Poker Tournament Results

Winnin' O' the Green

Place	Name	Prize
1	Jerry Buss (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$33,820
2	Kellie Brown (Tustin, CA, USA)	$16,685
3	David Anderson (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$8,225
4	George Panagakis (Newport Beach, CA, USA)	$5,485
5	William Kerr (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$4,115
6	Mehrdad Hatami (Tarzana, CA, USA)	$3,200
7	Norman Wheatcroft (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$2,285
8	Nick Padovan AKA "trojannick" (San Pedro, CA, USA)	$1,830
9	Manny Toste (La Palma, CA, USA)	$1,370
10	Jackie Lee (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,140
11	Ian Tomlin (Alta Loma, CA, USA)	$1,140
12	Miklos Kiraly (Norwalk, CA, USA)	$1,140
13	Thu Nguyen (Midwaycity, CA, USA)	$915
14	Billy Bolden (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$915
15	Wally Saikaly (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$915
16	Jun Lu (Burbank, CA, USA)	$685
17	Ray Bonavida (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$685
18	Robert Vanhorne (Carlsbad, CA, USA)	$685
19	Jason Nichols (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$455
20	Nikolas T. (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$455
21	Matthew Trexler (Carolina, RI, USA)	$455
22	Shahnoosh Tinoosh (Corona, CA, USA)	$455
23	Vinny Landrum (Canoga Park, CA, USA)	$455
24	Matthew Dorenfeld (Pasa, CA, USA)	$455
25	Thomas Torpestad (Mission Viejo, CA, USA)	$455
26	Yung Lee (Northridge, CA, USA)	$455
27	David Clark (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$455
28	Gill Vazon (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)	$230
29	Paul Brown (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$230
30	Steve Rodriguez (Staten Island, NY, USA)	$230
31	Sang Sayvang (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$230
32	Johnathan Cutler (Azusa, CA, USA)	$230
33	George Rechnitzer (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$230
34	Anthony Nguyen (Bellflower, CA, USA)	$230
35	Craig Vong (Diamond Bar, CA, USA)	$230
36	Pogos Simityan (Glendale, CA, USA)	$230

Tournament Report

Lakers Owner Hits Basket L.A. Lakers Owner Jerry Buss scored his first major tournament win by slam-dunking Winnin'o'the Green' $200 no-limit hold'em event. With three players left, Buss was fairly even in chips with executive recruiter Kellie Brown and student/tutor David Anderson. They split 90 percent of the prize money and played for the rest. Heads-up with Brown, Buss had a slight chip lead but soon pulled well in front with aggressive all-in moves. He then offered Brown a generous settlement, and she gladly accepted. But while Buss got the trophy, Brown won the most audacious bluff award. Three-handed, Anderson slow-played pocket aces. On a board of Kd-10s-9s-Qh, Brown bet 20k, as if on a flush draw. When a 7s hit the river, she moved in. Anderson, facing what he called 'an uglier and uglier board,'folded his bullets. Brown showed 5-3 offsuit. 'Well, this puts a whole new light on things,'Buss said admiringly. This was a very entertaining final table. Also present was William Kerr, film editor for 'Lucky You,'a poker movie starring Drew Barrymore and Robert Duvall, which begins filming later this month in Vegas and then in L.A. Kerr knows something about poker. He made 12 final tables last year and has a win at Commerce. The final table started with 2k/4k blinds and $500 antes, 13 minutes left. On the third hand, Manny Toste moved in for 19k. Kerr and poker player Jacky Lee, both short-stacked, also moved in. Lee had pocket 4s; Toste, A-Q; Kerr, A-10. The board came A-K-6-J-J and Toste and Kerr chopped Lee out of action. After blinds went to 3k-6k with 1k antes, Mehrdad Hatami moved in with pocket 5s. Toste reluctantly called with Kc-Qc. When the 5s held up, an agitated Toste was left with 2.5k, which he posted in the small blind holding 10-7. Buss broke him with A-10. Nick Padovan, a longshoreman, finished ninth. He moved in with Q-9 on the button. Norm Wheatcroft beat him with A-6. Brown then moved into a near tie for the lead with Anderson by taking a big pot from Norm Wheatcroft. A flop of A-9-2 gave him aces and deuces and her aces and 9s. Meanwhile, Buss, who had been playing carefully, busted Wheatcroft on hand 22. Buss moved in for 18k with pocket 9s. Wheatcroft called with K-Q and couldn't catch. With blinds at 5k-10k, Hatami finished sixth when Anderson caught an ace to his Ac-4c, outrunning Hatami' pocket 10s. On the next hand, film editor Kerr was edited out of the picture in a classic match-up. He had Ah-Kh to Brown' Q-Q, and she flopped a set. Two hands later, poker player George Panagakis went south. Holding J-10, he tried a bluff on a flop of 6-4-4 and ran into Buss'A-A. Three-handed now, Buss picked up a couple of pots with all-in moves, but then Brown nailed him and took a big lead. He moved in with A-9. She had 7-7 and flopped a set. . Buss then busted Anderson on hand 58. He moved in with Ad-9d. Anderson called with Kc-5c, and the ace held up. Heads-up, and with blinds of 10-20k with 3k antes, Buss began running over Brown with repeated all in bets and raises. At the end, he had about a 2-1 lead when she took his offer. -Max Shapiro. BIOGRAPHY Jerry Buss holds a doctorate degree in chemistry, and for years ran a real estate investment group together with his long-time partner and fellow poker player Frank Mariani. In 1979 he moved into the national spotlight when he bought the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team. He' been an avid poker player since his teens, and has been playing seriously for about 22 years now. Though he' had four small wins at Oceanside, this is his first major tournament victory. Buss divides his poker time about 50-50 between tournaments, playing about 10 a year, and side games, generally $400-$800 limit hold'em. He also likes 7-stud, and boasts a third-place finish in $2,500 stud in 1991 at the World Series. He describes himself as a conservative player and said he was in good shape throughout tonight' tournament. Asked who' the best poker player, him or Mariani, he replied emphatically: 'Frank, without a doubt.'