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Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 7

Event #16 - No Limit Hold'em

August 13, 2008 at 3:15 PM
Bicycle Casino
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Buy-In	$1,000 + $70
Prize Pool	$194,970
Entries	201
Report Available

Robert MacDonald

Place	Name	Prize
1	Robert MacDonald (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA)	$72,145
2	Eric Hershler (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$35,875
3	Hugo Cerdeiro (Argentina)	$17,545
4	Edgardo Villareal (Torrance, CA, USA)	$11,700
5	Dao Bac (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$8,775
6	Kwinsee Khoa Tran (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$6,825
7	Thien Nguyen (Garden Gove, CA, USA)	$4,875
8	Alexis Casco (Chino Hills, CA, USA)	$3,900
9	Dong Xu (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$2,925
10	Barry Woods AKA "BDub1" (West Hills, CA, USA)	$2,435
11	Adam Weinraub (Orange, CA, USA)	$2,435
12	Ben Nguyen (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$2,435
13	Reza Payvar (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,950
14	Anselmo Villareal (Greenfield, WI, USA)	$1,950
15	Harry Kazazian (Irwindale, CA, USA)	$1,950
16	Greg Gayheart	$1,655
17	Jorge Pineda AKA "Cipote" (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$1,655
18	Arman Tyfekchyan (Burbank, CA, USA)	$1,655
19	Travis Green (Irvine, CA, USA)	$1,365
20	Marc Lome (St. Louis Park, MN, USA)	$1,365
21	Larry Wright	$1,365
22	Jordan Lee (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$1,365
23	Michael Jones AKA "ice breaker" (Simi valley, CA, USA)	$1,365
24	Jeff Konvitz (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$1,365
25	Charles Williams (Fresno, CA, USA)	$1,365
26	David Phan (Cerritos, CA, USA)	$1,365
27	Farhad Saadat (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,365

Tournament Report

Robert MacDonald Was 'In The Zone' On His Way to First Tournament Win

The 2008 Legends of Poker continued with Event #16, a $1,070 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. A field of 201 played for a share of the $194,970 prize pool. Action began at Level 15 with 3,000 and 6,000 blinds with a 1,000 ante. Robert MacDonald arrived as the chip leader with 377,500 of the 1,206,000 chips in play.

Our first elimination occurred on hand #11 when Thien Nguyen raised to 35K. Barry Woods went all-in for 38K total with Nguyen calling with Ah-Kx. Barry was behind with his A-J. The flop of 8h-9h-3h reduced Barry's outs from three to two outs. The turn was a black Jack giving Barry the lead for the moment. The 5h on the river gave Nguyen an Ace high flush sending Barry Woods out in 10th place for $2,435.

A few hands later Dong Xu pushed all in with Ad-Kd and was called by Alex Casco who held pocket eights. When the board came 9-5-3-2-10 Casco's pair of eights knocked Xu out in 9th place for $2,925.

Hand #30 saw Alex Casco go all-in for his last 33K with A-6 and was called by Eddie Villareal who had big slick A-K. After the board of A-Q-5-5-7 was dealt, Villareal's Aces up with King kicker sent Casco out in 8th place for $3,900.

Six hands later Thien Nguyen raised to 50K. Hugo Cerdeiro went all-in with a suited Ace-King of diamonds and Nguyen called for his last chips with pocket Jacks. The flop of K-7-3 gave Cerdeiro a pair of Kings and the lead. The turn 5 and river 4 were no help for Nguyen who finished in 7th place good for $4,875.

On hand #41 Kwinsee Tran was all-in with his short stack holding pocket fives. Dao Bac did not have to call much more from the big-blind with 10-2. The flop of 7-J-Q kept Tran in the lead. However the turn 10 and river deuce gave Bac a running two-pairs and sent Tran out in 6th place for $6,825.

After a few rounds Dao Bac found himself as the short stack at the table. He went all-in on hand #65 with K-Q. Robert MacDonald called with A-9. The board of J-7-6-2-4 did not improve either person's hands leaving MacDonald's Ace high good enough to send Bac out in 5th place for $8,775.

It was now just past 7am and the four remaining players discussed a chip count deal. The floor staff ran the numbers and the players were satisfied with the result. Robert MacDonald, who came to the final table as the chipleader, was in the lead when the deal was agreed to and was declared winner of event #16.

-- O.J. Alcaraz

BIOGRAPHY

Robert MacDonald is a businessman involved in the warehouse and distribution industries. He has been playing poker for 4 years. You can see Robert at the 10-20 blind no-limit hold'em cash games. He just started playing tournaments with this win being his first in five tries. He said he was 'in the zone' when the tournament was down to 3 tables where he was the chipleader and stayed in that position all the way to the end. He contributes this win to a patient strategy focusing on position.