Poker Tournament Results

Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 6

Ryan Young

Tournament Report

Ryan Long Wins! 175 players bought in to try and take top honors in the $1,585 No Limit Hold'em event. Men 'The Master' Nguyen went out near the bubble and couldn't get to day two. Nam Le and James Van Alstyne both got to day 2, but failed to make the final table. Two of our final table players were on a mission to place better than their previous final table appearances. In the end we would see an exciting final table. The bubble was busted at the end of day 2 at a little after 1a.m. and the remaining 18 players bagged up their chips and would return, in the money, the next day. Once we got to the final table the sparks flew. Adam Geyer made the all-in move one too many times and ran up against the Ac Qh of Ryan Young. Adam had the A-7 and the flop was hopeful when the Jh 7h 5c hit. The turn was the 3h and Adam needed to fade the J or any heart. The river was the 10h and that did it for Adam Geyer who finished 10th earning $3,670. The pre-flop action folded around to Kevin Song who made a raise to 4,500 and John Huang immediately moved all-in for an additional 39k. Kevin took no time before making the call with a K-9 versus the 9d 5d of John. The flop was 7-K-3 rainbow and no diamonds for John. He would need running 5's or some straight cards to make it out of the hand alive. The J on the turn and the river 7 did nothing to help. John Huang finished 9th earning $4,280. Ben Fineman just went from second to an overwhelming first in chips. Pre-flop Thanh Luong popped the pot up to 7k and Ben flat called. The flop came 7-J-9 and Thanh fired out 10k. Ben moved all-in and Thanh quickly called with a straight draw of 5-6. Ben had the straight made with the 8-10 and Thanh needed some serious help. The turn was a K and that did it for Thanh Luong's day. Thanh Luong finished 8th earning $4,890. Kevin Song made a raise UTG to 7k and the action folds around to Nicolas Mlouk who puts in his stack totaling 30k. Kevin thinks for a minute before making the call with k-10 against Nicolas' A-K. The flop was Q-10-2. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 4 and Nicolas Mlouk finished in 7th earning $6,115. 2 hands later, Ben Fineman raised the unopened pot to 7k and Alan Myerson decided it was his time to make his move. He put in his 30k stack and Ben insta-called showing pocket K's versus the pocket 7's of Alan. The flop of A-K-A is enough to send Alan Myerson home in 6th earning $8,560. On a previous hand, Ryan Young used the dreaded no-no word and was given a 5 handed penalty. With his BB in play, Paul Zibits was UTG and moved all-in for 28k. Jordan Lee looked down at an A-4 and announced his call. The K-J of Zibits was a slight underdog until the flop of A-5-6 and it became a huge dog. The turn was a 4 and he was drawing dead even though the K came on the river. Paul Zibits finished 5th earning $8,560. Ben Fineman was OTB and made a raise to 30k. Jordan Lee took little time in pushing in his 81k stack wich left Ben needing to put an extra 51k to call. Ben went through his check down and finally made the decision to call. The hands were exposed and Ben held K-J versus the pocket 6's of Jordan. The flop was kind to Jordan when the 4-5-9 came. The turn came back to help Ben when the Q hit. The river was unkind for Jordan when the 10 completed Ben's straight and sent Jordan Lee packing in 4th place earning $14,680. The remaining players decided to chop the prize pool and Ryan Young is our Champion. He takes down the prize money, the ring, and the $10,000 seat to the Main Event. Bio Ryan young is a 23 year old poker player. He's only been playing live games for 3 years, but he's already won a bracelet in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event this past year. He used to play on the internet, but prefers the live games because he says the internet was too crazy. He attended UC Irvine for three years before taking his poker game on the road.