Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 1 Started
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$986,850
Entries
731
Level
33
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Another day and another mixed game event is ready to start inside the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for the 2018 World Series of Poker. Today marks the opening day of Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., the first of three H.O.R.S.E. events on tap for the summer. It will be followed by the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event starting on June 12 and the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event on July 12 to cap off the "Triple Crown" of the series.
Last year's champion David Singer will likely be back to defend his title run when he outlasted 736 entrants and took home the first-place prize of $203,709. It was Singer's second WSOP gold bracelet, his first coming back in 2008. He managed to defeat other multiple bracelet winners on the final day including Max Pescatori, Brandon Shack-Harris, Ian Johns, Richard Ashby, James Richburg, and David "Bakes" Baker.
The action is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. PDT at which point players will take their seat with 7,500 chips. The blind levels will be 60-minutes in length with a total of 10 levels on tap for Day 1. There will be a 20-minute break after every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6 (~5:40 p.m.). Late registration will remain open for eight levels (~9:15 p.m.) but there will be no re-entries available for those eliminated early on.
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Level: 1
Hold’em / O8 - 50/100 100/200
Razz/Stud/Stud - 8 25 BI 25 100 100-200
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The dealers have now been informed by the tournament director to shuffle up and deal the cards.
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are currently around 400 players registered in the first H.O.R.S.E. event of the summer. A couple of familiar faces in the field include Dan Heimiller, Calen McNeil, and Phil Riley.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Hold'em
Brandon Shack-Harris opened from the hijack, and he was called by both the small blind and big blind. The flop came down 
and action checked to Shack-Harris who bet. The other remaining players folded and Shack-Harris took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,900
7,900
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7,900 |
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened from the cutoff and the button called. The flop came 
and Urbanovich bet. His opponent folded and Urbanovich took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,200
8,200
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8,200 |
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Omaha Hi-Lo
Calen McNeil was in the cutoff and heads-up with his opponent on the button. The board came 
with McNeil leading out every street. His opponent called all the way to the river, then McNeil tabled 
. His ace-three beat his opponent's deuce-three for the low and his ace-queen high was the best high hand as well.
A couple of WSOP bracelet winners, Andrew Barber and Ivo Donev, have also joined the field. Barber won the 2015 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. event while Donev won the 2000 $1,500 Omaha event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,800
1,300
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1,300 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The majority of the tournament is being played in the Brasilia Room today, however, there is some overflow into the Amazon Room. Some notables taking seats over there so far include Ian Johns, Allen Kessler, David Bach, and Brian Hastings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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7,500
7,500
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7,500 |