| by Debbie Burkhead
Wayne Haynes Hits Pay Dirt on his Fourth Final Table Appearance
Today’s Seven-Card Stud event began at noon and at 6:30 p.m. the final eight players took their seats at the final table.
There were 15 minutes remaining in the $600-$1,200 with a $100 ante.
Ram Vaswani went to the final table the chip leader with $25,100, Glenn Smith was in second place with $10,400, Bruce Corman and D’arcy Christensen were tied for third with $9,700, Ed Klien was right on their heels with $9,500, James Tippin was in fifth place with $7,000, Wayne Haynes was in sixth with $6,400 and Nat Cooper was in trouble with $3,000.
Ten minutes into final table play Nat Cooper took an early out in 8th place and pocketed $620.
At 6:45 the limit increased to $800-$1,600 with a $200 ante.
At 7:20 Glenn Smith, Bruce Corman and James Tippin got involved in a multi-action hand that send two players to the rail. James took out both Glenn and Bruce when he caught a flush on the river.
Bruce took home $826 for his 7th place finish and Glenn added $1,035 to his bankroll for his 6th place finish.
Three hands later D’arcy Christensen ran into some bad luck and had to settle for a 5th place finish and $1,445.
At 7:45 the remaining four players took their dinner break.
Ram was still in the lead with $27,600, Wayne jumped up to second position with $20,200, Ed was in third place and James was trailing with $7,800.
At 8:45 the limit went to $1,000-$2,000 with a $200 ante.
At 9:05 Ed Klien went up against Ram Vaswani. Ram made two pair on the river to send Ed home in 4th place with $1,965.
At three handed James had the chip lead with $32,200, Wayne was still in second and Ram had dropped to last place with $13,500.
At 9:10 the limit rose to $1,500-$3,000 with a $200 ante.
Five minutes later Ram went all-in on sixth street with aces and fives and James called with 10’s up. Ram’s hand didn’t improve on seventh but James hit another 10 for the full house.
After coming to the final table the chip leader Ram was forced to take a 3rd place finish and collected $2,685.
At 9:20 it was heads-up between James Tippin and Wayne Haynes.
At 9:25 Wayne took the chip lead away from James when his pocket threes held up in a sizeable pot.
On the next hand Wayne pushed queens all the way to the river and made two pair to beat James out of another big pot.
On the next hand Wayne was rolled up with nines but James escaped the trap when he folded.
Wayne had a commanding chip lead with $52,800 to James’ $18,20 and before the next hand was dealt Wayne offered James $500 more to take a hike. James excepted and the tournament ended at 9:30
James took the 2nd place finish and added $5,045 to his bankroll..
This was Waynes fourth final table at the Four Queens Poker Classic. He finished 4th in the Omaha 8-or-better, 3rd in the no-limit hold’em, 2nd in the Seven-card Stud 8-or-better and finally takes a 1st place finish in the $335 Seven-card stud event.
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