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2007-2008 WSOP Circuit, Tunica, Event 7 ($500 Pot Limit HE) Results
JANUARY 11,2008 - 11:00:05 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Low-Chipped, Howard ‘Tahoe’ Andrews Roars Back to Win Pot-Limit Hold’em
Veteran Pro with Two Bracelets Drove in From California with Friend Vince Burgio
Tunica, MS-- Tunica, MS—Vince Burgio and Howard “Tahoe” Andrews, two respected veteran pros who between them have over 400 tournament cashes, drove in together from California to play tournaments here, with both making the final table of event 7, $300 pot-limit hold’em. Burgio finished seventh while Andrews, making a remarkable recovery when he was very low-chipped, went on to yet another win in his long career. It paid $13,799, along with the handsome gold trophy ring.
Down to four players, Andrews had only 57,000 of the 740,000 chips in play. He doubled up with a full house, climbed back, knocked out the next two players, had a small chip lead heads-up, and gradually wore down his final opponent in 40 hands of heads-up play. "He was very conservative and I robbed a lot," Andrews said.
Andrews is a retired engineer with General Motors who lives in Walnut Grove, California. He has three children and three grandchildren, all girls. He wrote down his age as "old" (announcer Brooks Turk gave his Social Security number as "3"), and is a true poker legend. He is credited with 180 or so cashes in major tournaments dating back to 1976 (did they really play poker that long ago?) when he won bracelets at the WSOP in both $1,000 and $2,500 no-limit. His biggest cash is $250,000 for winning the Grand Prix of Poker in 1987. He is also in the Seniors Hall of Fame.
Asked about his style of play, Burgio was quick to answer for him: "He has no style." Andrews in turn referred to Burgio as his chauffeur. Andrews was more complimentary toward his friend Barbara Enright (the only woman in the Poker Hall of Fame) whom he referred to as his idol.
This event was one of two that started yesterday. The other was pot-limit Omaha. Hold’em started at noon, Omaha at 4 p.m. When the hold'em event got down to the final nine, the players, given the option of playing through or returning the next day, voted to return.
Day 2 action began with blinds of 2,000-4,000, a full 40 minutes left. With 183,000 chips, Clyde Bass had the lead.
Seat 1. Chad Smithson 22,000.
Seat 2. Howard "Tahoe" Andrews 91,000
Seat 3. Bob Redman 43,000
Seat 4. Todd Bernstein 124,000
Seat 5. Vince Burgio 26,000
Seat 6. Jim McBride 65,500
Seat 7. Richard Ferro 150,000
Seat 8. Clyde Bass 183,000
Seat 9. Kyle Caslin 46,500
The first player was gone in 10 hands. Bob Redman moved in with a 22,000 raise holding A-K. Bass called, way behind with As-9s, but flopped a 9, and that was it. Ninth was worth $710.
Redman, 61, is from St. Joseph, Missouri and owns a consulting company. He is married with five children, learned poker from his parents and has been playing regularly since 1997. He has a number of WSOP final tables, including a second in $5,000 limit hold'em in 1998 and a fourth in the Seniors in 2005.
Seven hands later, with blinds now 2,500-5,000, Jim McBride raised and got calls from Kyle Caslin and Chad Smithson, with Caslin all in. Caslin had pocket 10s, McBride A-K. An ace flopped, McBride moved in and Smithson folded. McBride then caught a river king for good measure, leaving Caslin in eighth place, which paid $888.
Caslin is a 23-year-old poker player from St. Louis, Missouri who taught himself two years ago. This is his fourth Circuit, he also enjoys traveling, and his poker highlight was playing in last year's WSOP main event..
On hand 23, Burgio opened for 17,500 with Q-J and got called by Bass. The flop came J-9-3, and Burgio moved in for 4,500. "You've got me beat," said Bass, calling the small bet and turning up K-10. He needed one of Burgio's queens for an inside straight, and that's what he got on the turn. Bugio failed to fill, and took out $1,243 for seventh.
Burgio, who gave his age as "Younger than Tahoe," is a retired building contractor turned pro from West Hills, California. He has well over 200 cashes in his long career, with lifetime tournament earnings of more than $2 million. He has a WSOP bracelet in stud hi-lo, and his three six-figure cashes include $168,000 for fourth in the 1994 WSOP main event. Burgio is a columnist for Card Player magazine, and has written two books, Pizza, Pasta and Poker, which The Poker Forum called the best poker book of 2006, and, more recently, Inside Poker: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
As the round neared an end, Smithson, with A-Q, went up against Bass, with A-K. The flop came K-Q-3, leaving Smithson in bad shape with second pair against Bass' top pair.
Bass bet out, Smithson called all in, and when a trey and nine didn't help, he cashed sixth for $1,598.
Smithson is 30, self-employed and from Franklin, Tennessee. He's been playing 20 years and this is his first Circuit
By now, Bass, playing very aggressively and catching cards as needed, had eaten up most of the chips on the table, owning 425,000 of the 740,000 checks in play.
Players returned from a short break with blinds at 3,000-6,000. As action continued, Andrews, who had climbed to about 200,000 at one point, lost some pots, dropping down to around 60,000. He recovered in a hand against Bass. On a flop of Ac-7c-5d, Bass bet 30,000 and Tahoe, with Kc-Qc, check-raised all in for 50,000 more on a flush draw. He missed the flush, but was still ahead of Bass' Js-8s, and then caught a queen on the river to double through..
Playing very aggressively and perhaps too loosely, Bass continued to lose chips. He dropped more when Richard Ferro, with K-Q against Bass' A-Q, hit a river straight.
Just before blinds went up again, Jim McBride pot-raised under the gun with A-Q and Todd Bernstein put him all in holding A-K. The board came9-4-3-J-7 to leave McBride in fifth place, which paid $1,954.
McBride is a 60-year-old contractor from Slidell, Louisiana. He's been playing poker since childhood and this is his third Circuit. He has one child, and several grandchildren.
Blinds were now 4,000-8,000. Still playing a lot of hands, Bass lost the chip lead when Bernstein re-raised all in against Bass holding Ac-3c for a flush draw. He missed, but his ace-high held up, and he now had a bit over 200,000 while Bass had a little under 200k.
Now it was Ferro's turn to take over. Earlier he had sucked out with K-Q to make a straight. Now he did it again with the same cards to make a flush. By the time the round ended, he had the lead with about 340,000. Bernstein had around 200,000 to 150,000 for Bass, while Tahoe was near the cloth with 57,000/
Suddenly Andrews came alive. After escaping by going all in with pocket treys and flopping a full house, he began moving up. On the fourth hand in level 17, with blinds of 5,000-10,000, he reeled in Bass. The flop came 10-5-4. Andrews had J-10 for top pair, Bass A-4 for bottom pair. Bass bet 40,000, Andrews made it 80,000 to go, and Bass called for his last 36,000. Nothing changed with a 9-6 came, and Bass settled for $2,486 for fourth.
Bass is a retired builder from nearby Southhaven, Mississippi who plays a lot of local tournaments. Extremely private, he declined to reveal anything about himself. In fact, when he won the Grand American Poker Classic here back in 2004 (an accomplishment which he refused to take credit for, insisting it was another Clyde Bass), he refused to have his picture taken then, and the casino used a picture of a fish instead.
A few hands later, Andrews was up against Bernstein. The flop came 6d-5s-3d. Holding 8c-4c, Bernstein went all in on a straight draw while Andrews, with 10d-2d, called with a flush draw. Both missed, but Andrews' 10-high was enough, and Bernstein cashed third for $4,262.
Bernstein, 33, is from Germantown, Tennessee and learned poker from his friend Andy six years ago.
Heads-up, Andrews enjoyed a slight lead, roughly 400,000 to 340,000 for Ferro. By the time the level ended 11 hands later, Andrews, raising and picking up pots, had moved into a 7-1 lead. "You are outplaying me and getting better cards too." Ferro remarked.
With blinds at 6,000-12,000, the pace slowed, and dragged on for another 21 hands. Finally, on the 151st deal, Ferro decided to raise all in with 4s-2s. Andrews called with pocket 4s. "I thought my cards were live," Ferro said. They weren't, and neither was he after the board came Q-5-5-5-10 to clinch Tahoe's win.
Ferro, 35, lives in Dallas. He was formerly in the network security business and is now self-employed. He is married with one child, learned poker from his grandmother and books, and has been playing 26 years. He's played in numerous Circuits and has a sixth here last year and a 12th in pot-limit hold'em at the WSOP. --Max Shapiro
JANUARY 11,2008 - 11:00:05 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Low-Chipped, Howard ‘Tahoe’ Andrews Roars Back to Win Pot-Limit Hold’em
Veteran Pro with Two Bracelets Drove in From California with Friend Vince Burgio
Tunica, MS-- Tunica, MS—Vince Burgio and Howard “Tahoe” Andrews, two respected veteran pros who between them have over 400 tournament cashes, drove in together from California to play tournaments here, with both making the final table of event 7, $300 pot-limit hold’em. Burgio finished seventh while Andrews, making a remarkable recovery when he was very low-chipped, went on to yet another win in his long career. It paid $13,799, along with the handsome gold trophy ring.
Down to four players, Andrews had only 57,000 of the 740,000 chips in play. He doubled up with a full house, climbed back, knocked out the next two players, had a small chip lead heads-up, and gradually wore down his final opponent in 40 hands of heads-up play. "He was very conservative and I robbed a lot," Andrews said.
Andrews is a retired engineer with General Motors who lives in Walnut Grove, California. He has three children and three grandchildren, all girls. He wrote down his age as "old" (announcer Brooks Turk gave his Social Security number as "3"), and is a true poker legend. He is credited with 180 or so cashes in major tournaments dating back to 1976 (did they really play poker that long ago?) when he won bracelets at the WSOP in both $1,000 and $2,500 no-limit. His biggest cash is $250,000 for winning the Grand Prix of Poker in 1987. He is also in the Seniors Hall of Fame.
Asked about his style of play, Burgio was quick to answer for him: "He has no style." Andrews in turn referred to Burgio as his chauffeur. Andrews was more complimentary toward his friend Barbara Enright (the only woman in the Poker Hall of Fame) whom he referred to as his idol.
This event was one of two that started yesterday. The other was pot-limit Omaha. Hold’em started at noon, Omaha at 4 p.m. When the hold'em event got down to the final nine, the players, given the option of playing through or returning the next day, voted to return.
Day 2 action began with blinds of 2,000-4,000, a full 40 minutes left. With 183,000 chips, Clyde Bass had the lead.
Seat 1. Chad Smithson 22,000.
Seat 2. Howard "Tahoe" Andrews 91,000
Seat 3. Bob Redman 43,000
Seat 4. Todd Bernstein 124,000
Seat 5. Vince Burgio 26,000
Seat 6. Jim McBride 65,500
Seat 7. Richard Ferro 150,000
Seat 8. Clyde Bass 183,000
Seat 9. Kyle Caslin 46,500
The first player was gone in 10 hands. Bob Redman moved in with a 22,000 raise holding A-K. Bass called, way behind with As-9s, but flopped a 9, and that was it. Ninth was worth $710.
Redman, 61, is from St. Joseph, Missouri and owns a consulting company. He is married with five children, learned poker from his parents and has been playing regularly since 1997. He has a number of WSOP final tables, including a second in $5,000 limit hold'em in 1998 and a fourth in the Seniors in 2005.
Seven hands later, with blinds now 2,500-5,000, Jim McBride raised and got calls from Kyle Caslin and Chad Smithson, with Caslin all in. Caslin had pocket 10s, McBride A-K. An ace flopped, McBride moved in and Smithson folded. McBride then caught a river king for good measure, leaving Caslin in eighth place, which paid $888.
Caslin is a 23-year-old poker player from St. Louis, Missouri who taught himself two years ago. This is his fourth Circuit, he also enjoys traveling, and his poker highlight was playing in last year's WSOP main event..
On hand 23, Burgio opened for 17,500 with Q-J and got called by Bass. The flop came J-9-3, and Burgio moved in for 4,500. "You've got me beat," said Bass, calling the small bet and turning up K-10. He needed one of Burgio's queens for an inside straight, and that's what he got on the turn. Bugio failed to fill, and took out $1,243 for seventh.
Burgio, who gave his age as "Younger than Tahoe," is a retired building contractor turned pro from West Hills, California. He has well over 200 cashes in his long career, with lifetime tournament earnings of more than $2 million. He has a WSOP bracelet in stud hi-lo, and his three six-figure cashes include $168,000 for fourth in the 1994 WSOP main event. Burgio is a columnist for Card Player magazine, and has written two books, Pizza, Pasta and Poker, which The Poker Forum called the best poker book of 2006, and, more recently, Inside Poker: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
As the round neared an end, Smithson, with A-Q, went up against Bass, with A-K. The flop came K-Q-3, leaving Smithson in bad shape with second pair against Bass' top pair.
Bass bet out, Smithson called all in, and when a trey and nine didn't help, he cashed sixth for $1,598.
Smithson is 30, self-employed and from Franklin, Tennessee. He's been playing 20 years and this is his first Circuit
By now, Bass, playing very aggressively and catching cards as needed, had eaten up most of the chips on the table, owning 425,000 of the 740,000 checks in play.
Players returned from a short break with blinds at 3,000-6,000. As action continued, Andrews, who had climbed to about 200,000 at one point, lost some pots, dropping down to around 60,000. He recovered in a hand against Bass. On a flop of Ac-7c-5d, Bass bet 30,000 and Tahoe, with Kc-Qc, check-raised all in for 50,000 more on a flush draw. He missed the flush, but was still ahead of Bass' Js-8s, and then caught a queen on the river to double through..
Playing very aggressively and perhaps too loosely, Bass continued to lose chips. He dropped more when Richard Ferro, with K-Q against Bass' A-Q, hit a river straight.
Just before blinds went up again, Jim McBride pot-raised under the gun with A-Q and Todd Bernstein put him all in holding A-K. The board came9-4-3-J-7 to leave McBride in fifth place, which paid $1,954.
McBride is a 60-year-old contractor from Slidell, Louisiana. He's been playing poker since childhood and this is his third Circuit. He has one child, and several grandchildren.
Blinds were now 4,000-8,000. Still playing a lot of hands, Bass lost the chip lead when Bernstein re-raised all in against Bass holding Ac-3c for a flush draw. He missed, but his ace-high held up, and he now had a bit over 200,000 while Bass had a little under 200k.
Now it was Ferro's turn to take over. Earlier he had sucked out with K-Q to make a straight. Now he did it again with the same cards to make a flush. By the time the round ended, he had the lead with about 340,000. Bernstein had around 200,000 to 150,000 for Bass, while Tahoe was near the cloth with 57,000/
Suddenly Andrews came alive. After escaping by going all in with pocket treys and flopping a full house, he began moving up. On the fourth hand in level 17, with blinds of 5,000-10,000, he reeled in Bass. The flop came 10-5-4. Andrews had J-10 for top pair, Bass A-4 for bottom pair. Bass bet 40,000, Andrews made it 80,000 to go, and Bass called for his last 36,000. Nothing changed with a 9-6 came, and Bass settled for $2,486 for fourth.
Bass is a retired builder from nearby Southhaven, Mississippi who plays a lot of local tournaments. Extremely private, he declined to reveal anything about himself. In fact, when he won the Grand American Poker Classic here back in 2004 (an accomplishment which he refused to take credit for, insisting it was another Clyde Bass), he refused to have his picture taken then, and the casino used a picture of a fish instead.
A few hands later, Andrews was up against Bernstein. The flop came 6d-5s-3d. Holding 8c-4c, Bernstein went all in on a straight draw while Andrews, with 10d-2d, called with a flush draw. Both missed, but Andrews' 10-high was enough, and Bernstein cashed third for $4,262.
Bernstein, 33, is from Germantown, Tennessee and learned poker from his friend Andy six years ago.
Heads-up, Andrews enjoyed a slight lead, roughly 400,000 to 340,000 for Ferro. By the time the level ended 11 hands later, Andrews, raising and picking up pots, had moved into a 7-1 lead. "You are outplaying me and getting better cards too." Ferro remarked.
With blinds at 6,000-12,000, the pace slowed, and dragged on for another 21 hands. Finally, on the 151st deal, Ferro decided to raise all in with 4s-2s. Andrews called with pocket 4s. "I thought my cards were live," Ferro said. They weren't, and neither was he after the board came Q-5-5-5-10 to clinch Tahoe's win.
Ferro, 35, lives in Dallas. He was formerly in the network security business and is now self-employed. He is married with one child, learned poker from his grandmother and books, and has been playing 26 years. He's played in numerous Circuits and has a sixth here last year and a 12th in pot-limit hold'em at the WSOP. --Max Shapiro