Final table of the 2009 50K Horse

Final Table of the 2009 50k H.O.R.S.E Championship

June 30th, 2009

The final table of the 2009 50K H.O.R.S.E is set after Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen was eliminated in 9th place. Gus did an amazing job of playing the best limit players in mixed games after playing heads up Pot limit Omaha Hi the whole winter and spring. The Full Tilt Poker Pros are abundant at the final table with Huck Seed, Vitaly Lunkin, Erik Seidel, and Chau Giang.

Seat 1 – Ville Wahlbeck 645,000

Seat 2 – Erik Sagstrom 3,675,000

Seat 3 – John Hanson 1,700,000

Seat 4 – Huck Seed 1,380,000

Seat 5 – Vitaly Lunkin 2,490,000

Seat 6 – David Bach 2,345,000

Seat 7 – Erik Seidel 965,000

Seat 8 – Chau Giang 1,075,000
Source Poker News

Eric Seidel is looking to get his 9th Bracelet and sneak up on Johnny, Doyle, and Phil Hellmuth. Chau Giang is an accomplished Bobby’s Room player and most likely has the most high stakes poker experience out of the final table. Vitaly Lunkin is looking for his 2nd Bracelet of the series after having won the 40k Holdem and 2nd in the 10k Pot Limit Omaha. Huck Seed won the National Head up competition this year for $500,000. I’m really pushing for Vitaly Lunkin to win this and become immortalized as one of the greats.

David Bach is no joke and will be one of the players to beat. Erik Seidel is a very aggressive but is at less then a million chips so I’m wondering if it will tone him down. Erik Sagstrom aka Erik123 is a less experienced but has been playing a ton online since the 90’s. Erik Sagstrom, Tony G, and Gus Hansen had created an online poker room a few years back called Pokerchamps.com. John Hanson finished 3rd in the 50k Horse back in 2007 for around $850k. Ville Wahlbeck already has 5 cashes and 1 bracelet in this years WSOP which is amazing by itself. It would be very interesting to see Ville Wahlbeck VS Vitaly Lunkin for the bracelet.