EVENT #4	The Orleans Open Limit Hold'em ($230 buy-in)	July 14, 1998

The Final Table Official Results The Evening Tournament

Two Women By Mike Paulle For the first time in recent memory, two women came to the final table as the chip leaders. If either held on, they would be the first female to win an entry into the Tournament of Champions. Another record attendance was set today as 436 players signed up for the Limit Hold'em event. That was 8 more than last year's record. The total prize pool was $87,200. When Archie Sims turned trip Kings it was all over for Skip Elliot's A 10. Elliott Skip-ed taking any money by finishing 31st. There were thirty players left, all of whom were in the money. To set up the final table, Shelley Carr flopped two pair with Q J to run over Norm Berliner's A Q and send him to the sidelines in 11th. The Final Table Seat 1 John Parge Mesa, AZ $11,500 Seat 2 Craig DiSalvo Phoenix, AZ $22,700 Seat 3 Chuck Berry Las Vegas, NV $16,500 Seat 4 Jennifer Harman Las Vegas, NV $47,800 Seat 5 Joe Burke Jr Las Vegas, NV $8,500 Seat 6 Jerry Klick Massillon, OH $9,000 Seat 7 Mike Heintschel Henderson, NV $18,100 Seat 8 Shelley Carr Las Vegas, NV $49,600 Seat 9 Joe DeFranza Henderson, NV $9,700 Seat 10 Dave Crunkleton Las Vegas, NV $24,600 Dave Crunkleton lost most of his chips early to Mike Heintschel when the flop came K K 8.The turn was a Queen and the river a blank. Betting all the way, Dave had Mike almost all-in.In the showdown, Heintschel turned over A Q for a gutsy call. With few chips left, Crunkleton raised Craig DiSalvo's blind $600 with a Q 10. It wasn't enough to make Craig lay down J 5. When a 5 came on the flop, Crunkleton crumpled into 10th. Chuck Berry needed some help from "Mabeline." His flops couldn't be true. When Chuck went all-in with A K, it was Mike Heintschel again who called with pocket 5's. Chuck rock and rolled into 9th when nothing came on board. Joe Burke and Jerry Klick sat side by side as low stacks hoping the other would go out first. In the five seat, Burke had to go through the blinds first and couldn't make it. All-in with 9 4, he was a sitting duck for John Parge's A 2. Jerry Klick played better today with $9,000 in chips than he did yesterday with $73,000. Finally, all-in with K J of Hearts, it was Jennifer Harman's A 6 of Spades that Klick-ed when an Ace flopped. Jerry flopped into 7th place. All teasing aside, Jerry made his third final table counting both day and evening events, so he probably can really play poker even if he is from Ohio. John Parge made the mistake of tangling with the female sheriff in town, Jennifer Harman. His all-in J 10 was gunned down by Jennifer's K Q when a King came. Parge was 6th. Not learning from John Parge's mistake, Mike Heintschel made the same mistake. Raising with Q 10, he got himself reraised all-in by Harman's pocket 10's. So long, cowboy. Now there were four and the women were still the chip leaders. The guys were short-stacked. Craig DiSalvo wanted a save. No deal, man person. He finally got Joe DeFranza to do a side deal of the Italian boy's club. They saved each other 1,000,000 lira or $1,000. It was good timing for DiSalvo, `cause he couldn't get de-saved from Jennifer Harman. His 6's were deep-sixed by Jennifer's A 8 when a Ace flopped. Craig took 4th like a former alter boy should, with equanimity. "I played my heart out," Craig said. Only one male to dispose of. That would be Joe DeFranza. All-in for the small blind with 4 2, he had a moment of hope when a 4 came on the flop against (who else) Jennifer Harman's K 6. A King on the turn rid the final table of the vainer sex and set up the superior player's showdown. After going off on a private meeting, The women came back to the table to announce "no deal." Jennifer Harman had a 5-2 chip lead and didn't have to be generous. She was hot and knew it. If she needed any confirmation, in one of the first hands, Harman flopped the nuts with A K of Clubs. That took most of Shelley Carr's remaining chips. Soon, Shelley made a move when an Ace came on the flop. Harman had Kings and put Carr all-in. The Kings held up and Shelley's Carr sputtered into the runner-up driveway. Official Prize Money 1st Jennifer Harman $33,660 2nd Shelley Carr $16,456 3rd Joe DeFranza $8,228 4th Craig DiSalvo $4,114 5th Mike Heintschel $2,992 6th John Parge $2,618 7th Jerry Klick $2,244 8th Joe Burke Jr $1,870 9th Chuck Berry $1,496 10th Dave Crunkleton $1,122 11th-20th received $654 Norm Berliner, Al Jay, David Levi, Todd Bleak, Mike Laing, Van P, Mike Souchak, Mike Gambong, Harvey Alford and David Helms 21st-30th received $436 Archie Sims, Rich Brendel, Exxon, Herman Smith, Victor Perches, Mark Weinreich, Viv Harrington, Hank Lauritzen, Richard Candy and Miguel Fiatt The Evening Tournament In the evening Limit Hold'em tournament, there were 194 entries and 127 rebuys for a total prize pool of $32,100. Andrew DiVecchio took 1st place and the Tournament of Champions entry by giving a generous deal to Joel Harwood. Andy had a two to one chip lead and gave Joel $2,460 to lay down his chips. Official Prize Money 1st Andrew DiVecchio Las Vegas, NV $10,880 2nd Joel Harwood Hallandale, FL $5,440 3rd Andre Boyer Las Vegas, NV $2,720 4th Gene Timberlane Houston, TX $1,360 5th Carl Guillen Santa Fe, NM $1,360 6th Dan Heimiller Las Vegas, NV $1,224 7th Dave Levine Ft Washington, MD $1,004 8th John Haddad El Paso, TX $952 9th Reg Coalwell Springfield, OR $816 10th Joe Cowart San Diego, CA $680 11th-20th received $340 Jim Spain (AL), Earl Hamb (MI), Dimitri Bologoy (Russia), Mike Zudrell (FL),Wayne Olson (MI), Jim Clark (AZ), Tom Friday (LV), Young Phan (CA), Don Fowler (SC), Willa Borsellino (NY)