What will surely be a long, difficult road to mixed-game supremacy begins today when Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship gets underway at 2 p.m. local time at the 2023 World Series of Poker.
This event attracts one of the most elite, star-studded fields on the WSOP calendar. Andrew Yeh prevailed over 209 players last year to win $487,129 and his first WSOP bracelet, defeating Craig Chait in a heads-up match that lasted well into the fourth day of play. Bracelet winners Philip Long, Bryce Yockey, and John Racener also made runs to the final table, while Ben Lamb, Jerry Wong, Shaun Deeb, and newly-crowned $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. winner Yuri Dzivielevski finished in the money, but came up short of making it to the final table.
Past H.O.R.S.E Championship Results
Year
Winner
Entrants
Earnings
Runner-Up
2022
Andrew Yeh
209
$487,129
Craig Chait
2021
Kevin Gerhart
149
$361,124
Marco Johnson
2019
Greg Mueller
172
$425,347
Daniel Ospina
2018
John Hennigan
166
$414,692
David "Bakes" Baker
2017
David Bach
150
$383,208
Eric Rodawig
This tournament requires a mastery of five different poker variants—Limit Hold’em; Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Razz; Seven Card Stud; and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better. The field might be small, but it surely won’t lack star power. Past champions of this event include Poker Hall of Famer John Hennigan, $50,000 PPC winner David Bach, and Jason Mercier. Four days from now, one lucky player will get to add their name to this illustrious list.
Players begin the tournament with a 60,000 starting stack. Day 1 consists of ten levels, the first six are 40 minutes long and levels seven through ten are 60 minutes long. All levels from Day 2 on will be extended to 90 minutes. There is a 15-minute break every two hours. Late registration is open until the beginning of Day 2, so anyone who doesn’t jump in today can still do so on Saturday before cards go in the air. The final table on Monday will be streamed on a delay on PokerGO.
Poker's biggest stars will gather today inside the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 2 p.m. and PokerNews will be right there alongside them providing live updates from this prestigious event.
