Poker Tournament Results

Legends of Poker - WPT Season 4

Place	Name	Prize
1	Russ Floyd (Houston, TX, USA)	$70,125
2	Lance Allred (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$35,530
3	Joey Clapper (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$17,765
4	Mats Gavatin (Lidingo, Sweden)	$12,155
5	Cornel Andrew Cimpan AKA "Evil Hurricane Andrew" (Friendswood, TX, USA)	$8,415
6	David Baker AKA "DB" (Katy, TX, USA)	$6,545
7	Thomas Chung (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$4,645
8	Philippe Assous (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$3,740
9	Robert Wein (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$2,805
10	Ernie Scherer III (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$2,340
11	Natalie Puga (San Pedro, CA, USA)	$2,340
12	Jacky Lee (Santa Ana, CA, USA)	$2,340
13	David Daneshgar (Westlake Village, CA, USA)	$1,870
14	Mohammadreza Golestani (Marina Del Rey, CA, USA)	$1,870
15	Anthony Reategui (Chandler, AZ, USA)	$1,870
16	Mayen Grigorian (Northridge, CA, USA)	$1,400
17	Alex Shin (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,400
18	Captain Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA)	$1,400
19	Hing Wong (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$935
20	Robert Goldfarb (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$935
21	Quynh Nguyen (San Diego, CA, USA)	$935
22	Partho Data AKA "Spiderman" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$935
23	Harvey Hunnicutt (Irvine, CA, USA)	$935
24	Scott Yeates (Cosa Mesa, CA, USA)	$935
25	John Hoang (Elk Grove, CA, USA)	$935
26	Jamal Haque (Herndon, VA, USA)	$935
27	Gary McAllister (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$935

Tournament Report

Russ Floyd Nails Event #20 The lead in this $500 no-limit event changed hands six times at the final table. But it was Russ Floyd, a dealer turned pro, who had the most chips when it ended in a six-way deal. Floyd, who also runs an online sports book, didn't catch too many cards until he crippled Thomas Chung with A-Q to stack up more than 100,000 chips and run off with the title. His prior wins include victories at the Reno-Hilton's World Poker Challenge two years running. Floyd is from Houston and, amazingly, two Houston-area friends of his, fellow pros Cornel Cimpan and David Baker, were also among the six finalists. The final table started with $600-$1,200 blinds and $200 antes, 15:55 left. Bob Wein, making his second final table, was the leader with 66,900 chips, but they lasted the real estate broker only 14 hands. On hand eight, Thomas Chung opened for $3,500, Wein raised to $7,000, and Joey Clapper called. 'Fireworks,' Cimpan joked in a bored voice. He spoke too soon. On a flop of 10-6-3, Wein moved in and Clapper called for more than $30,000. Clapper's queens beat Wein's jacks, as he took the lead with about $70,000. Ernie Scherer won two Legends events last year and one this year, but he didn't come very close tonight. With blinds at $800-$1,600, he moved in from the small blind for about $20,000 with Ks-6s. Lance Allred picked him off with A-Q, and Scherer was first out. Wein quickly followed. He pushed in for about $30,000 with J-J. Chung called. He had Wein covered and buried with A-A. Wein cashed out ninth while Chung moved in front with a bit over $80,000. Mats Gavatin, the young Swedish student/poker player making his second straight final table, got lucky a few hands later. He tried an all-in steal with 10h-6h, got called by Philippe Assous with As-Qs, and sucked out when a 6 flopped. Just before the break, Chung took a hit when Gavatin moved in for $13,800 with A-J and flopped a jack to outrun Chung's pocket 6s. Clapper now had the lead again with about $75,000 to Chung's $63,000. Blinds now were $1,000-$2,000 with $300 antes. On the first deal, Philippe Assous busted. After Chung opened for $6,000, he moved in for $5,600 more with A-10. Lance Allred, who was making his third final table out of four attempts, called with Qc-7c and easily won when he flopped trip queens. On hand 37, Cimpan raised to $8,000 and Allred called. The flop came 9-7-7. Cimpan bet $20,000 and Allred moved in. After several minutes of hesitation, the clock was called on Cimpan. He folded and showed pocket queens. 'If it was a bluff, it was a good one,' he said. 'I was afraid you might have slowplayed kings or aces.' Allred didn't say, but now he was the chip leader. On hand 49, Chung moved in for $40,000 with K-Q. Floyd called with A-Q, and flopped an ace. And now Floyd took the final lead, while Chung was down to $2,500. Chung tripled up on the next hand with 8-8, but on the following one moved in again with A-10. Gavitin called from the big blind with Qs-6s and snagged a queen on the river to leave Chung in seventh place. Blinds became $1,500-$3,000 with $300 antes. The chip count was: Floyd, 101.5k; Allred, 94k; Clapper, 72k; Gavitan, 48k; Cimpan, 41k; and David Baker, 19.5k. A deal was cut, and the three amigos from Texas were among those headed to the cash-out window with Floyd at the head. -Max Shapiro BIOGRAPHY In 2001, Russ Floyd came to Reno to deal in the Reno-Hilton's first World Poker Challenge. Instead, he won a $30 satellite the night before, played in the first event, won it, cashed in for $48,000, and his dealing days were over. He came back the next year and this time won a no-limit event. He now spends all his time playing cash games online and tournaments in land casinos. His only games are pot-limit Omaha and no-limit hold'em. Just the day before, Floyd lost a $26,000 pot to Gus Hansen online in pot-limit Omaha. Floyd check-raised with bottom full, and Hansen hit a nine-outer on the river. But he still won $16,000 in the game. A year ago, Floyd started Betitup.com, an online sports book out of Costa Rica, which pretty much runs itself. Floyd said he was surprised when Thomas Chung had only K-Q to his A-Q in the key pot that gave him the final lead. 'Before that I never caught a hand.'