| By Debbie Burkhead
The opening limit hold’em event at the Four Queens Poker Classic drew 194 entrants.
The final ten players took their seats at the final table at 7:30 p.m.
Knox Pressly had the chip lead with $27,300, Gerald Hughes was in second place with $24,900, Xavier Andrade was in third place with $23,800, Andrew Rosenberg was in fourth place with $19,900, Stan Schrier was in fifth place with $15,500, Kenny Robbins was in sixth place with $14,100, Alfred was in seventh place with $9,400, Michael Millstone was in eighth place with $9,100, Paul Erb was in ninth place with $7,400 and Gerald was in last place with $5,500.
At 7:45 the same 10 players went on dinner break and returned at 8:45.
Michael Millstone was the first casualty finishing in 10th place and taking home $265.
At 9:10 Gerald Rosenberg was down to his last $500 chip. The blinds were $1,000-$1,500 and called all-in with pocket 10’s. The flop came 9-A-K and Andrew Rosenberg bet from the big blind, Gerald Hughs folded leaving the two Rosenbergs heads-up. Andrew was in the lead with his K-Q. The turn card came a four and the river was a jack sending Gerald home with a 9th place finish and $375.
At 9:20 Gerald Hughs put the last of his chips in with K-9 against Pressly’s A-10. The board came 9-4-3-2-A and Hughs was forced to take home $565 for his eighth place finish.
At 9:40 Alfie Reice placed his last $500 chip in the pot for the big blind. Xavier Andrade called with 6-9 of diamonds and Alfie showed A-3. The board came J-J-7-K-9 and Alfie was sent home in seventh place with $750.
At 9:45 Paul Erb collected $935 for his sixth place finish when he went up against Kenny’s pocket rockets with his pocket sixes.
At 10:05 the limit increased to $2,000-$4,000 with $1,000-$2,000 blinds.
Knox was in the lead with $40,000, Kenny was in second with $32,000, Xavier and Andrew were tied with $29,000 and Stan was in last place with $26,000.
At 10:45 Xavier raised Andrew’s big blind, Andrew reraised and Xavier called all-in. Andrew showed A-2 and Xavier turned over K-J of clubs. The board came 7c-Qh-2c-Ac-2s and that river deuce sent Xavier home in fifth place with $1,130.
Five minutes later Andrew raised with pocket jacks, Knox reraised and Andrew reraised all-in. The board came K-7-9-5-8 and Andrew was forced to take fourth place and $1,505.
At 10:50 Knox had the chip lead with $90,000 in chips, Stan was in second with $57,500 and Kenny was in trouble with $8,000.
At 11:00 Kenny raised all-in with his remaining $5,000 and Knox called from the big blind. Kenny showed 5-3 and Knox turned over 7-2. The board came 2-2-5-J-6 and Kenny was sent home in third place with $1,880.
At heads up Knox had the lead with
$114,000 to Stan’s $41,500.
At 11:30 the limit increased to $4,000-$8,000 with $2,000-$4,000 blinds.
After 45 minutes of heads-up play Stan was in bad shape with only $6,000 in chips and Knox made Stan an offer he couldn’t refuse. Stan took second place and $3,425.
Knox was declared the winner and received $6,210 along with a beautiful set of poker chips and case. |
