HORSE shit at 2007 World Series of Poker is on Sunday

No, they won't be swallowing horse shit from Curlin.

The HORSE tournament at the 2007 World Series of Poker is this Sunday and it will be the most expensive tournament to enter in the WSOP with a $50,000 price tag.

The HORSE event, with each letter in the acronym standing for the form of poker played in a rather dizzying rotation of games, is expected to draw the toughest professionals in poker and will last a grueling five days.

So why do these sick bastards enter the damn thing considering the steep buy-in and the nasty five-day marathon? Well, in poker, whoever wins the annual HORSE event is considered the best all-around player of the game. Of course, it has more than a few bundles of cash waiting for you too.

Because of the rather expensive entry fee, and of course the relative obscurity of some of the games involved like razz, the HORSE event figures to attract a relatively compact field.

From the uncontrollable chaos we like to call the World Series of Poker, last year's HORSE event provided a safe and sane refuge for poker aficionados. Tournaments with expensive buy ins and feature games other than Texas hold 'em have attracted manageable fields so far at the 2007 WSOP.

The final table of this year's HORSE event should be loaded again because experience in each of the games in the rotation counts for so much.

Last year's final table also included heavy hitters such as runner-up Andy Bloch (70-1 to win this year), Jim Bechtel (70-1), T.J. Cloutier (70-1), David Singer (60-1), Dewey Tomko (70-1) and Doyle Brunson (45-1).

The annual HORSE event will feature the following games; H for hold 'em, O for Omaha high-low split, R for razz, S for seven-card stud and E for 7-card stud high-low split eight or better.

Who will win the 2007 World Series of Poker? Bodog has the odds.

Joe Hachem 4/1

Chris Moneymaker 8/1

Doyle Brunson 5/1

Phil Helmuth 7/2

Chris Ferguson 5/1

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2007 World Series of Poker HORSE Event