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Phil Ivey wins his eighth bracelet! Phil rose to the top in a field of 478 players in the Event #37: H.O.R.S.E. of the 2010 WSOP. The final table would include Chad Brown, Bill Chen, John Juanda, and also Jeffrey Lisandro. Phil Ivey would get heads up with Bell Chen in the end and would be up against a huge stack. Phil steam rolled Bill Chen heads up winning pot after pot to take down the bracelet.

Phil Ivey wins Eighth Bracelet photo WSOP

Phil most likely has won some side bets on top of the 325k first place prize. He is half way to winning his $5 million dollar prop bet with Howard Lederer. If Phil Ivey wins just one more bracelet in this years or 2011 World Series of Poker or WSOPE, he will take a $5 million dollar bite out of Howard Lederer’s wallet. Actually if he doesn’t win another US WSOP but wins a WSOPE it’s a push.

Here are the results from the final table:
1. Phil Ivey – $329,840
2. Bill Chen – $203,802
3. John Juanda – $129,553
4. Kenneth Aldridge – $93,418
5. Jeffrey Lisandro – $68,417
6. Dave Baker – $50,871
7. Albert Hahn – $38,391
8. Chad Brown – $29,406

H.O.R.S.E. poker is a mixed game of limit Holdem, Omaha hi lo, Razz, Stud, and Stud eight or better. Most people believe that H.O.R.S.E. is the true test for best player because you can’t lose your huge stack just a hand or two like pot limit or no limit. This year they changed the player’s championship to 8 game, which included pot limit omaha and no limit holdem. I’m from the side that believes in limit games to test true skill in poker.

Phil does not even own a bracelet in Holdem, he has two in PLO and two in mixed limit games.
2000 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha $195,000
2002 $2,500 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $118,440
2002 $2,000 S.H.O.E. $107,540
2002 $1,500 7 Card Stud $132,000
2005 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha $635,603
2009 $2,500 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball $96,367
2009 $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo / 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo $220,538
2010 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. $329,840

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John Juanda photo from WSOP

John Juanda is leading the 3k H.O.R.S.E.. In my opinion, John Juanda is one of the most dangerous players on the poker circuit. What makes him especially dangerous is how he is also one of the most under estimated players out there. Hes tied for third in the 2010 WSOP player of the year competition and could take over if he wins this event. Dan Heimiller is also an under estimated or under appreciated player. He’s in 2nd for POY and is also in contention for taking over the number one spot. They will both have to watch out for Phil Ivey who is in their rear mirror in 7th place, as he goes for his eight bracelet and corresponding side bets once again this year. Phil Ivey and Howard Lederer are alleged to have a $5 million dollar prop bet between the two of them whether Ivey can win 2 bracelets over the next 2 years. So Phil will essentially be half way there if he wins this one. But lets not forget about Jeffrey Lisandro who is right behind Ivey in 8th place. Jeff is one of the most feared cash game players in the world and has even been asked to leave because he was drying up whole poker rooms. He won an amazing 3 bracelets and the 2009 WSOP Player of the Year. Ivey most likely would have gotten that title if it included the Main Event where he (Ivey) made the final table. Goto Full Tilt Poker for series coverage.

Chip Counts:
1 John Juanda 393,000
2 Dave Baker 373,000
3 Ryan Hughes 354,000
4 Daniel Makowsky 312,000
5 Kenneth Aldridge 257,000
6 Brent Wheeler 256,000
7 Phil Ivey 205,000
8 Jeffrey Lisandro 193,000
9 Mitch Schock 189,000
10 Alexandre Luneau 182,000
11 Dan Heimiller 180,000
12 Ming Reslock 173,000
13 Jordan Siegel 161,000
14 Bill Chen 158,000
15 David Benyamine 137,000
16 Yuebin Guo 109,000
17 Chad Brown 108,000
18 Scott Seiver 105,000
19 Albert Hahn 100,000

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Phil Ivey is middle stack with just 12 remaining in field of what was 482. David Chiu has the lead but not by much. The remaining players are in close race except Matt Sterling who will have to double up his 100k chips very soon.
1
David Chiu 495,000
+44,000 Las Vegas
NV
United States
2
Jose-Luis Velador 429,000
-1,000 Corona
CA
United States
3
Kevin MacPhee 400,000
+140,000 Coeur D Alene
ID
United States
4
Rob Hollink 390,000
-33,000 Groningen

Netherlands
5
Joshua Tieman 380,000
+103,000Chicago
IL
United States
6
Phil Ivey 300,000
-70,000 Las Vegas
NV
United States
7
Victor Ramdin 300,000
-100,000-

8
Craig Gray 250,000
+2,000Portland
OR
United States
9
James Mitchell 245,000
+109,000Wimbledon

United Kingdom
10
Burt Boutin 190,000
-Las Vegas
NV
United States
11
Gavin Cochrane 188,000

United Kingdom
12
Matt Sterling 103,000
+48,000Brownstown
IN
United States

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The $50,000 Poker Player’s Championship kicked off this afternoon at the 2010 World Series of Poker. The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Event has essentially received a face-lift with the format changing to an 8-game format. In addition, the final table of the event will be solely NL Holdem, just as it was for the 2006 Event.

This year’s event kicked off with an introduction by Jack Effel, the Tournament Director for the World Series of Poker. It soon became evident that this introduction would become a tribute to Chip Reese, the winner of the first $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event in 2006. Effel spoke a few words about the event’s format and the trophy and then recognized the past champions one by one.

The defending champion, David Bach, was asked to come up and say a few words. Bach gave a few positive words about Reese. He stated that he really didn’t know him, but always heard great things about him. After Bach’s brief statement, Effel then turned the floor over to long time close friend, Doyle Brunson. Brunson stated that Reese was “simply the best” and then presented a tribute video of Reese to the crowd. The video started with a interview with Reese and continued by replaying a tribute given to Reese during the broadcast of the 2008 WSOP. It was a very emotional tribute and one could see on Brunson’s face that he truly misses his friend.

After the tribute, Jack Effel went over a few more rules and then gave the microphone back to Brunson to utter the immortal words in poker, “Shuffle Up and Deal.” Players started play with 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball and betting of 800 and 1,600. Each player started with 150,000 chips.

Tom Dwan in 2010 WSOP Players Championship

Phil Ivey in 2010 WSOP Players Championship

The field indeed is a start studded field. Among those playing in the event are Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, Tom Dwan screen name durrrr, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Dario Minieri, Eli Elezra, Ted Lawson, Phil Hellmuth, Todd Brunson, Carlos Mortensen, David Bach, Michael Binger, Jeff Lisandro, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, Chad Brown, Josh Arieh, Steve Zolotow, Tony G, Gus Hansen, Chau Giang, David Chiu, and Scotty Nguyen. Harman appears to be the only woman playing in the event.

Levels are 90 minutes long and players will play six levels tonight. Dan Shak has actually already been eliminated. He was knocked out during PLO after flopping a set. He had no redraw and ran into a flopped straight with a flush redraw. 116 players entered the event and 115 remain. Four days remain in this $50,000 Player’s Championship. Stay tuned as we bring you coverage from this event.

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