Poker Tournament Results

Big Poker Oktober

Place	Name	Prize
1	Elvis Huynh (Alhambra, CA, USA)	$34,154
2	Danny Morgan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$16,990
3	Ngon Trung Tran (Anaheim, CA, USA)	$8,310
4	William Laske (Irvine, CA, USA)	$5,540
5	David Taylor (Downey, CA, USA)	$4,155
6	Jimmy Lim (Glendale, CA, USA)	$3,230
7	Kasey Nam (Arcadia, CA, USA)	$2,310
8	Kris Nguyen (Garden Grove, CA, USA)	$1,845
9	Makram Merhom (Glendale, CA, USA)	$1,385
10	Kirk Drickman (Westlake Village, CA, USA)	$1,155
11	Julian Chung (USA)	$1,155
12	Mickey "Mouse" Mills (Downey, CA, USA)	$1,155
13	Lee Kennedy (Woodland Hills, CA, USA)	$925
14	Ashley Ivy	$925
15	Mher Hakverdian AKA "Mike" (Pasadena, CA, USA)	$925
16	Calvin Ma (San Pedro, CA, USA)	$790
17	Bryan Smiley	$790
18	Fausto Hernandez (Burbank, CA, USA)	$790
19	Kevin Blakey AKA "The Snake" (La Crescenta, CA, USA)	$645
20	James Henesy AKA "DanaPointKid" (Northridge, CA, USA)	$645
21	James Park (San Jose, CA, USA)	$645
22	Gary Childress (Whittier, CA, USA)	$645
23	Gideon Orion	$645
24	Adam Kipnis (Northridge, CA, USA)	$645
25	Gabe Davide	$645
26	Jorge Pineda AKA "Cipote" (Chatsworth, CA, USA)	$645
27	Russ Gallo (Valencia, CA, USA)	$645
28	Jason Bradbury (Ventura, CA, USA)	$645

Tournament Report

Elvis Rocks No Limit Final Table With two events running on Saturday, the No Limit Multi-Rebuy event drew a substantial field of 320 players who paid for 632 rebuys/add-ons. The prize pool was $92,344 and the final 3 tables were in the money. First prize was $34,164 while the 3rd table each received $645. The final table was set at 5:45am with 10 players and 5 minutes remaining in the level of 4000 antes and 10K/20 blinds. The players played through the 5 minutes without an elimination and took a 10 minute break. Upon returning from the break, they briefly discussed a chip count but could not reach a unanimous agreement. Play started in level 20 and in three hands, Kirk Drickman was all-in with an A-K against Elvis Huynh's pocket Jacks. The board ran 8-6-6-Q-9 and the race ended with Elvis's Jacks in front. Kirk Drickman finished in 10th place and took home $1,155. On hand #9 Ngon Tran was all-in and called by two short stacked players who he had covered. Kris Nguyen showed Kd-10d and Makram Merhom held 9s-7s. Ngon had the best hand so far with A-10. The board missed everyone with a 5-3-2-2-6 and Ngon dragged a sizable pot and knocked out two opponents. Kasey Nam folded A-Q preflop to the 2 other all-in players before Makram made the all-in call from the big blind. Kasey would have knocked out 3 players if he were in the pot and ended up with an F-bomb penalty for the next seven hands. Makram Merhom finished in 9th for $1,385 and Kris Nguyen was eliminated in 8th place for $1,845. Play continued seven handed until 7am when Danny Morgan was all-in with a Q-9 against Kasey Nam who held a dominating K-Q. The flop was J-8-6 extending Kasey's lead but the turn 5 and river 7 made Danny an unlikely 9-high straight to send Kasey to the rail in 7th place for $2,310. The 7am hour convinced the final six players to evaluate a chip count and it was quickly accepted without any additional negotiations. Elvis Huynh was the chip leader by a small margin over Danny Morgan and was declared the winner. -- Jay "Bugsy" Siegel BIOGRAPHY Elvis Huynh resides in Alhambra, CA and has been playing poker for over 20 years. Starting as a limit player, he plays mostly $500 buy-in No Limit Hold'em cash games. He plays tournaments occasionally and has won a couple tournaments over the last few years. Elvis bought zero rebuys but did a double add-on and continually built up his chips through the entire tournament. He never played short stack poker and continued to build his stack at the final table.