Schwartz Leads as Final 18 Will Charge to a Champion!
The 2012 World Series of Poker will continue today with the third and final day of Event #27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., which will see the final 18 of an 889-player field battle down to a champion. Leading the way is Ylon Schwartz, who sits on the big stack of 416,000 and has already improved upon last year’s 33rd-place finish in this tournament.
While Schwartz is the Day 3 favorite, others are still in contention for the $267,081 top prize and the gold bracelet including Brandon Guss, Bryce Yockey, Cliff Josephy, Stephen Chidwick, Zimnan Ziyard, Allen Cunningham, Rep Porter, and David Chiu.
Who will be the next to add their name to the list of H.O.R.S.E. winners?
Post 2004 H.O.R.S.E. Winners
| Year | Winner | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Aaron Steury | 963 | $289,283 |
| 2010 | Konstantin Puchkov | 828 | $256,820 |
| 2009** | Zachary Fellows | 452 | $311,899 |
| 2009 | James Van Alstyne | 770 | $247,033 |
| 2008** | Jens Voertmann | 414 | $298,253 |
| 2008 | James Schaaf | 803 | $256,412 |
| 2007*** | James Richberg | 382 | $238,881 |
| 2007**** | Ralph Schwartz | 192 | $275,683 |
| 2004* | Scott Fischman | 166 | $100,200 |
*Featured $2,000 buy-in.
**Featured $3,000 buy-in.
***Featured $2,500 buy-in.
****Featured $5,000 buy-in.
Action is scheduled for 1:00 PM PST, which is less than an hour from now. Join us then as we play a full day of Limit Hold’em, Omaha Eight or Better, Razz, Seven Card Stud, and Seven Card Stud Eight or better on our way to a $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. champion.