The Penultimate Day of Event #4: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Starts at Noon!
The 50th Annual World Series of Poker has yet another tournament closing in on an end here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, with the penultimate day of Event #14: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. starting at 12 noon.
This event drew a total of 751 entries by the time late registration closed on Day 1. Just 28 remain now after two days of play and it is Jason Acosta leading the pack with 754,000 in chips.
Other stacks rounding out the top five include Jason Stockfish (696,000), Sergey Altbregin (485,000), Danny Woolard (434,000), and 12-time WSOP ring winner Valentin Vornicu (421,000).
Day 2 started with 291 players with 113 of those runners finding the money. A min-cash was worth $2,253 and the remaining 28 will all be guaranteed at least $4,997. The eventual winner will be pocketing an immense $207,003 for their first place finish along with a WSOP gold bracelet.
Today will have a noon restart and the Limits will start at 10,000/20,000 with the Stud Games having a 2,000 ante and 3,000 bring-in. The tournament will have 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every two levels of play and a 60-minute dinner break after level six. The day will be playing down to the final six before bagging up for the night.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the action throughout the tournament, so stay tuned.