$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 89

Limit Hold’em 

On a flop of , Zee Rahim checked from under the gun and Phil Hui bet from middle position. Harold Mahaffey raised on the button, Rahim called, and Hui called.

The turn was the and all three players checked. The river was the and Rahim bets. Hui called and Mahaffey angrily slammed pocket kings face-up into the muck. Mahaffey apologizes to the dealer for his sloppy muck and the other two hands are tabled.

Rahim showed , good for top two pair, but Hui wins the pot with .

“I thought you could have ace-king and I was hoping to get a calls out of you too,” said Hui to Mahaffey after the hand.

Phil Hui – 210,000
Zee Rahim – 285,000

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 89

Limit Hold’em 

Rod Neubauer moved all in under the gun for 7.000 and was called by Mark Hurst in the small blind and Harold Mahaffey in the big blind.

The action between Hurst and Mahaffey was checked down as the board ran out .

Hurst showed , Mahaffey showed , and Neubauer showed Ah3d.

Hurst won the pot with sixes and deuces to send Neubauer home in eight place. He took home $808 for his efforts.

Mark Hurst – 65,000 (5 BB)
Harold Mahaffey – 170,000 (14 BB)
Rod Neubauer – Elimianted 

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 8 of 89

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 

John Reese: / /
Mark Hurst: / /

John Reese got the last of his chips into the middle on third street against Mark Hurst. Hurst showed ace-high and three cards to a low and was up against Reese’s split deuces.

On fourth, Reese caught a king and Hurst hit a five, which gave him four cards to a low. On fifth Reese hits a ten and Hurst pairs his eight to take the lead.

“I’m in bad shape now,” said Reese.

On sixth, Reese hit a seven, which bricks him and Hurst caught a king.

“I need a deuce,” said Reese.

Hurst flipped up his river first and showed the , which gave him trip eights and left Reese drawing dead. Hurst dragged the pot and Reese was eliminated in ninth place. He took home $624 and the final eight players are credited with making an official final table.

Mark Hurst – 60,000 (6 BB)
John Reese – Eliminated 

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 89

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 

Harold Mahaffey:
John Reese:
Zee Rahim:
John Duhig: /FOLD

On fourth street, action checks to Zee Rahim, who bet and was called by John Reese and Harold Mahaffey. John Duhig folds and they are three-handed to fifth street.

Action checked to Rahim again, who bet. Both Mahaffey and Reese call. On sixth, Mahaffey bets, Reese calls, and Rahim calls. On the river, Mahaffey checked, Reese bet, Rahim called, and Mahaffey folded.

Reese showed in the hole, good for a king-high flush, but Rahim tabled in the hole, good for an ace-high flush and he scooped the entire pot.

Rahim dragged the pot and has about 40% of the chips in play.

Zee Rahim – 380,000 (38 BB)
John Reese – 45,000 (4.5 BB)

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 89

Seven Card Stud 

John Reese gets the last of his chips in the middle by the river with his board reading .

Rod Neubauer calls and Reese exposes in the hole, good for an ace-high flush and Reese mucks his hand.

John Reese – 100,000 (10 BB)
Rod Neubauer – 25,000 (2.5 BB)

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 89

Seven Card Stud

Phil Hui:
Zee Rahim:

On fifth street, Zee Rahim has the lead with ace-high and checks. Phil Hui bets with a seven-high, three diamond board and Rahim calls.

Hui catches an off-suit nine on sixth and Rahim catches a jack. Both players check and Rahim bets dark as the river is dealt face-down. Hui checks his river card and then calls.

“Straight,” says Rahim as he shows .

Hui mucks his hand and Rahim drags the pot.

Zee Rahim – 280,000 (28 BB)
Phil Hui – 100,000 (10 BB)

$300 HORSE (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 9 of 89

Shawn Lytle was eliminated in 10th place and the final nine players are re-drawing for seats at the unofficial final table of nine. After one more elimination, the final eight players will be credited with an official final table appearance.

Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final nine players:

Seat 1: Zachary Milman – 58,000
Seat 2: Mark Hurst – 65,000
Seat 3: Harold Mahaffey – 180,000
Seat 4: Rod Neubauer – 74,000
Seat 5: John Reese – 38,500
Seat 6: John Duhig – 61,000
Seat 7: Jamie Dobay – 68,000
Seat 8: Ziya “Zee” Rahim = 250,000
Seat 9: Phil Hui – 130,500

Here is a look at the remaining payouts:

1st – $6,261
2nd – $4,444
3rd – $2,828
4th – $2,020
5th – $1,616
6th – $1,212
7th – $1,010
8th – $808
9th – $624

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 11: 2,000/4,000 Limits
Total Players Remaining: 31 of 89

Registration closed on the H.O.R.S.E. and it drew 89 entrants to create a prize pool worth $22,695. The last 12 players will earn a piece of the money with a min-cash worth $624 and the winner taking home $6,261.

1st: $6,261
2nd: $4,444
3rd: $2,828
4th: $2,020
5th: $1,616
6th: $1,212
7th: $1,010
8th: $808
9 – 12th: $624

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 5: 400/800 Limits
Total Players: 71

It’s slow going in the early H.O.R.S.E. stages, quarter chips are still in play and the limits are still too low to really push the action.

Ian Feller has the early lead with 26,525 but there’s a long way to go with the likes of Matt Affleck, Wally Maddah, Phil Hui, and John Holley trying to chase him down.

Ian Feller – 26,525
Matt Affleck – 21,000
Jeff Silverman – 19,350
Wally Maddah – 17,200
Shawn Lytle – 13,000
Phil Hui – 11,000
John Holley – 5,800

Both of today’s new events timed their first break together and both are hitting the hallways at the same time.

We’ll take this chance to run between both sides of the room to collect the early leaders in each game.