Sagstrom showed     for top pair, top kicker and took it down. He's now up to over 3.9 million.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:27 PM Local Time
Hold'em Vitaly Lunkin raised from under the gun and Huck Seed called in the big blind. The flop landed     and Seed checked to Vitaly who fired a bet. Seed then check-raised but Lunkin re-raised. Seed called. The turn was the   and both players checked. The river landed the   and Seed checked, Lunkin bet and Seed made the call. Lunkin tabled    to spike an ace on the river for the best hand to take it down.
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:27 PM Local Time
Hold'em Ville Wahlbeck had the button in Seat 1. Chau Giang opened for a raise, Erik Sagstrom three-bet from the small blind and Giang called. The flop came down      . Sagstrom led out, Giang raised, Sagstrom three-bet, Giang four-bet all in and Sagstrom called. Giang     Sagstrom     Giang was in dire shape, looking for running nines or running diamonds to survive. He did get one diamond with the   on the turn, but the river fell the   to send Giang to the rail in seventh place.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:18 PM Local Time
Stud-8 Lunkin: (X-X)      (X) Bach: (X-X)      (X) Seidel: (X-X)      (X) Vitaly Lunkin was the bring in as David Bach and Erik Seidel both called along. On fourth street, Lunkin led out with a bet with both Bach and Seidel making the call. On fifth, Lunkin checked the action to Bach who fired a bet. Both opponents made the call. Lunkin checked again on sixth street, with Bach firing a bet. Again Seidel and Lunkin called. On the river Lunkin checked and Bach fired a bet. Seidel called, before Lunkin announced a raise. Bach called and Seidel called all in for his last 90,000 chips. Lunkin:      (   ) Bach:      (   ) Seidel:      (X-X-X) Bach took the high with a set of eights as Lunkin showed a smooth seven-low for the other half of the pot, as Seidel could beat neither and was sent to the rail. His 8th place finish earns him $162,382.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:09 PM Local Time
Stud-8 Seed: (X-X)      (X) Seidel: (X-X)      (X) Giang: (X-X)      (X) Huck Seed was the bring in as Erik Seidel completed. Chau Giang made the call as Seed came along. On fourth, Seidel was first to act and checked to Giang who fired a bet. Seed and Seidel both made the call. On fifth, Seidel checked again to Giang who fired another bet. Once again Seed and Seidel came along. On sixth, Seed paired up and fired a bet with both opponents making the call. On the river Seed again led out with a bet and again both opponents made the call. Seed tabled (   ) for fours full of sevens, which was good for the scoop as both Seidel and Giang mucked.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:03 PM Local Time
Stud-8 John Hanson (X)(X)        (X) Huck Seed (X)(X)         (X) Chau Giang (X)(X)       John Hanson had the bring-in, Huck Seed completed, Chau Giang called and Hanson called. Seed led out on fourth street and both opponents called. Seed checked on fifth, Giang checked, Hanson bet, Seed called and Giang folded. Seed led on sixth street and Hanson called. Both players checked the river. Hanson showed nothing more than a pair of deuces to scoop the pot.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:00 PM Local Time
Stud-8 Wahlbeck: (X-X)   Hanson: (X-X)   Bach: (X-X)      Seidel: (X-X) (?)    Chau Giang was the bring in with the   as Ville Wahlbeck limped into the pot. John Hanson then completed with David Bach making the call. Erik Seidel then raised with an unknown card and the table folded back around to Bach who put in another raise. Seidel made the call. On fourth street Bach checked and then raised the bet of Seidel who made the call. On fifth, Seidel paired up and led out with a bet with Bach calling, before Bach paired up his jack on sixth and fired out a bet. Seidel deliberated for a few moments and gave it up.
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:55 PM Local Time
Stud-8 Ville Wahlbeck (X)(X)         (X) Erik Sagstrom (X)(X)         (X) Ville Wahlbeck brought it in, Erik Sagstrom completed and Wahlbeck called. Sagstrom checked fourth street, Wahlbeck bet and Sagstrom called. Sagstrom check-called another bet on fifth street, then called when Wahlbeck led out on sixth. Wahlbeck bet the river and Sagstrom gave up his hand.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:54 PM Local Time
Stud-8 We're onto Stud-8 now and Huck Seed took down the first hand after the break. Ville Wahlbeck was the bring in with the  , John Hanson completed with an unknown card and Seed put in a raise with the  . The table folded back to Hanson who also gave it up and Seed collected the pot.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:50 PM Local Time
Cards are back in the air.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:38 PM Local Time
The players are now taking a quick ten-minute break.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 2:38 PM Local Time
Stud Ville Wahlbeck (X)(X)      Vitaly Lunkin (X)(X)       Erik Seidel brought it in with the  , Ville Wahlbeck completed, Vitaly Lunkin called and Seidel folded. Wahlbeck led out on fourth street and Lunkin called, but Lunkin folded to Wahlbeck's fifth street bet.
Playtika - Jason Alexander