| Buy-In: | $9,900 + $100 |
|---|---|
| Prize Pool: | $921,600 |
| Entrants: | 96 |
The final two players in the $10,000 HORSE event have come to a gentleman's agreement to chop up the prize money. As part of that agreement Scotty Nguyen is the champion of the tournament and Chino Rheem finishes in second place.
Here are the chip counts heading into heads-up play:
Chino Rheem: 1,011,000
Scotty Nguyen: 1,010,000
It looked like Scotty Nguyen's behavior might escalate during the final stages of the final table and become a repeat of the WSOP HORSE event. But Nguyen remained cordial and composed during the final stages of the event, and despite offending Matt Graham after he eliminated him in fifth place, he was calm after that point.
Part of it may have been because tournament director Matt Savage came over to the final table when four-handed play began and warned the final table to stop talking about hands moving forward, but in any case Nguyen remained casual at the end of play.
Omaha Eight-or-Better
Jeff Madsen was just eliminated when his straight flush draw failed to improve against Chino Rheem when he was all in on the river. Rheem held top two on a flop of K-5-2. The turn and river fell 9-10 and Rheem's hand was good when he revealed A-K-J-5 in the hole. Madsen mucked his missed draw and he was eliminated in third place. Madsen will take home $122,573 in prize money.
Scotty Nguyen is well on his way to winning another major HORSE tournament here at the LAPC after he won the $50,000 HORSE world championship at the 2008 WSOP. He has a large chip lead with three players remaining and he is looking strong.
Unfortunately, we are beginning to see signs that he might repeat the behavior that brought him much scorn after the HORSE final table aired on ESPN. As his chip stack has grown at this final table so has the level of Nguyen's voice. He specifically taunted Matt Graham after he busted him in fifth place in a manner that definitely crossed the line.
His behavior hasn't approached the levels it did last summer yet, but as the echo of his laugh rises up from the final table an awkward atmosphere has begun to set in among the players, staff, and fans on the rail as they wait and see if Nguyen has learned from his mistakes.
Stud Eight-or-Better
Chris Tsiprailidis was all in on sixth street against Chino Rheem, and Rheem made both a nine-high straight and an 8-low to scoop the pot. Tsiprailidis was eliminated in fourth place and he will take home $86,630 in prize money.
Seven-Card Stud
Matt Graham moved all in on fifth street and Scotty Nguyen called him down. Graham revealed K
K
to go with the exposed K
A2 he held and Nguyen turned up 83 to go with his up cards of 99J. Graham was dealt the Q on sixth street, while Nguyen received the 6 to make a flush. Nguyen, said "Bye bye," when he realized he had drawn out on Graham to defeat him. Graham mucked his hand after peaking at his last down card and he walked away from the table as Nguyen laughed. Graham will take home $66,355 in prize money.
The players are back in their seats and the levels are now as follows:
Hold'em/Omaha: 10,000-20,000 blinds with 20,000-40,000 limits
Stud/Razz/Stud 8OB: 5,000 ante with a 5,000 low card and 20,000 completion and 20,000-40,000 limits
The players are on a 10-minute break.
Stud Eight-or-Better
Scotty Nguyen contributes over 90,000 into a pot, pushing the action the whole way with 5J
J5 exposed against Jeff Madsen. Madsen had 2610J exposed when Nguyen bet another 30,000 on seventh street, but Madsen mucked and Nguyen is now the chip leader with more than 650,000.
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