| By Debbie Burkhead
Yohanes Muruz Storms Through the Final Nine
to Capture 1st Place in the No-Limit Hold’em Event
Today’s No-Limit Hold’em event drew 130 players and created a prize pool of $37,830.
There were 20 minutes remaining in level 10 with $100-$600 blinds and a $100 ante.
Jordan Mayors went to the final table in the lead with $24,000, Yohanes Muruz was in second with $23,200, Tom Brownscombe was in third with $19,800, Gary Schneider was in fourth with $16,700, Maximo Martinez was in fifth with $12,600, Ron McMillan was in sixth with $12,500, Tim Ramsey was in seventh with $8,300, Herb Vandyke was in eighth with $6,800, Mike Moskowitz was in ninth with $4,200 and Mike Pugliese was trailing with $2,000.
Shortly after the final table play began Herb Vandyke called all-in with Jh-10h against Max’s pocket queens. Herb flopped a straight flush draw but neither the turn or the river helped his hand and the pocket queens took the pot. Herb took 9th place and $755 for his finish.
On the very next hand Ron McMillan moved all his chips in with pocket queens only to get called by Gary Schneider with pocket rockets. The board brought no help for Ron and he had to settle for an eighth place finish and $1,135 in cash.
Just after Ron’s departure Tim put all his chips in with 7-8 of spades and got called by Gary holding 7-10 of hearts. The board came 7-5-5-3-9 and Gary’s 10 was the key card. Tim had to settle for a 7th place finish and pocketed $1,515.
At 7:45 the blinds rose to $500-$1,000 with a $100 ante.
Maximo Martinez was the next casualty when he took his A-K against Yohanes’ pocket kings. Maximo took $2,270 for his 5th place finish.
It wasn’t long after Max departed the final table that Tom Brownscombe was collecting $3,025 for his 4th place finish. Tom put the remainder of his chips in with 10-2 against Yohanes’ pocket eights, big mistake, Yohnanes was knocking players out left and right and Tom was no exception. Tom pocketed $3,025 for his 4th place finish.
Gary was the next player to take on Yohanes and once again Johanes sent him to the rail. Yohanes flopped a straight draw and the turn card finished it off. Gary took 3rd place and $3,785.
At heads up, Yohanes was in the lead by $18,000 and Jordan offered Yohanes a deal he couldn’t refuse. Jordan took 2nd place and $6,880.
Yohanes was declared the no-limit champion and took home 1st place bragging rights and $12,480 in cash along with a beautiful chip set trophy.
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