Regarding Poker

Frankie Odell - 2007 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split winner (event #44).

Buy-In: $2,000
Entries: 534
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $971,880

1. Frankie Odell $240,057
2. Thang Luu $147,726
3. Martin (Dick) Corpuz $97,188
4. Marcel Luske $64,630
5. Marvin Ryan $47,136
6. Jess Robinson $36,931
7. Ming Lee $27,699
8. Stuart Paterson $20,409
9. Mitch Maples $14,578
10. John Juanda $9,719

Saif Ahmad - 2007 World Series of Poker $2,000 Limit Hold’em winner (event #43).

Buy-In: $2,000
Entries: 472
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $859,040

1. Saif Ahmad $217,329
2. William Jensen $133,151
3. Michael Graffeo $88,481
4. Justin (looshle) Pechie $59,274
5. Tommy Rounds $43,811
6. Hal Havlisch $34,362
7. Robert (Bob) Pacleb $25,771
8. Joe Mandia $18,899
9. Gerald Kane $13,745
10. David Ventura $9,020

The five day 50K HORSE event (Event #39) finally concluded at 5:00 AM today after a grueling 15 hour final table marathon.

Freddy Deeb won this year’s Gold Bracelet for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 50K HORSE Event and over 2 million dollars for his first place achievement.

This is Freddy Deeb’s second WSOP Gold Bracelet, who won his first bracelet in a 2-7 lowball event in 1996.

This event had all the big names in it including, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, Greg (Fossil-Man) Raymer, and many more top professionals.

But in the end it was Freddy Deeb who prevailed.

“You know what did it? The lucky shirt,” he said.

Buy-In: $50,000
Entries: 148
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $7,104,000

1. Kassam (Freddy) Deeb $2,276,832
2. Bruno Fitoussi $1,278,720
3. John Hanson $852,480
4. Amnon Filippi $586,080
5. Kenny Tran $444,000
6. David Singer $337,440
7. Barry Greenstein $259,296
8. Thor Hansen $188,256
9. Gabe Kaplan $131,424
10. Dewey Tomko $131,424
11. Mark Gregorich $117,216
12. Stephen Wolff $117,216
13. Thien Phan $103,008
14. Greg (Fossil-Man) Raymer $103,008
15. Chris Reslock $88,800
16. Mike Matusow $88,800

An Exhausted Freddy Deeb:

Lukasz Dumanski - 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better winner (event #42).

Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 687
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $937,755

1. Lukasz Dumanski $227,454
2. David Bach $139,725
3. James Tolley $91,900
4. Gene Timberlake $60,485
5. Chad Brown $43,606
6. Dario Alioto $33,759
7. Thomas Hunt III $25,319
8. Mark Wilds $18,755
9. George Danzen $13,597
10. Michael Watson $9,049

Ernest Bennett - 2007 World Series of Poker $1,000 World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold’em winner (event #41).

Buy-In: $1,000
Entries: 1,882
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $1,712,620

1. Ernest Bennett $348,423
2. Anthony Korfman $217,503
3. Rod Clarida $142,147
4. Ed Smith $95,907
5. Thomas Cantanzaro $65,080
6. Leon Lewis $47,953
7. Jack Deutsch $35,965
8. Ray Abels $26,546
9. Chuck Anderson $20,209
10. Hassan Kamoer $15,499

WSOP Event #39, the 50K HOSRE is well under way and from the 148 entrants only 21 players are still in the action.

Current Remaining Players and Their Chip Stacks:

Amnon Filippi 2,343,000
Kenny Tran 1,959,000
Bruno Fitoussi 1,248,000
John Hanson 1,215,000
David Singer 1,017,000
Freddy Deeb 963,000
Tim Phan 889,000
Barry Greenstein 700,000
Mike Matusow 696,000
Gabe Kaplan 625,000
Thor Hansen 537,000
Chris Reslock 536,000
Greg Raymer 504,000
Mark Gregorich 386,000
Justin Bonomo 295,000
Stephen Wolff 263,000
Dewey Tomko 248,000
Noah Jefferson 167,000
Daniel Negreanu 149,000
Patrick Pezzin 102,000
Max Pescatori 81,000

I was hoping that Phil Hellmuth Jr. and Tony G would have done better, oh well, now I would like to see Freddy Deeb, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow, Greg Raymer, or Gabe Kaplan take this event down.

Player Perspectives on the 50K HORSE:

Gabe Kaplan

Freddy Deeb

Daniel Negreanu

Fred Goldberg - 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 Mixed Hold’em limit/No-limit winner (event #40).

Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 620
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $846,300

1. Fred Goldberg $205,271
2. Rene Mouritsen $126,099
3. Christoph Niesert $82,937
4. Scott Bohlman $54,586
5. Kevin Marcotte $39,353
6. Joe Brandenburg $30,467
7. Michael Craig $22,850
8. Reza Zand $16,926
9. Karlo (The Wizard) Lopez $12,271
10. Brent Roberts $8,167

Tony G on the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better Event:

Tony G Blog - 50K HORSE
June 25th - Morning

Tony G Blog - 50K HORSE
June 25 - Afternoon

Robert (RCW) Cheung - 2007 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em winner (event #38).

Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 2,778
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $3,791,970

1. Robert (RCW) Cheung $673,628
2. Richard Murnick $417,117
3. Erica Schoenberg $261,646
4. John Kranyak $170,639
5. Andrew Lee $119,447
6. Chris Bjorin $87,215
7. Suey Wong $68,255
8. Ernie Crespo $51,192
9. Nick Goodall $40,195
10. Ryan Osbourne $33,369