Sunday, March 18, 2007

EVENT #19 RESULTS

LADIES NO LIMIT HOLD’EM
$500 + $50
$45,500 PRIZE POOL
91 ENTRIES

Teresa Sanchez Claims Ladies Title

The $500+50 buy-in Ladies No Limit Hold’em event attracted 91 players to The Bicycle
Casino at 2:15pm. The $500 buy-in hosted also by the LPA (Ladies Poker Assoc.)
provided each player $3,000 in tournament chips and 45 minute blinds. This structure
allows for more play and typically favors the more skilled player. Although, this
structure also lengthens the tournament and the final table of 9 players was set at
11:00pm. An option was given to the final table players to come back on Monday and
play out the final table on the live webcast “Live at the Bike”. One of the players could
not make it on Monday so the final table would be played into Monday morning.
On the sixth hand of the final table, Erlene Geller, a teacher from Westminster, CA, was
all-in against Ruth Turobiner. Ms. Geller held 9-10 and Ruth held K-J. The board was 6-
6-4-Q-5 and Ruth’s King made the best hand. Erlene Geller finished in 9th place and
earned $915. Erlene was out very late on a school night…for the record.
About 10 hands later, Amber Arafiles, holding 5-5 (aka presto) re-raised all-in preflop
against Val Breiman, a screenwriter, who quickly called with pocket Queens. The board
was K-J-10-4-A and the Ace on the river improved Val’s hand to a nut straight although
Val was leading during the entire hand. Amber Arafiles was eliminated in 8th place and
earned $1,135.
On hand #77, Roni Taylor, a Bicycle Casino employee and liason to the Womens poker
tournaments, called all-in with pocket 5’s against Teresa Sanchez’s pocket Aces. It’s
going to be a steep climb for Roni. The board did not improve for Roni (9-2-2-7-7) and
each player had 2-pair but Teresa’s Aces over 7’s prevailed. Roni Taylor finished in 7th
place earning $1,590. Congrats on the final table and your recent arrival of a newly born
grandchild.
 On hand #39, Chau Do, an attorney from Burbank, CA, was all-in with J-8 against Val
Breiman with K-10. The board was 7-6-2-6-Q and the King kicker gave Val the best
hand. Chau Do finished in 6th place and received $2,050 of the prize pool.
Just a few hands later, Ann Natarelli, sensing weakness, bet all-in post flop against Ruth
Turobiner, who made the reluctant call. Ann showed a dominating A-10 to Ruth’s 5h-6h
with a flop of 9-7-4h. Ann had the lead but Ruth hand an open-ended straight draw and a
back door flush draw. The turn King helped neither player and closed the back door draw
for Ruth. The river 5 paired up Ruth for the win. Ann Natarelli finished in 5th place for
$2,500.
It would be 58 more hands, playing 4-handed before our last elimination. On hand
#103, Ruth Turobiner raised preflop all-in and was called by Teresa Sanchez. Ruth
showed a Q-2 and Teresa showed pocket Queens. The board was A-A-10-5-K and
Teresa’s Aces-up wins. Ruth Turobiner finished in 4th place and earned $3,185.
The final 3 players played for several more hands and around 2am requested a chip
count calculation. Each player was happy with the chip count and the decision to go
home. Teresa had the chip lead 111,500 to Val’s 108,500. Teresa was declared the
winner with the runner up position going to Val. Linda arriving at the final table 6th in
chips finished in 3rd place.
-Jay “Bugsy” Siegel

BIOGRAPHY
Teresa Sanchez, a mother of 4 from Bakersfield, had a one-man cheering section at the
final table. Teresa was excited to have the win even though it would be followed by a 2-
hour car ride home. Teresa played very aggressive at the final table, frequently raising
and re-raising. She accumulated chips/lost chip/accumulated chips during the 100+
hands of the final table. She got her money in good almost all the time and won her share
of uncontested pots.

CHIP COUNTS ARRIVING

AT THE FINAL TABLE
Seat 1 Chau Do $8,400
Seat 2 Ruth Turobiner $45,400
Seat 3 Ann Natarelli $50,000
Seat 4 Valeri Breiman $47,100
Seat 5 Roni Taylor $30,400
Seat 6 Amber Arafiles $21,200
Seat 7 Linda Thiele $29,200
Seat 8 Teresa Sanchez $38,700
Seat 9 Erlene Geller $2,900

Chip Variance= +300 (raceoff & pickup)

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

 1st Teresa Sanchez Bakersfield, CA $18,200
2nd Val Breiman Los Angeles, CA $10,465
rd
3 Linda Thiele Pacific Palisades, CA $5,460
4th Ruth Turobiner Los Angeles, CA $3.185
5th Ann Natarelli Simi Valley, CA $2,500
th
6 Chau Do Burbank, CA $2,050
7th Roni Taylor La Palma, CA $1,590
8th Amber Arafiles Loma Linda, CA $1,135
th
9 Erlene Geller Westminster, CA $915

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Omaha Hi-Lo
$1,000 + $70
Monday, March 19, 2007 4:15pm
Tournament Results: www.thebicyclecasino.com