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Winnin 'O' the Green

Event #3 - No Limit Hold'em Rebuy Unlimited

March 1, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Bicycle Casino
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Buy-In	$300 + $35
Prize Pool	$140,845
Entries	230 + 285 rebuys
Report Available

Behzad Tehrani

Place	Name	Prize
1	Behzad Tehrani AKA "madar jendeh" (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$51,730
2	Ben Tang (Northridge, CA, USA)	$25,735
3	Sang Pham (Fountain Valley, CA, USA)	$12,590
4	Vachagan Zarkanan (North Hollywood, CA, USA)	$8,390
5	Ba Tsau (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$6,295
6	Peter De Best (Yorba Linda, CA, USA)	$4,895
7	Albertin Hernandez (Downey, CA, USA)	$3,495
8	Tuyen Luong (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$2,795
9	Bart Hanson AKA "deduce bag" (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$2,100
10	David Kim (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,750
11	Alan Myerson (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)	$1,750
12	Edward Hansen (Tustin, CA, USA)	$1,750
13	Johnny Johnson (Burbank, CA, USA)	$1,400
14	David Markowitz (Oak Park, CA, USA)	$1,400
15	George Gledson (Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA)	$1,400
16	Nejdek Yeroohian (Calabasis, CA, USA)	$1,190
17	Jeff Abell (Studio City, CA, USA)	$1,190
18	Sairon Pak (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,190
19	Mark Weinstock (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$980
20	Jorge Pineda AKA "Cipote" (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$980
21	Lionel Johnson (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$980
22	Stephen Applebaum (N. Hollywood, CA, USA)	$980
23	Davis Aalvik AKA "psycho ward" (Long Beach, CA, USA)	$980
24	Paul Chauderson (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$980
25	Edward Yoo (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$980
26	Manuel Sakaoghli (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$980
27	Randy Holland (Winnetka, CA, USA)	$980
28	Unknown	$980

Tournament Report

Jeweler B. Tehrani Wins Gold in $150,000 Guaranteed Event

The 2008 Winnin' o' the Green continued with Event #3, a $335 buy-in No Limit Hold'em event with multi-Rebuys. A field of 230 players created a prize pool of $139,865 after a total of 285 rebuys. It was shortly before 3am when the final table was set.
Two players shared the chip lead with 125,000 each and two players shared the shortest stack count of 20,500. The action should be initially fast with blinds at Level 15 with antes of 1,000 and blinds of 3,000/6,000.
The first hand had an all-in confrontation when Ba Tran raised to 21,000 from the cutoff and short stacked David 'Super' Kim called for his 19,500. Ba showed A-Q and David showed K-9. The board was A-8-2-x-x and Ba's top pair took down the pot. David Kim finished in 10th place for $1,750.
On the second hand, Bart Hanson, the other starting short stack, pushed in for 18,000 under the gun. Pete de Best went all-in for 83,000 in an effort to isolate Bart. The isolation play was executed and Bart showed Qd-10d while Pete showed A-Ko. The flop was no help to either player but did extend Pete's lead with 9-6-4. A turn Jack gave Bart some more outs with and open-ended straight draw. But the river 7 gave the pot to Pete with Ace high. Bart, a 2007 WSOP final table player, finishes in 9th place for $2,100.
With the short stacks eliminated, play slowed until hand #12 when Benjamin Tang pushed all in for 60,000 and was called by Phillip Luong who was covered. Benjamin was sure he was behind and that was confirmed when Phillip showed A-J and Benjamin showed his K-Qo. The flop was Q-7-2 and Benjamin captured the lead. The turn 5 and river 10 gave Benjamin the pot. Phillip Luong finished in 8th place for $2,795.
On hand #17, Albertin Hernandez got it all-in against Pete de Best. Albertin showed Ah-7h and Pete held pocket 10s. The board failed to improve Albertin's hand and he was eliminated in 7th place and earned $3,495. Pete had just lost a lot of his chips with pocket 10s a few hand earlier when he ran into Benjamin Tang's A-A. This proves the theory that pocket 10s win 50% of the time.
On hand #33, Pete de Best got it all-in with Vachagan Zakarian. Pete held Q-J and Vachagan had A-9. The flop was 9-9-7 and Vachagan took a huge lead. The turn Ace and river King eliminated Pete de Best in 6th place for $4,895. Pete just finished 15th in the LAPC main event and is eager to get to another final table soon. Just four hands later, B. Tehrani had Ba Tran all-in preflop. Ba had K-Jo and Tehrani showed 3h-4h. A flop of 8-6-4 gave Tehrani the lead with bottom pair. The turn 8 and river 8 filled up Tehrani and sent Ba Tran to the rail in 5th place $6,295.
After some typical non-confrontational hands for about 20 minutes, the button Benjamin Tang had Vachagan Zakarian all-in from the small blind. Vachagan had the lead with K-10 against Benjamin's Q-J. The board was 9-7-3-J-5 and Benjamin's pair of Jacks was the high hand. Vachagan Zakarian finished in 4th place and pocketed $8,390.
Just three hands later the next elimination was between Sang Pham and B. Tehrani. Sang had a dominating A-K to Tehrani's A-10. The flop was A-Q-8 and the turn 10 reversed the advantage to Tehrani. Sang was looking for a Jack or a King but the river 7 ended the tournament for him. Sang Pham finished in 3rd place and took home $12,590.
Heads-up play commenced with B. Tehrani having a significant chip lead to Benjamin Tang. The players traded blinds for awhile and Tehrani was slowly chipping away at Tang. After about 22 hands heads-up the big confrontation arrived and after Benjamin's preflop raise was re-raised all-in by Tehrani, Benjamin knew it was time and called. Benjamin's Ad-7d was dominated by Tehrani's As-Js. The board never changed Tehrani's lead (Q-5-4-Q-2) and B. Tehrani wins Event #3 for $51,730 plus a $10K seat in the 2008 Legends of Poker Main event.
Benjamin Tang finished runner up for $25,735. -- Jay 'Bugsy' Siegel
BIOGRAPHY
Jeweler B. Tehrani has been playing poker for only 3 years and was taught the game by his friends. He plays both cash games and tournaments but enjoys tournaments when he gets deep into the field. Tehrani built up chips early in the tournament and never got short stacked.
He weathered a couple of bad beats but had enough chips to continue strong into the final table where he landed with the co-chiplead. Tehrani tried to broker a deal heads-up when he had a significant chip lead. The negotiations broke down and then Tehrani was determined to 'take this down now'. He chipped away at his opponent and finally got all the chips in with a dominating hand that held up.