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Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 6

No Limit Hold'em

August 2, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Bicycle Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$300 + $35
Prize Pool	$265,683
Entries	913
Report Available

Harvey Scholl

Place	Name	Prize
1	Harvey Scholl AKA "The Circle H" (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$74,388
2	Tommy Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$35,915
3	Steve Shkolnik (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$18,600
4	Chris Hughes (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$11,955
5	Jerome Gerstel (Canyon County, CA, USA)	$7,970
6	Alan Daniels (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,315
7	Arin Youssefian AKA "AY" (Glendale, CA, USA)	$4,785
8	Kevin Kung (Irvine, CA, USA)	$4,250
9	Kenna James AKA "Cowboy" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,720
10	Patrick Minoofar (Plaza Del Ray, CA, USA)	$3,185
11	Boris Kreiman (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$2,655
12	Larry Vance (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$2,655
13	Danita Espiritu (Saugus, CA, USA)	$2,655
14	Julie Tu Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$2,655
15	Xian Hua (Alhambra, CA, USA)	$2,655
16	Steve Richeson (Meza, AZ, USA)	$2,125
17	Chris Bourlie (Venice, CA, USA)	$2,125
18	Dan Netzer (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$2,125
19	Scott Preston (Simi Valley, CA, USA)	$2,125
20	Michael Serra (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$2,125
21	Caesar Natividad (Diamond Bar, CA, USA)	$1,595
22	Tai Ta (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$1,595
23	Michael Uy (San Diego, CA, USA)	$1,595
24	Stan Hackett (Valencia, CA, USA)	$1,595
25	Francois Norpetlian (Downey, CA, USA)	$1,595
26	Calvin Ma (San Pedro, CA, USA)	$1,595
27	Ted Gatto AKA "Teddy G" (Glendale, CA, USA)	$1,595
28	Henry Kaptanjian (Pasadena, CA, USA)	$1,595
29	Tal Rubin (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$1,595
30	Rick Stockfield AKA "Fredric" (Smyrna, GA, USA)	$1,595
31	Salvatore Cirnigliaro (New York, NY, USA)	$1,065
32	Richard Charlton (Irvine, CA, USA)	$1,065
33	Peter Greystoke (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$1,065
34	Thanh Nguyen (Costa Mesa, CA, USA)	$1,065
35	Tony Idelbi (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$1,065
36	Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$1,065
37	Jordan Capell (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$1,065
38	Robert Nehorayan (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$1,065
39	Christian Foster (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,065
40	Kevin Gugliotta (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,065
41	Henry Antanesian (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,065
42	David Moskowitz (Oak Park, CA, USA)	$1,065
43	Andy Pham (Westminster, CA, USA)	$1,065
44	Ali Eshragi (Torrance, CA, USA)	$1,065
45	Britton Purvis (Valley, CA, USA)	$1,065
46	Ted Zephro (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,065
47	Joon Lee (Fullerton, CA, USA)	$1,065
48	Jenner Gregorio (Duarte, CA, USA)	$1,065
49	Jorge Pineda AKA "Cipote" (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$1,065
50	Robert Cramer (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$1,065
51	Elie Shamoun (Tarzana, CA, USA)	$795
52	Cheney Herrington (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$795
53	Ivan Youssefian AKA "Ivan The Terrible" (Glendale, CA, USA)	$795
54	Richard Najera (Roland Heights, CA, USA)	$795
55	Rudi Maravilla (South Gate, CA, USA)	$795
56	George Shanhrezay (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$795
57	Abdol Mashayekhi (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$795
58	Vanh Hy Tran (Goodyear, AZ, USA)	$795
59	Tom Prillo (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$795
60	Erick Schultz (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$795
61	Aldo Secaida (Covina, CA, USA)	$795
62	Phi Tran (Stockton, CA, USA)	$795
63	Henry Wailau (El Monte, CA, USA)	$795
64	Joseph Huelskamp (Riverside, CA, USA)	$795
65	Brian Logan (La Mirada, CA, USA)	$795
66	Pierre Asadi (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$795
67	Conrad Monica AKA "Rad" (Hemet, CA, USA)	$795
68	Larry Hieb (Bakersfield, CA, USA)	$795
69	William Nuss (Santa Monica, CA, USA)	$795
70	Sean Picquelle (Costa Mesa, CA, USA)	$795
71	Cheng H Hai AKA "tony" (Temple City, CA, USA)	$795
72	Joseph Nguyen (Corona, CA, USA)	$795
73	Ali Lari (San Diego, CA, USA)	$795
74	Thomas Harrel (San Pedro, CA, USA)	$795
75	Kenny Ha (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$795
76	Eli Strickland (San Dimas, CA, USA)	$795
77	David Little (Windsor, ON, Canada)	$795
78	David Phelps (Lake Balboa, CA, USA)	$795
79	Michael Stefanoff AKA "Corona Chaser" (Corona, CA, USA)	$795
80	Jose Giodani (Claremont, CA, USA)	$795
81	Manuek Ramos (Arleta, CA, USA)	$795
82	Karl Yohe (Van Nuys, CA, USA)	$795
83	Massoud Nikjouian (Woodbridge, VA, USA)	$795
84	David Flaum (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$795
85	Greg Nersesyan (N Hollywood, CA, USA)	$795
86	Ara Ashikyan (N Hollywood, CA, USA)	$795
87	Fred Rhyme (Lakewood, CA, USA)	$795
88	Stephan Ovsepyan AKA "Topo" (Montebello, CA, USA)	$795
89	Alex Kuyumjian (Thousand Oaks, CA, USA)	$795
90	Bob Coates (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$795

Tournament Report

The price tag may have been small ($335) but that didn't stop an impressive field including Barbara Enright, Kenna James, and Men Nguyen, from making their way to the Bicycle Casino for the very first event of the 2007 Legends of Poker.
Speaking of big names, Kenna James had to be the hottest commodity in the field. At one time, Kenna was down to as little as 400 in chips. He roared back with repeated double-up's and picking the right time to make his moves. He was as much an artist as he was a soldier in these trenches.
Men "The Master" Nguyen played steady, calculating poker and amassed his stack over time. He took a few small hits to his stack, but it was usually very small. He seemed to be in great spirits going into the last hour of play on the first day as he began ordering his signature Corona's. He would not fare as well as Kenna.
The bubble was busted on day 2 approximately 1 hour into the game when on a flop of 8s - 2s - 8c Men Nguyen made a smallish bet and got the call from Arash Beral and one other player. On the Turn of Ks, it was checked down. The river brought out a Jc and Men Nguyen made it 4,500 to go. The first opponent folded and Arash Beral pushed in his remaining chips. Men insta-called and showed the flopped full house, 2's full of 8's while Aresh held the nut flush with the As - 10s and became our bubble boy. The remaining 90 players were in the money.
A little over 7 hours after we started the tournament, we made it down to the final 10 players. The first man to exit the final table did so on hand #3. Patrick Minoofar moved all-in with his remaining 32k and got called by Harvey Scholl. Scholl held 8-9 while Patrick had the A-6. The flop was 7-K-6, giving Patrick the pair of 6's and Harvey the straight draw. The turn was a 9 and Scholl had the upper hand. The river was a J and that was it for Patrick Minoofar who finished 10th earning $3,185.
Kenna James had been dwindling down in chips until finally he made a move. Alan Daniels and Jerry Gerstel both called his small all-in and checked the board down to the river. With the board reading K-5-Q-3-6 Jerry made a bet and Alan folded so it was Jerry and Kenna showing their cards. Kenna flopped a set of Q's and Jerry made a lo-ball straight with his 2-4. Kenna James finished 9th earning $3,720.
Kevin Kung got clobbered by Tommy Le when Le's Q-9 flopped a set of 9's and rivered quad's! Kevin Kung finished 8th earning $4,250.
Arin Youssefian had his hands full against Tommy Le when his A-10 was high carded by the A-Q of Le. The board read J-7-4-9-K and that was it for Arin Youssefian who finished 7th earning $4,785.
Alan Daniels has been playing about as good as anyone could up to this point. He had gotten shortstacked and decided to make a move in the cut-off with an A-2 and got the call from Tommy Le who had the Q-J. The flop was promising to both players when it came A-10-9. the turn was the Q and the river ended Alan's day when the J popped out giving Tommy 2 pair. Alan Daniels finished 6th earning $5,315.
Even though Harvey Scholl was holding nearly half the chips in play, he was still able to be beat. Scholl made it 40k to go UTG and Steven shkolnik moved all-in for another 80k on top bringing the total to 120k and Scholl called. Steven had K-Q and Harvey had A-4. The flop was good to Harvey when it dropped A-K-6, but it gave some outs to Steven. The turn was a useless 5, but the river was a Q and Steven doubled up.
On the next hand, jerry Gerstel put his small stack in the middle and got the insta-call from Harvey Scholl who had pocket 10's. Jerry was trying to steal the blinds with his 4-5. The board read 8-9-5-Q-7 and Jerry Gerstel finished 5th earning $7,970.
The remaining 4 players decided on a chop and our champion is Harvey Scholl who earned $74,388.
Biography
Harvey Scholl is a happily married man who claims to be from 'Schollywood'. He has spent part of his life living in Atlanta, before moving out to Hollywood. He has been playing poker for many years and this is his biggest cash to date. Harvey is 35 years old.