WSOP Tuesday Night Poker $50K H.O.R.S.E. on ESPN
Posted on August 18, 2008
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Scotty Nguyen raises his arms in victory
When does a world championship poker event not determine the best poker player in the world? When its the WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship. Of course, we all know this is the true race for the best poker player in the world and you don't have to go much farther than the roll call of previous H.O.R.S.E. champions for proof. In the inaugural 2006 event the player considered by many to be the best all-around poke player was winner Chip Reese. The 2007 event crowned poker professional Freddy Deeb as the champion.
Even though the two hours of coverage for $50K H.O.R.S.E. event is over shadowed by the $10K Main Event's twenty-two hours of television it remains the event that the pros consider the most difficult to win. As the name "H.O.R.S.E." implies players must be masters of five vastly different poker games - Hold'em, Omaha, Razz, Stud and Eight or better. To survive the five grueling days of intense competition requires in-depth multi-game knowledge combined with endurance. This is especially true when considering the field is composed of professional poker's who's who. The final table seat roster and chip counts with the number of WSOP bracelets each player has won shown in parenthesis:
Seat 1: Matt Glantz 1,445,000
Seat 2: Huck Seed 1,200,000 (4)
Seat 3: Patrick Bueno 695,000
Seat 4: Lyle Berman 1,430,000 (3)
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen 3,535,000 (5)
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein 1,955,000 (3)
Seat 7: Michael DeMichele 905,000
Seat 8: Erick Lindgren 3,680,000 (1)
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Scotty Nguyen and Michael DeMichele are heads-up in the $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E. championship
A blue ribbon panel of poker players take a seat Tuesday night on ESPN at 8 PM EST. This bunch has a collection of 16 WSOP bracelets (includes the one Scotty wins for this event). Be sure to check local listing in your area for exact times of Tuesday's two hours of WSOP poker from ESPN Sports.
H.O.R.S.E.is one of my favorites to photograph with the star studded fields and a high dollar prize pool guaranteeing a prevailing air of excitement. One hundred forty-eight players began the event vying for a massive $7,104,000 prize pool. Tuesday's final table eight are playing for more than $5.25 million of the purse with the winner taking home $1,989,120 and the very special gold bracelet. This final table took 314 hands spread out over 13 hours of play to complete. You'll be seeing two hours gleaned from the actual 13 hours of the marathon final table.
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Isabelle Mercier plays Day 1 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
A selection of Flipchip photos from the five days of the event are waiting after the jump...
Defending $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E. Champion Freddy Deeb playing Day 1
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Scotty Nguyen headed for the final table and championship of event #45, $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Mike Matusow playing day 1 of event #45, $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Perry Friedman playing Day 2
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Two time WSOP Main Event Champion and holder of ten bracelets, Johnny Chan
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Lyle Berman at the final table of the H.O.R.S.E. championship
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Want to risk your $50K at this H.O.R.S.E. table?
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Antonius Patrik plays Day 1of event #45, $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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David Bach plays Day 2 of event #45, $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Ultra limit player,James Bechtel, plays Day 2 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Gabe Kaplan plays Day 4 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
Tony G plays Day 1 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Gus Hansen plays Day 2 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Tom Schneider plays Day 1 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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Dewey Tomko plays Day 1 of $50K Buy-In H.O.R.S.E.
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