 David Bach wins $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E.
The $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. always brings out the best and most versatile players to the table. This final table was no different and because it was limit, we got to see many, many hands. In fact, it even broke the record to become the longest WSOP final table ever.
After two hours, two of the shortstacks went out. First Erik Seidel was eliminated in Stud-8 by both Vitaly Lunkin and David Bach, next we saw Chau Giang go out as he lost with 2nd pair vs top 2 pair of Erik Sagstrom. During a 20-minutes break an interesting thing happened. We saw Ville Wahlbeck get eliminated....in the 6-max NLHE event that was playing as well! His multi-tabling skills prove to be not enough. A few hours later he also gets knocked out in the HORSE event by David Bach. From there on we see Huck Seed get eliminated and later Vitaly Lunkin leaves the table.
At around 3AM we see Erik Sagstrom get knocked out. The former chipleader had been losing a lot of chips during the last hour and after getting crippled he gets it in bad during Omaha8. There's no low-holding possible and he can't beat the kings and 8's of John Hanson and he's out in 3rd place. An epic test of stamina follows... 7 hours of heads-up play and a total of 492 hands gets played during this final table! At 10 AM (!), it's all done. John Hanson was still the chipleader half an hour before this, but he loses a few big pots to Bach and he becomes very short in chips. When he loses with his 9-8-6-5-2 low in Razz to Bach's 9-7-6-4-A low, it's done and David Bach wins the HORSE event, the bracelet, the money and the special Chip Reese Memorial trophy!
Final results:
1. David Bach $1,276,802
2. John Hanson $789,199
3. Erik Sagstrom $522,393
4. Vitaly Lunkin $368,812
5. Huck Seed $276,609
6. Ville Wahlbeck $219,655
7. Chau Giang $184,087
8. Erik Seidel $162,381
 Another German victory in the Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em event
In event 51 we had a German victory for Joh Carsten, who couldn't even manage to smile at the photo after he won over 600k for his first price. In event 52, the next German victory awaits as Jorg Peisert wins the first prize of over $500k, fortunately with a smile 
The final day started with the final 2 tables, amongst which Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Jason "JCarver" Somerville and An "The Boss" Tran are probably the most recognizable names. However, neither of them managed to end heads-up. That privilege was for Jason DeWitt and Jorg Peisert. Starting with a 7:1 chiplead, it looked like an easy game for Peisert, and actually, it was. After DeWitt went all-in with K4o (which is of course a sick holding), Peisert didn't slowroll his pocket 9's and quickly called. No king on the board and Jorg Peisert wins the event, and a nice $506,800 first prize.
1. Jorg Peisert $506,800
2. Jason DeWitt $313,227
3. Benjamin Gilbert $205,180
4. Michael Noda $142,035
5. Jason Somerville $103,591
6. Michael Katz $79,385
7. Karga Holt $63,781
8. William Erickson $53,622
9. Warren Watson $47,070
 Halpern wins the 7 card Stud Hi/Lo event
This event also started with 2 final tables, and "Downtown" Chad Brown and Matt Savage (former tournament director of the WSOP and WPT events) were probably the most notable players left. Both managed to get to the final table, but it was David Halpern who got heads-up with William Kohler.
About even in chips it could go either way, and the chiplead swung back and forth a bit. Both waited patiently for their chance and it took them about 4 hours before the winner was revealed. In the end it was David Halpern who took the victory after he turned over kings and 4's to beat Kohler's tens and missed straightdraw. Halpern earns $159,390 for his performance.
Final results:
1. David Halpern $159,048
2. William Kohler $98,339
3. Max Stern $64,346
4. Chad Brown $44,494
5. Matt Savage $32,396
6. Zak Gilbert $24,775
7. Brian Swinford $19,858
8. Allie Prescott $16,646
9. Richie Sklar $12,123
By: Pindarots
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