Doc Young Wins Stud/8!
Dr. Kwang Young, who doesn’t play many tournaments but seems to get in the money each time he does, played a steady, careful game to end on top in the 11th event of Winnin’ o’ the Green, 2004, 7-card stud hi-lo. The key hand for him came near the end of a long evening that ended at 5 a.m. when he made a straight to bust CPA Charles Barker and take the chip lead. When David Ho finished in third place a few hands later, Young counted down 54,500 in chips to 41,500 for art dealer Joe Schulman, and the two made a chip-count deal.
When final table limits began at $800-$1,600, with $100 antes and a $200 low card bring-in, Ho had a substantial lead with 21,400. Seven minutes later, limits moved up to $1,000-$2,000 with $200 antes and a $200 bring-in.
On the first hand, business owner Nick DiPaolo, the lowest-chipped starter, went broke. He had split jacks and made two pair while Young, starting with (A-7)2, caught aces and deuces.
Cashing in seventh was Tipton Schoolhouse, a poker dealer “able to make a living playing poker.” On sixth street, Schoolhouse was all in with (5-7)4-A-8-Q. Rocky Enciso was freerolling with (4-5)3-10-6-A. On the river, Schoolhouse got a little protection with a paired seven, but Enciso caught a deuce for a straight, and school was out for Schoolhouse.
When limits went to $1,500-$3,000 with $200 antes and a $400 bring-in, Ho still enjoyed a big lead with about 26k. Halfway through the round, Enciso, currently first in the all-around points race, tangled with Boon Eng Kho, who is second. On fourth street, Kho went all in for $500 with (J-Q)A-K. He didn’t make his straight, but it didn’t matter, because Encino, starting with split queens, made queens-full as he took a slight chip lead with about 27k.
Limits were now $2,000-$4,000 with $300 antes and a $500 low card. Barker, who runs a medical billing business and has had final tables at various events, lived in Richardson, Texas for about 20 years before he met T.J. Cloutier and discovered that they were neighbors. On this round Barker went all in for the fourth time with low spades. “Oh, oh,” Barker said as he caught a couple of bananas, but it became “oh, boy,” as he scooped with a spade flush and low against Young. Near the end of the round, the two chip leaders went at it. Enciso started low and ended up with 5s and 4s. David had buried queens, made two pair and became the lead sled dog again with a bit over 30k.
As play continued, Enciso ran into trouble when Schulman, starting with buried jacks, made a set to scoop and leave Rocky with only about 4k. A hand later, Enciso started with (4-4)6-A, went all in and ended up with two pair. Barker began with buried 10s, made kings-up, and now the table had four players left.
After limits went to $3,000-$6,000, with $500 antes and $1,000 bring-in, Ho took a couple of hits and suddenly dropped from chip leader to chip trailer. He finally found himself all in against Young, and caught a deuce to make a low, split and survive for the first of five times to outlast Barker, the original escape artist. On his last hand, Barker had aces and nines on his first four cards. But Young, starting with (4-6)7-8, caught a trey and five for a straight and a seven low to cut the field to three. A few hands later, David was all in with (Ah-10h)6h, ended up with just two 6s, lost to Schulman’s 8s and 4s and the deal ended event 11. –Max Shapiro
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Kwang “David” Young is an internist with a family practice who has been playing poker for a long time. He favors stud eight or better, and has been playing in the $75-$150 game at Hollywood Park, but lately has been studying no-limit hold’em. He estimates he’s played only six tournaments overall, ending in the money each time, including a win in a stud hi-lo event at Winnin’ o’ the Green six years ago. However, his biggest cash-in came when he once backed “Eskimo” Clark and An Tran in a limit hold’em event and they came in 1-2.
Dr. Young favors stud hi-lo because he feels it is much sophisticated than people give it credit for. His rules for the game are not to get married to pairs, to play suited connectors and play hands that can scoop. Tonight, he said, he was never in trouble because he played very carefully.
CHIP POSITION FINAL TABLE
Joe Schulman
$7,600
David Young
$13,900
Charles Barker
$9,400
Boon Eng Kho
$13,600
David Ho
$21,400
Tipton Schoolhouse
$12,900
Nick DiPaolo
$8,000
Rocky Enciso
$7,200
ALL-AROUND PAY-OFF POINTS
Name Total
1. Rocky Enciso 149
2. Boon Eng Kho 113
3. Jun Parado 74
4. John Spoonen 65
5. John Canawati 63
6. Timothy Foley 63
7. Robert Hartmann 63
8. Isaac Gonzales Jr. 62
9.Dedric Oree 61
SUPER SATELLITE PAY-OFF POINTS
Name Total
1. Derek Bukowski 392
2. John Hoang 366
3. Eddie Yade 350
4. Juan Holub 211
5. Haytham Shamaoun 205
6. Chris Karagulleyan 192
7. Leo F 179
8. Woody Long 143
9. Param Gill 126
10.Chris Grigorian 117
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