MarMoss wins Sunday Night Horse poker tournament

Hopefully starting a new trend, the February 28th edition of Sunday Night HORSE saw the guarantee beaten for the 2nd straight week. 162 players turned out to make a total prize pool of $32,400. Twenty four spots were paid and first took home $8,910.

This even saw several big names make the money. Bryan Micon finished in 20th. Hoosierjim finished in 16th. Full Tilt Poker red pro Paul Sexton took 13th and former champion SNACKERS took 12th. Kristy Gazes was all in with 9 players left and ahead with A-5 after flopping an ace and picking up a wheel draw on the turn. MarMoss had K-3 of club and made the call with bottom pair and flush draw on the turn. The river fell a nasty 3s and Gazes was the final table bubble girl. Two former champions headlined the final table. Ryon “7cardRyoff” Nicholson and INTERCEPTOR both secured final table seat. Davidmfio made the final table for the 2nd week in a row, but it was MarMoss that entered as chip leader. This is how the final eight players stacked up:

davidmfio 98.274

JBonus1 15,982

MarMoss 103,160

Sheriffen 72,510

MAMAJulia 52,910

7cardRyoff 62,711

Jonah 44,073

INTERCEPTOR 36,380

It took a while to lose our first play, but it was former champion INTERCEPTOR that went out first. He put the last of his chips in on fourth street of Razz with 9-6-3-2 and was facing the 2-3-4-5 of JBonus1. By sixth, INTERCEPTOR was drawing dead as he had a made nine with a redraw to a 7-6. JBonus1 had a made 7-5. INTERCEPTOR finished in 8th.

The very next hand Jonah was also all-in on fourth holding a 10-8-6-A. He faced the 6-4-3-A of MAMAJulie. MAMAJulia made a seven on fifth and with Jonah catching a nine, he was drawing dead. Jonah finished in 7th.

JBonus1 was all-in on third of Stud with buried kings and called by the split aces of Sheriffen. JBonus1 never improved his kings and Sheriffen made aces-up by the river. JBonus1 out in 6th place.

7cardRyoff was all-in during Stud with three spades to the jack. MAMAJulia made the call with A-K-J. 7cardRyoff improved to a flush on fifth, but only mustered a pair of sixes by the river. MAMAJulia caught a pair of aces on sixth and that was good enough to knock out our other former champion in 5th.

A deal was hinted at but davidmfio outright said that he wouldn’t consider one unless he doubled. This was actually somewhat admirable as he was the short stack. He then went to war during Stud 8. By fifth he held kings-up and was against the queens-up of MAMAJulia. Luck wasn’t on davidmfio’s side as sixth street gave MAMAJulia aces-up and the lead. Davidmfio was unable to fill up on the river and we were down to three.

By Holdem, Sherriffen was down to just 27,654 and he decided to gamble with 10d-9d. MAMAJulia called with Kc-2d. The board totally missed both players and King high was good enough to take us to heads-up.

Heads-up play was relatively even with MarMoss leading 270,677 to the 215,323 of MAMAJulia. Play went back and forth for a bit, but a couple of fortunate hands by MarMoss put him solidly in the lead. The end came during Omaha Hi-Lo, after flopping a straight, MarMoss took most of MAMAJulia’s stack and left her with 5,323. With the blinds 5k and 10k, she was all-in pre-flop almost automatically. She held Qc-5s-2h-2d and was facing the Qd-6c-4s-2s. A queen hit the flop, giving both top pair. The turn fell a four to give MarMoss the lead for high, but MAMAJulia still had a better low draw. The river fell the 10s and MarMoss was our champion.

MarMoss started the final table as the chip leader and had a roller coaster ride. He was in danger at one point of going out 8th as he lost almost 75% of his stack in the early rounds. However, he hung tough and in the end caught hands when he needed to in order to take the victory. He received $8,910 and bragging rights until next weekend.

8-SnipeR-8 wins SUNDAY NIGHT HORSE

The February 21st edition of Sunday Night HORSE saw something we haven’t seen in months. The event actually made its guarantee. 161 players showed up for the event, making a total prize pool of $32,200. Also, three tables were paid instead of the customary two. This had a slight affect on the top prize as the top prize only walked away with $8,855.
A decent crop of Full Tilt Poker red pros showed up this week, but none cashed. The closest to cashing was Stuart Paterson, who bubbled in 25th place. The Prescott and DaMortician were the notable players that made the money, but failed to make the final table. Only one of our final eight had made the final in this event in the past. Chsburgereddy hasn’t been to the final in quite a while, but he was among those at this final table. xxxx headed into the final table as chip leader. Here were how the final eight players started final table play.

Scary285 77,468

8-SnipeR-8 31,340

raok97 121,773

davidmfio 72,853

icanhazchipz 13,796

chsburgereddy 69,518

Stokkulfen 60,059

JUMP PUTT 36,193

Icanhazchipz started the final as the short stack and was soon all-in on third street with K-J-3. JUMP PUTT made the call with buried jacks. Icanhazchipz could only muster a pair of ducks and as a result departed to go “haz cheezeburger” in 8th.

Stokkulfen was down to his last 26,448 during Stud eight or better. After raising davidmifo’s completion on third, Stokkulfen led out on fourth with a 9-2 board. Davidmifo raised with 8-5 of clubs and Stokkulfen moved all-in with a K-J in the hole. Davidmifo showed 6-7 n the hole for an open ended draw. He then proceeded to catch a pair on fifth, a straight to the eight on sixth, and then trip eights on the river. Stokkulfen could only muster jacks-up, and hit the rail in 7th.

A few hands later, Scary285 went to war for his last 26k. By fifth, he was all-in and rack97 called. Scary285 had a pair of queens and rack97 held an 8-7 low with a draw to an eight straight. Sixth street gave rack97 the straight and improved his hand to a seven low. Scary285 caught two pair, but could not fill up on the river. As a result, Scary285 was out in 6th.

JUMP PUTT continued the trend of bustouts during Stud 8. He was all-in on fifth with a four flush only. Raok97 called with four to a 8-7 low. He also had three of JUMP PUTT’s flush outs. Sixth gave raok97 a low and he was amazingly still in the lead for high with ace-high. JUMP PUTT was unable to catch his flush, a pair, or even an ace to take half the pot, and as a result hit the bricks in 5th.

The game finally switched to Limit Holdem and raok97 put most of his stack in pre-flop when he capped the betting. Davidmfio and chsburgereddy both called. The flop fell Kd-Qh-Jd and davidmfio bet out. Chsburgereddy raised and raok97 was all-in for less than one bet. Davidmfio got out of the way and we were off to the races. Raok97 had K-Q for a flopped two pair but chsburgereddy turned over As-10d for a flopped straight. The turn and river both fell babies and we were down to three.

Chsburgereddy never got a lot going at this final table but managed to make it to the final three. With just 35,062 left, he called three bets pre-flop with 8-7 suited. The flop fell Ac-8d-7d to give chsburgereddy two pair. He check-raised 8-SnipeR-8 to go all-in. 8-SnipeR-8 held just Kh-Qd and needed running cards to win. The turn fell the Kd to leave him with 15 total outs. The river then fell the 3d to give 8-SnipeR-8 a runner-runner flush and we were heads-up.

Heading into heads-up play, 8-SnipeR-8 had a massive 393,022 to 89,978 lead over davidmfio. Heads-up play lasted three hands. The final hand saw two bets pre-flop and on the flop. On the turn, action was capped with the board showing 2c-Qs-5d-5c. Davidmfio was left with just 13,978 and put it in on the river 10c. 8-SnipeR-8 made the call. Davidmfio showed Q-J for two pair but 8-SnipeR-8 showed K-5 for trip fives and the win.

8-SnipeR-8 entered the final table as one of the short stacks and hung tough early. He then turned on the afterburners with about four players left to take a massive lead that was never in danger. He took home $8,855 and bragging rights until next week. As always, we will be back to bring you all the action.

Diego Cordovez wins Sunday Night H.O.R.S.E.

The Valentines Day edition of Sunday Night H.O.R.S.E. brought out 139 HORSE lovers looking to take advantage of what has become a weekly overlay for this event. First place paid $9,000 and 16 players paid. A strong crop of Full Tilt red pros played in the event with recent LAPC Limit Holdem champion “Miami” John Cernuto in the field. Cernuto could not repeat his Limit Holdem feat and fell just shy of the money in 23rd.
Two Full Tilt Poker pros made the money of the event. Former champion Esther Rossi finished in 12th place. Others notables making the money were POCKET FIVE, grrrrmonsta, and her ghost. Diego Cordovez was the other red pro to make the final table. Joining him at the final table were Gary Bogdanski and former champion Ryon Nicholson. This is how the final eight started final table play:

Ryon “7cardRyoff” Nicholson 79,956

msueagles40 57,874

Diego Cordovez 50,114

Gary “gb2005″ Bogdanski 107,553

Thanks4Coming 31,349

Rbj2848 62,829

PureProfitFour 18,121

whobutme 9,564
It took a while to lose our first player. Thanks4Coming three-bet pre-flop and Ryon Nicholson made the call. On a flop of Ac-2d-7s, Nicholson bet out and Thanks4Coming made the call. Nicholson showed Ah-Kh for top pair and Thanks4Coming showed pocket fives. Presto did not come by the river and Thanks4Coming was thanked for playing as he headed out in 8th.

PureProfitFour was the next player out. He was all-in during razz on fifth street holding a pair of fives with a draw to a ten. Msueagles had a made eight. PureProfitFour improved to a seven draw but was unable to fill it. He finished in 7th place.

Whobutme started the final table with less than 10k and fought like mad to stay alive. She survived four all-in’s but never got much above 20k. After PureProfitFour’s elimination, she held just 3,159 and put it all-in the next hand. The best whobutme could draw was a nine. Her opponent Rbj2848 draw a seven and sent her out in 6th place. Considering her starting stack, she did a fine job of moving up the pay ladder.
Ryon Nicholson could not get much going and was down to his last 30k. He put went all-in on fifth street with a J-2-3-5-6. He faced the 10-9-6-2-A of GB2005. Unfortunately for Nicholson, he caught a queen on sixth and paired on the river. GB2005’s ten was good enough to eliminated Nicholson in 5th.

Rbj2848 was eventually ground down to 21,597 during the Stud 8 round and he took a stand with three spades. He was all-in by fifth holding king-high. Diego Cordovez held a pair of sixes and ran with him. Rbj2848 could not muster either a pair or a low and was knocked out in 4th place.

Two hands later, GB2005 put his last 66k to risk against msueagles40. Msueagles40 raised on fourth showing a 5-3 and GB2005 made the call. On fifth, GB2005 caught an open pair of kings and bet out. He was called. Msueagles then raised GB2005 on sixth street showing 5-3-9-A. GB2005 just called and was left with less than a bet. He then checked on the river and msueagles40 bet. GB2005 called all-in and then saw the dreadful news. Msueagles turned over a six-high straight with a wheel and GB2005 mucked. GB2005 hit the rail in 3rd place.

Msueagles40 held a slight chip lead going into heads-up play. The two players decided to chop up the money evenly and play it out for the last $1,000. Each player received $7,000 from the chop. The winner would officially walk away with $8,000.

With both stacks over 200k to start, heads-up play was a long see-saw affair that went through the remainder of the Stud 8 round and then into the Holdem round. Codovez took over during Holdem and ground msueagles40 down to just 84,057. The final hand of the match saw Cordovez raise pre-flop and msueagles40 make the call. On a flop of 3s-9d-6h, msueagles40 check-called a bet from Cordovez. The turn fell the Ks and msueagles40 then check-raised Cordovez. This left msueagles40 with just 28k. The river fell the Qs and msueagles40 bet out 16k. Cordovez then raised to put msueagles40 all-in. He made the call and Cordovez showed 7s-4s for a flush. Msueagles40 mucked his hand and Diego Cordovez is this week’s champion.

Diego Cordovez takes down his first Sunday Night HORSE title in grand style. He started the final table 5th in chips and ground it out from there. Msueagles40 deserves special attention as for the 2nd straight week he finished runner-up in this event. Perhaps next week will be his week to break through.

Diego Cordovez is our champion. He walks away with $8,000 and bragging rights until next week.