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World Series of Poker
WSOP Event #51

Hellmuth goes close, but it's James Schaaf that wins the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament

World Series of Poker Event #51, H.O.R.S.E., 29 June - 1 July 2008

Entrants: 803

Buy in: $1,500

Prize pool: $1,096,095

Final results:
1. James Schaaf, $256,412
2. Tommy Hang, $158,933
3. Phil Hellmuth, $93,168
4. Esther Rossi, $68,505
5. Jason Dollinger, $54,804
6. Sam Silverman, $42,966
7. Victor Ramdin, $32,992
8. Matt Grapenthien, $27,511
9. Edward Brogdon, $22,031

The $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. championship (Event #51) attracted 803 entries, creating a prize pool totaling $1,096,095. The top 80 finishers collected prize money.

This is believed to be the largest major live H.O.R.S.E. tournament in history.

H.O.R.S.E. is an acronym for the five most popular poker games played inside most poker rooms. H.O.R.S.E. tournaments include a rotation of the following games -- Texas Hold’em, Omaha High-Low Split, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud High-Low Split (also called Eight-or-Better).

 

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James Schaaf with an excellent win in this mixed event

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