Van Alstyne Finishes the Job This Time and Wins the H.O.R.S.E. Bracelet

Posted by pokerguru on June 19, 2009

Van Alstyne almost got a taste of glory in the $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. event, but fell a little short. He did not waste the opportunity this time as he finally wins his first bracelet in Event 31. Apparently he learned a huge lesson from the previous tournaments as he did not play it safe this time around and used constant pressure and aggression to literally act like an 18 wheeler on the road with a bunch of VW’s. The rest of the table was no match for the player that showed up at last night’s final table. He ends up adding another $246, 997 for the win and is the most recent member of the millionaire club for Circuit Tour and WSOP winnings.

In other tournaments…

Event 32 continued to move in the mud and still has 19 players to go to get down to a champion. Once again, they are coming in to start the session early to ensure that a champion is achieved by the end of the day. The current chip leader is Jason Boyes with 976,000.

While the rest of the field moved forward, Jennifer Harman stood still in the World Championship Limit Hold’em Event. She started the day around 165,000 and ended the day at just over 120,000. She was actually all in near the end of the session and managed to double up to stay in the tournament. Todd Brunson was also making noise in this tournament and was in the top 5 at one point and then went on a horrible run and ended up out of the tournament before the end of the day. The overall leader is Kenny Hsuing with 831,000.

Event 34 eliminated almost 90% of the field in the first day. The infamous poker Brat is still hanging tough and has about 75,000 in chips to start off day 2. All in all, there are 243 people left vying for the first place prize of over half a million. Play will resume today at 2pm to try and get down to the final table.