Giddy-Up and Get Ready for the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship
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Today sees the start of Event #45: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship here at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
This tournament requires a mastery of five different poker variants—Limit Hold’em; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Razz; Seven Card Stud; and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
This four-day event gets underway at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration open until the start of Day 2. There will be 15-minute breaks every two hours of play. There is no reentry in this event.
The starting stack is 60,000 chips, with the plan for Day 1 to play nine levels. For the surviving players or late registrants, Day 2 resumes at 1 p.m. and closes after another eight levels of play.
The reigning champion is Mike Gorodinsky, who defeated Alex Livingston in a very short heads-up match to cap his triumph over the field of 185 players that built a $1,720,500 prize pool.
The victory awarded Gorodinsky a third WSOP bracelet, along with the $422,747 up top.
“I had kind of a rocky start to my summer," Gorodinsky told PokerNews last year. "My plan actually was if I didn’t cash or go far in this tournament, I was going to fly home for a week and a half to recharge and spend some time with my wife. So, this run was kind of like an unexpected, really cool way to wrap up an otherwise long, tough month.”
| Year | Entries | Winner | Country | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 185 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | $422,747 |
| 2022 | 209 | Andrew Yeh | United States | $487,129 |
| 2021 | 149 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | $361,124 |
| 2020 | - | Not held | - | - |
| 2019 | 166 | Greg Mueller | Canada | $414,692 |
| 2018 | 150 | John Hennigan | United States | $383,208 |
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What Else is Happening at the 2024 WSOP?
- Scott Seiver won his second bracelet in as many weeks and is now a six-time WSOP bracelet winner. Seiver's latest victory came in the $1,500 Razz event.
- Sergio Aido won the $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed event for his first bracelet and a career-best $2,026,506.
- The final 11 of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship is an all-star cast. Be sure to check it out.