FLORIDA
AD SALESMAN RINGS UP
COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN IN STUD
Cory
Zeidman, an advertising salesman from
Coral Springs, Florida, trailed Joseph
Ingargiola though almost all of tonight's
$1,000 7-card stud tournament, the 13th
event of 2004 California State Poker Championship.
But he came on strong in the late stages
as he grabbed the win and trophy away
from the Vegas pro.
Zeidman
also had a fifth-place finish at a $5,000
7-card stud event at the World Series
this year.
This
was yet another two-day event that was
completed in one day. It had been announced
that all remaining two-day tournaments
would stay that way, with no play-throughs.
But since this event's final table started
at 10 p.m., an exception was made so that
the players wouldn't be sent home so early.
In the meantime, the prior day's no-limit
hold'em contest was only mid-way through
the final table, so things got a bit hectic
with two finals going at once.
Action started with $50 antes, a $100
low-card bring in and limits of $300-$600,
with 25 minutes left on the clock. Ingargiola
held a small chip lead with $18,075.
First
out was the noted Vegas pro and high-limit
side-game player Ted Forrest, who started
lowest-chipped with $2,750. Ingargiola
raised with buried 10s and Forrest went
all in with A-A-Q. He caught another queen,
but Ingargiola, who had 10s and 8s on
fourth street, caught an 8 and filled
up.
Victor
Ramdin arrived with almost as much as
Ingargiola, but started going downhill
immediately after limits went to $400-$800.
He lost five or six hands in a row, dropping
about $16,000. He finally got knocked
out by Internet adman Allen Kessler who
had pocket 9s and bet them all the way.
Ramdin started with three suited cards,
chased and ended up with nothing except
a seventh-place cash-out. Ramdin, who
owns retail stores in New York, two years
ago won an Omaha/8 event at the Orleans
and finished third at the Showdown at
the Sands.
Richard
"Dr. Z" Ziskind has several stud wins
at Hollywood Park, the Commerce and Bicycle
casinos, but tonight the best he could
manage was sixth. Low-chipped, he had
split deuces and went all in with them
on fifth street. He couldn't improve and
lost to Ingargiola's two pair.
Limits
now went to $600-$1,200 with $75 antes
and a $200 bring-in. Blake Fischer dropped
down to $1,700 when he missed his flush
and lost to Kessler's pocket aces. He
went all in on the next hand but won with
two pair against Michael Mizrachi, then
survived a second time with a set of kings
to beat Ingargiola's aces-up.
Florida
pro player Michael Mizrachi tried to show
strength with a K-Q-10 board, raising
all in against Zeidman. But all he had
was pocket deuces. He couldn't help and
busted out against Zeidman's bigger pair.
When
limits went to $800-$1,600 with $100 antes
and a $300 bring-in, the approximate count
was: Ingargiola, $30,000; Kessler, $24,000;
Zeidman, $16,000; and Blake Fischer, $9,000.
Fischer,
a salesman and cash-game player who rarely
plays tournaments, went out in fourth
place after going all in with 9s and 2s
on fourth street, only to be edged by
Zeidman's 10ss and 4s.
Ingargiola
showed he was not a timid player when
he called a bet on the river with just
king-high against Zeidman, who showed
J-10-6-5. He lost to Zeidman's small two
pair, but managed to startle his opponent.
"You have no respect for me," Zeidman
remarked.
Kessler,
who was up to $30,000 at one point, had
dropped down to $1,500 before picking
up a couple of pots. By the time limits
went up again, this time to $1,000-$2,000,
with $200 antes and a $300 bring-in, Kessler
had moved up to about $12,000, but still
trailed Ingargiola's $48,000 and Zeidman's
$12,000.
The
Internet ad man was next to go all in.
He raised with (5-3)3 and then paired
his five to outrun Ingargiola's pocket
jacks and stay in action. But Kessler
finally went out four and a half hours
into the final table. On fifth street
he had (Q-2) Q-J-2. Ingargiola started
with buried 9s, then caught four clubs
in a row to make a flush, leaving Kessler
in third place. Kessler, a native of Pennsylvania,
won a stud hi-lo tournament at the Bicycle
Casino this year and also has several
final tables in Omaha hi-lo and stud hi-lo.
Ingargiola now had about $47,000 to Zeidman's
$33,000, but after winning a pot with
kings and jacks, Zeidman pulled nearly
even. He suggested a chop, but a confident
Ingargiola preferred to keep playing.
Ziedman
took the lead when he showed 7-6-3-2 and
turned up a set of 7s. With limits at
$1,500-$3,000, Zeidman had Ingargiola
down to $8,000 after winning with aces.
On the final hand, Zeidman took it all
when he made a full house to beat Angargiola's
set.
-- by Max Shapiro
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