EVENT #10 LIMIT HOLD'EM
Sunday March 26, 2000
$200 BUY-IN w/ multi-rebuys
$500/$500 in chips
$60,000 Guarantee
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
By Mike Paulle
The Sport of Kings tournament ended a successful 10 days, tonight, with it's
only multiple winner. With 1,671 entries and $386,600 in total prize pool,
the tournament guarantee of $340,000 was easily surpassed. Congratulations to
tournament director, Robert Thompson, and his hard-working staff.
There were 154 entrants and 193 rebuys in the $200 Buy-In, Limit Hold'em, for
a total prize pool of $69,400. 2 tables were paid, a total of 18 players.
Some of the Notables who played: Tony Ma, Barbara Enright, Rod Peate, Eskimo
Clark, Mario Esquerra, Young Phan, David Pham, Phillip Luong, Dan Alspach,
Pat Fleming, Andre Maloof, Alfredo Moreno, Bev Kruksol, Allen Cunningham, Van
Pham, Freddy Legaspi, Steve Nissman, Jun Sin, David Levi, Hon Le, Amir
Vahedi, Gary Lent, Anthony Tran, Alex Papachatzakis, Frank Rite, George
Marlowe, Sirous B, Binh Ta, Justin Westmoreland, Zena Mogadam, Tom Lockhart,
Steve Naideth, Mike Sales, Danny Morgan, JJ Volpe, General Poy, Henry
Araneta, Moshe Honi, Can Hua, Chris Roulier, Charlie Satoot, Binh Ta, Albert
Umel, Yours Truly and Reyna 'Queen' Velazquez.
With his big blind a few hands away, Albert Umel tried the J 7 of Spades
all-in. Richard Katz had a Q 3 in the big blind. The Queen played, giving
Umel 19th.
To set up the Final Table: Amgad Ibrahim and Richard Katz were all-in. Dan
Heimiller called them both. Ibrahim had the A K of Spades, Katz and Heimiller
had J 10. The flop came with a Q 9. When a King that Amgad didn't need hit
the turn, Ibrahim was 10th.
FINAL TABLE:
13 mins left of 40. The blinds are $1,000/$2,000
| Player | Hometown | Chip Count |
| Seat 1 Richard Katz | N Versailles PA | $6,000 |
| Seat 2 Janet Yo | Los Angeles CA | $21,400 |
| Seat 3 Tekeste Aregaye | Las Vegas NV | $3,000 |
| Seat 4 Clarence Cole | Los Angeles CA | $16,800 |
| Seat 5 Kathy Liebert | Las Vegas NV | $41,400 |
| Seat 6 Kevin Dykstra | Corona CA | $9,600 |
| Seat 7 Maurice Dankha | Anaheim CA | $13,600 |
| Seat 8 Joe Chiracosta | Castaic CA | $9,800 |
| Seat 9 Dan Heimiller | Ann Arbor MI | $53,100 |
Chips were flying as we lost four players in the first 13 minutes. To start
off, Joe Chiracosta didn't want to believe Janet Yo flopped a pair of Queens.
Joe went all-in with an A 9 and second pair from the big blind. Yo had the
hand she represented with K Q.
Unlike Chiracosta, Tekeste Aregaye didn't have any choices. He could only go
all-in with his few chips and an A Q. This was going to be Janet Yo's night,
however, as she couldn't miss a board. With K Q again, Janet had to wait all
the way to the river for the King that sent Aregaye out in 8th.
Everyone wanted Maurice Dankha out. When Maurice went all-in with his last
five chips and a J 9, everyone called. They all rapped to the river when a 5
came. Dan Heimiller, in the small blind, had K 5 and Dankha was history in
7th.
Janet Yo may be the hottest tournament player in the country right now. She
raised under the gun with yet another K Q. Richard Katz called all-in from
his big blind with pocket 3's. No waiting, a King windows right off the top
of the deck. It's such an easy game when you're running good, isn't it?
For some reason, Dan Heimiller seems to have decided to change the way he
plays tournament poker. Formally, one of the tighter players, Dan now is one
of the loosest. With a substantial chip lead that would have easily taken him
into at least third place, Heimiller decided to "gamble." Two hands against
Kevin Dykstra were pivotal. In the first, Dan tried to push Kevin off a
flopped pair of Aces with a pocket pair of 8's. Kevin wasn't happy about the
pounding he was taking, but he called Heimiller down and won a giant pot.
Then, Heimiller raised Dykstra again. This time Dan had the best hand with an
A 10 to Kevin's 10 8. The flop came with a 9 7. Heimiller went all-in.
Dykstra called and caught a Jack on the turn for a straight that gave
Heimiller a surprising 5th.
In the key hand for Kathy Liebert, she had pocket Kings and Janet Yo flopped
the nut straight with 8 7. Kathy reraised Janet and was reraised in return.
When they stopped, Janet Yo had most of Kathy's chips. All-in for 4th with a
K J of Hearts, it was Janet Yo who put Kathy out with a 10 3 of Hearts when a
3 came on the turn.
No one wanted to play $5,000/$10,000, so a deal was struck. Janet Yo entered
the winner's circle for the second time of the Sport of Kings and took down
$22,000 with her $100,500 in chips. Kevin Dykstra got $18,000 for his $60,000
in chips. Clarence Cole hung on for 3rd and $8,580 and his $14,000 in chips.
Official Money Winners
1. Janet Yo $27,760
2. Kevin Dykstra $13,880
3. Clarence Cole $6,940
4. Kathy Liebert $4,510
5. Dan Heimiller $3,470
6. Richard Katz $2,425
7. Maurice Dankha $1,735
8. Tekeste Aregaye $1,385
9. Joe Chiracosta $1,040
10th-18th received $695
Amgad Ibrahim, Lindsay Jones, Tony Grand, Tommy Wong, Treavor Skinner,
Desmond Thomas, Steve Badger, Ernie Sabastian and Reza Payvar
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