The night started with nine players trying to win the first HORSE tournament at the Lake Mendota Casino.

The first blind rounds were every 15 minutes, then subsequently every 12 minutes, cycling through each of the HORSE games:

H == No Limit Hold ‘Em

O == Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo

R == Limit Razz

S == Limit Stud

E == Limit Stud Hi/Lo

I think the only complaint was regarding the ante being a little big compared to the limits for the stud-based games; I’ll try to adjust that next time. Otherwise, I think it went really well and hope we can do it again. It was a lot of fun switching gears (having the computer tell us what were playing at all times was a big help), and none of the games were really overwhelming to those of us with little experience at them.

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Tournament started (H)

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 1: Britt

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 2: Nickles

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 3: BenA

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 4: Ken (later dropped)

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 5: Whitney

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 6: Sarah

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 7: John

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 8: Colin

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 9: Rodney

6:05:16 pm 5/3/2008: Table 1, Seat 10: Withall

6:20:19 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 2 (O)

6:37:18 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 3 (R)

6:53:34 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 4 (S)

7:09:18 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 5 (E)

7:30:43 pm 5/3/2008: Britt busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 1) by Nickles (Table 1, Seat 2)

7:30:50 pm 5/3/2008: Britt rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

7:39:06 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 6 (H)

7:51:10 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 7 (O)

7:56:55 pm 5/3/2008: Rodney busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 9) by Britt (Table 1, Seat 1)

7:57:01 pm 5/3/2008: Rodney rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

8:03:15 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 8 (R)

8:15:40 pm 5/3/2008: Britt busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 1) by Rodney (Table 1, Seat 9)

8:15:45 pm 5/3/2008: Britt rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

8:16:55 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 9 (S)

8:28:32 pm 5/3/2008: Whitney busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 5) by John (Table 1, Seat 7)

8:28:37 pm 5/3/2008: Whitney rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

8:29:00 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 10 (E)

8:36:56 pm 5/3/2008: Colin busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 8 ) by Britt (Table 1, Seat 1)

8:37:04 pm 5/3/2008: Colin rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

8:40:59 pm 5/3/2008: Sarah busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 6) by Britt (Table 1, Seat 1)

8:41:04 pm 5/3/2008: Sarah rebought into tournament (Fee: $20.00, Rake: $0.00, Chips: $3,000, Points: 0.00)

8:51:58 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 11 (H)

9:06:46 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 12 (O)

9:11:42 pm 5/3/2008: Colin busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 8 ) by Withall (Table 1, Seat 10)

9:17:34 pm 5/3/2008: Britt busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 1) by Sarah (Table 1, Seat 6)

9:18:50 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 13 (R)

9:30:54 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 14 (S)

9:42:59 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 15 (E)

10:00:06 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 16 (H)

10:01:44 pm 5/3/2008: BenA busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 3) by Withall (Table 1, Seat 10)

10:07:10 pm 5/3/2008: Sarah busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 6) by Nickles (Table 1, Seat 2)

10:11:26 pm 5/3/2008: Nickles busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 2) by John (Table 1, Seat 7)

10:12:10 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 17 (O)

10:24:14 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 18 (R)

10:36:18 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 19 (S)

10:39:29 pm 5/3/2008: Rodney busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 9) by John (Table 1, Seat 7)

10:48:21 pm 5/3/2008: Start of round 20 (E)

11:00:25 pm 5/3/2008: Withall busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 10) by Whitney (Table 1, Seat 5)

11:00:25 pm 5/3/2008: John busted out of the tournament (Table 1, Seat 7) by Whitney (Table 1, Seat 5)

11:00:25 pm 5/3/2008: Tournament ended

11:00:53 pm 5/3/2008: Whitney won the tournament

The tournament ended on an all-in with Stud Hi/Lo between myself, Whitney, and Whithall, which I forgot to write down.

Congratulations to Withall (a new MSOP player) and Whitney, and thanks to all for playing!

1st ($150): Whitney

2nd ($90): John

3rd: ($60): Withall