| Last Year’s Defending Champ, An Tran Does it Again
With three tables remaining in the $1,000 No-Limit Event, Chip Jett took an early out because his wife Katrina went into labor with their first child. When Chip left he had about $6,000 in chips. After his departure the remaining players took a vote on refunding his buy-in and it was unanimous in favor of. Chip’s chips were removed from play and the tournament resumed play.
Chip, I suggest you open a savings account for your new baby with that $1,000 gift.
The $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em event drew 127 players and created a prize pool of $122,220. A lot of big name players started but only a few were left at two tables. Of the 12 players remaining there were three Trans; Jimmy, An, Anthony, one Siedel, one Hellmuth a Tesene, a McGuire, a Boutin, a Brownscombe, a Mohammad, a Goldberg and a Hall.
At 10:40 p.m. the final table came down to, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel, in the lead with $32,000, Billy Tesene in second with $30,000, Jimmy Tran in third with $23,525, last years defending champ and one-time WSOP bracelet winner An Tran, in fourth with $20,700, Mohammed Rauf in fifth with $20,025, nine-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth, in sixth with $19,650, Dan McGuire in seventh with $13,875, Tom Brownscombe in eighth with $8,300, Anthony Tran in ninth with $7,700 and Harley Hall was in last place with $7,250.
The blinds were $200-$400 with a $75 ante and 20 minutes left in level nine.
Tom Brownscomb was the first casualty after flopping a set and losing to Billy Tesene when he rivered a nine high straight.
Shortly after Tom’s exit Mohammed Ruaf followed. Jimmy Tran raised the pot to $1,400, Billy Tesene reraised to $4,000, Mohammed pushed all-in for $14,475, Jimmy folded and Billy called. Mohammed turned over A-3 of spades and Billy showed pocket jacks. The board came Q-8-2-6-6 and Mohammed had to settle for ninth place.
At 11:00 p.m. the blinds were raised to $300-$600 with a $100 ante.
At 12:00 a.m. Harley Hall moved all-in under the gun for his remaining $3,100. Dan McGuire called and Phil Hellmuth called. The flop came J-Q-3, Dan checked, Phil bet $1,800 and Dan folded. Phil turned over a pair of fours and Harley showed A-8. The turn came a king and the river was a nine. Harley had to settle for an eighth place finish.
At 12:15 a.m. the blinds increased to $500-$1,000 with a $100 ante.
Billy was leading the pack with $52,500, Jimmy was in second place with $33,000, Erik was in third place with $26,000, Phil was in fourth place with $22,000, An was in fifth place with $20,000, Dan was in sixth with $17,500 and Anthony was trailing with $9,000.
At 1:15 a.m. the blinds increased to $800-$1,600 with a $200 ante.
After losing most of his chips with A-Q against Dan’s A-9 Phil moved all-in on the next hand with his remaining $2,700 and got called in three spots. The flop came 4-2-6, everyone checked, the turn came a king, it was checked around and the river came a jack. Everyone checked, Phil showed A-8, Jimmy turned over A-J and sent Phil home in seventh place.
At 1:50 a.m. Jimmy raised the pot to $4,000, Billy moved all-in and Jimmy called. Jimmy showed pocket sixes and Billy turned over A-10. The flop came perfect for Billy with J-Q-K. Neither the turn or the river helped Jimmy and he had to settle for a sixth place finish.
Two hands later Anthony raised $4,000, Dan moved all-in with his remaining $7,000 and Anthony called. Dan showed A-Q and Anthony turned over K-10. The board came K-A-6-10-4 and Dan was forced to take a fifth place finish.
At 2:25 a.m. the blinds rose to $1,000-$2,000 with a $300 ante.
Billy was leading with $66,300, Anthony was in second with $50,000, An Tran was in third with $40,000 and Erik was trailing with $28,000.
At 3:45 Billy moved all-in for his remaining $18,000 and An called. Billy showed pocket fours and An turned over K-7 of spades. The flop brought a king, no fours showed up and Billy had to settle for a fourth place finish.
The remaining three players counted down their chips and proceeded to discuss a deal. An Tran was leading with $88,700, Erik Seidel was in second with $60,500 and Anthony was in third with $34,700.
That was back-to-back wins for An Tran, Erik Seidel finished second and Anthony Tran finished third place.
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