"Official" WSOP Event #20: $50,000 H.O.R.S.E.

[Jourdain]

Joe Cassidy is out in 13th place when Ivey made trip fives and cassidy had a pair of nines

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Chip Reese wins a pot off Bechtel with his fours and is now the chipleader with $1,150,000

[UMTerp]

12 players remaining. Bracelet count:

Doyle Brunson - 10
T.J. Cloutier - 6
Phil Ivey - 5
Dewey Tomko - 3
Barry Greenstein - 2
David 'Chip' Reese - 2
Jim Bechtel - 1
Robert Williamson III - 1
Patrik Antonius - 0
Andy Bloch - 0
David Singer - 0
Gavin Smith - 0

And I don't want to put words in his mouth, so apologies if I'm remembering the quote wrong, but didn't Barry Greenstein make a statement a while back that basically said that the five guys that could consistently beat the Big Game were himself, Ivey, Reese, Brunson, and Giang? 4 of those 5 are still in. Silly.

[UMTerp]

And just as I type that, Barry busts in 12th.

[jiffypop]

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And just as I type that, Barry busts in 12th.

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If I ever make it deep into a WSOP event, please don't sweat me. Thanks.

[VBCurtis]

Did he sign a copy of his book for Chip?

[Kevmath]

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Since the FT is NL hold-em will they play down to nine or ten (or eleven!) rather than 8?

-MF

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They're playing down to 9.

[Athos]

"but didn't Barry Greenstein make a statement a while back that basically said that the five guys that could consistently beat the Big Game were himself, Ivey, Reese, Brunson, and Giang?"

Here's the quote I think you're looking for;

http://www.pokerjunkie.com/forum-viewtopic-t-3349.html

"There are five top players: There's Doyle Brunson, there's Chip Reese, there's Chau Giang, there's Phil Ivey, there's myself," Greenstein says. "Those are the five people who beat the biggest game. There isn't any tournament player you're going to put in our game who's going to beat it. They'd be drawing dead. They'd be the live ones. We'd play 'til they're broke. But they already are broke, for the most part. The public says, 'Oh he's a great player.' He's a live one in our game."

[Jackie Onassis]

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Since the FT is NL hold-em will they play down to nine or ten (or eleven!) rather than 8?

-MF

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They're playing down to 9.

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Are they then breaking and resuming tonight?

[Kevmath]

I think the final table will start at 10 or 11pm ET tonight.

[adanthar]

Patrick Antonius being the one exception to this IMO