2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen Leads After Day 1
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Day 1 of the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship is in the books, and Jeff Madsen bagged the chip lead with 129,200 chips. Madsen won several pots during the final two levels of the evening, including an Omaha eight-or-better hand against Tony Cousineau where he scooped with Broadway. Madsen is a three-time WSOP bracelet winner, winning two of them and the Player of the Year Award in 2006. He added his third and final piece of hardware last summer.
Since capturing his third bracelet in 2013, Madsen has been on an absolute tear, reaching six final tables and winning four events.
Also among the chip leaders are bracelet winners Greg Mueller and Eric Rodawig. Mueller, who won two bracelets in 2009, bagged 121,400, and Rodawig, who bested Phil Hellmuth heads-up in the 2011 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship ended the day with 112,000.
There are also a handful of 2014 bracelet winners still in contention, including Dan Heimiller, who won the Seniors Championship moments before late registering this event, Tuan Le, and Brock Parker. Likewise, the aforementioned Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu all advanced to Day 2.
More than a third of the field exited the tournament on Day 1, however, including Stephen Chidwick, Chris George, Matt Waxman, Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, Matt Glantz, Maria Ho, and the defending champion, Tom Schneider. Monnette busted during the final level of the evening, getting the remainder of his stack in the middle with a draw against Alexander Kostritsyn’s made straight. The turn was no help to the 2013 bracelet winner, and he hit the rail.
A total of 200 players registered for this five-figure, mixed-game tournament, generating a total prize pool of $1,880,000. Out of the four, it is only the third-largest $10,000 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament ever held at the WSOP, but the prize pool is 53% larger than the $5,000 variant held in 2013. The top 24 players are all guaranteed a minimum of $18,254, each member of the final table will earn at least $50,966, and the winner will pocket $507,614 along with the gold bracelet.
Play resumes on Monday at 2 p.m. in the Amazon Room, most likely over in the Tan Section. Be sure to return to PokerNews to catch all of the action as the 121 surviving players all battle for a spot at the final table.