Als 21. Event der diesjährigen World Series of Poker stand das $3.000 H.O.R.S.E. auf dem Programm. Titelverteidiger Jens Vörtmann trat natürlich ebenso an wie viele andere Deutsche und Österreicher. Am Ende lagen Markus Golser, Frank Debus und Michael Keiner ganz vorne.
452 Spieler hatten sich zu dem Turnier eingefunden. Neben Jens waren auch die PokerStars Pros George Danzer, Katja Thater, Ben Kang und Sebastian Ruthenberg mit dabei, die Full Tilt Pros waren auch mit Thomas Bihl, Markus Golser und Stefan Rapp vertreten. Auch 888 Pro Michael Keiner war am Start, ebenso wie Ivo Donev, Alex Jung, Christoph Niesert und Frank Debus.
Das übrige Feld hatte viele Pros zu bieten – Jennifer Harman, David Sklansky, Marcel Luske, Andy Black, Rob Hollink, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, Jeff Lisandro, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, David Benyamine, David Chiu, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda und viele andere mehr.
Für Stefan Rapp lief es recht gut, er konnte auch von Barry Greenstein einen großen Pot gewinnen, als dieser auf einem Board von .6x: foldete. Für die Pros war es auch nur ein teilweise erfolgreicher Tag. So mussten sich Greg Raymer, Dutch Boyd, Ivan Demidov, Shannon Elizabeth, David Benyamine und Vanessa Rousso verabschieden. Vanessa war schon mit dem Ante in der Stud-Runde all-in und scheiterte am Full House ihres Gegners.
198 Spieler kamen heil durch den Tag. Thomas Bihl liegt am Ende des Chipcounts, aber Frank Debus, Markus Golser und Michael Keiner spielen ganz vorne mit.
Rang | Name | Stadt | Land | Chip Count | Table # | Seat # |
1 | Amereno, Rob | Tucson | AZ | 96.800 | 234 | 2 |
2 | Debus, Frank | Hamburg | Germany | 62.100 | 246 | 8 |
3 | Golser, Markus | Salzburg | Austria | 52.500 | 231 | 8 |
4 | Lake, Scott | Bremerton | WA | 51.600 | 232 | 2 |
5 | Penn, Phillip Sr. | Omaha | NE | 50.600 | 230 | 7 |
6 | Akkari, Andre | Sao Paulo | Brazik | 50.200 | 230 | 5 |
7 | Singer, David | Las Vegas | NV | 48.700 | 229 | 8 |
8 | Keiner, Michael | Braunfels | Germany | 46.500 | 227 | 5 |
9 | Amaral, Chris | Fall River | MA | 45.300 | 235 | 4 |
10 | McKain, Brian | Madison | IN | 44.500 | 244 | 4 |
11 | Phillips, Dave | Naples | FL | 43.400 | 241 | 3 |
12 | Young, Justin | Morehead City | NC | 42.900 | 237 | 5 |
13 | Finne, Timothy | Fanwood | NJ | 41.400 | 232 | 2 |
14 | Limongi, Michele | Italy | 40.500 | 238 | 6 | |
15 | Montgomery, Mans | Coeur D Alene | ID | 37.700 | 250 | 1 |
16 | Billirakis, Steve | Chicago | IL | 37.100 | 238 | 8 |
17 | Van Alstyne, James | Las Vegas | NV | 36.600 | 244 | 1 |
18 | Barbieri, Al „Sugar Bear“ | Philadelphia | PA | 36.000 | 245 | 8 |
19 | Davidson, Matthew | Toronto | ON, Canada | 36.000 | 247 | 7 |
20 | Levi, David | Las Vegas | NV | 35.600 | 244 | 6 |
21 | Donev, Ivo | Bregenz | Austria | 34.900 | 231 | 7 |
22 | Murphy, Kevin | Highland Mills | NV | 34.800 | 237 | 7 |
23 | Price, Robert | Cornall | United Kingdom | 34.700 | 204 | 1 |
24 | Greenstein, Barry | Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | 34.300 | 246 | 2 |
25 | August, Leonard | North Bergen | NJ | 33.500 | 234 | 4 |
26 | Jurgens, Tad | Phoenix | AZ | 33.400 | 227 | 7 |
27 | Frangos, Nikolaos „Nick“ | Mags Landing | NJ | 33.300 | 230 | 6 |
28 | Stoykov, Mihail | Sofia | Bulgaria | 33.100 | 229 | 1 |
29 | Brunson, Doyle | Las Vegas | NV | 32.800 | 229 | 4 |
30 | Mascio, Greg | Fullerton | CA | 32.100 | 238 | 5 |
31 | Potter, Jason | Tulsa | OK | 31.240 | 249 | 7 |
32 | Friedman, Perry | Las Vegas | NV | 31.200 | 232 | 4 |
33 | Rosario, Shirley | Downey | CA | 31.100 | 248 | 7 |
34 | Baker, David | Katy | TX | 31.000 | 229 | 2 |
35 | Argyros, Billy „Croc“ | Donvale | Australia | 30.200 | 228 | 4 |
36 | Smith, Mallory | Aurora | CO | 29.900 | 234 | 8 |
37 | Cremen, Frank | Las Vegas | NV | 29.900 | 231 | 6 |
38 | Giang, Chau | Las Vegas | NV | 29.800 | 242 | 7 |
39 | Freiberg, Alex | Los Angeles | CA | 29.800 | 241 | 2 |
40 | Altizer, Von | American Canyon | CA | 29.500 | 235 | 3 |
41 | Chiovari, Richard | Chicago | IL | 29.500 | 250 | 2 |
42 | Franklin, Tom „Captain“ | Gulfport | MS | 29.200 | 233 | 4 |
43 | Rood, David | Montreal | QC, Canada | 29.000 | 245 | 6 |
44 | DNR | DNR | DNR | 28.800 | 234 | 6 |
45 | Sexton, Keith | Dayton | OH | 28.800 | 229 | 5 |
46 | Binger, Michael | Las Vegas | NV | 28.700 | 243 | 1 |
47 | Moore, Pete | Atlanta | GA | 28.100 | 236 | 4 |
48 | Bari, Allen | West Orange | CA | 28.100 | 246 | 5 |
49 | Hawrilenko, Matt | Boston | MA | 28.100 | 249 | 6 |
50 | Salazar, Hernan | Santiago | Chile | 28.000 | 246 | 7 |
51 | Evdakov, Nikolay | Moscow | Russia | 27.900 | 240 | 1 |
52 | Lassen, Morten | Holte | Denmark | 27.800 | 246 | 1 |
53 | Juanda, John | Las Vegas | Neveada | 27.700 | 232 | 3 |
54 | Johnson, Marco | Walnut Creek | CA | 27.600 | 250 | 3 |
55 | Steury, Aaron | Fort Wayne | IN | 27.400 | 233 | 8 |
56 | Cozen, Glenn | Pasedena | CA | 27.300 | 245 | 2 |
57 | Soulier, Fabrice | Las Vegas | NV | 26.200 | 237 | 4 |
58 | Ma, John | Skokie | IL | 26.000 | 228 | 5 |
59 | Dickstein, Mark | New York City | NY | 25.900 | 233 | 6 |
60 | Tran, Loi | Irvine | CA | 25.800 | 241 | 6 |
61 | Mayrinck, Maria | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 25.800 | 231 | 5 |
62 | Makowsky, Daniel | Zurich | Switzerland | 25.800 | 239 | 8 |
63 | Negreanu, Daniel | Las Vegas | NV | 25.300 | 246 | 4 |
64 | Yancik, Stewart | Blue Springs | MO | 25.200 | 249 | 3 |
65 | Watson, Michael | Toronto | Canada | 25.000 | 242 | 2 |
66 | Heller, Adam | London | United Kingdom | 24.800 | 234 | 3 |
67 | Richburg, James | Long Beach | CA | 24.700 | 231 | 2 |
68 | Delvin, Stephen | Omagh | Ireland | 24.500 | 236 | 5 |
69 | Luske, Marcel | St. Juliens | Malta | 24.400 | 235 | 2 |
70 | Dovzhenko, Alexander | Russia | 24.400 | 248 | 2 | |
71 | Le, Nghia | Shakopee | MN | 24.300 | 204 | 4 |
72 | Lauria, Bob | West Haven | CT | 24.300 | 249 | 5 |
73 | McMahan, William | Newprt | TN | 23.900 | 248 | 4 |
74 | Tulchinskiy, Mikail | Moscow | Russia | 23.800 | 228 | 7 |
75 | Madsen, Jeff | Los Angeles | CA | 23.800 | 239 | 3 |
76 | Smith, Gavin | Las Vegas | NV | 23.500 | 244 | 3 |
77 | Wong, Steve | Hoofddorp | Netherlands | 23.300 | 236 | 1 |
78 | Slezak, Bob | Omaha | NE | 23.000 | 249 | 2 |
79 | Ross, Michael | Las Vegas | NV | 22.700 | 227 | 3 |
80 | Schwartz, Ylon | Austin | TX | 21.900 | 230 | 4 |
81 | Ferguson, Chris | Pacific Palisades | CA | 21.600 | 240 | 3 |
82 | Rechnitzer, Gerard | Beverely Hills | CA | 21.500 | 247 | 1 |
83 | Ma, Tony | El Monte | CA | 21.400 | 204 | 3 |
84 | Leonidas, Toto | Los Angeles | CA | 21.300 | 228 | 2 |
85 | Bonomo, Justin | Las Vegas | NV | 21.200 | 244 | 8 |
86 | Wattel, Mike | Phoenix | AZ | 21.000 | 240 | 2 |
87 | Barbero, Jose | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 20.800 | 243 | 2 |
88 | Blanda, Bill | Galveston | TX | 20.200 | 204 | 5 |
89 | Mizok, Brian | Scranton | PA | 20.200 | 241 | 8 |
90 | Chiu, David | Las Vegas | NV | 19.900 | 242 | 5 |
91 | Harman, Jennifer | Las Vegas | NV | 19.900 | 229 | 6 |
92 | Davis, Martin | London | United Kingdom | 19.700 | 203 | 4 |
93 | Poels, Pat | Mesa | AZ | 19.600 | 227 | 1 |
94 | Paz, Jose | Santa Cruz | Bolivia | 19.400 | 228 | 6 |
95 | Sherr, Paul | Phoenix | AZ | 19.300 | 248 | 6 |
96 | Derei, Asher | London | United Kingdom | 19.200 | 228 | 8 |
97 | Ryan, Shawn | Bel Air | MD | 19.100 | 250 | 6 |
98 | Tryba, Chris | Sturbridge | MA | 19.000 | 235 | 7 |
99 | Shorr, Shannon | Las Vegas | NV | 19.000 | 250 | 5 |
100 | Okun, Jared | Las Vegas | NV | 18.800 | 236 | 6 |
101 | Kay, Casey | San Antonio | TX | 18.700 | 235 | 5 |
102 | Zoellner, Robert | Tulsa | OK | 18.500 | 203 | 2 |
103 | Valter, Farina | Italy | 18.500 | 242 | 8 | |
104 | Glantz, Matt | Lafayette Hill | PA | 18.200 | 247 | 6 |
105 | Zimmerman, Raphael | Missoula | MT | 18.000 | 245 | 5 |
106 | Micon, Bryan | Las Vegas | NV | 17.900 | 242 | 1 |
107 | Zeidman, Cory | Coral Springs | FL | 17.800 | 233 | 5 |
108 | Marbleu, Philippe | Las Vegas | NV | 17.800 | 244 | 2 |
109 | Nadell, Brian | Las Vegas | NV | 17.500 | 239 | 2 |
110 | Fricke, Jimmy | Las Vegas | NV | 17.500 | 228 | 1 |
111 | Brodie, Richard | Kirkland | WA | 17.300 | 227 | 8 |
112 | Geary, Jim | Phoenix | AZ | 17.100 | 248 | 8 |
113 | Schaaf, James | Torrance | CA | 17.100 | 235 | 6 |
114 | Martin, Dan | Klamath Falls | OR | 16.800 | 242 | 4 |
115 | Seagle, Mickey | Marion | NC | 16.800 | 238 | 1 |
116 | Nassif, Edward | Ames | IA | 16.700 | 237 | 8 |
117 | Eikeng, Martin | Oslo | Norway | 16.600 | 232 | 5 |
118 | Zewin, Don | Las Vegas | NV | 16.600 | 239 | 7 |
119 | Kegel, Dr Prince of Docness | Santa Cruz | CA | 16.500 | 230 | 1 |
120 | Hanson, John | New York | NY | 16.200 | 236 | 8 |
121 | Aronesty, Joe | Miami Beach | FL | 15.900 | 204 | 2 |
122 | Fellows, Zac | Vancouver | BC, Canada | 15.600 | 229 | 3 |
123 | Aguiar, Jonathan | Las Vegas | NV | 15.600 | 240 | 4 |
124 | Rogers, John David | Darien | CT | 15.400 | 242 | 6 |
125 | Lamb, Gordon | Rochester | NY | 15.200 | 236 | 7 |
126 | Newitt, JD | Las Vegas | NV | 15.100 | 229 | 7 |
127 | Craig, Michael | Scottsdale | AZ | 15.100 | 239 | 1 |
128 | Deacon, Rob | Bullhead City | AZ | 14.800 | 250 | 4 |
129 | Galbraith, John | Las Vegas | NV | 14.500 | 204 | 7 |
130 | Schulman, Nick | New York | NY | 14.400 | 231 | 4 |
131 | Talebi, Rodeen | Los Angeles | CA | 14.000 | 248 | 3 |
132 | Quach, Daniel | Monrovia | CA | 13.950 | 204 | 8 |
133 | Brunson, Todd | Las Vegas | NV | 13.700 | 236 | 2 |
134 | Johns, Ian | Newcastle | WA | 13.700 | 243 | 8 |
135 | Bohlman, Scott | Homer Glen | IL | 13.600 | 240 | 7 |
136 | Sklansky, David | Teaneck | NJ | 13.500 | 230 | 3 |
137 | Park, Theodore | Las Vegas | NV | 13.300 | 241 | 4 |
138 | Zaichenko, Andrey | Moscow | Russia | 13.000 | 232 | 8 |
139 | Ramdin, Victor | Bronx | NY | 12.900 | 230 | 2 |
140 | Suharto, Darus | Toronto | ON, Canada | 12.900 | 236 | 3 |
141 | Do, Gary | Broomfield | CO | 12.800 | 249 | 4 |
142 | Rossi, Esther | Las Vegas | NV | 12.400 | 203 | 5 |
143 | Nassif, Gabriel | Paris | France | 12.400 | 247 | 4 |
144 | Lewis, Barbara | Las Vegas | NV | 11.700 | 243 | 3 |
145 | Shakaryan, Ernest | Saint-Petersburg | Russia | 11.300 | 237 | 6 |
146 | Shak, Daniel | Las Vegas | NV | 11.200 | 239 | 6 |
147 | Newhouse, Mark | Chapel Hill | NC | 11.200 | 234 | 5 |
148 | Landowski, Benjamin | Hartland | WI | 11.100 | 243 | 4 |
149 | Gilbert, Zak | Reno | NV | 11.100 | 231 | 1 |
150 | Appel, William | Houston | TX | 11.100 | 227 | 2 |
151 | Chait, Craig | Los Angeles | CA | 10.900 | 247 | 8 |
152 | Smith, Justin | Orlando | FL | 10.800 | 203 | 3 |
153 | Perry, Ralph | Las Vegas | NV | 10.800 | 241 | 7 |
154 | Olson, Paul | Glenwood | MN | 10.700 | 238 | 7 |
155 | Chen, Bill | Lafayette Hill | PA | 10.600 | 203 | 8 |
156 | Rechnitzer, George | Los Angeles | CA | 10.500 | 238 | 3 |
157 | Chambers, Tom | Chicago | IL | 10.500 | 247 | 5 |
158 | Kim, Kelly | Whittier | CA | 10.400 | 244 | 7 |
159 | Huff, Wesley | Alameda | CA | 10.300 | 203 | 6 |
160 | Buckley, William | Phillipsburg | NJ | 10.100 | 237 | 1 |
161 | Johnston, Berry | Bethany | OK | 9.900 | 243 | 7 |
162 | Zhu, Yueqi | Rowland Heights | CA | 9.600 | 245 | 3 |
163 | Eller, David | Port Orange | FL | 9.500 | 247 | 3 |
164 | Cernuto, „Miami“ John | Las Vegas | NV | 9.100 | 237 | 2 |
165 | McLoughlin, Steven | Las Vegas | NV | 8.600 | 233 | 7 |
166 | Tomko, Duane | Winter Haven | FL | 8.600 | 238 | 4 |
167 | Hofman, Ronnie | Dordrecht | Netherlands | 8.500 | 232 | 1 |
168 | Hillel, Aitan | Pasadena | CA | 8.500 | 204 | 6 |
169 | Womack, John | Lauderhill | FL | 7.700 | 240 | 5 |
170 | Salzer, Russell | New York | NY | 7.500 | 240 | 8 |
171 | Judah, Mel | London | United Kingdom | 7.400 | 233 | 1 |
172 | Brix, Eric | Little Canada | MN | 7.400 | 233 | 3 |
173 | Simpson, Michael „Bart“ | Las Vegas | NV | 7.200 | 239 | 5 |
174 | Sexton, Paul | Henderson | NV | 7.000 | 232 | 7 |
175 | Longfellow, Karen | Indian Shores | FL | 6.900 | 241 | 5 |
176 | Partin, M.J. | Kula | HI | 6.700 | 242 | 3 |
177 | Lunkin, Vitaly | Moscow | Russia | 5.900 | 248 | 5 |
178 | Townsend, Charlie | Dagsboro | DE | 5.600 | 239 | 4 |
179 | Ware, Ron | Discovery Bay | CA | 5.000 | 230 | 8 |
180 | Sjavik, Jan | Oslo | Norway | 4.900 | 249 | 1 |
181 | Rodman, Blair | Las Vegas | NV | 4.800 | 227 | 6 |
182 | Koubi, Fuad | Van Nuys | CA | 4.800 | 227 | 4 |
183 | Brownstein, Peter | Scottsdale | AZ | 4.600 | 253 | 8 |
184 | Schultz, Dean | Akron | OH | 4.500 | 231 | 3 |
185 | Patrick, Mike | Burke | VA | 4.400 | 241 | 1 |
186 | Bierria, Corey | Atlanta | GA | 4.300 | 228 | 3 |
187 | Jett, Chip | Las Vegas | NV | 4.300 | 250 | 8 |
188 | Bihl, Thomas „Buzzer“ | Frankfurt | Germany | 4.200 | 240 | 6 |
189 | Vuong, Alexandra | Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | 4.200 | 243 | 5 |
190 | Pereira, Christian | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 4.100 | 203 | 4 |
191 | Bjorin, Chris | London | United Kingdom | 3.700 | 245 | 7 |
192 | Alioto, Dario | Palermo | Italy | 3.300 | 203 | 1 |
193 | Rohrer, Erwin | 2.800 | 235 | 1 | ||
194 | Woo, David | Atlanta | GA | 2.500 | 234 | 1 |
195 | Love, Tom | Marietta | GA | 2.300 | 232 | 6 |
196 | Sheikh, Aurangzeb | Houston | TX | 2.300 | 245 | 1 |
197 | DNR | DNR | DNR | DNR | 246 | 6 |