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World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 3

Event #5 - Limit Hold'em

October 30, 2004 at 10:00 AM
Foxwoods Resort Casino
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Buy-In	$500 + $65
Prize Pool	$250,000
Entries	500
Report Available

Annand Ramdin

Place	Name	Prize
1	Annand "Victor" Ramdin (Bronx, NY, USA)	$65,200
2	Pok Kim (Portland, OR, USA)	$40,450
3	James Morse (Medford, MA, USA)	$25,775 and PokerSchoolOnline.com Member PapaJim
4	Michael Garson (CT, USA)	$18,575
5	Ryan Smith (Sunrise, OH, USA)	$13,700
6	Michael Kanarellis (Peabody, MA, USA)	$10,600
7	Barry Howe (Sudbury, MA, USA)	$8,775
8	Firas Haddad (NY, USA)	$7,450
9	John Ferlazzo (Scarsdale, NY, USA)	$6,175
10	Jason Wood (Baldwinsville, NY, USA)	$4,925
11	Kerry Small (Ventnor, NJ, USA)	$3,675
12	Stephen B Edelson (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$3,425
13	Matthew Claeson (RI, USA)	$3,175
14	Jeffrey King (Colchester, CT, USA)	$2,925
15	Michael Yarema (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$2,675
16	Ronald Tourony (Fort Myers, FL, USA)	$2,425
17	Jang Won Lee (Canada)	$2,175
18	Ralph Puziello (East Haven, MA, USA)	$1,925
19	David Velke (Manassas, VA, USA)	$1,675
20	Jack Huff (Athens, GA, USA)	$1,425
21	Jonathan Tare (New York, NY, USA)	$1,300
22	Nicholas Matarese (Cranston, RI, USA)	$1,300
23	Dennis Bongiovanni AKA "bonjovi" (westbrook, CT, USA)	$1,300
24	James Martin (Consbohocken, PA, USA)	$1,300
25	Paul Darden Jr (Hamdem, CT, USA)	$1,300
26	D Dickson (England)	$1,175
27	Jeffrey Slayton (Pembroke Pines, FL, USA)	$1,175
28	David Mancini (NY, USA)	$1,175
29	Metin G Esen (Wading River, NY, USA)	$1,175
30	David J Sloane (Brighton, MA, USA)	$1,175
31	John McQuinn (Pembroke, NH, USA)	$1,050
32	Nicholas Tsonis (Worcester, MA)	$1,050
33	John Jackson (NC, USA)	$1,050
34	Louis Barkoutsis (FL, USA)	$1,050
35	Mark Rapacioli (NY, USA)	$1,050
36	David Levi (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,050
37	David Konigsberg (Jersey City, NJ, USA)	$1,050
38	Kenneth Price (CT, USA)	$1,050
39	Hans Anderson (Bedford, MA, USA)	$1,050
40	David Hom (NY, USA)	$1,050

Tournament Report

Annand Ramdin was declared this year’s champion in the $500 Limit Texas Hold’em after a rousing duel with Pok Kim, Portland, OR, at the final table.
Ramdin from the Bronx, NY, claimed the first place prize of $65,200 as well as the fine leather jacket and trophy which goes to the winner.
Jason Wood, Red Creek, NY, and John Ferlazzo, Scarsdale, NY, who were the two short stacks in the finals, were the first to be eliminated. Wood flopped a set of 7’s but he ran up against Firas Haddad, Arlington, NY, who had KQ. With a board of A7J109, Haddad got his straight on the turn for the knockout punch.
Ferlazzo, who had AK, lost to Ramdin who had two pair. Haddad was forced all in playing a Q10; but he couldn’t improve and lost to James Morse, Bedford, MA, who won with A high.
Barry Howe, Sudbury, MA, with a 97, was forced to go all in after he flopped a straight. Unfortunately for him, Kim had A6 and with 65888 on board she had a full house.
Michael Kanarellis, Peabody, MA, had AJ but it wasn’t enough to stave off elimination by Morse who had A6 and caught a 6 on the flop. Ryan Smith, Columbus, OH, ran up against Kim who called his all in bet with a 45. His 2’s couldn’t survive the 7 she caught on the river which hooked up perfectly with a 63 on the flop.
With the betting limit at 10000/20000, Kim lowered the boom on two players at once. Michael Garson, Hartford, CT, and Morse, with a pair each, could not catch up to her two pair.
That left two players of the original 496 and the final confrontation between Kim and Ramdin started with each having almost equal stacks.
In a back and forth battle, Ramdin was the first to go all in. He had 99 and she had 64; when the board showed 104102J, his two pair survived.
After slowly rebuilding his chip count into a decisive advantage, he forced Kim to go all in with a K5. She flopped (58J) a pair of 5’s. But Ramdin had 76 and his open ender was rewarded with a 9 on the turn; the K on the river was not nearly enough to save Kim.
In 2003, this event attracted 281 players with a prize pool of $142,500; this year, there were 496 entrants and a total prize pool of $250,000 - a significant increase in both categories.
With such an increase in players, those reaching the final table had to work doubly hard to make it that far. Congratulations to all!!