H.O.R.S.E. (Limit Texas Hold Em', Omaha Eight or Better, razz, Stud-Hi, Eight or Better Stud) was called out for event number sixteen at the World Series of Poker. The $2,500 buy in event left twenty players at the end of day one to attempt to claim the $239,503 first prize and a WSOP bracelet.

Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider (newly minted WSOP Champ in the Omaha 8/Stud 8 event) decided one bracelet in the 2007 WSOP wasn't enough and made his second final table. Despite being within a small blind of being eliminated early on the final table he managed to turn it around for a fourth place finish worth $54,913.

James Richberg used his expertise as the 2006 WSOP Razz champion to claim his second bracelet by taking down this H.O.R.S.E final table during the Razz portion of the five skill points mixed game event.

PokerNews.com was there to capture Richberg's victory:

2007 Omaha/Stud Hi/Lo bracelet winner Schneider came back from the brink by surviving several all-in showdowns and made a run at a second bracelet at this year's World Series. After the game switched back to Limit Hold 'Em, with blinds at 4K/8K and betting limits of 8K/16K, Kazazian was all in with J-10 against the pocket nines of Schneider and the A-K of Mizrachi; Schneider caught a nine on the turn to make a set and tripled up, knocking Kazazian out of the tournament in eighth place, worth $18,011.

From the 'it happens in live games too' files, Ali Eslami, Herb Van Dyke and Chris Bjorin capped a pot preflop and saw a J-8-6 flop. Each put in a bet and did the same on the turn. When the river brought , everyone checked it down. Eslami turned up Q-Q, Van Dyke showed K-K, but Bjorin offered A-A to take down the sizeable pot. Van Dyke wouldn't recover and was bounced later by Richburg's pair of kings, but still claimed seventh place and a $24,601 payday.

The next segments (Omaha and Razz) brought no knockouts. In the next Seven Card Stud segment. Mizrachi was eliminated by Bjorin in sixth place and added $32,069 to his bankroll.

After the dinner break, Bjorin and Richburg led the field:

Chris Bjorin - 527,000
James Richburg - 527,000
Walter Browne - 401,000
Tom Schneider - 304,000
Ali Eslami - 153,000

Eslami exited in the next hold'em segment. He lost a good portion of his stack to Richburg and, after getting all in with 5-4 on an A-10-3-5 board, was down to Richburg (with Q-10) once again. Eslami couldn't catch his nine-outer, and finished in fifth for $42,612.

Play moved through the next Omaha and razz segments without any knockouts. Then, in Seven Card Stud, Schneider's run at a second bracelet ended after he ran up against chip leader Richburg. On the knockout hand, though, Schneider could only muster a pair of eights and a busted open-ended draw. James Richburg's pair of kings easily took the pot and Schneider added to his breakout 2007 WSOP by finishing fourth and picking up $54,193.

Both Richburg and Browne then chipped away at Bjorin in the next few stages, finally eliminating Bjorin during limit play. After a K turn, with the board reading 8-6-2-K, Richburg pushed Brown out of the three-way pot and took on Bjorin alone. Bjorin was unable to pair his J-10 against Richburg's A-2 and finished in third, worth $83,467.

Richburg had a 2:1 edge over Browne, but Browne made up some ground in the next Omaha segment, before being crippled in Razz. On the final hand, Browne was all in with (5-2)-7 against Richburg's (4-2)-3. By seventh street, Richburg had made a perfect six (6-4-3-2-A) and all Browne could offer was a 10-low, giving 2006's Razz champion, James Richburg, the title in the 2007 World Series of Poker $2500 H.O.R.S.E. event. Follow the progression of this tournament in this event's blog.

PLAYERS - EARNINGS

1st: James Richburg - $239,503
2nd: Walter Browne - $131,790
3rd: Chris Bjorin - $83,467
4th: Tom Schneider - $54,913
5th: Ali Eslami - $42,612
6th: Robert Mizrachi - $32,069
7th: Herb Van Dyke - $24,601
8th: Harry Kazazian - $18,011