EVENT #13	The Orleans Open Omaha Hi-Lo Split ($230 buy-in)	July 23, 1998

The Final Table Official Results The Evening Tournament

The Comeback Kid By Mike Paulle Clue: The winner of the tournament is mentioned somewhere in the next three paragraphs. There were 236 players today down from last year's 262. The total prize pool was $47,200. We know who the last one out today was. When Ira Levy went all-in, he was called by Brent Carter and called all-in by Jim Browder. Carter had the better low and Browder the better high to Levy the most severe fine on Ira, 19th place. To set up the final table, Rusty Hills headed for them in 11th when Nate Wolfson showed him a better hand. Boyd Ring with $300 and Walt Williams with $1,400 were very grateful. The Final Table Seat 1 Bob Gammon Bloomington , IN $24,700 Seat 2 Jim Browder Huntsville, TX $21,000 Seat 3 Brent Carter Oak Park, IL $14,100 Seat 4 Mona Quintara Denver, CO $4,200 Seat 5 Nate Wolfson Las Vegas, NV $4,400 Seat 6 Van Pxam Los Angeles, CA $14,600 Seat 7 Walt Williams Augusta, GA $1,400 Seat 8 JC Pearson Nashville, TN $11,900 Seat 9 Jim Ipser Gainsville, FL $21,500 Seat 10 Boyd Ring Martinsburg, WV $300 Boyd Ring was so grateful to be at the final table, he left the first chance he got. All-in for his big blind, Boyd caught a 3 on the turn for trips. It was already too late as the 3 4 5 flop gave Bob Gammon the wheel. Nate Wolfson went all-in with A K 4 5. He made three pair. Jim Ipser didn't have a pair, he had a heart flush. Mona Quintara went all-in with the nut flush draw and an A 4. It was Bob Gammon with trip deuces that sent Mona moaning out in 8th. Walt Williams was all-in six or seven times in the last hour. Raising the big blind with K 6 6 3, J C Pearson called with A J 9 3 and caught Jacks and treys. "Don't call me Walter" Williams was 7th. Van Pxam went all-in with Q Q and was called by the suddenly hot Jim Browder with A K. When a King flopped, Van motored to the sidelines in 6th. Jim Ipser tried a A 10 8 7 against JC Pearson's K 3 3 2. Two deuces on board upset Jim in 5th. Brent Carter's cards went dead about the time that Jim Browder's got live. Finally all-in for his big blind, Brent couldn't catch the flush draw he needed against Browder's trip Aces. Carter needed some little liver pills after this one. JC Pearson has been making a nice living at the final tables of this year's Orleans Open. Here again, JC had the same problem Brent Carter had. He couldn't win a hand against Jim Browder. In disgust, Pearson went all-in with A K K 4. Browder, who was calling every pot at this point, did so with A J 8 6. When a 7 came on the river, it gave Browder both a gut shot straight and the best low with A 6. Heads up, Jim Browder had a 5-1 chip lead on Bob Gammon. Neither player mentioned a deal. Browder, who was all-in in the hand that put the 19th player out, was the comeback kid in this event. He put Gammon out and won the title with a pair of Jacks on the final hand when no low came. Official Prize Money 1st Jim Browder $19,291 2nd Bob Gammon $9,431 3rd JC Pearson $4,715 4th Brent Carter $2,358 5th Jim Ipser $1,715 6th Van Pxam $1,500 7th Walt Williams $1,286 8th Mona Quintara $1,072 9th Nate Wolfson $857 10th Boyd Ring $643 11th-18th received $354 Rusty Hills, Lee Grove, Don Oakie, Skip Wilson, Fred Saliba, Ginger Snyder, John McCune and David Rabbi. The Evening Tournament In the evening Omaha Hi-Lo Split tournament, there were 143 entries and 81 rebuys for a total prize pool of $22,400. David Pacheco took 1st place in a heads up duel with Card Player Magazine's Chairman Barry Shulman. The final two players agreed to an even split of $5,550 and played for the TOC entry. Official Prize Money 1st David Pacheco Fall River, MA $7,400 2nd Barry Shulman Las Vegas, NV $3,700 3rd UM Marangoz Las Vegas, NV $1,850 4th Lem Loeung Las Vegas, NV $1,387 5th Howard Paquin Lincoln City, OR $924 6th Jim McCabe Las Vegas, NV $833 7th Dennis Marcum Texas City, TX $740 8th Bruce Erickson Felton, CA $648 9th Jim Hawkins Las Vegas, NV $555 10th Robert Campbell Boston, MA $463 11th-20th received $240 Tom Sims (LV), Steve Stalker (CA), Dave Cederoth (IL), Sven Arntzen (LV), Russ Salzer (LV), Dale Saxton (NM), Mike Samford (GA), Ken Harrison (OR), Jim Moriarity (IL), Jan Lundberg (England)