Friday, March 2, 2007

EVENT #3 RESULTS
LIMIT HOLD’EM
$300 + $40
$44,700 PRIZE POOL
149 ENTRIES

Angie Park Enters and Wins Her First Limit

Hold’em Tournament
The Bicycle Casino is hosting the 2007 Winnin ‘O’ the Green series. This third event, a
$300 +$40 Limit Hold’em tournament, landed 149 entries and created a prize pool of
$44,700. The 10-handed final table was set at 11:30pm in the middle of Level 10 with
blinds of 500-1000.
Final table play was initially cautious but our first elimination came on hand #27. Hung
Giang found himself all-in with 8-10 offsuit against Bret Murphy’s pocket 7’s. With a
board of A-2-J-Q-3, Bret’s 7’s held up and Hung Giang was eliminated in 10th place for
$670.
After four more hands, Walter Smiley was all-in against Timothy Joseph. Walter’s A-K
was in good shape against Timothy’s Q-10…until the turn. The board was 5-8-J-Q-2.
Timothy’s pair of Queens takes it. Walter Smiley finished in 9th place and received $780.
On hand #39, Ulises “Taxi” Molina was all-in with A-10 against Dave Liao’s
dominating A-K. The flop was 5-Q-7. The turn was a King and Dave extends his lead
although Taxi picked up a straight draw. The river 10 sealed Taxi’s fate and he finished
in 8th place and earned $895.
An interesting hand played out between Andy Wang and Ben Mack. Andy picked up
pocket Aces and got called preflop by Ben’s A-9. The flop was 10-9-8. The betting
continued to the river as the turn deuce and river 9 gave Ben the suck out of the night
with trip 9’s cracking Andy’s aces. Andy was not out but was very short stacked.
On hand #69, there was three-way action to the flop with Bret Murphy all-in with Qh-
9h. Both of Bret’s opponents bet it through to the river and then each show their pocket
Kings. Timothy Joseph had the red Kings and Ben Mack the black Kings. The Kings
chop the pot and Bret Murphy finished in 7th place and took $1,115 of the prize pool.
Just 5 hands later, short stacked Andy Wang was all-in with a K-3 on the button. He
was called by Timothy Joseph’s Ac-8c. The board was A-9-3-Q-2 and Andy could not
overcome Timothy’s pair of Aces. Andy Wang was eliminated in 6th place and received
$1,565.
On hand #80 at this final table, Ben Mack had put Parth “Spiderman” Data all-in on the
river. Spiderman had a dominating K-7 going into the flop against Ben’s K-2 but the
board produced a couple of deuces (2c-Js-2d-10d-6h) and Spiderman, a one-time chip
leader at the final table, was eliminated in 5th place and earned $2,010.
Four-handed play commenced and there wasn’t a hand that continued past the flop for
23 consecutive hands. On hand #106, Dave Liao woke up to pocket Kings in the small
blind against Ben Mack’s Qc-8c on the button. Ben had just lost a big pot and had his
last chips in this pot. The board was 9-7-4-6-A. Ben picked up the open-ended straight
draw on the turn but the Ace on the river did not complete his draw. Ben Mack finished
in 4th place and took his $2,680 share of the prize pool.
Three-handed play was more of the same; few flops and lots of raises with no-calls.
Some talk of a chip count occurred but an objection was always out there before any
calculations could be made. The final hand of the match came on #131. Dave Liao had a
few chips left after losing a big pot several hands ago. Dave was all-in blind and showed
a 5h-2d. Angie Park called with a Kc-2c. The board was 8-7-5-K-A. Dave took the lead
on the flop but the turn paired Angie’s King and she took down the pot. Dave finished in
3rd place and earned $4.245.
This last hand gave Angie a slight chip lead over Timothy Joseph. Discussion on a deal
stopped the clock and eventually the two arrived on a settlement. The tournament
completed and Angie Park was declared the winner. Timothy Joseph finished in the
runner-up position.
-Jay “Bugsy” Siegel

BIOGRAPHY
Angie Park, a Loan Agent, claimed this was her first Limit Hold’em tournament she has
ever played. I believe her but she played like a veteran. Angie has been playing poker
for 7 years and was taught by her brothers. Most of her tournament experience came
through the internet and she posted 3 large tournament wins there. She restricts her No
Limit Hold’em play to tournaments only. Her cash game play is always Limit Hold’em
and typically is playing $25/50. Angie said with 5 tables to go she had 400 chips and
slowed built them up to 54,000 by the time she entered the final table. She kept her lead
throughout the entire final table and racked up her first Limit Hold’em win.

CHIP COUNTS ARRIVING AT FINAL TABLE

Seat 1 Hung Giang $ 25,500
Seat 2 Spiderman $ 14,500
Seat 3 Ulises Molina $ 37,500
Seat 4 Bret Murphy $ 16,500
Seat 5 Walter Smiley $ 16,500
Seat 6 Dave Liao $ 14,000
Seat 7 Elin “Angie” Park $ 54,000
Seat 8 Andy Wang $ 23,000
Seat 9 Timothy Joseph $ 13,000
Seat 10 Ben Mack $ 9,000
Chip Variance= 0

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

1st Elin “Angie” Park La Crasenta, CA $17,880
2nd Timothy Joseph Brentwood, CA $ 8,490
3rd Dave Liao Hacienda Hts, CA $ 4,245
th
4 Ben Mack Chula Vista, CA $ 2,680
5th Spiderman Downey, CA $ 2,010
th
6 Andy Wang Hacienda Hts, CA $ 1,565
7th Bret Murphy Irvine, CA $ 1,115
th
8 Eulises Sandoval Bell Gardens, CA $ 895
9th Walter Smiley Compton, CA $ 780
th
10 Hung Giang Los Angeles, CA $ 670

LUCKY PLAYER LIST

Name Final Tables
No multiple final table winners
yet.

LUCKY SEAT LIST

Seat No. Tournament Wins

1 1
8 1
9 1

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