Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-07-2018 22:26 UTC-8

Clements Wins Round 2

Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stud Hi-Lo

Scott Clements: / /
John Holley: / /

Picking up the action on fifth street, John Holley led out with trip eights showing. Surprisingly, Clements raised and Holley just called. On sixth, Holley check-called a bet from Clements and both players checked on seventh. Clements tabled for rolled up nines, good enough to take down Holley's trip eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Clements	200,000 85,500	85,500

John Holley	135,000 -11,000	-11,000

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06-07-2018 22:46 UTC-8

Three Table Redraw

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
492	1	Brian Hastings	266,000
492	2	Nicholas Derke	268,000
492	3	Scott Gullett	360,000
492	4	Michael Berger	340,000
492	5	Scott Clements	124,000
492	6	Andrey Zhigalov	188,000
492	7	Richard Monroe	85,000
492	8	Ismael Bojang	295,000

491	1	Benjamin Covello	103,000
491	2	Daniel Plonsker	145,000
491	3	Bradley Smith	120,000
491	4	Vincent Kolly	96,500
491	5	Sandeep Vasudevan	384,000
491	6	Daniel Evans	175,000
491	7	James Opie	242,000
491	8	Matt Woodward	200,000

490	1	J Smith	99,000
490	2	Timothy Frazin	214,000
490	3	John Holley	157,000
490	4	Jose Arenstein	175,000
490	5	Suketu Patel	235,000
490	6	Damjan Radanov	647,000
490	7	Jonathan Hart	175,000
490	8	Jonathan Breneman	223,000

06-07-2018 22:57 UTC-8

Bike for Woodward

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo

Bradley Smith raised it up from middle position and Matt Woodward called from the big blind. The flop fell and Woodward check-called a bet from Smith.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Woodward led out with a bet and Smith made the call. Woodward turned over for a bicycle and the scooped him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Woodward	245,000 -2,000	-2,000
Bradley Smith	170,000 73,500	73,500

Tags: Bradley Smith Matt Woodward

06-07-2018 23:20 UTC-8

Last Hands of the Night

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The tournament clock reached zero on the last level of the night and the remaining 24 players all bagged up their chips to return for Day 3 tomorrow. There will be a full recap and chip counts posted shortly.

06-07-2018 23:47 UTC-8

End of Day Chip Counts (full)

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Adam Lamers

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damjan Radanov	518,000 -22,000	-22,000
Michael Berger	439,000 419,600	419,600
Timothy Frazin	416,000 241,000	241,000
Sandeep Vasudevan	368,000 333,400	333,400
James Opie	296,000 -14,500	-14,500
Matt Woodward	292,000 47,000	47,000
Vincent Kolly	280,000 244,000	244,000
Ismael Bojang	275,000 -65,000	-65,000

Brian Hastings	265,000 4,000	4,000

Nicholas Derke	252,000 71,000	71,000
Jonathan Breneman	244,000 244,000	244,000
Scott Gullett	230,000 -112,000	-112,000
Jose Arenstein	214,000 -74,000	-74,000
Scott Clements	198,000 -2,000	-2,000

Andrey Zhigalov	193,000 143,600	143,600

John Holley	185,000 50,000	50,000
Bradley Smith	168,000 -2,000	-2,000

Daniel Plonsker	151,000 121,900	121,900
JW Smith	130,000 109,600	109,600
Suketu Patel	126,000 -130,000	-130,000
Benjamin Covello	106,000 72,300	72,300
Jonathan Hart	100,000 59,500	59,500
Richard Monroe	93,000 -8,000	-8,000

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06-07-2018 23:48 UTC-8

Damjan Radanov Leads Wire-to-Wire on Day 2 of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.

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MartianNews

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

A total of 217 players returned for Day 2 of Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. After ten levels of play, that number dwindled down to just 24 players who will return on Friday, June 8, at 2 p.m. in the hunt for a bracelet. Day 1 chipleader Damjan Radanov didn't relinquish his seat on top of the mountain and retained the chip lead at the end of Day 2.

Radanov finished the last few levels of Day 1 on a heater and did not lose any momentum on Day 2, seemingly increasing his stack every round of play, right up until the very end of the day. Radanov bagged 518,000 in chips and is followed by Michael Berger, who bagged 439,000, and Tim Frazin, who finished Day 2 with 416,000 in chips.

There were several other well-known pros to make it to Day 3 with an impressive stack, including three-time bracelet winner Brian Hastings (265,000). Hasting won two of those three in non-Hold'em games. Scott Clements (198,000) is another well-known grinder that also made it through to the final day. Also known as "BigRiskky", Clements holds multiple bracelets in non-hold 'em events as well. Another pro to make it through is Ismael Bojang (275,000), who makes a living playing both in no-limit hold'em and mixed games, with a total of $2,793,768 live earnings to date.

The second day of the H.O.R.S.E event was set to play ten levels of 60-minutes each, with many bracelet winners among them at the start of the day. Some of the bracelet holders that bowed out during these ten levels included 14-time bracelet winner Phil Helmuth, Andrey Zaichenko, Chris Bell, Rep Porter, James Obst, and 2016 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Champion Ian Johns.

The bubble popped about halfway through level 14 as Doug Lorgeree was eliminated by Sandeep Vasudevan during a Razz hand. The remaining 110 players were then all guaranteed a min-cash of $2,253. Final tablist will be getting at least $18,541 for their efforts and first place will be pocketing $202,787, along with a prestigious WSOP bracelet.

Some notable players to make the money include three-time bracelet winner Barry Greenstein (47th - $3,595), Calvin Anderson (49th - $3,170), Chris Tryba (80th - $2,435), and two-time bracelet winner Brandon Shack-Harris (88th - $2,319).

24 players will be returning tomorrow and continue with the same amount of hands to be played during the Razz round that they had left at the end of Day 2. The tournament will resume in level 21 and will be playing down until a winner is crowned.

Day 3 Seating and Chip Counts

Table	Seat	Player	Nationality	Chip Count
425	1	Brian Hastings	United States	265,000
425	2	Nicholas Derke	United States	252,000
425	3	Scott Gullett	United States	230,000
425	4	Michael Berger	United States	439,000
425	5	Scott Clements	United States	198,000
425	6	Andrey Zhigalov	Russia	193,000
425	7	Richard Monroe	United States	93,000
425	8	Ismael Bojang	Germany	275,000

433	1	Benjamin Covello	United States	106,000
433	2	Daniel Plonsker	United States	151,000
433	3	Bradley Smith	Canada	168,000
433	4	Vincent Kolly	Switzerland	280,100
433	5	Sandeep Vasudevan	United States	368,000
433	6	Daniel Evans	United States	136,000
433	7	James Opie	United States	296,000
433	8	Matt Woodward	United States	292,000

441	1	J Smith	United States	130,000
441	2	Timothy Frazin	United States	416,000
441	3	John Holley	United States	185,000
441	4	Jose Arenstein	Brazil	21,400
441	5	Suketu Patel	United Kingdom	126,000
441	6	Damjan Radanov	United States	518,000
441	7	Jonathan Hart	United States	100,000
441	8	Jonathan Breneman	United States	244,000