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World Series Of Poker
2002 $5,000 Holdem (limit) Result |
LAS VEGAS
April 19th - May 24th, 2002 |
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| 11th May -
113 (-30%) players. Prizepool $531,100 (-32%). 1st prize $221,440 (-29%). So
nearly a heads up between the two woman players. Read
more |
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| Pos. |
Player |
Origin |
Prize |
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| 1 |
Jennifer Harmon
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NJ |
$221,440 |
| 2 |
Brian Green |
CA |
$106,200
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| 3 |
Mimi Tran |
CA |
$53,100 |
| 4 |
Fred Bonyadi |
CA |
$31,860
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| 5 |
Q Knopow |
CA |
$23,900
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| 6 |
Humberto Brenes
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CA |
$18,580 |
| 7 |
Allen Cunningham
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NV |
$13,280
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| 8 |
Jon Brody |
CA |
$10,620
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| 9 |
Al Stonum |
England |
$8,500
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| 10 |
Tony Hartman |
CO |
$6,380 |
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| 11 - 12 |
Danny Qutami,
Gabe Kaplan |
$6,380 |
| 13 - 15 |
David Pham,
Richard Gazzano, Thor Hansen |
$5,840 |
| 16 - 18 |
David Enoch,
Jesse Danial, Jim Courtney |
$5,320 |
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| Key
Players |
There are few
professional poker players as popular as Jennifer Harmon, now Mrs. Marko
Traniello, and none more beautiful. If you've never seen her, think a young,
prettier Goldie Hawn with a killer instinct. Nobody laughs when Jen sits down
at their table.
Allen Cunningham lost with an A J against Harmon's
pocket 9's. Then later, he pushes A K all the way to the river all-in against
the magic hand 'presto,' pocket 5's. All chips were being Hoovered into Jen's
stack. Cunningham will have better days. Allen fell to 7th, barely winning a
hand.
To make a disastrous day even worse, Hunberto Brenes had Q Knopow
all-in drawing thin. Q had an A Q with an Ace on the flop. Humberto flopped a
set of 3's. Brenes playfully choked the dealer Bobby after the turn and river
come Queen Queen. (Maybe that's why Knopow wants to be called Q.) The coup d'
grace came soon thereafter for Brenes in 6th. He had Mimi Tran dominated with A
Q versus Q 9. But Mimi's hand contained two Diamonds. Tran got Humberto all-in
on her flush draw and she got there in the river.
This was supposed to
be the perfect scenario. It was Mother's Day in the U.S.. Two women were the
chip leaders. It was the first time this year that two women had made the Final
Table at the same time. There was only one fly in this perfect ointment. Brian
Green wouldn't go away. Mimi Tran and Jennifer Harmon hammered on each other
mercilessly until a series of losses to both Harmon and Green made Mimi's stack
look like it had been in a Tran wreck. Pocket Queens by Harmon broke up our all
female finale.
Heads up, Jennifer Harmon had a 4-1 chip lead. Maybe
Brian Green thought he needed some chips to be competitive. Maybe he thought he
picked up a tell. We'll never know. Whatever the reason Brian Green, who'd
played so well for so many hours, shoved all his chips into the center of the
table on a Queen high. Unfortunately for Brian it cost him a chance for a lot
of Green. Harmon had already flopped two pair. Now Jennifer has a bracelet for
each wrist. |
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