WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Notebook

The final table of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. tournament was the most anticipated event of the 2006 World Series of Poker thus far, with the line to get into the stands for the ESPN taping ringing around the aisles to the door of the Rio All-Suites Pavilion.

The bleachers were packed and spectators were five deep behind them, as poker enthusiast tried to get a glimpse at poker legends Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier and Chip Reese, along with young phenoms Phil Ivey and Patrick Antonius.

The crowd thinned as Bloch and Reese took their heads-up match into the wee hours of the morning, but more spectators began to gather in the morning when people again started to arrive for Saturday's tournaments.

Notes from the H.O.R.S.E. tournament
Robert Williamson, who finished 10th in the event, served as the tournament's "Grand Marshall" and introduced the final table participants.

2006-07-15