Scott Seiver: 5x2x/3x4x10xKx/5x
Mike Gorodinsky: XxXx/6x7x10x8x/Xx
Picking action up on fifth street, Scott Seiver bet and got a call from Mike Gorodinsky. On sixth Gorodinsky improved, while Seiver caught a king, Gorodinsky bet and got a call from Seiver, after a bit of thought.
On seventh, Gorodinsky checked and after peeking at his final card, Seiver bolted back in his seat and uttered "son of a ..." then checked back expecting to lose the pot.
To his surprise, Gorodinsky was hesitant to reveal his hand and Seiver showed his smooth ten which was good enough to win a pot he didn't expect to.
Esther Taylor: J♥6♠4♣/J♣9♣4♠5♥
John Racener: XxXxXx/7♠3♠10♠2♥
Phil Hellmuth: XxXx/5♣ - folded bring-in
John Racener called after Esther Taylor completed Phil Hellmuth's bring-in. Hellmuth folded, and Taylor then check-called a bet from Racener on fourth street.
Taylor then bet fifth and sixth streets before checking seventh. Taylor accidentally mentioned that she held two pair as she and Racener were discussing the spot with Racener holding just 5,000 chips behind.
Racener couldn't beat her two pair and checked back to save his last chip, which got in as the ante on the very next hand against Noah Bronstein. Bronstein made an eight-high straight while Racener couldn't fill a gutshot to a jack-high straight on seventh to end his day in quick fashion.
While Phil Hellmuth may have one of the toughest remaining fields in a tournament he’s played this summer still to go through, the numerical symmetry of the fact that there are 17 players remaining in his latest quest for bracelet number 17 can’t be overlooked. Is it just coincidence, or a sign from above that this may be the next one on his illustrious list of achievements in World Series of Poker history?
Whatever it is, Hellmuth comes into Day 3 of the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship eighth in chips, on a leaderboard filled with fellow bracelet winners, and topped by chip leader and five-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Brian Yoon
United States
1,465,000
2
Connor Drinan
United States
1,200,000
3
Christopher Claassen
United States
1,070,000
4
Scott Seiver
United States
965,000
5
Carol Fuchs
United States
865,000
6
Roman Verenko
Ukraine
855,000
7
Brad Ruben
United States
775,000
8
Phil Hellmuth
United States
700,000
9
Mike Gorodinsky
United States
635,000
10
David "Bakes" Baker
United States
620,000
Brian Yoon
After a lengthy Day 2 that took nearly 14 hours to complete, play will resume at 2 p.m. Las Vegas time to play down to the final five, who will return Monday for the final table which will be streamed on PokerGO.
The final 17 players have each locked up at least $20,442 for their efforts thus far, but by night’s end that final five will be guaranteed at least six figures ($101,319) and be four steps away from the top prize of $422,747.
Play will get underway in the Horseshoe Event Center on Level 18 for as many 90-minute levels as it takes to get to the final five players. They will have ten-minute breaks after every level with a 60-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 21 at approximately 8:30 p.m.
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