Poker Tournament Results

Four Queens Poker Classic

Place	Name	Prize
1	Henry Chow (Sugarland, TX, USA)	$7,100
2	Mike Rabinowitz (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,905
3	Trent Cherry	$2,130
4	Xavier Andrade	$1,705
5	Rich Centanaro (Auburn, CA)	$1,280
6	Bill Miller (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,075
7	Walt Cheevers (Bakersfield, CA, USA)	$864
8	Robert Labella (Henderson, NV, USA)	$645
9	Tim Gamber	$430
10	Earl Mitchell Merritt (Ponder, TX, USA)	$300
11	Norman Wheatcroft (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$300
12	Michael Eholich	$300
13	Paul Tschernia (Henderson, NV, USA)	$260
14	David Crawford AKA "sharkey" (las vegas, NV, USA)	$260
15	Ted Spires (Aurora, CO, USA)	$260
16	Renee Jackson (Henderson, NV, USA)	$240
17	Coene Collins	$240
18	Kostas Likogiannis	$240

Tournament Report

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.