Monday, March 19, 2007

EVENT #20 RESULTS

OMAHA HI-LO
$1,000 + $70
$45,000 PRIZE POOL
45 ENTRIES

Russell Salzer Muscles His Way to Win

The $1,000+70 buy-in Omaha Hi-Lo field was only 45 deep yet the final table did not
complete until 14 hours later. The 3,000 chip starting stack and hour-long rounds
provided plenty of play. The final table was set with nine players at the stroke of
midnight. Even the short stacks have play left in them as the blinds are only on Level 8
at $300/$600. The top five players would be in the money.
The first elimination occurred on hand #14 when David Boyett, a mortgage broker, was
all-in against Spring Cheong. The board was 9-6-6-8-6 and Spring’s 8-6-3-2 was the
second set of quads of the final table for Spring. No low was available and David
mucked his cards. David Boyett was eliminated in 9th place.
On hand #28, Michael Woo, a professional player, found himself all-in against two
opponents. Randy Holland and Larry Brill made it to the river with a board of Js-5-2s-J-
8. Randy showed A-4-J-J for quads, Larry held As-2s-4s-6s for ½ of the low. Michael
Woo mucked his cards and finished in 8th place.
With seven players left, a deal was made to include all seven in the money. Play
actually increased considerably once this deal was in place. On hand #49, around 3am,
Larry Brill was all-in against Russell “The Muscle” Salzer. The board was Ks-9s-8-J-7
with Russ completing his straight on the river for the high and no low qualifier. Larry
Brill finished in 7th place.
The next big confrontation would not occur until hand #79 when Barry Rosenbloom
was all-in against David Flores, the champion of the $500 Omaha Hi-Lo event last week.
The board was A-A-J-5-J and David showed A-2-4-7 for trip Aces and Barry held Q-Q-J-
10 for trip Jacks. Barry was eliminated in 6th place on the money bubble.
On hand #92, there was three-way action with Spring Cheong all-in. The board was K-
6-2-2-J. David Flores scooped the pot with J-6-x-x (2 pair) and Spring showed her 6 and
mucked her other 3 cards. Glen Cozen showed his A-3-7-7 for 2-pair but smaller than
David’s holding. Spring Cheong finished in 5th place for $2,250.
About 4:30am, on hand #119, David Flores was all-in against Randy Holland. With a
board of K-5-5d-Ad-6d, Randy Holland made his flush with Jd-10d-9-6 and eliminated
David Flores’ two pair (A-Q-4-4). David Flores would not win back-to-back Omaha
events but would finish in 4th place earning $4,500.
Three-handed play would proceed until hand #149 when Glen Cozen was all-in against
Russ Salzer. The board was Qh-8-7h-5h-Q and Russ held Jh-10h-9-3 for the flush which
bested Glen’s K-Q-9-4 for trip Queens. Glen Cozen finished in 3rd place for $6,750.
Approaching 6am, both Randy and Russ made a deal and the tournament was finally
over. Russ was declared the winner and Randy humbly took 2nd place.
-Jay “Bugsy” Siegel

BIOGRAPHY
Russ Salzer, a professional player, has been playing poker for over 25 years. He played
“hundreds” of tournaments in Las Vegas throughout the years. Many hours were spent in
the Orleans and Caesars Palace (old room) poker rooms. Russ finished in 29th place in
the 2005 WSOP Main Event and has cashed in 11 other WSOP events in the last two
years. Russ prefers playing Stud H/L, Omaha H/L, and mixed games but considers
himself capable of playing any game. Prior to professional poker, Russ was a Stock
Market Broker in Manhattan. He spent “more than a few” off duty hours at the famous
Mayfair Club. Russ moved to Las Vegas and lived there for 20 years. He now resides in
Florida and limits his travel to several events and a WSOP run. Russ shared stories from
the old school days of poker, including mob stories at The Stardust, playing with Stuey
Ungar, and reminisced with Glenn Cozen when Glen finished 2nd place at the WSOP
Main Event by letting the 2 big chip stacks battle it out for 3rd place.

CHIP COUNTS ARRIVING

AT THE FINAL TABLE
Seat 1 Spring Cheong $4,100
Seat 2 Michael Woo $14,900
Seat 3 Randy Holland $13,400
Seat 4 David Boyett $14,700
Seat 5 Larry Brill $13,700
Seat 6 Russell “The Muscle” Salzer $28,900
Seat 7 David Flores $11,900
Seat 8 Glenn Cozen $23,700
Seat 9 Barry Rosenbloom $9,700

Chip Variance= +0

FINAL TABLE RESULTS

 1st Russ Salzer West Park, FL $20,250
2nd Randy Holland Los Angeles, CA $11,250
rd
3 Glen Cozen S. Pasadena, CA $6,750
4th David Flores Alhambra, CA $4,500
5th Spring Cheong Las Vegas, NV $2,250
th
6 Barry Rosenbloom Burbank, CA $2,050
7th Larry Brill Los Angeles, CA
8th Michael Woo Desert Hot Springs,CA
th
9 David Boyett Vista, CA

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No Limit Hold’em
$1,500 + $80 (2-day event)
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 4:15pm
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