Carol Fuchs raised from under the gun and Jared Talarico flat-called directly to her left. The big blind also tagged along to see a flop of .
The big blind checked to Fuchs who bet and Talarico raised. The big blind three-bet and Fuchs was all in for 1,500. Talarico called and there was still a side pot to play for.
The turn brought the and the big blind led out which Talarico called.
The paired the board on the river and the big blind check-called a bet from Talarico. Talarico tabled for a queen-high flush while the big blind flashed for a counterfeit two pair. Fuchs flipped over but could not beat the flush from Talarico.
Ryan Laplante raised from middle position and was called by Jared Talarico in the big blind. The flop fell and Talarico checked to Laplante who continued with a bet. Talarico called and the landed on the turn.
Talarico check-called another bet from Laplante and the completed the board. Talarico checked for the third time and Laplante kept betting. Talarico decided to look him up and Laplante tabled for a five-high straight and the nut low. Talarico looked disgusted and sent his cards to the muck.
Phil Hellmuth opened from early position and Daryl Nickerson called from the hijack. The big blind tagged along as well and the flop came down . Action checked to Hellmuth who then bet, both Nickerson and the big blind opponent called.
The turn came the and action checked to Hellmuth who bet. Nickerson was the only caller and the river came a . Both players checked and Hellmuth then tabled for a pair of kings. Nickerson showed a queen as he threw he hand in the muck.
Alex Foxen bet until fifth street where he checked and his opponent then bet. Foxen called and then both players checked the rest of the hand down. His opponent announced, "King High" and Foxen smiled as he tabled for ace high and the best hand.
Picking up the action on fifth street, Phil Riley was facing a bet from his opponent and made a raise. His opponent made the call and then check-called another bet from Riley on sixth.
The final card was dealt face down and the action was on Riley who bet again. His opponent thought for a moment and then sent his cards to the muck. Riley flashed for two pair and raked in the pot.
There will be just three more hands to end the night.
Players were off to the races for Day 1 of Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. that saw a total of 731 runners walk through the doors at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The games on tap were Limit Hold'em, Omaha Hi-Lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud Hi-Lo. With the game changing after every eight hands, players had a wide variety of poker variations to play.
Once late registration closed after eight levels of play, the prize pool information was announced. There is a total of $986,850 up for grabs with first place pocketing $202,787, in addition to the gold bracelet. There is still quite a bit of play left before the money bubble is reached with 110 places getting paid and a min-cash worth $2,254.
When the dust settled, there were just 217 players remaining at the end of ten 60-minute levels, with Damjan Radanov holding the chip lead after bagging up 98,600. Radanov, a poker player from Memphis, Tennessee, plays both no-limit hold'em and mixed game tournaments but prefers the latter. At the WSOP in 2017, Radanov cashed in three mixed game tournaments but is still looking for that elusive gold bracelet. He has over $530,000 in career tournament earnings and winning this event would mark his largest career cash.
Italy's Walter Treccarichi (77,800), and the USA's Manelic Minaya (72,300), Thomas Chung (64,700), and Connor Berkowitz (63,800) round out the top five stacks.
The day started with around 400 players and they continued to trickle in throughout the first eight levels. There were a few notable pros who found their way into a seat early on in the tournament and that list included Dzmitry Urbonavich, Dan Heimiller, Calen McNeill, and David Buch, who all ended up making early exits as well.
After the second break of the day, it was well-known grinder Brandon Shack-Harris who found his way to the top of the chip counts. Shack-Harris has two WSOP bracelets and looked determined to find his third during this event. Shack-Harris dropped off towards the end of the day, bagging 18,200. Other notables in the field with multiple bracelets included Brian Hastings, Phil Hellmuth, Barry Greenstein, Frank Kassela, John Hennigan, and even Phil Ivey made a short appearance.
Phil Hellmuth
Among those moving on to Day 2 are Aron Dermen (63,000), Ryan Laplante (41,800), Brian Hastings (40,800), Ismael Bojang (39,800), Scott Clements (39,800), and Phil Hellmuth (20,100).
Day 2 is scheduled to resume at 12pm, with blinds recommencing at level 11; Limit games start with 500/1,000 flop bets and big bets of 1,000/2,000; Stud games have a 300 bring in and a big blind of 1,000 with big bets of 1,000/2,000. There will be another ten levels scheduled for the day, with a winner being crowned on Day 3.
The PokerNews team will be bringing live reports during this and every other WSOP event this summer.
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and the big blind led out which Talarico called. 
paired the board on the river and the big blind check-called a bet from Talarico. Talarico tabled 
for a queen-high flush while the big blind flashed 
for a counterfeit two pair. Fuchs flipped over 
but could not beat the flush from Talarico.
and Talarico checked to Laplante who continued with a bet. Talarico called and the 
landed on the turn.
completed the board. Talarico checked for the third time and Laplante kept betting. Talarico decided to look him up and Laplante tabled 
and action checked to Hellmuth who bet. Nickerson was the only caller and the river came a 
. Both players checked and Hellmuth then tabled 
for a pair of kings. Nickerson showed a queen as he threw he hand in the muck.
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for ace high and the best hand.
