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

[UMTerp]

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Does anyone know when play will stop?

I think its been going 18 hours now(correct me if im wrong) and they still have 17 players alive.

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They started at 2:00 Vegas time (5:00 Eastern) yesterday, so 16 hours and counting, but this is still bordering on absurd.

In a tourney this big/prestigious, I'd think everyone's juices would be flowing to the point where they're not in danger of falling asleep or anything, and many of them routinely put in sessions this long anyway, but still. Everyone can't be at 100% after all this.

I haven't seen anything that doesn't say that they're still planning on playing down to the final table today, but I'd imagine a unanimous vote from the players and/or a decision by the tournament director could change that at any time.

I can't imagine the final table will go off at its scheduled time, but who knows.

[sobefuddled]

Excusde me while I go cry...He tried darned hard and he's "my" champ! He's only 24. He has time...

[Jourdain]

I think they are playing for 16 hours now, right?

[heater]

Does anybody know why they are playing so long? Did the players decide/agree going in that they would play down to the final table on the first day? Or maybe they decided late last night? Let's say they play 4 more hours today. What time will they come back for the FT? 4:00?

[True North]

This is the second day. They were always supposed to play down to the final table on day 2. I don't think anyone expected it would take this long.

[Jourdain]

Look at the first table:


Seating Chart For Final Two Tables
Table 114

1 - Barry Greenstein

2 - Chip Reese

3 - Joe Cassidy

4 - Patrik Antonius

5 - Rafael Perry

6 - David Singer

7 - Jim Bechtel

8 - Phil Ivey

Table 118

1 - Gavin Smith

2 - David Levi

3 - Dewey Tomko

4 - T.J. Cloutier

5 - Andy Bloch

6 - Doyle Brunson

7 - Robert Williamson III

8 - Cuong Do

[cgm93]

At this rate I'm not sure how long it would take them to play down to a final table...they might not be there by the time they were supposed to start the final table. Aside from this craziness....the list of players left is amazing. Top six including Doyle, Chip, TJ and Singer...Ivey and Greenstein still in it too...I guess the guys who play in the big game really are that damn good.

[Jourdain]

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At this rate I'm not sure how long it would take them to play down to a final table...they might not be there by the time they were supposed to start the final table. Aside from this craziness....the list of players left is amazing. Top six including Doyle, Chip, TJ and Singer...Ivey and Greenstein still in it too...I guess the guys who play in the big game really are that damn good.

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Except for Danny-boy, who was eliminated very early [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Jourdain]

Cuong Do Eliminated
STUD

After capping the betting action on fifth street, Cuong Do gets all-in on the following street with David Singer. Unfortunately for Do, his two pairs, tens and fives, fail to improve on seventh street and he loses to Singer's Queen high straight. Singer now sits with $930,000.


1 Jim Bechtel 1,110,000
2 David Singer 930,000
3 David 'Chip' Reese 735,000
4 Doyle Brunson 690,000
5 Andy Bloch 510,000
6 Patrik Antonius 465,000
7 Gavin Smith 430,000
8 T.J. Cloutier 425,000
9 Phil Ivey 421,000
10 Joe Cassidy 370,000
11 Dewey Tomko 350,000
12 Robert Williamson III 295,000
13 Barry Greenstein 230,000
14 David Levi 160,000
15 Rafael Perry 150,000

[cgm93]

Horse isn't an option on his new video game so he's a little rusty! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]