The $340 No Limit Hold’em Deep
Stack event resumed its second day with 20 players returning for the final
table. It didn’t take long for action to grow intense.
The first knock out came when Jeff Charlton from Lake Worth,
Fla., moved all in after John Bates made the initial raise. Bates wasted no
time calling and tabling pocket 10’s, which was in front of Charlton’s A-9. The
flop was all that was needed when a 10 appeared in the window and Jeff Charlton
was sent packing in 9th place, earning $1,805.
Even though we didn’t get the breakdown of the hand, our 8th
place finisher was John Bates.
Action would later move to Eddie Rayl,
who made a raise from the button. Our last lady standing, Faith Klumczak, moved all-in with her pocket 10’s. Rayl made the crying call with Q-J and we were off to the
races. This race, however, would end on a flop of 8-Q-4. The turn and river
were also 4’s and the queens full were enough to send Klumczak
home finishing 7th. For her efforts, Faith earned $3,810.
Eddie Rayl wasn’t done dispatching
players. He made a small blind raise to 200k with A-Q and saw Rogelio Salinas
move in for another 120k. Rayl called and saw the bad
news. Rogelio held A-K and was in a dominant lead. But, like before, the Q on
the flop thrust Rayl into the lead and he would not
give up his high ground. Rogelio Salinas finished the day in 6th place,
earning $4,812.
As if it weren’t repetitive enough, Michael Burrow would get
tangled up with Eddie Rayl just a few hands later.
Burrow was all-in with A-10 versus the Q-J of Rayl.
The flop was K-2-3 and the ace high was still ahead. The turn was a queen and
the river was a 4. The Q-J of Rayl ended the day for
Michael Burrow, who finished in 5th place, earning $7,081.
The end was drawing near for William Payne. He finally made
his stand with A-3 of hearts against the pocket 5’s of Timothy Morgan. The flop
gave hope to Payne when the 6h-Kh-9s dropped, giving him a flush draw. The turn
was the 2c and the river was a red K, but it was a heart! The 5’s of Morgan
held, which meant that William Payne was out in 4th place, earning
$8,302.
After a tug of war between the three remaining players,
David Cox would push his stack in holding pocket 4’s. Eddie Rayl
would call him down, holding K-8 of spades. The king on the flop meant that Cox
would need one of the last two fours to catch up. The much needed help didn’t
arrive and David Cox was done for the day in 3rd place, earning
$10,743.
It only took 3 hands for the heads-up to finish. Eddie Rayl made a raise to 70k that was met by a re-raise of Tim
Morgan. Rayl would call and they would see a flop of
9-2-J. Both players would check and the turn was an 8. This time both players
would get all their chips in the middle with Tim being the all-in player. He
surprised Rayl with pocket A’s, but soon learned the
bad news that Rayl had turned a straight with Q-10.
The river was a useless 4 and Tim Morgan was done in 2nd place,
earning $18,313. Our champion in this event is Eddie Rayl
who took down the trophy, the main event seat, and $32,956!
