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2007-2008 WSOP Circuit, Tunica, Event 14 ($1000 NLHE) Results
JANUARY 16,2008 - 10:06:17 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Robert Castoire wins the 14th event of the WSOP Circuit at Grand Casino Tunica
Tunica, MS— “That’s why you shouldn’t slow-play aces,” Robert Castoire said after winning the 14th event of the WSOP Circuit at Grand Casino Tunica, $1,000 no-limit hold’em. On the final hand, Ronnie Sewell did just that, allowing Castoire to come in with K-9. On the turn, Sewell moved in after Castiore had bet 100,000, but it was too late because Castiore had already made trips when two cowboys hit the flop. For his win, Castoire took home $40,497 and a gold championship ring.
Castoire, 53, from Cecelia, Kentucky, is a ship's officer. He's a civilian working for the Department of the Navy, flying to different ports to move naval vessels around for re-supplying and other needs. This is his second final table and third consecutive cash in this Circuit event. Earlier, he took down $39,265 for finishing second in a $300 no-limit event. He also has two cashes at the WSOP last year.
Castoire, who is married, learned poker in the Boy Scouts (do they give merit badges for that now?), and in high school he would play six-handed poker in the stack room of the library during the two-hour lunch period. He continued playing in the Merchant Marines, but had to back off when he became an officer because he wasn't allowed to take money from his subordinates. Originally from New York, he used to play in Atlantic City. Now on a three-months-on, three-off schedule, he tries to play a major tournament every two or three weeks when not on duty. Hold'em, which he started playing almost 20 years ago, is his primary game, though he also likes Omaha. He said his style depends on the table. Usually, he's tight, patient and persistent, but if he thinks he has the best hand, he'll play very aggressively. He gained entry to the event through a satellite.
The final nine began play with blinds of 2,500-5,000 and 500 blinds, 34:13 left. Ken Blanton was the chip leader with 259,500. Also at the final table were husband and wife David and Dina Rylander, seated next to one another.
Seat 1. Ronie Sewell 223,500
Seat 2. Allen Kessler 96,000
Seat 3. Ken Blanton 259,500
Seat 4. Dina Rylander 139,000
Seat 5. David Rylander 102,500
Seat 6. Robert Castoire 102,500
Seat 7. Jerry VanStrydomck 151,500
Seat 8. Bret Atiyeh 84,500
Seat 9. Wade Woefel 188,000
Hand eight brought three all-ins. A short-chipped Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler had pocket kings, and both Wade Woefel and Castoire had A-K. After the board came Q-8-3-6-2, Kessler took the main pot and tripled up, while Woefel and Castoire split the side
Blinds now were 3,000-6,000. The round went by with no all-in calls and all nine players still left. By now, Castoire had moved into the lead with 275,000, with Kessler close behind holding 260,000. Players returned from break to blinds of 4,000-8,000 and 1,000 antes.
It took 37 hands to lose our first player. On the button, Woefel moved in for another 67,000 holding 10h-9h. Kessler called with pocket 8s, flopped a set, and took the chip lead as Woefoel took home $2,528 for fifth.
Woefel, 24, is a pro player from Mankato, Minnesota. He began playing with friends in high school seven years ago, and this is his 15th Circuit. His other pleasures are hanging out, golfing, and sleeping late.
On hand 44, Castiore, on the button, looked at two red aces. He made a small raise to 24,000 (wasn't he following his own advice?) and trapped Jerry Vanstrydonck into moving in with pocket 10s. The aces held up and Vanstrydonck took home $3,792 for eighth.
Vanstrydonck is a 22-year-old single student from Fairport, New York. He's been playing four years, and this is his first Circuit.
Thirteen hands later, with blinds now at 5,000-10,000, we had another 10s versus aces. This time Bret Atiyeh, all in, had the 10s and Blanton had the aces. Blanton flopped a set, Atiyeh turned a set, and Blanton rivered quads. Three down as Atiyeh earned $5,507 for seventh.
Atiyeh, 44, is from Childersburg, Alabama. Self-employed, he took early retirement at age 39, got bored and returned to business. Starting in home games, he's been playing more than 25 years. He has one child and his other interests are golf and stock-trading. This Circuit is his second
On the 59th deal we had a family pot. No, I don't mean all six players called. The family was David and Dina Rylander. She moved in for 70,000, he called for 67,000. She had Kd-9d, he had pocket jacks. She turned a king. He went home. Goodnight, dear, you get $6,163, but I'll get even more. (When they were at an earlier table, a player, learning they were married, suggested they shouldn't be together, but others, playing with them before, testified to their utter integrity, and their play at the final table was proof positive.)
Rylander, 44, is a project manager. He and Dina live in Collierville, Tennessee and have three children. He enjoys golf, learned poker from his wife, and his poker highlight is being with her at a final table for the second time (Of course he wrote that on his bio sheet before she sucked out and knocked him out.)
The level ended with Castoire, who had taken down several pots with uncalled bets and raises, now leading with 525,000. Players returned to blinds of 6,000-12,000. A few hands into the new level, Kessler took a hard blow. A flop of K-J-8 gave him a set of 8s. He raised all in, and Sewell, calling with a set of jacks, took 135,000 of Kessler's 143,000 chips. Kessler hung on, quadrupling through when he was all in from the big blind with three callers. He got lucky, because Sewell bet the turn, two players folded, and Kessler's king-high took the pot. Soon after, Kessler got away again, tripling up with a paired queen.
On hand 67, Dina Rylander moved in for 68,000 on the button with Q-J. Sewell called with A-J and won easily when the board came A-7-4-3-4. She added $7,390 to the family bankroll for finishing fifth.
Rylander, 39, is a registered nurse from Collierville. She's been playing 20 years, learning as a child from her daddy, and hold'em for three. She paid her entry fee here with cash game winnings. Rylander has a number of final tables including the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge last year, where her husband was also at the table. She finished third, he fourth.
Two hands later, Sewell took down a pot of close to 450,000 and gained the lead when he bet into a board of K-J-4-5-K and Castoire folded. On the next hand, Kessler finally lost his last chips when he was all in for 21,000 with A-5. Sewell had Q-10 and filled when the board came K-Q-7-7-7. Kessler got $9,842 for fourth.
Kessler is 40 and from Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania. His occupation is Internet marketing. He learned poker five years ago playing in Atlantic City. He's had two final tables each in WSOP and WPT events, with $1 million in tournament cashes the past three years. He also enjoys backgammon.
Blinds were now 8,000-16,000 with 2,000 antes. Blanton got low-chipped after losing a couple of pots but hung on by winning twice all in, once when he made a wheel holding A-K, the second when his pocket deuces held up against Castoire's K-Q.
The key pot came on the 85th deal With a board of A-4-2-7 and two clubs, Sewell, now the chip leader, bet 150,000 with a Kc-Jc flush draw. Castoire moved in with A-8, and took a pot of 872,000 chips (out of 1.31 million in play) when Sewell missed.
Blinds now went to 10,000-20,000 with 2,000 antes. Blanton was dealt aces, but didn't get much with them, because both Castoire and Sewell reluctantly laid down straight draws when he moved in with them. On hand 92, Blanton moved in with A-Q and finished third when he couldn't overtake Sewell's pocket 8s. It paid $12,295.
Blanton, 57, is from Caddo Mills, Texas where he is in the excavation business. He's married with two children, and his poker accomplishments include a seventh in the 2005 WSOP $3,000 no-limit event that paid $111,505, and a win in Omaha at the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also had several final tables last year at Tunica.
Heads-up, Castoire had 826,000 to 505,000 for Sewell. The match lasted one hand. With the board showing K-K-Q-3, Sewell raised all in with his aces, and was done when a river trey filled Castoire, who had the K-9. Second paid $22,350.
Sewell, 51, is a self-employed industrial contractor from Shelby, North Carolina. He's played poker for 25 years, enjoys racing and hunting, and this is his third Circuit.
--Max Shapiro
JANUARY 16,2008 - 10:06:17 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Robert Castoire wins the 14th event of the WSOP Circuit at Grand Casino Tunica
Tunica, MS— “That’s why you shouldn’t slow-play aces,” Robert Castoire said after winning the 14th event of the WSOP Circuit at Grand Casino Tunica, $1,000 no-limit hold’em. On the final hand, Ronnie Sewell did just that, allowing Castoire to come in with K-9. On the turn, Sewell moved in after Castiore had bet 100,000, but it was too late because Castiore had already made trips when two cowboys hit the flop. For his win, Castoire took home $40,497 and a gold championship ring.
Castoire, 53, from Cecelia, Kentucky, is a ship's officer. He's a civilian working for the Department of the Navy, flying to different ports to move naval vessels around for re-supplying and other needs. This is his second final table and third consecutive cash in this Circuit event. Earlier, he took down $39,265 for finishing second in a $300 no-limit event. He also has two cashes at the WSOP last year.
Castoire, who is married, learned poker in the Boy Scouts (do they give merit badges for that now?), and in high school he would play six-handed poker in the stack room of the library during the two-hour lunch period. He continued playing in the Merchant Marines, but had to back off when he became an officer because he wasn't allowed to take money from his subordinates. Originally from New York, he used to play in Atlantic City. Now on a three-months-on, three-off schedule, he tries to play a major tournament every two or three weeks when not on duty. Hold'em, which he started playing almost 20 years ago, is his primary game, though he also likes Omaha. He said his style depends on the table. Usually, he's tight, patient and persistent, but if he thinks he has the best hand, he'll play very aggressively. He gained entry to the event through a satellite.
The final nine began play with blinds of 2,500-5,000 and 500 blinds, 34:13 left. Ken Blanton was the chip leader with 259,500. Also at the final table were husband and wife David and Dina Rylander, seated next to one another.
Seat 1. Ronie Sewell 223,500
Seat 2. Allen Kessler 96,000
Seat 3. Ken Blanton 259,500
Seat 4. Dina Rylander 139,000
Seat 5. David Rylander 102,500
Seat 6. Robert Castoire 102,500
Seat 7. Jerry VanStrydomck 151,500
Seat 8. Bret Atiyeh 84,500
Seat 9. Wade Woefel 188,000
Hand eight brought three all-ins. A short-chipped Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler had pocket kings, and both Wade Woefel and Castoire had A-K. After the board came Q-8-3-6-2, Kessler took the main pot and tripled up, while Woefel and Castoire split the side
Blinds now were 3,000-6,000. The round went by with no all-in calls and all nine players still left. By now, Castoire had moved into the lead with 275,000, with Kessler close behind holding 260,000. Players returned from break to blinds of 4,000-8,000 and 1,000 antes.
It took 37 hands to lose our first player. On the button, Woefel moved in for another 67,000 holding 10h-9h. Kessler called with pocket 8s, flopped a set, and took the chip lead as Woefoel took home $2,528 for fifth.
Woefel, 24, is a pro player from Mankato, Minnesota. He began playing with friends in high school seven years ago, and this is his 15th Circuit. His other pleasures are hanging out, golfing, and sleeping late.
On hand 44, Castiore, on the button, looked at two red aces. He made a small raise to 24,000 (wasn't he following his own advice?) and trapped Jerry Vanstrydonck into moving in with pocket 10s. The aces held up and Vanstrydonck took home $3,792 for eighth.
Vanstrydonck is a 22-year-old single student from Fairport, New York. He's been playing four years, and this is his first Circuit.
Thirteen hands later, with blinds now at 5,000-10,000, we had another 10s versus aces. This time Bret Atiyeh, all in, had the 10s and Blanton had the aces. Blanton flopped a set, Atiyeh turned a set, and Blanton rivered quads. Three down as Atiyeh earned $5,507 for seventh.
Atiyeh, 44, is from Childersburg, Alabama. Self-employed, he took early retirement at age 39, got bored and returned to business. Starting in home games, he's been playing more than 25 years. He has one child and his other interests are golf and stock-trading. This Circuit is his second
On the 59th deal we had a family pot. No, I don't mean all six players called. The family was David and Dina Rylander. She moved in for 70,000, he called for 67,000. She had Kd-9d, he had pocket jacks. She turned a king. He went home. Goodnight, dear, you get $6,163, but I'll get even more. (When they were at an earlier table, a player, learning they were married, suggested they shouldn't be together, but others, playing with them before, testified to their utter integrity, and their play at the final table was proof positive.)
Rylander, 44, is a project manager. He and Dina live in Collierville, Tennessee and have three children. He enjoys golf, learned poker from his wife, and his poker highlight is being with her at a final table for the second time (Of course he wrote that on his bio sheet before she sucked out and knocked him out.)
The level ended with Castoire, who had taken down several pots with uncalled bets and raises, now leading with 525,000. Players returned to blinds of 6,000-12,000. A few hands into the new level, Kessler took a hard blow. A flop of K-J-8 gave him a set of 8s. He raised all in, and Sewell, calling with a set of jacks, took 135,000 of Kessler's 143,000 chips. Kessler hung on, quadrupling through when he was all in from the big blind with three callers. He got lucky, because Sewell bet the turn, two players folded, and Kessler's king-high took the pot. Soon after, Kessler got away again, tripling up with a paired queen.
On hand 67, Dina Rylander moved in for 68,000 on the button with Q-J. Sewell called with A-J and won easily when the board came A-7-4-3-4. She added $7,390 to the family bankroll for finishing fifth.
Rylander, 39, is a registered nurse from Collierville. She's been playing 20 years, learning as a child from her daddy, and hold'em for three. She paid her entry fee here with cash game winnings. Rylander has a number of final tables including the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge last year, where her husband was also at the table. She finished third, he fourth.
Two hands later, Sewell took down a pot of close to 450,000 and gained the lead when he bet into a board of K-J-4-5-K and Castoire folded. On the next hand, Kessler finally lost his last chips when he was all in for 21,000 with A-5. Sewell had Q-10 and filled when the board came K-Q-7-7-7. Kessler got $9,842 for fourth.
Kessler is 40 and from Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania. His occupation is Internet marketing. He learned poker five years ago playing in Atlantic City. He's had two final tables each in WSOP and WPT events, with $1 million in tournament cashes the past three years. He also enjoys backgammon.
Blinds were now 8,000-16,000 with 2,000 antes. Blanton got low-chipped after losing a couple of pots but hung on by winning twice all in, once when he made a wheel holding A-K, the second when his pocket deuces held up against Castoire's K-Q.
The key pot came on the 85th deal With a board of A-4-2-7 and two clubs, Sewell, now the chip leader, bet 150,000 with a Kc-Jc flush draw. Castoire moved in with A-8, and took a pot of 872,000 chips (out of 1.31 million in play) when Sewell missed.
Blinds now went to 10,000-20,000 with 2,000 antes. Blanton was dealt aces, but didn't get much with them, because both Castoire and Sewell reluctantly laid down straight draws when he moved in with them. On hand 92, Blanton moved in with A-Q and finished third when he couldn't overtake Sewell's pocket 8s. It paid $12,295.
Blanton, 57, is from Caddo Mills, Texas where he is in the excavation business. He's married with two children, and his poker accomplishments include a seventh in the 2005 WSOP $3,000 no-limit event that paid $111,505, and a win in Omaha at the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also had several final tables last year at Tunica.
Heads-up, Castoire had 826,000 to 505,000 for Sewell. The match lasted one hand. With the board showing K-K-Q-3, Sewell raised all in with his aces, and was done when a river trey filled Castoire, who had the K-9. Second paid $22,350.
Sewell, 51, is a self-employed industrial contractor from Shelby, North Carolina. He's played poker for 25 years, enjoys racing and hunting, and this is his third Circuit.
--Max Shapiro