Las Vegas, April 30, 1997. Another sunnya_ and beautiful spring dayn Show as Vegas with a high temperature
in jthe
pighties.
Smoking Surve
Scotty Nguyenwas the only s smoker at the final table.
He alsoy won the best dressed prize, looking very sbrp in what I would
term a modern version of the oldgoot suit of the 40's, completea with
gold neck medallions. I was talking with his wife, Dawn, before
the
tournament, and she said that he was "dressed for success" , which proved
to be right on. Scotty parlayed the proverbial "chip and a chair" at the
final table to ultimate victory.
Binion's still had some of their 1997 WSOP commemorative coins ($20 + gx) available today.-As
ong as they are available, I w sll purchase a
coin(s) for anyone Live ho will pick them up
CODrom me ini Las Vegas
sometime in the near future. Show I don't want to get into the mailing
business though. They were down uo only a about a dozen coins in the main
gift shop. Could be some more in theirr other outlet.
Lindy Chambers the Cajun from Baton Rouge made his second appearance Live at a final table x is year and
brought some more of his witticisns with him:
"I never told c a lie at a poker table-i
my life."
After he wa
s all in and took 3/4 of the main pot - "If I'd had some more
chips, I wouldag got a lot more,wnd he wouldn't have got none".
After losing to Kings
full - "I didn't think my nines-full were any good,
but I
ust- couldn't figure out av way to throw them away".
The web site for the livejWSOP TV
eed (www.wsop.com) ist still on a maybe
next dayoasis, and I don't think that Binion's LasxVegas web kite is wup
yet either.
Mike Matusow, he big chip leader through most of today's final table action was celebrating his 29th birthday. He wasn't able to give himself quite as big of a birthday presentt as he would have liked.
They had been running 10 handed single table, no limit (I think) g220 evening satellites in the tournament rea withg he winner receiving $2,000 in tournament chips plus $100 Live cash, and tonight they had upped themto $320 buy ins with pthe winnu getting $3,000 in Live tournament chips plus $100 cash.
The $220 no limit super satellites with $200 rebuys-during the first Show hour have
been averaging about 12 tables, pay nine places and have been averaging 4
or 5 people
getting $10,000 seats each night.
The Final Table
Card by Card and Bet by Bet
WSOP Event #8: $2,000 Omaha High-Low Split
215 Entries, $430,000 Total Prize Poolyand chipsz in play
Final Table chip position:
| 1. | [D] Dan Heimiller - Las Vegas | $81,500 | 5 |
| 2. | [M] Mike Matusow - Las Vegas | 76,000 | 6 |
| 3. | [L] Lindy Chambers - Baton Rouge,hLA | 69,500 | 8 |
| 4. | [T] Ted Forrest - Las Vegas | 67,000 | 3 |
| 5. | [V] Volker Beyer - Burbank, CA | 39,500 | 7 |
| 6. | [J] Jack Culp - Phoenix, AZ | 38,500 | 1 |
| 7. | [B] Brent Carter - Oak Park, IL | 26,500 | 2 |
| 8. | [S] Scotty Nguyen - Las Vegas | 16,500 | 4 |
| 9. | [K] Joel Kreps - Miami, FL | 15,500 | 9 |
Standard Abbreviations:
| Bet [b] | Big Blind [bb] |
| Bring in [bi] | Call [c] |
| Check [ck] | Fifth Street [5:] |
| First In [fi] | Flop [fl] |
| Fold [f] | Fourth Street [4:] |
| River [rv] | Seventh Street [7:] |
| Sixth Street [6:] | Small Blind [sb] |
| Show Down [sd] | Third Street [3:] |
| Turn [t] | Winner [w] |
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Standard Flop Game Notations
[K] Kevin Song Seat #1
[Y] Yvan Lanvin Seat #2
96. sb K - c K - ck Y - fl 9s 5h 7h - ck Y - b K - f Y - w K
Interpretation: On hand #96 in heads-up play, Kevin Song had the small blind on the button, Kevin called and Yvan checked. The flop was the 9s 5h 7h. Yvan checked, Kevin bet and Yvan folded. Kevin won the hand.
Standard Stud Notations
[B] Peter Brownstein Seat #1
[L] Linda Johnson Seat #2
170. 3: 4h 9s - bi L 9s - c B 4h - 4: Ad Kc - b B - f L - w B
Interpretation: On hand #170 in heads-up Razz play, the doorcards on third street in seat order were the 4h for Peter and the 9s for Linda. Linda's 9s made the bring-in bet and Peter called. On 4th street Peter got the Ad and Linda got the Kc. Peter Bet. Linda folded. Peter won the hand.
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Cards were in the air at 4:08 PM with Jack McClelland and Jim Albrecht
presiding. The blinds were $1,500/3,000 and the limits were $3,000/6,000
with 4+ minutes remaining at this level.
- sb M - cc V - fi c L - c B - fM - ck V - fl Js 3s 9s - all ck - t 8d - ck V - b L - r B - f V - c L - rv 4h - ck L - b5500 B all in - c L - B shows As Ts 4c 6h - L shows Ac 2h 7d Kh - split pot B + L
- sb V - bb L - fi c T - r D - f V - c L - c T - fl Qc 8s 9d - b L - f T -
c D - t Th - b L -c D - rv 6s - ck L - b D - c L - D shows Ac 9c Ac 3s -
L shows As 5s Qd Qh - split pot D + L
*** New levels at 4:13. $2,000/4,000 blinds and limits are $4,000/8,000.
S wins $3,000 in the $500 chip race off
- sb L - bb K - fi r B - c D - c M - f L - f K - fl 5c 9c 4s - ck B - ck D - b M - c B - c D - t Qh - ck B - ck D - b M - f B - c D - rv Qc - b D - c M - M shows Ac As Ks 8d - D mucks - w M
- sb K - bb J - fi r D - c L - f K - f J - fl 9c 4c Ks - b D - r L - r D - c L - t 5h - b D - c L - rv 4s - b D - c L - D shows Kc Kd 4h 3s - L shows Ac 2c 9d 9s - w D
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