Henry
Chow was Declared the Champ
in the Limit Hold’em Event
The
$230 buy-in limit hold�em event drew 111
entrants and created a prize pool of $21,534.
At 7:00 p.m. the final ten players took
their seats at the final table. The blinds
were $400-$800 at the $800-$1,600 level.
Xavier
Andrade sat down at the final table with
$28,000 and the chip lead, Henry Chow
was in second with $18,500, Rich Centanaro
was in third with $14,800, Walt Cheevers
was in fourth with $14,000, Mike Rabinowitz
was in fifth with $10,400, Tim Gamber
was in sixth with $7,000, Tom Cherry was
in seventh with $6,900, Robert LaBella
was in eighth with $5,000, Bill Miller
was in ninth with $3,300 and Mitch Merritt
was in last place with $2,500. Shortly
after the final table began play Mitch
got all his money in with A-K only to
be called by J-10. The flop came J-10-10
and the rest was history. Mitch had to
settle for $300 for his 10th place finish.
At 7:45 the remaining nine players went
on dinner break and at 8:45 play began
with $500-$1,000 blinds at the $1,000-$2,000
limit.
At
9:05 Tim Gamber got all his money in with
pocket eights against Henry Chow and his
A-J. Tim was looking good on the flop
and the turn but the river produced a
jack and Tim was sent home in 9th place
with $430.
At
9:15 Robert LaBella play K-5 of diamonds
for the remainder of his chips and got
called by K-Q of clubs. The board was
of no help to either player and Robert
was forced to take an 8th place finish
and pocketed $645 for his days work.
At
9:20 the limit went to $1,500-$3,000 with
$1,000-$1,500.
At
9:45 Walt Cheevers called all-in with
his remaining $500, Bill Miller called,
Tom Cherry called on the small blind and
Mike Rabinowitz checked. The flop came
10-2h-9 and it was checked around. The
turn card came an eight of hearts and
again it was checked around. The river
came the ace of hearts and it was checked
around. Walt showed Q-9 and Tom showed
the winner with 7-8 of hearts for the
flush. Walt finished in 7th place and
received $864. Two hands later Bill Miller
was all-in on the big blind with his last
$1,000. Xavier and Rich both called and
checked it to the river. Bill showed 10-2
and Xavier showed A-5 for the ace high
win. Bill took home $1,075 for his 6th
place finish.
At
10:00 the level rose to $2,000-$4,000
with $1,000-$2,000 blinds.
On
the first hand Rich and Xavier went heads
up and Rich called his remaining $3,000
on the river. The board came Q-J-K-8-K
and Rich�s J-6 lost to Xavier�s Q-6. Rich
was forced to take $1,280 for his 5th
place finish.
At
10:30 Xavier called all-in preflop with
his last $500 against Henry and Mike.
The board came 3-8-Q-10-3, Xavier showed
K-8, Mike turned over A-10 and Henry showed
the winner with A-Q. This was Xavier�s
second final table appearance, he finished
5th in the opening limit hold�em event
and today he was sent home in 4th place
with $1,705.
At
10:40 the level increased to $3,000-$6,000
with $1,500-$3,000 blinds.
At
11:05 Tom Cherry raised all-in with his
remaining $1,200 and got called by Henry.
Tom showed A-3 and Henry turned over a
pair of sevens. The board was no help
to Tom and he collected $2,130 for his
3rd place finish.
Heads-up
play began with Henry in the lead with
$83,500 in chips to Mike�s $27,500. Two
hands into heads up play Henry offered
Mike a deal he couldn�t refuse and Mike
took 2nd place. Hong Kong born Henry Chow
from Sugar Land, Texas was declared the
winner and carried home a beautiful chip
case trophy and a pocket full of cash.
By Debbie Burkhead
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