WSOP: Scotty Nguyen Wins the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World ChampionshipNguyen Takes Home His Fifth Bracelet in the $50K H.O.R.S.E. |
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A star-studded final table has been par for the course at this year's World Series of Poker, and the final eight that made up the $50,000 world championship of H.O.R.S.E. was no exception. Boasting 16 bracelets between them, the players who survived the five-day marathon of poker were truly among the world's elite all-around players.
After a grueling final table that lasted over 300 hands, 1999 WSOP main event champion Scotty Nguyen came out on top over nose-bleed stakes online cash-game player Michael DeMichele. Nguyen earned his fifth bracelet in the process, and took his lifetime winnings to nearly $9.4 million with the $1,989,120 first-place prize. He also becomes the first player in history to win both the WSOP main event and the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. world championship.
Here were the chip counts and seating assignments heading into the final table:
Seat 1: Matt Glantz - 1,445,000
Seat 2: Huck Seed - 1,200,000
Seat 3: Patrick Bueno - 695,000
Seat 4: Lyle Berman - 1,430,000
Seat 5: Scotty Nguyen - 3,535,000
Seat 6: Barry Greenstein - 1,955,000
Seat 7: Michael DeMichele - 905,000
Seat 8: Erick Lindgren - 3,680,000
Here are highlights from all of the action, as featured in CardPlayer.com’s live coverage of the final table:
Patrick Bueno Eliminated in Eighth Place ($230,880) - Razz
After Lyle Berman brought it in with a king, Erick Lindgren called and Patrick Bueno completed. Lindgren raised and Bueno called all in. After seven cards were thrown their way, Lindgren ended up making an eight-low and Bueno could only produce trip fours. Bueno was eliminated in eighth place and earned $230,880 for his five-day effort.
Michael DeMichele Chips Up - Razz
After winning three straight Razz hands, Michael DeMichele has chipped himself up from the short stack to nearly 2 million in chips.
Matthew Glantz Chips Up - Stud 8/ob
Matthew Glantz came out of the break as the short stack, but he decided to do something about it by winning four of the stud eight-or-better hands and keep the target off of his back, at last temporarily. As a result, he chipped up to nearly 2 million in chips.
Erick Lindgren Gets Active - Omaha 8/ob
After losing the chip lead to Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren really picked it up during the Omaha eight-or-better round when he took down three pots to close the gap. After the round, he was only 50,000 behind Nguyen for the chip lead.
Huck Seed Bleeding Chips
Huck Seed is the current short stack and hasn't been particularly active at the final table, with the exception of a few blind and ante steals. With only 800,000 remaining in his stack, he is down to less than 7 big bets.
Huck Seed Eliminated in Seventh Place ($284,160) - Stud 8/ob
Huck Seed was getting low and with his final four bets, got it all in against Michael DeMichele in a hand of stud eight-or-better. DeMichele's board read 3
2
56
and Seed was showing 899Q. After seventh street, DeMichele revealed three more diamonds and a low card to scoop the pot and send the 1996 main event champion to the rail in seventh place.
Barry Greenstein Eliminated in Sixth Place ($355,200) - Stud 8/ob
After Seed's elimination, it was up to Barry Greenstein to avoid elimination on the short stack. In one of the last stud eight-or-better hands of the level, Greenstein bet his last 160,000 on seventh street with a board showing 4AA
10. Scotty Nguyen made the call and Greenstein showed another four for Aces up. But Nguyen held pocket sevens to go along with another on his board to make trips and send Greenstein packing in sixth place.
This cash marks Greenstein's third consecutive cash in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event and is the only player to cash in all three.
Scotty Nguyen Wins A Monster Pot - Omaha 8/ob
Scotty Nguyen bet and raised his way to a monster scoop during the Omaha eight-or-better round of play. He got Matthew Glantz and Erick Lindgren to call him down on a board of K9436 and revealed A-K-5-2 for the nut-low and a six-high straight to scoop both halves of the pot. This pot put him
Michael DeMichele Chips Up - Omaha 8/ob
With two big scoops during the Omaha eight-or-better round, Michael DeMichele climbed over the 4 million in chips mark and took the chip lead shortly before the dinner break.
Lyle Berman Eliminated in Fifth Place ($444,000) - Razz
Lyle Berman was getting short and put the last of his chips in the pot during a razz hand against Scotty Nguyen and Michael DeMichele on third street. Berman failed to catch much of anything as he watched Nguyen and DeMichele battle it out on every street to claim the pot and his bounty. In the end, DeMichele revealed a 7-5 low to take the pot and eliminate the World Poker Tour founder in fifth place.
Matthew Glantz Stays Alive
After taking a few hits down to under 800,000, Matthew Glantz took down more than his fair share of pots in the Stud and Stud eight-or-better round to boost his stack to over 2 million in chips.
Matthew Glantz Eliminated in Fourth Place ($568,320) - Omaha 8/ob
On a flop of Q65 Matthew Glantz got his remaining chips in the middle against Scotty Nguyen. Glantz held KJ1010 and was ahead of Nguyen's AK27. The turn was the A guaranteeing Nguyen the low and giving him the lead in the hand for the high. Glantz needed any King, Jack or Ten that wasn't a club to salvage the high half of the pot, but the river was the 5, giving the scoop to Nguyen and eliminating Glantz in fourth place.
Erick Lindgren on Life Support
After only winning half of a pot during the entire hold'em round, Erick Lindren has chipped all the way down to just over 1 million in chips, which equates to only five big bets. He'll need to double up at least twice to put himself back into contention.
Stacks Getting Shorter
With approximately 15 million in chips in play, the average stack at this point is just under 5 million, giving the players an average of about 20 big bets remaining in three-handed play. Pretty much any hand that reaches the turn, or fourth street is going to cost someone a big portion of their chips.
Erick Lindgren Doubles Up - Stud 8/ob
Down to his last 900,000, Erick Lindgren needed some help to stay alive in the round of Stud. On sixth street, Lindgren was all in against Scotty Nguyen. Lindgren held just a measly pair of fives, but it was ahead of Nguyen's two overs and a diamond draw. Nguyen needed a queen, jack or a diamond to make Lindgren sweat his final card, but the K meant that Lindgren didn't even need to look, doubling up to almost 2 million in chips.
Scotty Nguyen Takes Back the Lead - Omaha 8/ob
Scotty Nguyen raised and was reraised by Michael DeMichele. Nguyen called and the flop came down 972 and DeMichele bet. Nguyen called and the turn was the 5. DeMichele continued with a bet and Nguyen called. The river was the 5 and DeMichele bet once again. Nguyen raised and was called. Nguyen showed A-8-6-3 for the nut low and the nut straight and scooped a huge pot to give him back the chip lead, and send DeMichele to the bottom of the board.
Erick Lindgren Eliminated in Third Place ($781,440) - Stud
With a board reading 87K4, Erick Lindgren was all in against Scotty Nguyen on sixth street. Lindgren turned over his hole cards to reveal A8 and Nguyen showed his pair of nines. Lindgren needed to improve to stay alive, but his final card was the 2, sending him home in third place.
Despite his disappointing finish, Lindgren has taken over the Card Player WSOP player of the year leader board, sitting just a few points ahead of Barry Greenstein and Jacobo Fernandez.
Heads Up Play Begins
Scotty Nguyen: 12,140,000
Michael DeMichele: 2,660,000
Scotty Nguyen Wins Event No. 45 ($1,989,120) - Hold'em
After taking down a big pot in stud eight-or-better with kings up, Scotty Nguyen had Michael DeMichele on the ropes for a hand of limit hold'em. All in preflop, Nguyen dominated DeMichele's A3 with his own A10. The final board ran out A9674 and Nguyen was crowned as the 2008 world champion of H.O.R.S.E.
Michael DeMichele finished in second place, earning $1,243,200 for his runner-up performance.
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