Poker Tournament Results

Legends of Poker / WPT Event Season 7

Place	Name	Prize
1	Ablahad Salim AKA "Fast Eddie AS" (La Mesa, CA, USA)	$97,620
2	Tu Huynh (Tulsa, OK, USA)	$48,545
3	Craig Brennan (San Clemente, CA, USA)	$23,745
4	Richard Talerico (Brookshire, TX, USA)	$15,830
5	Bryan Asch (Port Orange, FL, USA)	$11,875
6	Thomas Emerson (Sacramento, CA, USA)	$9,235
7	Tuyen Luong (Hacienda Heights, CA, USA)	$6,595
8	Anthony Marquez (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$5,275
9	Joe Deniro (Studio City, CA, USA)	$3,960
10	Paul Chauderson (Rosemead, CA, USA)	$3,300
11	Steve Lewis AKA "arzCARDZfan" (Dupo, IL, USA)	$3,300
12	Mikhail Kemel (USA)	$3,300
13	Miles Kang (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,645
14	Michelle Law (San Marino, CA, USA)	$2,645
15	Isaac Crow (Downey, CA, USA)	$2,645
16	James Mordue (Beverly Hills, CA, USA)	$2,240
17	Donald Sjulstad (Phoenix, AZ, USA)	$2,240
18	Matthew Stout AKA "All In At 420" (Galloway, NJ, USA)	$2,240
19	Brandon Crawford (Malibu, CA, USA)	$1,845
20	Steve Crockett (Costa Mesa, CA, USA)	$1,845
21	John Hoang (Elk Grove, CA, USA)	$1,845
22	Hai Le (Huntington Beach, CA, USA)	$1,845
23	Yuri Thomas	$1,845
24	Eric Ostergard (Hollywood, CA, USA)	$1,845
25	Scott Diamond AKA "The Deputy" (Fontana, CA, USA)	$1,845
26	Hana Kim (USA)	$1,845
27	Hildeberto Ortiz	$1,845
28	Dao Kim Bac (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$1,845

Tournament Report

Ablahad Salim Plays All The Way, Wins All The Chips The 2008 Legends of Poker continued with Event #21, a $1,070 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament. A field of 272 players played for a share of the $263,840 prize pool. Final table play began with 36:52 left at level 15 with blinds at 3,000 and 6,000 with a 1,000 ante. Richard Talerico arrived to the final table as the chip leader with 320,000 of 1,632,000 chips in play. Paul Chanderson was short stacked when he pushed all-in on hand #11 with Ac-Jc. He was called by Louie Huynh's A-K. The flop of Kc-4c-4 gave Huynh top pair but gave Chanderson a flush draw. The turn queen and river 6 were no help and Chanderson was our first player eliminated in 10th place for $3,300. A few hands later Ablahad Salim raised before the flop to 35K. Joe DeNiro called for his last 9.5K with 7-6. Salim held pocket 10's and after the board came K-7-2-5-4 DeNiro was out in 9th place earning $3,960. Hand #19 saw Anthony Marquez push all-in for 42K with Q-J. Thomas Emerson called from the button with A-Q. The board of 6-6-5-6-2 did not improve either hand. Emerson's Ace high was good enough to send Marquez out in 8th place for $5,275. The very next hand Richard Talerico raised to 30K under the gun. Phillip Luong pushed all-in from the big blind for an additional 25K. After some thought Talerico called with A-8. Talerico was ahead against Luong who held K-J. After the board came A-9-7-K-5, Talerico's pair of Aces bested Luong's pair of Kings. Luong finished in 7th place for $6,595. It would be 20 hands until our next elimination. Thomas Emerson went all-in with A-7 and was called by Ablahad Salim on the button who held pocket Kings. There was no Ace on the board of J-8-Q-3-Q as Salim's two-pair was enough to send Emerson out in 6th place for $9,235. On hand #52 Ablahad Salim raised to 50K under the gun. Bryan Asch pushed all-in with pocket 10's and Salim called with A-Q. The flop of 6-6-3 was no help for Salim. A Jack came on the turn and Asch was a card away from doubling up. However a Queen on the river gave Salim the pot and eliminated Asch in 5th place for $11,875. Play was 4-handed for some time until hand #88 when Richard Talerico was all-in with Ad-Q against Salim's pocket 8's. The flop of 9d-2d-5d gave Talerico plenty of outs. The turn came a King and Talerico still needed an Ace, Queen, or diamond however the river came a black 7 and Talerico was knocked ou in 4th place for $15,830. Craig Brennan was all-in with A-7 and Salim called with pocket 6's. Things just kept going Salim's way as the board came J-J-4-4-8 and Brennan became our 3rd place finisher earning $23,745. Heads up play began with Salim holding about a 3 to 1 chip lead over Louie Huynh. Huynh was able to double through Salim when his Ah-Jh bested Salim's K-J. Salim kept chipping away and on the last hand Salim called from the button. Huynh then raised to 50K and Salim went all-in. Huynh called with K-9 and was up against Salim's J-8. The flop came A-10-4 no help to either player with Huynh still in the lead. The turn came another Ace with Huynh one card away from doubling through. The river came a Jack and Salim pairs his Jack and knocks out Huynh in 2nd place for $48,545. It was just Ablahad Salim's night as he had all the chips in play and wins event #21. O.J. Alcaraz BIOGRAPHY Ablahad Salim is from the San Diego, CA area. He plays in tournaments all over Southern California and in Las Vegas. Salim has numerous 1st place finishes including a run where he won 4 tournaments he played in a row. He placed 3rd in event #1 in this year's Legends of Poker. When Salim is not playing in tournaments you can see him at the 5-10 blind No-Limit Hold'em or 40/80 Limit Hold'em cash games. With this win he definitely plans on playing the main event at this year's Legends of Poker.