Tony
McCann Wins his First
Tournament in No-Limit Hold'em
Again
today there were two tournaments scheduled,
the first was a $1,060 No-limit Hold�em
event that started at noon. The second
was a $230 Seven-card Stud 8-or-Better
event that began at 2 p.m.
Final
table play began in the No-limit event
at 7:00 p.m. with 32 minutes remaining
in level 8 with a $75 ante and $300-$600
blinds.
Rick
Juhasz, from Las Vegas was the chip leader
with $24,200, Ram Vaswani was making his
fifth appearance at a final table. He
was in second place with $19,000, Tony
McCann, from Las Vegas was in third place
with $17,550, Minneapolis Jim, from Las
Vegas was in fourth place with $12,675,
Joe Ricci, from Arizona was in fifth place
with $11,950, Frank Zavala, from Las Vegas
was in sixth with $9,250, John Robertson,
from Las Vegas was in seventh place with
$6,950, Steve Walmsley, from Blackpool,
England was in eighth place with $5,375,
and Linda Jensen, from Danville, California
was in last place with $4,875.
At
7:30 the remaining nine took a dinner
break and play resumed at 8:30 with a
$100 ante and $500-$1,000 blinds.
Rich
and Ram were tied for the lead with $22,500
in chips and Steve with $3,400 and John
Robertson with $5,300 were trailing and
the other eight players were somewhere
in between.
On
the first hand after the dinner break
Ram raised $2,500, Linda moved all-in
for her remaining 9,900 and Ram called.
Linda showed A-Q and Ram turned over pocket
kings. Ram made a full house on the turn
and Linda was sent home in 9th place with
$1,775.
At
8:45 Jim moved all-in with pocket eights
and Ram called with pocket rockets. The
board was no help to Jim and he had to
settle for an 8th place and $2,365.
Five
minutes later John moved all-in for $6,000
with J-3 and Rick called with pocket rockets.
John took $2,960 for his 7th place finish.
At
9:10 Steve moved all-in with J-9 and Joe
called him with A-10. Steve flopped a
straight draw but neither the turn or
the river help his hand and he was forced
to take a 6th place finish and pocketed
$3,550.
At
9:15 Frank picked up K-10 and decided
to move all-in and ran into Tony holding
A-K. The board was no help to Frank and
he was sent home in 5th place with $4,140.
At
9:20 the blinds increased to $800-$1,600
with a $200 ante.
The
pot of the night happened at 9:30. Tony
was the big blind, Ram raised $4,000,
Joe reraised all-in for $11,300, Tony
called , and Ram called. The flop came
2-6-J, Tony bet $4,000 and Ram folded.
Joe showed pocket eights and Tony turned
over pocket jacks for a set. Joe received
no help on the turn or the river and had
to settle for a 4th place finish and $4,735.
At
10: 20 the blinds rose to $1,000-$2,000
with a $300 ante.
At
10:35 Ram raised $8,000, Rick and Tony
both called. The flop came Kc-4s-3s, Ram
moved all-in for $19,300, Rick folded
and Tony said, �Let�s play poker,� and
called with A-6 of spades for the nut
flush draw. Ram showed J-4 for a pair
of fours. The turn card came a nine of
clubs and as luck would have it the river
came a deuce of spades. Ram had to settle
for 3rd place and $6,510.
It
was now heads-up between Tony and Rick
with Tony in the lead with $75,000 to
Rick�s $47,000.
At 10:55 Rick and Tony saw a flop of 6-2-10
and Rick bet $3,500, Tony moved all-in
and Rick called. Rick showed 10-5 for
top pair and Tony turned over 9-7 for
a gut shot straight. The turn card came
an eight and Rick was drawing dead to
Tony�s straight. Rick had to settle for
2nd place and $12,425.
Tony
was declared the winner and collected
$20,710.
This was Tony�s first win in a Las Vegas
tournament, he won his entry into today�s
event in a one-table satellite last night.
He did place 2nd 20 years ago in a low
ball event at the Bike. Tony runs the
West Coast Physician�s Association that
provides malpractice insurance to doctors.
By Debbie Burkhead
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