Cantu Wins; Scotty Redemption?
June 28, 2009 by Kris Jones
Filed under Sports
The WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Event is down to 31 and last year’s winner, Scotty Nguyen, is right in the thick of things, maintaining a healthy middle of the pack stack. Other notable pros left include Gus Hansen, Todd Brunson, Freddy Deeb, Tony G., Patrik Antonius, Erik Seidel, and Huck Seed. It would be awesome to see Scotty take down back-to-back H.O.R.S.E championships.
In other news, the never happy Brandon Cantu beat fellow pro Lee Watkinson to win the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Lo 8-or-Better bracelet. Cantu’s win was anything but certain when heads-up play began with Watkinson holding a 2,485,000 to 945,000 lead but Cantu soon doubled up and gained momentum until Watkinson was on the ropes and ultimately was knocked out.
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This was Cantu’s second WSOP bracelet and for the first place he took home $228,867. Watkinson got $141,873 for finishing second.
