Friday, March 9, 2007

EVENT #10 RESULTS

OMAHA HI-LO
$500 + $50,
$45,000 PRIZE POOL
90 ENTRIES

David Flores Scoops a

$500 Omaha Hi-Lo Victory
Ninety players ponied up $500 to try and take down this second Omaha Hi-Lo event of
Winnin ‘O’ the Green. The final table was set at 1:30 am in the middle of Level 11 with
blinds of 1,000/2,000. The 45-minute rounds for this event keep plenty of play available
to the players.
The first elimination came on hand #7 when poker pro Danny Morgan was all-in on the
river with A-Q-7-6 against Dan Halpern’s A-A-2-9. The board was 5d-3-Kd-10-5 and
Halpern’s Aces Up scoops the pot with no low available. Danny Morgan finished in 9th
place and earned $900.
On hand #16, three-way action yielded a board of Kh-4c-2s-4h-4d and Milton Giron
was all-in on the turn with A-2-3-5. David Flores folded after the turn and Jennifer
Bankston held the case 4 and showed down quad 4’s. Milton Giron of Santa Fe Springs
finished in 8th place and earned $1,125.
Steve Badger found himself on the rail for one round and he let the F-bomb slip. He
returned on hand #37 and won his first pot making up for the last round of blinds he lost
during his penalty.
On hand #40, Brandon Hoss was all-in on the river with A-4-5-9 against Jennifer
Bankston’s A-3-7-Q. Jennifer’s dissimilar cards were to prove invaluable. The board
was A-J-7-6-5 and Jennifer’s 7 made a better Aces Up for the high and her live 3 made a
better low. Jennifer scoops another pot and Brandon Hoss was eliminated in 7th place and
earned $1,575.
 Just two hands later, after the blinds have increased to 2,000/4,000 (Level 13), Don
Halpern found himself all-in on the river against chip leader David Flores. David showed
A-5-9-10 and Don revealed his 2-3-K-K. The board was Q-5-3-10-4 and neither player
had a low. David’s two pair (5’s & 10’s) bested Don’s pair of Kings and Don Halpern
collected $2,025 for his 6th place finish. David increases his chip lead again.
As hand #52 unfolded, David Flores was willing to take on another short stack. Lap
Wan was all-in on the river with A-4-5-6 over David’s K-Q-J-5. The flop was all David
with K-10-5. The turn As gave David the broadway straight and Lap was drawing thin
with his two pair. The river was neither an Ace nor a 5 (I actually couldn’t make out
what it was) and David Flores busted out another. Lap Wan finished in 5th place and
received $2,475 of the prize pool.
It was a long stretch of 24 more hands before the next elimination. On hand #76, Nobuo
Hamamoto, in his second final table appearance, short stacked and all-in with Q-Q-9-2
was against Steve Badger with A-K-J-9. The board was J-9-3-8-6 and Steve flopped top
two-pair while Nobuo could not catch up. Both players had high-only hands so there was
no low. Nobuo Hamamoto was eliminated in 4th place and earned $3,150.
The field had narrowed to the final 3 players. Jennifer was the shortest stack but it was
going to be anybody’s game to win. Once three-handed, a majority of the hands were
played to the river. On hand #89, Steve Badger was all-in against Jennifer Bankston.
Steve showed J-10-10-6 and Jennifer had A-3-Q-Q. The board was A-9-7-5-2 and
Jennifer scoops with a pair of Aces for the high and a live 3 for the low. Steve finished in
3rd place and earned $5,400.
Heads up play commenced with David Flores having a 4+:1 chip lead over Jennifer.
They played it out for about 6 hands and David offered a deal to end it and Jennifer
seeing the uphill battle ahead after losing a couple of pots and half of her chips agreed.
Both players congratulated each other and David Flores was declared the winner and
Jennifer was the runner-up.
-Jay “Bugsy” Siegel

BIOGRAPHY
David attributes his win to his selective and frequent bluffing at the final table. David
Flores has been playing poker seriously for about 2+ years. He plays predominantly cash
game Omaha $30/$60. He occasionally plays No Limit Hold’em but says that is only for
recreation. David is self taught, mostly from playing on the internet. He got his initial
interest in poker from watching it on television. David is planning on playing the $1,000
Omaha event on Monday, March 19, 2007.

CHIP COUNTS ARRIVING AT FINAL TABLE

Seat 1 Milton Giron $5,500
Seat 2 Lap Wan $21,000
Seat 3 Steve Badger $28,500
Seat 4 David Flores $24,000
Seat 5 Nobuo Hamamoto $18,000
Seat 6 Jennifer Bankston $27,000
Seat 7 Danny Morgan $21,500
Seat 8 Brandon Hoss $19,500
Seat 9 Don Halpern $15,000
 Chip Variance= 0

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

st
1 David Flores Los Angeles, CA $18,000
2nd Jennifer Bankston Burbank, CA $10,350
3rd Steve Badger Sherman Oaks, CA $5,400
th
4 Nobuo Hamamoto Sun Valley, CA $3,150
th
5 Lap Wan Alhambra, CA $2,475
6th Dan Halpern Santa Monica, CA $2,025
th
7 Brandon Hos Phoenix, AZ $1,575
th
8 Milton Giron Santa Fe Springs, CA $1,125
9th Danny Morgan Los Angeles, CA $900

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