Welcome to Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E
Today marks Day 1 of Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. It's the first H.O.R.S.E. tournament of this year's World Series of Poker, and, as with all of the mixed games, should attract some of poker's best and brightest.
Last year, it took four days of grueling mixed-game play to determine a winner in this event, as 889 players showed out for the chance to showcase their versatility and prowess. In the end, Ylon Schwartz, best known for his fourth-place finish in the 2008 main event, took down the bracelet and $267,081 after defeating David Chiu heads up when his pair of queens held up in Stud Eight or Better. Well-known pros Allen Cunningham, David Williams and Cliff Josephy made deep runs, and we expect to see some big names do the same again this year.
Players will begin with 4,500 in tournament chips, and games will be changing every eight hands. Ten levels are scheduled to be played here in the Brasilia Room. Action begins here shortly at 12 p.m. local time. Well-known players such as Scott Fischman, John Racener, Cyndy Violette and Jonathan Little are already taking to Twitter to let the world know they'll be playing in this event, so be sure to tune in here to see how they do.