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World Series Of Poker 2002 $1,500 Holdem Shootout (limit) Result |
LAS VEGAS April 19th - May 24th, 2002 |
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12th May -
193 (new event) players. Prizepool $272,130 (-). 1st prize $96,400 (-). New
format proves a success with good tournout. Played in one day, a change from
the original. Read more |
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Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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1 |
Joel Chaseman |
MD |
$96,400 |
2 |
Gene Timberlake
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TX |
$55,600
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3 |
Rocco Dipomazio
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NM |
$29,650
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4 |
Scotty Nguyen |
NV |
$17,300
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5 |
John Juanda |
CA |
$13,600
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6 |
Melissa Hayden
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NV |
$11,120
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7 |
Matt Lefkowitz |
MA |
$8,600
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8 |
Daniel Negreanu
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NV |
$6,180 |
9 |
Marcel Luske |
Holland |
$4,940
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10 |
Chris Pikula |
NY |
$3,700 |
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11 - 20 |
Mickey Seagle,
Jesse Jones, Don Mosely, David Enoch, Christer Johansson (Swe), Dino Fazlibegu,
Joe Grew, Harry Demetriou (England), Toto Leonidas, Jac Arama (England).
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$2,500 |
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Key
Players |
This
tournament is not a conventional format. It involves the elimination of 9 out
of the 10 players at each table, winners to progress to the next round. There
were 20 original tables.
If you did win your table, you were then on a
freeroll for the $96,400 first prize. The 20 original table winners drew for
seats at one of two 'second' tables and they started over again with $1,500 in
chips. Five survivors out of those ten at each of the second tables then became
the 10-handed Final Table carrying their second table chip counts with them.
Clear? Sort of.
Chris Pikula claims that this is his first poker
tournament ever. Imagine making a WSOP Final Table in your first tournament?
Chris mucked his hand for 10th when Rocco DiPomazio showed him a runner runner
flush.
Marcel Luske is a dominating player on the European tour. At
this table, they didn't know his reputation. Luske had to go all-in short
stacked with K 10. Gene Timberlake flopped trip 9's to send the European
hotshot out in 9th.
Unable to win a hand of any kind, the starting
chip leader tanked into 8th. Daniel Negreanu had the worst Final Table of his
brief but spectacular career. Stunned and in shock, Daniel couldn't believe
what was happening to him. He must have missed on a couple hundred outs in the
hands he played. All-in with yet another A K, Daniel was called by John Juanda
with K 10. No worries. The 10 ripped right off the deck and held up.
Another top player who had a horrible time was Matt Lefkowitz. With 13
big bets at the start, Matt had time to do something but he didn't get any
cards. Besides, Scotty Nguyen was on fire at the time and Scotty was putting
the table on tilt with his arrogant attitude toward his opponents. Matt went
all-in drawing dead to John Juanda's flopped two pair.
The John Juanda
Fan Club is still waiting for John to get his first bracelet. It didn't come
today as Juanda was especially perplexed by Scotty Nguyen. With the board Q 2 3
4, John check raised and was reraised by Nguyen. Juanda then folded. Not long
after, John went all-in on the button with the K 2 of Diamonds. It was Scotty
who disappointed the Fan Club with Q 10 and a 10 on the flop.
Now for
the complete and total collapse by a former World Champion. Overconfidence
probably describes it most politely. Arrogance is probably a more accurate
word. With four players left Scotty Nguyen had half the chips on the table and
finished 4th. He never changed gears when the three rocks he was playing with
changed theirs. It was obvious to everyone that Nguyen was bluffing most of the
time, but nobody would call him down. When Joel Chaseman showed Scotty a bluff
with the worthless 3 2 of Diamonds on a huge pot, the invincibility Nguyen had
so successfully portrayed for so long was shattered. There were $30,000 in
chips on the table. Prior to that hand, Scotty had $15,000 of them. In an hour
he was gone.
The three remaining players made a save that guaranteed
them their respective spots and played on. And on, and on, and on. At 7 am the
next morning, Joel Chaseman finally hit the card on the river that allowed
several insanely groggy people to go home.
Thanks for the report from
Mike Paulle via Tex Whitson |
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