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EVENT #15 ACE-TO-FIVE TRIPLE DRAW LOWBALL
Monday, September 9, 2002
$1,500 BUY-IN
$1,500 in chips
BEFORE AND AFTER
It happens so often; it's almost a rule rather than an exception. Oncethe money is spoken for, everything changes.
There were 12 entrants in the $1,500 Buy-In, Ace-to-Five for a total prize pool of $16,920. Three players were paid.
To setup the Final Table, it got wild. "Two flies with one smack," was the way Chris Bjorin described it. Must be a direct translation from the Norwegian. There were supposed to be seven at the Final Table. This space is reserved for the last player out before it forms. Well, the 8th place finishers is now a name lost in history, because Jody the event director told the players to play one more had while he got set up. "That fatal one more hand," Bob Williamson said afterward. Steve Zolotow went all-in and mucked his hand while Williamson went all-in with an 8 and both hit the road when Chris Bjorin showed 7 5. So we were five. To their great relief, however, the two 'flies' got their Final Table Hall of Fame jacket coupons.
THE FINAL TABLE: 34 mins left of 60. The blinds were $50/$100
Player Hometown Chip Count
Seat 1 James Covington Charlotte NC $3,275
Seat 2 O'Neil Longson Salt Lake City UT $5,750
Seat 3 Huck Seed Las Vegas NV $1,275
Seat 4 Chris Bjorin London, UK $5,725
Seat 5 Tony Popejoy Logansport IN $1,975
Former World Champion Huck Seed is having a dreadful tournament. Close several times but still no cigar. Huck perished in 5th when his 76 lost to O'Neil Longson's 6 5. Ouch!
O'Neil's been catching cards like that for 50 years. To show a young pup how it's done, Longson did it again against Tony Popejoy in 4th and the booby prize. Tony was drawing to 2 3 4 5 and caught a 7. O'Neil had A 2 3 6 and caught a 4. Double ouch!
While Longson was doing all the dirty work, Chris Bjorin was stacking the chips. When James Covington paired up for 3rd place, Bjorin had a 13-5 chip lead heads up on Longson.
After settling on a chip count money deal, the two veteran tournament players went for the Hall of Fame title watch. Within a half hour, O'Neil had all the chips. Did he make a deal too soon? We'll never know.
It happens that way so often, before and after a deal.
Official Money Winners
1. O'Neil Longson $8,460
2. Chris Bjorin 5,080
3. James Covington 3,380 | 
