Richard
Roberts Plays his first Pot Limit Omaha
Event and Takes 1st Place
Today�s
Pot Limit Hold�em event began at noon
and at 6:05 p.m. the final ten players
took their seats at the final table.
The
blinds were $500-$1,000 and the raise
was $2,000-$3,500.
Nine
places paid cash and Andrew Tahoe was
the unlucky one to exit in 10th place.
Normally the bubble position is the end
of the road but at the Four Queens Poker
Classic anyone who busts out on the bubble
is invited back on September 19 to participate
in a Bubble Tournament.
Shortly
after Tahoe�s departure we lost Charles
Edwards. Charles took home $1,320 for
his 9th place finish.
At
6:30 Richard Roberts flopped a set of
queens against Mick Crowley and sent him
home in eighth place with $1,760.
Two
hands later Ram Vaswani eliminated Carl
Bailey. They both flopped a pair of aces
but Ram had him out kicked from the go
and added insult to injury when he caught
a second pair on the river. Carl was sent
home in 7th place with $2,191.
After
the break the level increased to $800-$1,600.
The
chip leader was Richard Roberts with $81,500,
Ram Vaswani was in second with $64,500,
Terry
Myers was in third with $38,200, Jim Sugarek
was in fourth with $34,200, D�arcy Christiansen
was in fifth with $5,000 and Tom Christopher
was in last place with $4,200.
On
the first hand after the break Tom Christopher
raised all-in with K-K-9-4 and Richard
called him with Ad-9d-7-8. The flop not
only came with an ace, it came with two
diamonds. There was no waiting the turn
produced another diamond and Tom was sent
to the rail in 6th place with $2,675.
At
7:30 D�arcy was all-in on the big blind
for $1,600. Terry, Ram and Richard all
called preflop. The flop came Q-7-K, Terry
bet, Richard raised and Terry called all-in
with his remaining $13,800. D�arcy showed
7-7-8-9 for a set of sevens, Terry turned
over K-Q-J-7 for two pair and Richard
turned over Q-Q-10-4 for a set of queens.
The turn came a three and the river came
a 10 and Richard�s trips held up. He eliminated
both D�arcy and Terry.
D�arcy
took 5th place and $3,075 and Terry took
4th place and $3,515.
It
was three handed with Richard Roberts
in the lead, Jim Sugarek in second place
with $26,000 and Ram trailing with $22,300.
Two hands later Ram got all his money
in against Richard. Ram showed 10-7-6-4
and Richard showed J-10-Q-9. The board
came 6-9-8-5-7 giving Richard a straight
on the River.
Ram
Vaswani was sent home in 3rd place with
$4,835.
It was heads up between Richard Roberts
and Jim Sugarek. Jim had $26,000 in chips
and Richard had all the rest.
On the third hand of heads up play Richard
took the remainder of Jims chips. Richard
showed Q-10-8-2 and Jim turned over A-A-10-5.
Richard made a pair on the flop and two
pair on the turn to beat Jim�s aces.
Jim
Sugarek finished in 2nd place and collected
$15,380.
Richard
Roberts was declared the Pot Limit Omaha
champ and pocketed $15,380.
Richard
hails from Mesa, Arizona and claims this
was his first attempt at a Pot Limit Omaha
event. He also came in 2nd in the Orleans
Championship No-limit hold�em event this
past year for $78,000.
By Debbie Burkhead
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