Yohanes
Muruz Storms Through the
Final Nineto Capture 1st Place in the
No-Limit Hold’em Event
Today�s
No-Limit Hold�em event drew 130 players
and created a prize pool of $20,661.
There
were 20 minutes remaining in level 10
with $100-$600 blinds and a $100 ante.
Jordan
Mayors went to the final table in the
lead with $24,000, Yohanes Muruz was in
second with $23,200, Tom Brownscombe was
in third with $19,800, Gary Schneider
was in fourth with $16,700, Maximo Martinez
was in fifth with $12,600, Ron McMillan
was in sixth with $12,500, Tim Ramsey
was in seventh with $8,300, Herb Vandyke
was in eighth with $6,800, Mike Moskowitz
was in ninth with $4,200 and Mike Pugliese
was trailing with $2,000.
Shortly
after the final table play began Herb
Vandyke called all-in with Jh-10h against
Max�s pocket queens. Herb flopped a straight
flush draw but neither the turn or the
river helped his hand and the pocket queens
took the pot. Herb took 9th place and
$755 for his finish.
On the very next hand Ron McMillan moved
all his chips in with pocket queens only
to get called by Gary Schneider with pocket
rockets. The board brought no help for
Ron and he had to settle for an eighth
place finish and $1,135 in cash.
Just after Ron�s departure Tim put all
his chips in with 7-8 of spades and got
called by Gary holding 7-10 of hearts.
The board came 7-5-5-3-9 and Gary�s 10
was the key card. Tim had to settle for
a 7th place finish and pocketed $1,515.
At
7:45 the blinds rose to $500-$1,000 with
a $100 ante.
Maximo
Martinez was the next casualty when he
took his A-K against Yohanes� pocket kings.
Maximo
took $2,270 for his 5th place finish.
It wasn�t long after Max departed the
final table that Tom Brownscombe was collecting
$3,025 for his 4th place finish. Tom put
the remainder of his chips in with 10-2
against Yohanes� pocket eights, big mistake,
Yohnanes was knocking players out left
and right and Tom was no exception.
Tom
pocketed $3,025 for his 4th place finish.
Gary
was the next player to take on Yohanes
and once again Johanes sent him to the
rail. Yohanes flopped a straight draw
and the turn card finished it off. Gary
took 3rd place and $3,785.
At
heads up, Yohanes was in the lead by $18,000
and Jordan offered Yohanes a deal he couldn�t
refuse. Jordan took 2nd place and $6,880.
Yohanes
was declared the no-limit champion and
took home 1st place bragging rights and
$12,480 in cash along with a beautiful
chip set trophy.
By Debbie Burkhead
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