The Poker Mag

Every year, the 50k HORSE event attracts a field which is very pro heavy, and so you will always find some great poker being played during this event. The beauty of this World Series of Poker event is that it encompasses several different disciplines of poker, and so you really have to be an all round talented poker player to be able to excel.

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Each player will have games which are favoured over others, but when you consider the talent that is involved in such an event, you cannot simply fold up every hand through your weaker games if you want to win. Interesting starting hands will invariably drag players into playing pots in their weaker games eventually, and so as World Series of Poker events go, this one really does test the all round skill of the poker player to it’s fullest.

The fact that the buy in is a very large $50,000 adds a special something to this World Series of Poker event too and ensures a very healthy prize pool. Famous names such as Eli Elezra, Mike Matusow, Daniel Negreanu and Johnny Chan had all fallen by the end of the second day, and Gus Hansen took the chip lead in the tournament. Day 3 saw last years champion, Scotty Nguyen eliminated amongst others, as Vitaly Lunkin took over the chip lead by the end of the day.

Erik Seidel and Huck Seed were the most notable names to make the final table, finishing 8th and 5th respectively. It was the lesser known man David Bach who eventually triumphed after a 7 hour heads up battle, to lift the Chip Reese memorial trophy and over $1.2 million prize money.