Event 11 (Day 1)
$500+$60 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure Sheet
End of Level 15: Limits 2,500/5,000
Total Entries: 89
Players Remaining: 26
Average Chips: 68,500
Kevin Farry
There were a total of 89 entries in our $560 H.O.R.S.E event and after fifteen levels of Day 1 play it’s Kevin Farry leading the way with 182,600.
WSOP bracelet winner and 8 time WSOP Circuit Ring winner Chris Reslock put one of the biggest stacks in the bag with 118,300.
Chris Reslock
Wendy Freedman vaulted to the top in the final level and will return second in chips with 171,000
A total of 26 Day 1A survivors will be returning Wednesday January 23 at 12 P.M. to play down to a winner in the Event Center.
Below is a look at some of the big stacks and players that will be moving on.
A full list of Day 2 chip counts and seating assignments will be posted as soon as they’re available.
Kevin Farry- 182,600
Wendy Freedman- 171,000
Ken Han- 120,600
Chris Reslock- 118,300
Edward Espino- 59,000
Harry Armstrong- 36,400
Payouts
1. $16,402+BWPO Trophy
2. $9,496
3. $5,180
4. $3,453
5. $3,022
6. $2,590
7. $1,727
8. $1,295
$500+$60 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure Sheet
Level 13: Limits 1500/3000
Entrants: 89
Remaining: 60
Average Chips: 25,000
The pace of bust-outs increased in level 12, and a third of the entry and reentry total is gone.
Randy Cherkas, left, collects a medium pot in Stud8.
In Stud8 at 12/2400, seat 1 brought in with a low 
, was called by Randy showing 
, and the next position completed with the 
, and interesting play. Everyone folded but Randy, including the .
Randy open paired the turn but ended up check calling against a 
. His opponent was clearly repping something unusually strong in the hole. However the jig was up on 5th, giving Randy the 
and his opponent the 
. The action went check check, and it looked like Randy might be up against a steal.
Indeed, Randy led out on sixth when he hit another low card, the 
, and his opponent folded his brick 
.
A key pot for Randy’s hopes, as he is above starting stack for the first time in many levels. This is his first tournament in several years.
$500+$60 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure Sheet
Level 12: Limits 1200/2400
Entrants: 89
Remaining: 70
Average Chips: 25,000
A limit stack can take you a long way, despite the little understood truth that the swings in limit can be very high. We still have 75 left – a busy field of HORSE competitors.
Stacks are relatively even still.
Vincent Basilicata has 60,000 plus.
Basilicata is easily one of the favorites in the field, and does sport a recent Borgata title in O8/Stud8.
The man, the myth, the cap burying his brow – Chris Reslock, always here for a limit tourney, has about 55,000.
Yes, the Taxman himself his here too, and working the shortstack, as usual.
$500+$60 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure Sheet
Level 8: Limits 500/1000
Entrants: 85
We’ve reached the last level of entry for HORSE – still time until the end of the break to get in the mix.
NL is just the background for what looks like a terrific HORSE turn out. Scott Byron Barry Levy and Lenny Palermo and all the limit regs are here.
$500+$60 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure Sheet
Level 1: Limits 50/100
The only mixed-game tournament on the Winter Poker Open schedule is getting underway. HORSE will be played with five games in 8-hand rotation:
Hold’em
Omaha
Razz
Stud
Eight or Better (Stud H/L)
All games are played with Limit format betting and re-entries are unlimited until the close of registration. Players get 20,000 chips to start and levels 1-10 are 30-minutes long. Levels 11+ stretch to 40 minutes. Late registration is open until the start of level 9 (at least 8:30pm).
Since this is a two-day event, play will continue until about 2am, then survivors will bag their chips for the night. Day 2 is on tap for Wednesday at 12 noon.
This event was not on the 2018 BWPO schedule, so there is no defending champion. Back in November during the 2018 BFPO, Harry Armstrong won the HORSE event, taking home his first Borgata trophy along with $8,206. That event was a freeze-out and only had 47 entrants.
Harry Armstrong – 2018 BFPO HORSE Champion