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Goldstrike World Poker Open / WPT Season 4

Event #4 - WPO No Limit Hold'em

January 13, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Gold Strike Casino Resort
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Buy-In	$1,000 + $60
Prize Pool	$465,600
Entries	480
Report Available

Jeremy Phipps

Place	Name	Prize
1	Jeremy Phipps (Dayton, OH, USA)	$146,621
2	An "The Boss" Tran (Westminster, CA, USA)	$81,972
3	Noah Nodine (Norman, OK, USA)	$43,263
4	Scooter Crutcher (Birmingham, AL, USA)	$25,047
5	David Tran (El Monte, CA, USA)	$18,216
6	Rukhsana Guevarra (Winnipeg, MB, Canada)	$12,751
7	Brian Taylor (Macon, GA, USA)	$9,108
8	Angela Mijalis (Shreveport, LA, USA)	$7,286
9	Timothy Back Jr (Miamisburg, OH, USA)	$6,376
10	Blake Bohn (Eden Prairie, MN, USA)	$5,465
11	Canh Phan (Richardson, TX, USA)	$4,554
12	Will O´Brien AKA "Mr. Lucky" (Philadelphia, PA, USA)	$4,554
13	Tony Hartmann (Richfield, MN, USA)	$4,554
14	Jose Torres (Cooper City, FL, USA)	$4,554
15	Samuel Whitt (Lima, OH, USA)	$4,554
16	Larry Greenway (Dahlonega, GA, USA)	$3,643
17	Randy Holland (Winnetka, CA, USA)	$3,643
18	Alan Denaree (Scarsdale, NY, USA)	$3,643
19	John Selix (Pewaukee, WI, USA)	$3,643
20	Brendan Watson (Novi, MI, USA)	$3,643
21	Davood Mehrmand (Frankfurt, Germany)	$2,732
22	Phillip Wade (Conyers, GA, USA)	$2,732
23	Darrell Dicken AKA "Gigabet" (Waterloo, IA, USA)	$2,732
24	Michael Parisi (Wood Dale, IL, USA)	$2,732
25	Issa W Tadros AKA "Greg Raymer" (Oak Lawn, IL, USA)	$2,732
26	Curtis Smith (Ringgold, GA, USA)	$2,732
27	Eston Brown (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$2,732
28	James Ray AKA "jay ray" (Daphne, AL, USA)	$2,732
29	Zack Butler (Poplar Grove, IL, USA)	$2,732
30	Ondre Sekanina (Bluffton, SC, USA)	$2,732
31	Sam Alshurieki (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$2,277
32	Raul Paez (Barcelona, Spain)	$2,277
33	Charlie Dawson (Owensboro, KY, USA)	$2,277
34	Donald Emery AKA "The Dogfather" (Myrtle Beach, SC, USA)	$2,277
35	Anatole Parthes (Paris, France)	$2,277
36	Roger Solheim (FrankFort, KY, USA)	$2,277
37	Thomas Vita (Chalmatte, LA, USA)	$2,277
38	David Russell (Tampa, FL, USA)	$2,277
39	Royce Davis (Mabank, TX, USA)	$2,277
40	Carl Corley (Sharpsburg, GA, USA)	$2,277
41	Hilbert Shirey AKA "HILLSTREET" (Winter Haven, FL, USA)	$1,822
42	James Mijalis (Shreveport, LA, USA)	$1,822
43	Johnny Landreth (Lanett, AL, USA)	$1,822
44	Daniel Delnoce (Tocca, GA, USA)	$1,822
45	Chris Ball (Dallas, TX, USA)	$1,822
46	Junior Rackley (Von Ormy, TX, USA)	$1,822
47	Charlie Oliver AKA "Smoke" (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)	$1,822
48	Dallas Wottlin (Sunnyvale, TX, USA)	$1,822
49	Matt Pryor (Irving, TX, USA)	$1,822
50	Michael Schneider (Covington, GA, USA)	$1,822

Tournament Report

Jeremy Phipps and the Mississippi Slick
Most poker players know that the 'Big Slick' is the ace king. But here on Old Man River, the deuce three is known as the 'Mississippi Slick.' So it was a fitting end when Jeremy Phipps brought home the bracelet here at the Gold Strike's WPO Event #4 with the hometown favorite.
Our first final table victim was Timothy Back, Jr. when his KQ was dominated by chip leader, Scooter Crutcher's, 'Big Slick.' Timothy Back, JR finishes in 9th place. James Mijalis moneyed in this event, finishing in 42nd place. His wife Angela, went on to the final table. But Angela had few cards and opportunities this day, and finished in 8th place.
Brian Taylor felt pretty good when his pocket aces faced Rukhsana Guevarra's JT – that is until Guevarra caught two pairs, leaving Taylor short stacked. Brian Taylor moved the rest of his chips in with AJ. But Jeremy Phipps took down the pot with AQ, and Brian Taylor finished in 7th place.
Rukhsana Guevarra finished in 6th place when her A7 met Scooter Crutcher's pocket tens - and ultimately his set of tens. Jeremy Phipps had better luck with his A7. David Tran moved all-in on the flop with an open ended straight draw which never materialized and Phipps' paired seven won out. David Tran goes out in 5th place
Poker players will tell you that pocket jacks are a dangerous hand; too good to laydown, but often not good enough to prevail. And it was the dreaded jacks that put out Scooter Crutcher in 4th place. All the money went in on a flop with a queen and unfortunately for Crutcher, Jeremy Phipps had one.
Noah Nodine was running out of ammo and pushed all-in, getting called by both An Tran and Jeremy Phipps. The hand was checked down to the river, with Jeremy Phipps taking it with top pair. Noah Nodine finished in 3rd place.
Jeremy Phipps and An Tran chatted for awhile, but there was no hand shake. Even with An Tran's stellar tournament track record, Jeremy Phipps wanted to battle this one out to the end. And it was a battle won with the acclaimed 'Mississippi Slick.' On a board of 2267Q, Phipps' all-in bet was called by Tran. Tran showed the A7 for two pair. But Phipps' 23 had made trip deuces. An Tran finished in 2nd place. Along with the 1st place prize pool, Jeremy Phipps takes home a WPO bracelet and a $10,000 entry into the WPT/WPO Main Event.