EVENT #54/25 to 4/26/98

OMAHA (Pot Limit) $1,500
TOTAL PRIZE MONEY - $387,000 PRIZE MONEY TO DATE - $2,456,000
ENTRIES IN THIS EVENT - 183 (Rebuys - 119) TOTAL ENTRIES TO DATE - 1,369
The Final Table
How they finished
Live From the 'Shoe
The Play-by-Play

The View from the Rail

GREAT O'DEA IN THE MORNIN'

"I've played live with the guy a lot. He'll act aggressive (like he's steaming) when he really has a good hand. Sometimes you just have to close your eyes, shove in your chips and hope for the best."

SHOW ME THE MONEY

Roger Moore needed the skill of James Bond to defeat Lindy Chambers. Showing that his game has a fictional character, his Q's couldn't reign over Lindy's J 9, which hit for two pair. Roger Moore finished 22nd.

With a first and second last year, Vasilis Lazarou wasn't used to going out this early. Steve Rydel, arguably the hottest player in tournament poker the last two months, was not impressed with Lazarou's past record. Vasilis' A K Q got cracked by Rydel's A K 9 when two nines hit the board. Vasilis got a 1 and a 2 this year. It's called 21st.

Parkinson's hand made him forget that he could get "Chan's disease" by raising in front of the former World Champion. Padraic had Kings and an overpair to the board. Johnny flopped the nut straight with a 10 9. Padraic Parkinson's position was a forgettable 20th.

Phil Hellmuth was in danger of missing the cut. Worse, he could be the last one out before the money. To someone with as much pride as Phil, this humiliation would be unacceptable.

Still he'd waited an hour for Kings or Aces. When he got them he had to bet them. Hilbert Shirley, right behind Phil, called. The flop came Q x x. After some thought, Phil bet eight of his last sixteen chips. Hilbert came over the top almost immediately.

After the fates, Hilbert and the dealer took some abuse, Phil showed two K's and mucked his hand. Hilbert flashed two Queens.

It was Billy Thomas who got the muffin - 19th place, when none of his overcards hit and Norbert Holting's sevens held up. Everyone left had chips and were in the money. Billy Thomas went home to kick his dog.

YA GOTTA BE IN IT TO WIN IT

Berry Johnston never had any chips in this event. Only a player of his caliber would have made it this far. On his last hand, he couldn't overcome Johnny Chan's three Aces with his three 4's and had to settle for 12th.

Hilbert Shirey was the guy who aggravated Phil Hellmuth earlier. Now it was his turn to be upset. His Kings lost to Howard Greenspan's two pair when a Jack arrived on the river. Surely, Hilbert would finish higher than 11th? Not this time.

For the third straight day, Doyle Brunson had a mountain of chips. The first day he won the event. Yesterday, he was mugged by a maniac and missed the money. Today, he went deep and was a hand away from the final table. Doyle went all-in with A Q 10 7 against Steve Rydel's A 10 7 7.

The sevens stood up and so did Doyle. 10th wasn't what the Bear had in mind. But he's playing well and will be back.

AN OMAHA POT PARTY

These are the heads sitting around the table.

Seat 1Steve Zolotow$46,500Las Vegas, NV
Seat 2Johnny Chan63,000Las Vegas, NV
Seat 3Ken Lennard23,500Stockholm, Sweden
Seat 4Roy Thung37,000White Plains, NY
Seat 5Lindy Chambers18,000Baton Rouge, LA
Seat 6Steve Rydel64,500Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Seat 7Donn O'Dea43,000London, UK
Seat 8Dan Heimiller13,500Las Vegas, NV
Seat 9Howard Greenspan78,000Eden Prairie, MN

Prize Money

1st$154,800
2nd77,400
3rd38,700
4th23,220
5th17,415
6th13,545
7th9,675
8th7,740
9th6,192

Lindy Chambers shoulda stood in bed. He got to play only nine minutes today. When he flopped the nut straight, he went all-in. When the turn and river brought higher cards, his nuts got crushed. Howard Greenspan was dealt a higher straight. Lindy could have had his ninth place money brought to his room.

Johnny Chan was drawing real thin on the flop, but unfortunately for Dan Heimiller, didn't know it. Chan called Heimiller's all-in bet needing running clubs to win. Guess what Johnny got? As the third club hit the river, Dan pounded the table. He knew it was the one suit he didn't want to see. Heimiller was feeling pretty low when he went to see Jack for his 8th place money,

Howard Greenspan, with a healthy chip lead at the start, was hurt badly in a memorable hand we'll tell you about later. Weakened, he went all-in with K Q J 9. Johnny Chan, the terminator, had Aces. Howard had everything going his way yesterday. Today it was a different story. A disappointed Greenspan won't be raising interest rates anytime soon. He's in 7th hell.

What's rarer than a brunette from Sweden? A brunette from Sweden who beats Johnny Chan at a final table. Ken went all-in with Q's and caught a heart draw. Chan had Kings and got another one. Ken had a nice tournament. He's another of the young lions that Europe seems to be manufacturing to take poker winnings out of the states. He took out $13,545 for 6th place.

If you've been following the pros for the last few months, you know that Steve Rydel has been on fire. Well, an Irish rebellion of sorts doused that fire today. Donn O'Dea, an Irishman living in London, only had two overcards to the board, but he thought that was enough to call Steve's all-in bet. Steve had flopped an up and down straight draw and he had two tens. The Queen on the river gave Steve a Queen high straight and Donn an Ace high straight. Those Irish have no respect for royalty! Steve finished fifth.

Steve Zolotow was running out of chips so he went all-in with A 10 10 9. Roy Thung called with A K 6 5. The flop was J 8 5 and the turn a 6. Steve made it two Steves in a row. Suddenly Jack is up to his eyes in Steves wanting their money. Zolotow was fourth.

Aces versus Kings. Isn't that how this game is supposed to be played? That's how Roy Thung and Donn O'Dea played it. Surprise! The Aces won and they belonged to Donn. Thung had lost most of his chips a hand earlier with Johnny Chan when Johnny hit trip Aces on the flop and caught running Jacks for a full house to crack Roy's nut flush. Donn just put the icing on Thung's cake. Roy was disappointed but shouldn't have been. He played beautifully for third.

When the chips were 200k for O'Dea and 187 for Chan, the guys made a deal. We are guessing that it was about even money for both which would have been $116,100 each.

Where did all of those chips come from for Donn O'Dea? He didn't bring them to the final table and he didn't play very many hands while there. They came in one key hand with the then chip leader Howard Greenspan.

From our viewpoint it was the hand that won O'Dea the tournament.

The flop came Q 6 3 and Greenspan bet $3,000. Donn called. A J came on the turn and Greenspan bet $12,000. Donn called again. When the river came 2, Greenspan bet $35,000. O'Dea thought for several minutes then called with $35,000 of his last $40,000. He was effectively out of the tournament in seventh if he had made the wrong decision.

O'Dea said, "I've played live with the guy a lot, He'll act aggressive (like he's steaming) when he really has a good hand. Sometimes you just have to close your eyes, shove in your chips and hope for the best."

When Donn turned over Q J for two pair, Greenspan tapped his cards in the gesture meaning good hand and threw his cards away.

It was the play of the day. Not only could Howard have had a straight, trips could not be ruled out either.

Until he relinquished his chip lead to Johnny Chan heads up, Donn was never passed again. That hand gave O'Dea the cushion both to make a nice deal and to withstand the later onslaught by the former Champion.

Chan and O'Dea played for another hour and forty minutes, and at one point O'Dea was down to $51,000 in chips. Then in two hands, O'Dea took every chip. In the first of the two monster pots, Donn flopped a straight, while Johnny flopped trips.

On the final hand Donn turned QUADS!!! What a way to end a tournament. Those Irish, they have no respect for royalty.


FINAL RESULTS

$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha with Re buys
139 Entries - 119 Re buys
$387,000 Total Prize Pool

1Donn O'DeaLondon ENG$154,800
2Johnny ChanLas Vegas77,400
3Roy ThungWhite Plains NY38,700
4Steve ZolotowLas Vegas23,220
5Steve RydellStoke-On-Trent ENG17,415
6Ken LennardStockholm SWEDEN13,545
7Howard GreenspanEden Prairie MN9,675
8Dan HeimillerLas Vegas7,740
9Lindy ChambersBaton Rouge LA6,192
10Doyle BrunsonLas Vegas4,644
11Hilbert ShireyHaines City FL4,644
12Berry JohnstonLas Vegas4,644
13Norbert HoltingEssen GERMANY4,257
14Mickey ApplemanFt. Lee NJ4,257
15Bruddy JordanSantee CA4,257
16Phil Helmuth JrPalo Alto CA3,870
17Cal DykesLas Vegas3,870
18Surinder SunarWolverhampton ENG3,870


SUPER SATELLITES

(Patty Hughes and Rudy Lotief)

The No-Limit Super Satellites start each evening at 8:40 PM in the Satellite area. The Entry Fee is $220 for $200 in Tournament chips and there are unlimited $200 re-buys during the first hour, if you have less than $200 in Tournament chips. You may also make a single or double add-on at the end of the re-buy period. Blinds start at $5/$10 and increase every 20 minutes. Available monies will be converted into non-negotiable, non-transferable, non-refundable seats in the $10,000 World Championship event, with at least $5,000 in cash and $500 Lammers being divided among the final table players.

WSOP SUPER SATELLITE #10 Sunday 4/26/98

HOLLAND'S AMERICA CRUISES

You are going to have to forgive me today, gang. In my rushing from the Stud High-Low Split which took forever, I forgot to write down the payoffs for last night's Super Satellite. As we are under a deadline to get you the results as fast as possible, the pay outs will have to be a guess. It shouldn't be far off. The biggest prize pool yet amounted to an increase of about $5,000 in cash to the players. There were the same six seats given out. Tonight, 177 players bought 179 re buys bringing the prize pool to, $71,200.

The following were the approximate rewards for making the final table:

Places 1 thru 6 A $10,000 entry into the Championship event plus $590 ($10,590)
7th 5 tournament chips and $560 ($3,160)
8th 3 tournament chips and $560 ($2,060)
9th 1 tournament chip and $560 ($1,060)

Some of the "names" who competed were:

An Tran
Louis Asmo
Brad Daugherty
Kathy Liebert
Barbara Enright
Luis Santoni
Peter Vilandos
Jesse Jones
Andre Boyer
O'Neil Longson
Pat Callahan
Brent Carter
Ron Stanley
Bruce Van Horn
Max & Maria Stern
Men Nguyen
Marsha Waggoner
Mel Judah
T J Cloutier
Kathy Kohlberg
Rod Peate
Tom McEvoy
Dean Stonier
Chris Tsiprailidis
John Strzemp
Kevin Song

None of these esteemed players made the final table.

Tex Martin sheepishly admitted that he had slow played Aces. This cost him the final table as John Foley made two pair. Tex finished eleventh.

Every night we have a player who can't get that one key card that would get them in the money. Tonight that player was previous winner Ralph Hoots. The very same Ralph that knocked M.E. Mack out in 10th last night. What goes around, Hoots.

The final table:

Seat 1John Juanda$16,500Westminster, CA
Seat 2Doug Segers9,500Vicksburg, MS
Seat 3Paul Honas3,000Phoenix, AZ
Seat 4John Foley14,000Chickasaw, OK
Seat 5James Payton6,500Camby, IN
Seat 6Mario Esquerra7,500Whittier, CA
Seat 7Thor Hansen6,000Oslo, Norway
Seat 8Randy Holland7,000Waveland, MS
Seat 9Bill White2,000Belfast, N Ireland

Bill White in 9th and Paul Honas in 8th had already gotten their cash when the second chip leader, John Foley had two run-ins with last night's hero, Thor Hansen. It's probably not a good idea to mess with people who've been named after gods. Especially if they can play as well as Thor does.

John, who would have been much better served in the coffee shop where he couldn't see his cards, raised with pocket Jacks. Thor who needed chips for safety, called all-in with Kings. Round 1 to god.

Now John was in trouble. The 12 chip blinds were headed his way and he made a move. He went all-in for a call of the big blind. There was Thor again. This time he didn't have a decision to make. He turned over his hand. It read K Q off. John Foley had to obey Patty Hughes rules and turn over his hand. J 10 off. A round 2 knockout for god. John was 7th and the rest of the table celebrated. Thor Hansen had won seats on two consecutive nights. But he wasn't the big winner.

Randy Holland won two seats in the Championship event at the Commerce Club in California last month. That means he got paid for the second one. "$10,100" he told me. Tonight he won his second one here. That's four now. The cash is piling up. So if he doesn't make it into the money in the Big One don't shed a tear. Holland is cruising in America.

The winners for Super Satellite #10 were:

Thor Hansen
John Juanda
Doug Segers
James Payton
Mario Esquerra
Randy Holland


SINGLE TABLE SATELLITES

(Becky Kerber, Barbara Lotief and Terry Vanderlip)

Single Table Satellites are run continuously 21 hours every day (8:00 AM until 5:00 AM) and usually last around 90 minutes. There are featured Satellites each day for the next day's event, as well as other Satellites depending on demand. Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Main event and for the next no-limit Holdem event are spread frequently. Binion's charges $10 per player in a Satellite.

For the $220 buy-in No Limit Holdem Satellites, ten Players start with $800 each in chips. The blinds start at $10/$25, increase every 15 minutes, and the winner gets four $500 Lammers plus $100 in cash.

No Single Table Satellites for the $10,000 Championship Event have been run yet.


LAS VEGAS WEATHER

The Temperature sign atop Binion's Horseshoe read 73 degrees at 3:00 PM on Sunday. Not a cloud in the sky, a little bit of haze, and Saturday's high winds had died down to a moderate 5/10 mph.


LENGTH OF FINAL TABLE

19981997
$2000 Holdem5:322:36
$1500 Razz4:374:02
$1500 Omaha3:003:59
$1500 Stud3:582:39
$1500 PL Omaha3:415:06


SENIOR'S V POKER TOURNAMENT

Oklahoma Johnny Hale informed me that the fifth edition of the Senior's Poker Tournament will be held this year at Harrahs in Las Vegas. Details to be announced later.


WSOP DEALS

$2000 HoldemDeal unlikely
$1500 RazzDeal unlikely
$1500 OmahaDeal probable
$1500 7 StudDeal probable
$1500 PL OmahaDeal probable


WHERE THE BOYS ARE

Last year by Sunday night we had two female event winners and over $240,000 in winnings for the girls.

This year only Mimi Tran has made the final table to finish fourth and pick up $70,000.

There's still lots of time. But the girls better get busy or the boys will start talking about them again. You know how they are.


This was Steve Zolotow's fifth WSOP appearance at a Pot Limit Omaha Final Table, and he had never finished higher than fifth before today.

As soon as Steve Rydel went out in fifth place, Steve Zolotow asked "Do you guys give up now?"


Noli Francisco entered the Final Table area, between hands, and whispered something into Roy Thung's ear. Steve Zolotow said, "Noli, if you want to be a coach, start your own football team."
Lindy Chambers ordered something to drink from the cocktail waitress as Final Table play began and quipped, "I hope I'm alive long enough to drink it." He wasn't.
McCLELLANDisms

Every day a crowd gathers near the tournament sign-up desk around 6:30 when Super Satellite entries are being taken. Today Jack asked everyone to clear the area if they weren't in the sign-up line, and when he spotted Tom McEvoy in the group, Jack said "Just follow Tom McEvoy to the rail".

Jack noted that the Pot Limit Omaha prize pool was lower this year, and said that this was due to Lindy Chambers not making his usual number of re-buys.

Roy Thung was lamenting losing a huge pot when his nut flush on the turn was beaten by Johnny Chan's full house on the river, and Jack quipped "This must be Omaha that we are playing."

When Johnny Chan picked off a Roy Thung bluff on the river, Jack observed that Roy probably learned to bluff from hanging around with Noli Francisco.


Four of the top five all-time WSOP money leaders cashed in the $1500 PL Omaha event.
The total prize pool is up almost 2 % over last year for the first five events.
PLAYER CONDUCT

Any player abusing employees or other players, either verbally or physically (swearing, throwing cards, etc.) or disrupting the tournament will be penalized. The following will be the MINIMUM penalty imposed:

FIRST OFFENSE - 20 minutes away from the table. (Blinds and/or antes to be forfeited)
SECOND OFFENSE - 40 minutes away from the table.
THIRD OFFENSE - Disqualification

The WSOP Floorpeople will be strictly enforcing the rules, with zero tolerance.

SCOREBOARD

Unknown20 Minutes
Barry Shulman20 Minutes
Ray Dehkharghani20 Minutes
Unknown20 Minutes
Unknown20 Minutes
Unknown20 Minutes
Phil Tanner20 Minutes

Steve Morrow reports that Phil Tanner's infraction was unintentional. Phil Tanner was "juggling" his cards and accidentally dropped one on the floor. So, he accidentally got a 20 minute penalty.


TOURNAMENTS

Jack McClelland is assisted by Steve Morrow and Jeff Vanderlip as Assistant Tournament Coordinators.

The 1998 WSOP continues the two-day format that was inaugurated last year, for most of the tournaments. Also, all two-day events start one level lower than in past years, and each level at the Final Table has been lengthened from 60 minutes to 80 minutes. Limit Holdem and Omaha events have two new levels of betting. First day play continues until the field is reduced to the Final Table, and Final Table play begins at 4:00 PM on the second day.


POKER ROOM

Shift Supervisors Jimmy Stefan, John Buchanan, Tony Shelton and Cathy Wood run the Poker room where the lower limit games are played.

A recent check showed the following games being spread:

2 - 1/4/8 Holdem1 - 10/20 Omaha8
2 - 4/8 Holdem4 - 15/30 Holdem
2 - 4/8 Omaha Hi1 - 20/40 Holdem
1 - 1/5 7Stud1 - 20/40 Omaha8
1 - 4/8 Omaha81 - 30/60 Holdem
3 - 10/20 Holdem1 - 20/40 Razz/Omaha8/7Stud8


SIDE ACTION

Shift Supervisors John "Scoff" Sheffield, Kathy Hudson and Marshall Kassoff run the higher limit games on the south end of the Tournament Pavilion.

A recent check showed the following games were being spread:

1 - 5/5/10 PL Omaha/PL Holdem1 - 50/100 7Stud8
1 - 25/25 PL Holdem1 - 75/150 Holdem
1 - 25/50 PL Holdem1 - 75/150 7Stud8
1 - 25/50 PL Omaha1 - 150/300 Razz
1 - 50/100 7Stud1 - 200/400 HORSE
1 - 50/100 Holdem1 - 100/200/400 2 to 7
2 - 50/100 Omaha81 - 150/300 ROE


$10,000 CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANTS

Updated through Saturday Noon 25 April 1998

1.Brent Carter
2.Randy Holland
3.Gary Lent
4.Hieu Ma
5.Milt Meyers
6.Marsha Waggoner
7.Michael Pancer
8.Bob Walker
9.David Tagg
10.Barbara Enright
11.Steve Rydel
12.Joe Baumgartner
13.R. London
14.Paul Hoenke
15.Allen Cunningham
16.John Bonetti
17.Frank Hernandez
18.Men Nguyen
19.Casey Kastle
20.J.C. Pearson
21.John Morgan
22.Peter Vilandos
23.Bill Lester
24.Cliff Davis
25.Debbie Burkhead
26.Jim Brown
27.Jack Green
28.Peter Brehm
29.Don Barton
30.John Richman
31.Luis Santoni
32.O'Neil Longson
33.Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
34.Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
35.Jack Fox
36.Thor Hansen
37.Frank Landen
38.Greg Turk
39.John Gledhill
40.Ralph Hoots
41.David Rubin

Alphabetized:

Don Barton
Joe Baumgartner
John Bonetti
Peter Brehm
Jim Brown
Debbie Burkhead
Brent Carter
Allen Cunningham
Cliff Davis
Barbara Enright
Chris "Jesus" Ferguson
Jack Fox
John Gledhill
Jack Green
Thor Hansen
Frank Hernandez
Paul Hoenke
Randy Holland
Ralph Hoots
Casey Kastle
Frank Landen
Gary Lent
Bill Lester
R. London
O'Neil Longson
Hieu Ma
Milt Meyers
John Morgan
Men Nguyen
Michael Pancer
J.C. Pearson
Flan "Irish Mike" Pilkington
John Richman
David Rubin
Steve Rydel
Luis Santoni
David Tagg
Greg Turk
Peter Vilandos
Marsha Waggoner
Bob Walker


The WSOP Report

Ireland's Donn O'Dea overcame a star-studded field to capture the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event, winning his first World Series gold bracelet after trying since 1982. "It feels great," enthused O'Dea, 49, who swam for his native country at the 1968 Olympics.

This was his l2th finish in the money at the WSOP and it brought his total earnings to $347,251. O'Dea has cashed five times in the $10,000 Championship event. "The World Series gets bigger and better every year," he said. "It's amazing the number of low limit players in Ireland and the U.K. who want to come here. It's what everybody aims at all year because this is the mecca."

O'Dea took the title from two-time World Champion Johnny Chan after a two-and-a-half hour heads-up contest which the winner described as "sort of strange." He said, "I expected Johnny to play more aggressively...he knows pot limit Omaha is my best game, of course. We showed a lot of respect for each other."

O'Dea overcame a three-to-one chip advantage early to draw even, later fighting back from even worse positions and surviving three all-in efforts. The crucial hand saw O'Dea with K-J-5-3 flop a wheel while Chan with J-5-4-4 flopped a set. The straight held up and O'Dea suddenly had $330,000 in chips to Chan's $57,000. In the dramatic next hand, the Irishman flopped three eights and turned the fourth, to win.

Chan, 40, a Hong Kong-born gaming consultant and restaurant owner, was denied his sixth WSOP title but pushed his leading all-time earnings to $2,392,094. This was his 19th in-the-money finish since 1983; he won back-to-back World Championships in 1987 and 1988.

"It was a good tournament, I enjoyed it but I didn't win it," Chan said. "Last year I finished 9th in this event; next year I will win it."

Third place went to Roy Thung, an Indonesian-born private investor who has been playing poker for 10 years. "I'm reasonably satisfied," he said. "I wanted to win the bracelet, but what can you do. They were all very fine players; it was an honor to be playing with them." This was Thung's third money finish at the WSOP. His hopes were dealt a double hammer blow in consecutive hands: he made a nut flush on the turn, only to see Chan's three aces turn into a full house on the river. Then Thung went all in with K-K-6-3 and found Chan again with pocket aces. Neither player improved.

Steve Zolotow, 53, a partner in New York City bars with masters degrees in finance and poetry, took fourth place when he went all in with A-10-10-9, flopped an open-ended straight draw but lost to Thung's two pair. This 15th money finish brought his WSOP winnings to $308,260 since 1985.

British player Steve Rydell, a 50 year-old former jeweler making his first trip to the World Series, finished fifth. "It was a tough field; I'm quite pleased but I'd have liked to do a bit better." He was eliminated with a river card oddity - a queen made him a king-high straight but it gave O'Dea an ace-high straight.

Ken Lennard, ranked Number One this year in Europe in Pot Limit Omaha, finished sixth in his first WSOP tournament. The 26 year-old Swede, a former company owner, said he had never felt uncomfortable at big European tournaments. "But when I sat down here, I felt nervous. There were World Champions at my table. This is something else!"

Seventh place went to Minnesota attorney Howard Greenspan, 43, playing in his third WSOP event. He described himself as a "recreational player" and said he made a bad mistake in assuming O'Dea, who successfully called a large semi-bluff, was aware of his newly established image as a tight player. "You have to play the person, not the cards," Greenspan said.

Dan Heimiller, 35, a former industrial engineer, took eighth place and said that, "coming in as the shortest stack, I did as well as I'd be expected to with those few chips." This seventh money finish brought his WSOP earnings to $138,669.

The ninth place finisher was Lindy Chambers, 65, an amusement company owner who had three previous WSOP cashes. "I have no complaints," he said. "And I had no rebuys!"


Play by Play

The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
1998 WSOP Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
183 Entries - 119 Re-buys
$387,000 Total Prize Pool and chips in play

Seat 1Steve Zolotow46,500[SZ]
Seat 2Johnny Chan63,000[JC]
Seat 3Ken Lennard23,500[KL]
Seat 4Roy Thung37,000[RT]
Seat 5Lindy Chambers18,000[LC]
Seat 6Steve Rydel64,500[SR]
Seat 7Donn O'Dea43,000[DO]
Seat 8Dan Heimiller13,500[DH]
Seat 9Howard Greenspan78,000[HG]


NOTES

d = dealer
F: = Flop
T: = Turn
R: = River

First action reported in a betting round, normally means the first player that put money into the pot in that betting round. A check is usually not reported as the first action in a betting round. Folds are not always reported. If there are four players at the beginning of a betting round, and it's reported that one player bets and is called by one other player, then the remaining two players folded.


    *** 4:07 PM Sunday 26 April 1998

    *** 1,000/2,000 Blinds

  1. d SZ - DO raises 3,000 and JC calls. F: 4d 8c Qc. Both check. T: Ad. DO bets 12,000 and JC calls. R: 2s. DO bets 18,000 and JC folds.
  2. d JC - DH raises 5,000 and all fold.
  3. d KL - JC raises 3,000 and LC calls. F: Tc 9d 2h. JC bets 11,000 and LC folds.
  4. d RT - HG, LC and SR limp. F: Ts 8h 2h. All check. T: Qc. LC bets 5,000 and HG calls. R: As. LC bets 6,000 all-in and HG calls. LC shows Jd 6s 9s 3c and HG wins with Kd Td Jc 5s.

    *** Lindy Chambers finishes 9th at 4:16 PM.

  5. d RT - JC raises 5,000 and all fold.
  6. d SR - RT raises 5,000 and SR calls. F: Qh Kh Ad. SR bets 16,500 and RT folds.
  7. d DO - RT raises 5,000 and all fold.
  8. d DH - RT raises 5,000 and is called by DO and SZ. F: 2s 5d 2d. RT bets 22,000 and all fold.
  9. d HG - HG raises 5,000 and all fold.
  10. d SZ - DH raises 5,000 and all fold.
  11. d JC - SR raises 5,000 and all fold.
  12. d KL - DO raises 5,000 and all fold.
  13. d RT - SR, DO and DH limp. F: 5s 2h 5c. All check. T: 9s. All check. R: Qs. DH bets 2,500 and all fold.
  14. d SR - HG raises 4,000 and DO calls. F: Qd Ts 5c. Both check. T: 6h. Both check. R: Ac. DO bets 14,000 and HG folds.
  15. d DO - Folded to HG in the big blind.
  16. d DH - JC, DO and SZ limp. F: 6s 8s 9s. All check. T: 7c. SZ bets 7,000 and all fold.
  17. d HG - RT raises 5,000 and HG calls. F: Td 4s 4c. RT bets 15,000 and HG folds.

    *** New Blinds at 4:39 PM - 1,500/3,000

  18. d SZ - SR raises 7,500 and all fold.
  19. d JC - DH raises 7,500 and all fold.
  20. d KL - RT raises 6,000 and SR folds.
  21. d RT - JC raises 7,500 and all fold.
  22. d SR - SZ raises 7,500, SR raises 25,000 and all fold.
  23. d DO - SZ raises 7,500 and all fold.
  24. d DH - SR raises 7,500 and all fold.
  25. d HG - Folded to JC in the big blind.
  26. d SZ - DH limps, HG raises 3,000 and DH calls. F: Qc 2c 8d. HG bets the pot and DH folds.
  27. d JC - SZ and RT limp. F: 9s 2d 7h. Both check. T: As. Both check. R: 7c. Both check. RT shows Ks Kc 2h Tc and SZ wins with Ah Kh Jh 3s.
  28. d KL - DO raises 7,000 and all fold.
  29. d RT - KL raises 5,500 all-in and all fold.
  30. d SR - JC raises 7,500 and DH calls. F: Jd Js 7c. JC bets 1,000 and DH calls all-in. DH shows Ad 2d Td 4h. JC has 4c 8c 5s 6d. T: Jc. R: 5c. JC wins.

    *** Dan Heimiller finishes 8th at 5:02 PM.

  31. d DO - KL raises 6,000, HG raises the pot and KL calls 4,000 all-in. KL shows Ks Qd Jc 5d and HG has Ah 2h Tc Qc. Board: Ad Kc 3d Th 9s. KL wins.
  32. d DO - JC, DO, HG and SZ limp. F: Qh 6h 3d. All check. T: Jc. HG bets 12,000 and DO calls. R: 2d. HG bets 35,000 and DO calls. DO shows Qc Jh Ad Kd and HG mucks.
  33. d HG - HG raises 7,500 and all fold.
  34. d SZ - SR raises 7,500 and SZ calls. F: 9d Th Kc. SR bets the pot and SZ calls 21,500 all-in. SZ shows As Js Td Qh and SR has Jh 8h Jc 6d. T: 8c. R: 6c. SZ wins.
  35. d JC - HG raises 7,500, JC raises the pot and HG calls 17,000 all in. JC shows Ad 2d As Kc and HG has Kd Qh Js 9d. Board: 3s Tc 4s 5h 8c. JC wins.

    *** Howard Greenspan finishes 7th at 5:18 PM.

  36. d KL - KL and SR limp. F: Jh Tc 3s. KL bets the pot and SR folds.
  37. d RT - SR raises 7,500 and DO calls. F: 5h 7d Ks. Both check. T: 5s. Both check. R: 8c. Both check. SR shows 2d Jd Tc Qc and DO wins with Ad Qh Td 4s.
  38. d SR - RT raises 7,500 and all fold.

    *** Chip Count

    DO 110,000
    JC 85,000
    SZ 75,000
    RT 46,000
    SR 46,000
    KL 25,000

  39. d DO - SR raises 7,500 and all fold.
  40. d SZ - RT raises 7,500, SR raises the pot and all fold.
  41. d JC - SR, KL and RT limp. F: 6d 9h 3d. RT bets 9,000, SR raises the pot and all fold.
  42. d KL - JC raises 7,500 and all fold.
  43. d RT - SZ raises 4,000, RT raises 10,000, SR raises 32,000 and RT calls 11,000 all-in. SZ folded Kh Jh 8h Kd, SR shows Ah Ad 5d 6h and RT has 8s 9h Tc Qd. Board: 9c Qh 4d Td 3c. RT wins.
  44. d SR - KL raises 7,500 and SZ calls. F: 2d Ac 3d. KL bets about 12,000 all-in and SZ folds.
  45. d DO - KL limps, SR raises 10,000 and all fold.
  46. d SZ - SZ raises 7,500 and all fold. SZ shows Qd 9d Qh Th.
  47. d JC - Folded to RT in the big blind. RT shows Ad Ah.
  48. d KL - JC raises 4,000 and SR calls. F: 6s 8c 8s. Both check. T: Qc. JC bets 10,000, SR raises the pot and JC folds.
  49. d RT - RT and DO limp. F: 5d 7h Qd. RT bets 10,000 and DO folds.
  50. d SR - SR raises 7,500 and all fold.
  51. d DO - SZ raises 6,000 and JC calls. F: 4h 5s 4c. SZ bets 18,000, JC raises 30,000 all-in and SZ folds.
  52. d SZ - Folded to KL in the big blind.
  53. d JC - SZ, KL and RT limp. F: 4s 8h 9h. All check. T: 7c. All check. R: Qd. RT bets 9,000 and all fold.
  54. d KL - SZ raises 7,500 and all fold.
  55. d RT - SR limps, DO raises 6,000 and SR calls. F: 5h 4c Jc. Both check. T: Ks. Both check. R: 9c. Both check. SR shows 5d 3s 7s 8c and DO wins with Ad Jd Th 3h.

    *** Ten minute break at 6:02 PM

    Raced off $500 chips - New blinds are 2,000/4,000.

  56. d SR - SR raises 14,000 and all fold.
  57. d DO - RT raises 10,000 and all fold.
  58. d SZ - JC raises 6,000 and KL calls. F: 6s 5h 6h. JC bets 20,000 and KL calls 15,000 all-in. JC shows Ad Kd Tc 3h and KL has Ah Qh Qd 7s. T: Kc. R: 3s. JC wins.

    *** Ken Lennard finishes 6th at 6:18 PM.

  59. d JC - JC raises the pot and RT folds.
  60. d JC - SZ raises 10,000 and SR calls. F: Qs 4h Qd. Both check. T: 5h. SZ bets 5,000 all-in and SR calls. SZ shows Qh Qc 9d 2c and SR mucks. R: 4c.
  61. d RT - RT, SR and DO limp. F: 8c 8s Ac. RT bets 12,000 and SR calls. T: Th. Both check. R: 8d. Both check. RT shows Qh Qc 2d 4d and SR mucks.
  62. d SR - DO limps, SZ raises 8,000 and DO folds.
  63. d DO - SR raises 9,000 and DO calls. F: 2c 9c Jh. SR bets 24,000 all-in and DO calls. SR shows 8h Td Tc 9s and DO has Th Kh Ac 5c. T: Kd. R: Qs. DO wins.

    *** Steve Rydel finishes 5th at 6:27 PM.

  64. d SZ - SZ raises 10,000 and all fold.
  65. d JC - RT limps, DO raises 8,000 and RT folds.
  66. d RT - DO and SZ limp. F: Ad 4d 3d. Both check. T: Jd. Both check. R: 8d. Both check. SZ shows Kh 5h Tc 9d and DO wins with Ac Qs 2d Ts.
  67. d DO - RT raises 7,500 and JC calls. F: Td 5c Js. Both check. T: 5h. RT bets 25,000 and JC folds.
  68. d SZ - DO, JC and RT limp. F: 8s Qs Jc. DO bets 12,000 and all fold.
  69. d JC - JC raises 10,000 and all fold.
  70. d RT - RT raises 10,000 and all fold.
  71. d DO - Folded to JC in the big blind.
  72. d SZ - JC and RT limp. F: 2d 3d 3c. Both check. T: 6s. Both check. R: Jc. RT bets 7,000 and JC calls. JC shows Ah Td 6c 9d and RT mucks.
  73. d JC - Folded to DO in the big blind.
  74. d RT - DO and SZ limp. F: 9d Jh 2d. SZ bets 7,000 and DO folds.
  75. d DO - SZ and JC limp. F: Ah As Kc. Both check. T: Th. Both check. R: 4c. Both check. SZ shows Ts Jd 9c 5s and JC mucks.

    *** Chip Count

    DO 155,000
    JC 130,000
    RT 52,000
    SZ 50,000

  76. d SZ - SZ raises 10,000 and RT calls. F: 8s Js 5d. RT bets 20,000 and SZ calls. T: 6c. RT bets 16,000 and SZ calls all-in. RT shows 5c 6h Kc Ad and SZ has 9c Th Ts Ac. R: 3s. RT wins.

    *** Steve Zolotow finishes 4th at 6:45 PM.

  77. d JC - Folded to DO in the big blind.
  78. d RT - RT raises 10,000 and DO calls. F: 6s 2h 9c. RT bets 28,000 and DO calls. T: 9s. DO bets all-in and RT folds.
  79. d DO - DO raises 8,000 and all call. F: 7h 8s 2d. JC bets 36,000 and all fold.
  80. d JC - JC raises 10,000, RT raises 32,000 and JC folds.
  81. d RT - DO limps, JC raises 8,000 and DO folds.
  82. d DO - DO and RT limp. F: 5h 3h Ah. Both check. T: 3s. Both check. R: Kd. Both check. RT shows 5c 9d 8s 2h and DO wins with 7c 7s 9s 6c.
  83. d JC - RT and DO limp. F: Ad 2s Jd. RT bets 8,000 and DO calls. T: Qc. Both check. R: 7c. RT bets 15,000 and DO folds.
  84. d RT - Folded to JC in the big blind.
  85. d DO - JC limps, RT raises 8,000 and JC folds.
  86. d JC - RT and DO limp. F: 8d 6s Js. DO bets 8,000, RT check raises 24,000 and DO folds.
  87. d RT - DO limps, JC raises 10,000 and DO folds.
  88. d DO - Folded to RT in the big blind.
  89. d JC - JC raises 10,000 and all fold.
  90. d RT - RT raises 10,000 and all fold.
  91. d DO - DO and RT limp. F: Ks 2d 9d. Both check. T: 7c. Both check. R: 3h. Both check. RT shows 7s 6d 6c 8d and DO mucks.
  92. d JC - JC raises 10,000 and all fold.
  93. d RT - Folded to JC in the big blind.
  94. d DO - Folded to RT in the big blind.
  95. d JC - RT and DO limp. F: Ac Tc Ts. Both check. T: 4c. RT bets 8,000 and DO calls. R: Jd. Both check. RT shows Ah 2h 7d 8c and DO wins with 5c 6c Js Ks.
  96. d RT - RT raises 10,000 and all fold.
  97. d DO - JC and RT limp. F: 3h Ks Ac. Both check. T: 6h. Both check. R: 6h. Both check. JC shows As Ts 8d 5s and RT mucks.
  98. d JC - RT limps, DO raises 8,000 and RT folds.
  99. d RT - DO raises 8,000 and all fold.
  100. d DO - JC and RT limp. F: 6c 9c Kd. RT bets 8,000 and JC calls. T: 5s. Both check. R: Ts. JC bets 15,000 and RT folds.
  101. d JC - RT raises 8,000 and DO calls. F: 8s 6c 5c. RT bets 14,000 and DO folds.
  102. d RT - DO and JC limp. F: Ah Kh Kd. Both check. T: 3d. Both check. R: 7h. Both check. DO shows Ac 8d 4s 5h and JC mucks.
  103. d DO - JC raises 8,000 and RT calls. F: 4s Jd Ad. JC bets 16,000 and RT calls. T: 2d. Both check. R: Js. JC bets 40,000 and RT calls. JC shows Ac Ah 4c Qh. RT mucks after showing Kd 8d.
  104. d JC - JC raises 10,000 and DO calls. F: 7h 8d Qh. Both check. T: 2c. DO bets 24,000 and JC folds. DO shows K K T 7.
  105. d RT - DO and JC limp. F: 9h 5c 8h. JC bets 8,000 and DO folds.
  106. d DO - JC raises 8,000 and RT folds.
  107. d JC - RT raises 8,000, DO raises 20,000 and RT calls 17,000 all-in. DO shows As Qs 8s Ad and RT has Kc Kh 6d 3c. Board: Td Qd 6s 5d 9c. DO wins.

    *** Roy Thung finishes 3rd at 7:32 PM.

    *** Chip Count

    DO 200,000
    JC 188,000

    *** Deal break - Probable deal.

    *** Blinds increase to 3,000/6,000.

  108. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  109. d DO - DO folds.
  110. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 2s 8d Jh. Both check. T: 4s. JC bets 30,000 and DO folds.
  111. d DO - DO folds.
  112. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  113. d DO - Both limp. F: 5h 6c 4c. DO bets 10,000 and JC folds.
  114. d JC - Both limp. F: Td 7s 7h. Both check. T: Ah. Both check. R: 9c. Both check. JC shows As Jd 4c 2d and DO mucks.
  115. d DO - Both limp. F: As 2d Th. Both check. T: 8h. Both check. R: 9s. DO bets 10,000 and JC folds.
  116. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  117. d DO - DO folds.
  118. d JC - Both limp. F: 8s 5h 7h. DO bets 10,000 and JC folds.
  119. d DO - DO folds.
  120. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 5h 2s Ad. JC bets 20,000, DO raises 60,000 and JC folds.
  121. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.
  122. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  123. d DO - Both limp. F: Kd Qh 5c. Both check. T: 3c. JC bets 12,000 and DO calls. R: Tc. Both check. JC shows 5d 5h and DO wins with 4c 6c As 7d.
  124. d JC - Both limp. F: 4s 8s Tc. JC bets 12,000 and DO folds.
  125. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  126. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: Jh 2s 5c. JC bets 30,000 and DO folds.
  127. d DO - DO folds.
  128. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  129. d DO - Both limp. F: Ah As Th. Both check. T: 2h. Both check. R: Qs. Both check. DO shows Qd 3d 6s 8s and JC mucks.
  130. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  131. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: Qd 2s Jc. JC bets 36,000 and DO folds.
  132. d JC - Both limp. F: 7d 2h Qc. JC bets 12,000 and DO folds.
  133. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.
  134. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  135. d DO - DO folds.
  136. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  137. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.
  138. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  139. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  140. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 7h 5c 8s. Both check. T: 2s. Both check. R: 2d. Both check. JC shows Qc Qs Kh 9s and DO mucks.
  141. d DO - Both limp. F: 2h Qd Jd. DO bets 10,000 and JC calls. T: 4c. Both check. R: Ac. Both check. JC shows Ks Ts 2s 4h and DO mucks.
  142. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  143. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC calls. F: 6d 3d Ah. Both check. T: Kc. Both check. R: Ad. JC bets 20,000 and DO folds.
  144. d JC - Both limp. F: 4s 2s Kh. Both check. T: Jc. Both check. R: 8s. DO bets 10,000 and JC calls. DO shows 9s Js 9c 6c and JC mucks.
  145. d DO - Both limp. F: 8h 7d 5h. Both check. T: 3c. JC bets 12,000 and DO calls. R: Jd. Both check. DO shows 3h 5d Kh 2c and JC mucks.
  146. d JC - JC raises 12,000, DO raises 30,000 and JC calls. F: Qh Jc 5h. DO bets about 90,000 all-in and JC folds.
  147. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC calls. F: 6c As 3d. Both check. T: 5h. JC bets 30,000 and DO folds.
  148. d JC - Both limp. F: Jd 6d 2h. Both check. T: 4s. JC bets 12,000 and DO calls. R: 9c. JC bets 36,000 and DO folds.
  149. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  150. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  151. d DO - Both limp. F: 5h 4s Qs. Both check. T: 9c. Both check. R: 5c. Both check. JC shows 8c 8h 6s 2c and DO mucks.
  152. d JC - JC limps, DO raises 12,000 and JC calls. F: Qd Jc 9h. JC bets 30,000 and DO raises all-in. JC folds. DO shows Q Q 8 8.
  153. d DO - Both limp. F: Kh 5h 5c. Both check. T: 9d. Both check. R: Qh. DO bets 10,000, JC raises 30,000 and DO folds.
  154. d JC - Both limp. F: 5h 7h 4h. Both check. T: Jh. Both check. R: 6s. Both check. JC shows 7s 8h Kd 2d and DO mucks.
  155. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: Qd 6d Kc. DO bets 25,000 and JC folds.
  156. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 7c 6h 5s. DO bets 20,000 and JC calls. T: Td. Both check. R: 2c. Both check. JC shows 6s Ts Qc 9s and DO shows 2h Th and mucks.
  157. d DO - Both limp. F: Kh Ac Qc. Both check. T: 9c. Both check. R: 6h. Both check. JC shows 3d 3c 4d 5h and DO wins with 5d 5s 3h 7h.
  158. d JC - JC limps, DO raises 12,000 and JC calls. F: Ah Ac 8c. Both check. T: 4h. Both check. R: 9h. JC bets 30,000 and DO mucks.
  159. d DO - Both limp. F: 5s 7s 6h. Both check. T: 2h. DO bets 10,000, JC raises 32,000 and DO folds.
  160. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  161. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 2h Qd 6d. JC bets 35,000 and DO calls. T: Ad. Both check. R: 8s. JC bets 60,000 and DO folds.

    *** Chip Count

    JC 337,000
    DO 51,000

  162. d JC - Both check. F: Qc 3c 2c. JC bets 6,000, DO raises 24,000 and JC folds. JC shows Ac, and says "I wish you had more money."
  163. d DO - Both limp. F: As 6h Ac. Both check. T: Th. Both check. R: Ks. DO bets 9,000 and JC folds.
  164. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: Kh 7h 4d. JC bets 30,000 and DO folds.
  165. d DO - Both limp. F: Qd Ad Qh. Both check. T: 4s. Both check. R: 5c. JC bets 10,000 and DO folds.
  166. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: 8s Jc 8c. Both check. T: As. Both check. R: 7d. Both check. DO shows Ah 9c 6h 2d and JC mucks.
  167. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.
  168. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO calls. F: Jh 4d 5s. JC bets 30,000 and DO folds.
  169. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  170. d JC - Both limp. F: Ac Kd Ks. Both check. T: Jh. Both check. R: Th. Both check. JC shows 8c 8d Td 3s. and DO mucks.
  171. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000, DO raises 24,000 all-in and JC calls. DO shows Ac Ah 2s 3d and JC has As Ks Jd 7h. Board: 5h Ts 3c 6h 2h. DO wins.
  172. d JC - Both limp. F: 3d Qd 5c. JC bets 12,000 and DO calls. T: 2h. DO bets 35,000 and JC folds. DO shows 2d 5d Jc 8c.
  173. d DO - Both limp. F: 2d 9d 5s. DO bets 10,000 and JC calls. T: Qh. DO bets 25,000 and JC folds.
  174. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  175. d DO - Both limp. F: 9c 3d Kc. Both check. T: Qd. Both check. R: 7d. Both check. JC shows 9h Qh 6d Jc and DO has Qc 9s 4s 8d. Split pot.
  176. d JC - Both limp. F: Jc 8h Ks. Both check. T: 2d. DO bets 10,000 and JC folds.
  177. d DO - DO limps, JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  178. d JC - JC limps, DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.
  179. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC calls. F: Jh Kd Ac. Both check. T: 6c. Both check. R: 8h. Both check. JC shows 9c Tc Jc 6s and DO mucks.
  180. d JC - JC raises 12,000 and DO folds.
  181. d DO - Both limp. F: 3c Jc Kd. Both check. T: 6h. JC bets 12,000 and DO calls. R: 5c. Both check. DO shows 2h 5d Jh 6c and JC mucks.
  182. d JC - JC raises 12,000, DO raises 30,000 and JC folds.
  183. d DO - DO raises 12,000 and JC folds.

    *** Chip Count

    JC 252,000
    DO 136,000

    *** Blinds increase to 5,000/10,000

  184. d JC - JC limps, DO raises 20,000 and JC calls. F: 5h Js 3d. DO bets 50,000 and JC folds.
  185. d DO - Both limp. F: 4d As 2c. JC bets 20,000 and DO calls. T: Td. DO bets 50,000, JC raises all-in and DO calls all-in. DO shows 3c 5d Qh Kc and JC has 4c 4s 5h Jc. R:Ks. DO wins.

    Chip Count

    DO 332,000
    JC 56,000

  186. d JC - JC raises 20,000 and DO calls. F: Kd 8s 8h. JC bets 26,000 all-in and DO calls. JC shows Kc Td 5s 6d and DO has 8c 9h 5h 6h. T: 8d. R: Jd. DO wins.

    *** Johnny Chan finishes second and Donn O'Dea wins the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Championship at 9:35 PM.


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