Last
Year’s Defending Champ,
An Tran Does it Again
With
three tables remaining in the $1,000 No-Limit
Event, Chip Jett took an early out because
his wife Katrina went into labor with
their first child. When Chip left he had
about $6,000 in chips. After his departure
the remaining players took a vote on refunding
his buy-in and it was unanimous in favor
of. Chip’s chips were removed from
play and the tournament resumed play.
Chip,
I suggest you open a savings account for
your new baby with that $1,000 gift.
The
$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event drew
127 players and created a prize pool of
$122,220.
A
lot of big name players started but only
a few were left at two tables. Of the
12 players remaining there were three
Trans; Jimmy, An, Anthony, one Siedel,
one Hellmuth a Tesene, a McGuire, a Boutin,
a Brownscombe, a Mohammad, a Goldberg
and a Hall.
At
10:40 p.m. the final table came down to,
six-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel,
in the lead with $32,000, Billy Tesene
in second with $30,000, Jimmy Tran in
third with $23,525, last years defending
champ and one-time WSOP bracelet winner
An Tran, in fourth with $20,700, Mohammed
Rauf in fifth with $20,025, nine-time
WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, in
sixth with $19,650, Dan McGuire in seventh
with $13,875, Tom Brownscombe in eighth
with $8,300, Anthony Tran in ninth with
$7,700 and Harley Hall was in last place
with $7,250.
The
blinds were $200-$400 with a $75 ante
and 20 minutes left in level nine.
Tom
Brownscomb was the first casualty after
flopping a set and losing to Billy Tesene
when he rivered a nine high straight.
Shortly
after Tom’s exit Mohammed Ruaf followed.
Jimmy Tran raised the pot to $1,400, Billy
Tesene reraised to $4,000, Mohammed pushed
all-in for $14,475, Jimmy folded and Billy
called. Mohammed turned over A-3 of spades
and Billy showed pocket jacks. The board
came Q-8-2-6-6 and Mohammed had to settle
for ninth place.
At
11:00 p.m. the blinds were raised to $300-$600
with a $100 ante.
At
12:00 a.m. Harley Hall moved all-in under
the gun for his remaining $3,100. Dan
McGuire called and Phil Hellmuth called.
The flop came J-Q-3, Dan checked, Phil
bet $1,800 and Dan folded. Phil turned
over a pair of fours and Harley showed
A-8. The turn came a king and the river
was a nine. Harley had to settle for an
eighth place finish.
At
12:15 a.m. the blinds increased to $500-$1,000
with a $100 ante.
Billy
was leading the pack with $52,500, Jimmy
was in second place with $33,000, Erik
was in third place with $26,000, Phil
was in fourth place with $22,000, An was
in fifth place with $20,000, Dan was in
sixth with $17,500 and Anthony was trailing
with $9,000.
At
1:15 a.m. the blinds increased to $800-$1,600
with a $200 ante.
After
losing most of his chips with A-Q against
Dan’s A-9 Phil moved all-in on the
next hand with his remaining $2,700 and
got called in three spots. The flop came
4-2-6, everyone checked, the turn came
a king, it was checked around and the
river came a jack. Everyone checked, Phil
showed A-8, Jimmy turned over A-J and
sent Phil home in seventh place.
At
1:50 a.m. Jimmy raised the pot to $4,000,
Billy moved all-in and Jimmy called. Jimmy
showed pocket sixes and Billy turned over
A-10. The flop came perfect for Billy
with J-Q-K. Neither the turn or the river
helped Jimmy and he had to settle for
a sixth place finish.
Two
hands later Anthony raised $4,000, Dan
moved all-in with his remaining $7,000
and Anthony called. Dan showed A-Q and
Anthony turned over K-10. The board came
K-A-6-10-4 and Dan was forced to take
a fifth place finish.
At
2:25 a.m. the blinds rose to $1,000-$2,000
with a $300 ante.
Billy
was leading with $66,300, Anthony was
in second with $50,000, An Tran was in
third with $40,000 and Erik was trailing
with $28,000.
At
3:45 Billy moved all-in for his remaining
$18,000 and An called. Billy showed pocket
fours and An turned over K-7 of spades.
The flop brought a king, no fours showed
up and Billy had to settle for a fourth
place finish.
The
remaining three players counted down their
chips and proceeded to discuss a deal.
An Tran was leading with $88,700, Erik
Seidel was in second with $60,500 and
Anthony was in third with $34,700.
That
was back-to-back wins for An Tran, Erik
Seidel finished second and Anthony Tran
finished third place.
Debbie Burkhead
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