Whoa! H.O.R.S.E.ey – ESPN and Harrahs's get Their Wish With a Star Studded Final

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Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, 1993 World Champion Jim Bechtel, TJ Cloutier – the all star line up that will play for the title for the WSOP $50,000 buy in HORSE event is just what the TV poker doctors ordered, and ESPN couldn't be happier.

When the schedule for the 2006 World Series of Poker first came out, one event stood tall among all the rest – The $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. (mixed game) event. The discussion from the start was 'how many people are going to pay $50,000 to enter a poker tournament'? Numbers as low as 50, and as high as 400 were bandied about, but everyone knew once it was time for the money to be put up, the truth would be told.

The truth was told Wednesday morning, as 143 participants ponied up the highest WSOP buy in ever on record, $50,000. The structure was made extra slow for the event, and in fact only 10 or so players were eliminated in the first day of play. Participants knew this would make for a grueling day two of play, and they weren't disappointed. Rumors were flying that ESPN was going to push the final table one day, and make the event a four day event. That never came to pass, and the players had to play a marathon 19 hour day two, arriving to the final table number of 9 just before 9am this morning.

The Final Table is set for tonight, and the chip counts are:

David 'Chip" Reese – 1,756,000 in chips Doyle Brunson – 1,227,000 Andy Bloch – 934,000 Phil Ivey – 885,000 Jim Bechtel – 841,000 David Singer – 745,000 Dewey Tomko – 438,000 TJ Cloutier – 351,000 Patrick Antonius - $13,000

As you can see Patrick Antonius, who had the entire field doubled in chips at times in this event ran into some tough luck late, and defines short stacked at 13,000 chips. You also have to feel for top players Robert Williamson III, Gavin Smith, Barry Greenstein, and Joe Cassidy, who were the last four players out before the final table lineup was set.

So, with buy in of $50,000, the prize pool has to be pretty hefty, and it did not disappoint. The total amount of money in the prize pool is 6.8 Million, and here is how the prizes break down.

1st place - $ 1,716,000 2nd place - $ 1,029,600 3rd place - $ 617,760 4th place - $549,120 5th place - $480,480 6th place - $411,840 7th place - $343,200 8th place - $274,560 9th place - $205,920

The final table number may confuse you a little. The event, as it was a HORSE mixed game event was played 8 handed. But, since the final table of this event is No Limit Hold Em (to accommodate TV viewership), the final table is actually 9 handed. Judging from Antonious chip stack, it may not be 9 handed for long, but you know what they say….a chip and a chair….

The players get about 8 hours off, before the first of them have to report for their ESPN interviews at about 6pm. The final table is supposed to start at 9pm, and hopefully the players will be fresh enough to play good poker. There is a lot on the line. John Caldwell Pokernews.com

Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

Die World Series of Poker, oder kurz WSOP, ist eine Reihe von Pokerturnieren, die jedes Jahr in Las Vegas ausgetragen werden.

Die World Series of Poker finden jährlich im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas statt.

Die World Series of Poker ist die grösste und prestigeträchtigste Pokerveranstaltung der Welt. Mit einer umfassenden Liste von Turnieren in allen wichtigen Pokervarianten ist die WSOP das am längsten laufende Pokerturnier der Welt und geht auf das Jahr 1970 zurück.

Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

Gewinner der letzten Jahre des WSOP-Championship-Mainevent

2020: Damian Salas 2019: Hossein Ensan 2018: John Cynn 2017: Scott Blumstein 2016: Qui Nguyen 2015: Joe McKeehen 2014: Martin Jacobson 2013: Ryan Riess 2012: Greg Merson 2011: Pius Heinz 2010: Jonathan Duhamel 2009: Joe Cada 2008: Peter Eastgate 2007: Jerry Yang 2006: Jamie Gold 2005: Joe Hachem 2004: Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer 2003: Chris Moneymaker 2002: Robert Varkonyi 2001: Carlos Mortensen 2000: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 1999: J.J. "Noel" Furlong 1998: Scotty Nguyen 1997: Stu Ungar 1996: Huck Seed 1995: Dan Harrington 1994: Russ Hamilton 1993: Jim Bechtel 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi 1991: Brad Daugherty 1990: Mansour Matloubi 1989: Phil Hellmuth Jr. 1988: Johnny Chan 1987: Johnny Chan 1986: Berry Johnston 1985: Bill Smith 1984: Jack Keller 1983: Tom McEvoy 1982: Jack Strauss 1981: Stu Ungar 1980: Stu Ungar 1979: Hal Fowler 1978: Bobby Baldwin 1977: Doyle Brunson 1976: Doyle Brunson 1975: Sailor Roberts 1974: Johnny Moss 1973: Puggy Pearson 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston 1971: Johnny Moss 1970: Johnny Moss

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