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• Click the YouTube Image below to watch the Freddy Deeb interview after he won the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event.

The video is less than 2 minutes long. Freddy talks about how hard it was to play 5 straight days 12 hours a day. In fact he says that the 148 player field was real tough but the long days were the real problem trying to win the H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Day 5’s final table was a marathon session of 15 hours before Freddy won the Gold Bracelet. It is very evident in the video how exhausted he was from the effort.

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• WSOP H.O.R.S.E Final Table

Freddy Deeb 2007 WSOP H.O.R.S.E World Champion. Freddy earns $2,276,832

Freddy wins his 2nd WSOP Bracelet adding to the 1996 $5,000 Duece to 7 Draw event bracelet.

Seating Assignments and Chip Counts:

 Provided by: 

Seat 1 - Kenny Tran - 2,445,000
Seat 2 - David Singer - 1,330,000
Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 895,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 1,995,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 3,500,000
Seat 6 - Thor Hansen - 40,000
Seat 7 - Amnon Filippi - 4,015,000
Seat 8 - Barry Greenstein - 750,000

Chip Standings:

1 - Amnon Filippi - 4,015,000
2 - Freddy Deeb - 3,500,000
3 - Kenny Tran - 2,445,000
4 - John Hanson - 1,995,000
5 - David Singer - 1,330,000
6 - Bruno Fitoussi - 895,000
7 - Barry Greenstein - 750,000
8 - Thor Hansen - 40,000

• Eliminated in 8th Place Thor Hansen $188,256.

Thor was eliminated on the 1st hand of the final table - 7 Stud 8 or better Round 55.

• Eliminated in 7th Place Barry Greenstein $259,256

Barry was eliminated on the 23rd hand of the final table - Omaha 8 or better Round 57. 

• Eliminated in 6th Place David Singer $337,440 

David was eliminated on the 39th hand of the final table - Razz Round 58. David also finished 6th in the 2006 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Quite an accomplishment 2 years in a row final table in HORSE.

Official Chip Counts at the beginning of Round 61 - Hold’em

Provided by:  

Seat 1 - Kenny Tran - 2,340,000
Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 2,380,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 4,100,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 2,585,000
Seat 7 - Amnon Filippi - 3,465,000

• Eliminated in 5th Place Kenny Tran $444,000

Kenny was eliminated on the 114th hand of the final table - Razz Round 63.

• Eliminated in 4th Place Amnon Filippi $586,080

Amnon was eliminated on the 149th hand of the final table - 7 Stud 8 or better Round 65. Amnon started Day 5 as the Final Table Chip Leader.

• Marathon H.O.R.S.E Final Table

3:15 am Vegas Time shortly Round 73 - Razz will begin. 13 hours so far and no end in site.  

Official Chip Counts at the beginning of Round 73 - Razz

Provided by:

Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 6,000,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 4,180,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 4,690,000

• Eliminated in 3rd Place John Hanson $852,480

John was eliminated on the 315th hand of the final table - Razz Round 73.

• Heads up for H.O.R.S.E Championship - Freddy Deeb with 10,400,00 and Bruno Fitoussi with 4,070,00 in chips. 

Going on 5am Vegas time.

• Eliminated in 2nd Place Bruno Fitoussi $1,278,720

Bruno was eliminated on the 341st hand of of the final table and the 24th hand of heads up - 7 Stud 8 or better Round 75.

• Freddy Deeb 2007 WSOP H.O.R.S.E World Champion and pockets $2,276,832 and of course the WSOP Gold Bracelet.

Freddy wins his 2nd WSOP Bracelet adding to the 1996 $5,000 Duece to 7 Draw event bracelet.

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• ESPN is streaming WSOP Final Tables

All following information was found on ESPN Poker Club. 

If you purchase WSOP Live you receive for 12 months:

• Almost LIVE (1-hour delay) final table coverage with hole cards from WSOP Las Vegas, WSOP Circuit Championships, and WSOP Europe.
• Final table broadcast archives. Go back and watch, study, and experience the entire final table broadcast or individual hands.
• Final Table Highlights. View the most exciting hands of each final table broadcast.
• Exclusive Player Interviews. Watch exclusive interviews with final table participants and other notable players.
• See the ESPN Live Site for Schedule and cost.

I will have tomorrow’s post early with the completion of the WSOP H.O.R.S.E World Championship.

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• WSOP H.O.R.S.E nearing completion 

Day 4 of the H.O.R.S.E World Championship started with 21 players and will complete when only 8 players remain. Champion will be crowned tomorrow at the completion of Day 5. Play started at 2 pm Vegas time and by 3:45 the bubble burst when Noah Jefferson was eliminated in 17th place. All remaining players will win at least $88,800. The H.O.R.S.E Champion will pocket $2,276.832 and of course the much coveted WSOP bracelet. Earlier on Day 4 Daniel Negreanu, Patrick Pezzin, Max Pescatori and Justin Bonomo were eliminated.

Here is how the final 2 tables and chip counts look: As provided by   

Final Two Tables

Official Chip Counts

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

ESPN’s FEATURED TABLE
Seat 1 - Chris Reslock - 185,000
Seat 2 - Amnon Filippi - 2,212,000
Seat 3 - Dewey Tomko - 762,000
Seat 4 - David Singer - 1,243,000
Seat 5 - Kenny Tran - 1,857,000
Seat 6 - Steve Wolff - 726,000
Seat 8 - Barry Greenstein - 938,000

TABLE 66
Seat 1 - Bruno Fitoussi - 2,300,000
Seat 2 - Mark Gregorich - 810,000
Seat 3 - Greg Raymer - 850,000
Seat 4 - Tim Phan - 1,195,000
Seat 5 - Thor Hansen - 610,000
Seat 6 - Gabe Kaplan - 810,000  You may know him as Mr. Kotter
Seat 7 - Freddy Deeb - 1,330,000
Seat 8 - John Hanson - 75,000

 Glad to see Mr. Kotter had made it so far in the H.O.R.S.E. tournament. Think Horshack is happy? Your foolish blogger is certainly pulling for him. Too bad that Barbarino and Washington got eliminated so early!

Update at 11pm Vegas time.

Final Table is set with the elimination of Mr. Kotter in 9th place. Gabe Kaplan wins $131,424.

Here are the official chip counts for the final table As provided by

Seat 1 - Kenny Tran - 2,445,000
Seat 2 - David Singer - 1,330,000
Seat 3 - Bruno Fitoussi - 895,000
Seat 4 - John Hanson - 1,995,000
Seat 5 - Freddy Deeb - 3,500,000
Seat 6 - Thor Hansen - 40,000
Seat 7 - Amnon Filippi - 4,015,000
Seat 8 - Barry Greenstein - 750,000

Earlier eliminations leading to the final table included:

• 10th - Dewey Tomko - $131,424
• 11th - Mark Gregorich - $117,216
• 12th - Stephen Wolff - $117,216
• 13th - Tim Phan - $103,008
• 14th - Greg Raymer - $103,008
• 15th - Chris Reslock - $88,800
• 16th - Mike Matusow - $88,800

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• New ‘Poker Peek’ 2007 WSOP Tournament cards All In 

It didn’t take long for the highly publicized new Bicycle Poker Peek (poker pro magazine story) WSOP poker tournament cards to be replaced at this year’s WSOP. The Poker Peek feature puts the rank and suit of each card in the corners. The feature was ideal for players to lift only the corners, for a ‘Peek’ at their hole cards, which is just about all WSOP players. The Poker Peek also had a jumbo-like face in the middle of the card providing high visibility when placed on the table.

Numerous issues with the cards were identified including:

• Too hard to distinguish between suits of the same color in the corner of the Poker Peek card.
• Could not differentiate between Fours and Aces in the corner. 
• Could not tell a Six from a Nine in the corner.

In a ‘The Poker Edge’ podcast on ESPN radio by Phil Gordon;          
he explains that 10 iterations of the cards were tested by a group of professional players and Version 10 was deemed ready for professional play. Version 8 had some serious issues and should not be used for play was the consensus. Unfortunately a printing error during manufacturing caused Version 8 to be manufactured and provided to the Rio for the WSOP.

According to the July issue of

the cards were replaced several hours into event 1.

• I was considering ordering many of the WSOP 2007 Poker Peek cards for my Poker League. If I do I only hope my order gets Version 10 printed and sent to me.

Wonder if my Poker League would get the cards replaced as fast as the Rio did for the WSOP.

I know you are a serious player so my question is would you find the Poker Peek feature desirable when playing Poker? Of course this assumes Version 10.

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WSOP H.O.R.S.E. tournament started on Sunday June 24th and will crown the true ‘World Champion of Poker’ at the end of the 5 day tournament.

I say the true world champion because of the versatility the players must have to win the tournament. They must be good in 5 different poker games. H=Hold’em O=Omaha eight or better R=Razz S=Stud high E=Stud low Eight or better are all played during the tournament. 148 of the top world class players entered the H.O.R.S.E tournament putting up the $50,000 entry. Last year Chip Reese won the WSOP H.O.R.S.E championship.

Of course ESPN and many others feel very strongly that the WSOP Main Event winner is the World Champion of Poker. Last year when Jamie Gold won the Main Event the  $12 million he pocketed took him to right to the top of the all time tournament money winners list.

What did you think of Jamie’s tableside manner? How do you think he will do this year?

Another player with debated tableside manner Phil Helmuth, earlier won his 11th WSOP bracelet. Phil won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event.

Here is a site that has many Poker Tournament videos. Sort of like youtube for Poker. Check it out.