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2007-2008 WSOP Circuit, Tunica, Event 15 ($500 NLHE) Results
JANUARY 17,2008 - 10:29:56 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Charles Williams ‘Learns His Lesson’ And Goes on to Win $500 No-Limit
Tunica, MS—Charles Williams played the Circuit here last August and did not do well. He later realized he had played much too aggressively and needed to adjust his play. He was a different man this time around. He came to the final table of today's event, $500 no-limit hold'em, in a tie for second-lowest chips with 180,000. He played with patience, "stayed out of the way," and was able to fold questionable hands. Picking his spots, he gradually moved up, got heads-up with less than a third of the chips, doubled through to take the lead with pocket queens on the 114th hand, and then won it on the next hand when he flopped two pair.
"I still can't believe I was able to do it," an overjoyed Williams exclaimed at the finish.
Williams, 41, from Reno, is a former card room manager who decided to turn pro last year. This is his third final table at this Circuit, having cashed fourth in another $500 no-limit event, and second in 7-card stud hi-lo. He started playing 20 years ago, and now plans to play all the Circuits. His primary game is pot-limit Omaha because it's a fast-moving game with lots of action.
Final table play started with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and 1,000 antes, 40 minutes on the clock. Patrick "Fizzle" f*gen was chip leader with 793,000.
Seat 1. Darrell Hopkins 206,000
Seat 2. Jozef Pikula 94,000
Seat 3. Patrick f*gen 793,000
Seat 4. Charles Williams 180,000
Seat 5. Wayne DePalma 420,000
Seat 6. Jack Christian 180,000
Seat 7. Khalid Dghaim 514,000
Seat 8. W.D. Morgan 229,000
Seat 9. David Dao 375,000
It didn't take long to lose players. On the second hand, Jack "Beav" Christian was all in with pocket kings. f*gen had A-Q and flopped two pair. Ninth paid Christian $2,909.
Christian is a ticket broker from Knoxville, Tennessee. He's played 15 years and has entered numerous Circuit events.
Six hands later it was Jozef Pikula who was all in with J-10. David Dao had Q-J and flopped a straight when the board came A-K-10. Pikula got $4,363 for eighth.
Pikula, 31, is a business owner, originally from the Slovak Republic, now living i Atlanta. Married with one child, he's only been playing for a year and won his way into this event..
Williams was next to go all in. He had pocket 7s against Wayne DePalma's jacks, but survived by flopping a set. Before the level ended, another player departed. Williams opened for 60,000 and DePalma moved in. He had pocket 10s and busted out when Williams, with A-Q, flopped two pair. Seventh paid $5,660.
DePalma, 40, is from Lakewood, Colorado and works as a transportation broker. He's married with three children and learned poker five years ago playing in casinos. His poker highlight was playing in the WSOP.
Blinds were now 6,000-12,000. A few hands into the new level, Darrell Hopkins moved in for 110,000 with Jc-8c, and Khalid "Kal" Dghaim called with Ks-10h, and when a board oif Q-7-3-9-7 didn't help him, Hopkins cashed sixth for $7,070.
Hopkins is a 45-year-old owner/operator from Midland, Texas. He's been playing Circuit events for a year and his poker highlight was a 16th in the Borgatta/WPT open main event last year. Hopkins is married with two children and enjoys coaching, fishing and sports.
Two hands later there was three-way action. f*gen had A-10 and bet the flop and turn with Dgnaim and Williams calling. When an ace hit the river he bet a final 50,000. Williams called, f*gen dragged in a 360,000 pot, and now had more than a million of the 3 million in play.
A new level started with blinds of 8,000-16,000 and 2,000 antes. A few hands later, W.D. Morgan opened for 76,000 with K-3 and was called by f*gen, who held K-Q. The flop came K-6-6. f*gen bet 80,000 and Morgan moved in. A trey on the turn didn't help Morgan, because both players had kings and sixes, and f*gen's queen kicker played. Morgan, finishing fifth, earned $8,481. f*gen now had about half the chips in play.
Morgan, 52, is in sales and lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. He's been playing 20 years, and this is his fifth Circuit. He has two children, and his other hobby is fishing.
On hand 57, Khalid "Kal" Dghaim moved in for 125,000 with Ac-6c. Dao called with two 7s. The flop came Kh-Qc-4c. With a flush draw and an overcard, Dghaim was a small underdog, about 47-53, but he missed, finished fourth, and picked up $9,892.
Dghaim, 37, comes from Jordan and now lives in Atlanta where he is a graduate student. This is his second final table here. He finished fourth in the $700 no-limit event. He is married with one child, and his other hobby is auto racing.
Blinds now were 10,000-20,000 with 2,000 antes. The race had tightened by now. f*gen and Dao both had a little over a million each while Williams had about 800,000. Through the next round, though there were no huge pots, f*gen lost more than his share, so when it ended the count had shifted. f*gen was now down to about 700,000, while Dao and Williams had around 1.2 and 1.1 million respectively.
It got heads-up a few hands later when f*gen opened for 90,000 with As-Jc. Dao moved in with Ad-Qs and was called. When the board came Ks-4c-3c7c, f*gen needed a club or jack to survive. A 3d ended his hopes and he collect $11,302 for third.
f*gen, 22, is a network engineer from Urbanville, Iowa. He's been playing for two years and entered this Circuit event, his first, by being backed. This is his poker highlight, and his hobbies are partying, hockey, and he Iowa Hawkeyes.
Williams now had about 990,000 to 2.1 million for Dao. The match lasted 14 hands. Williams survived twice with chops when both players made the same hand. Williams then took the lead when Dao opened for 100,000 with A-10, Williams made it 200,000 to go holding queens, and Dao moved in. The board came J-10-4-7-8, and now Williams had 1.9 million. On the next hand, with the board showing A-J-8-10, Williams, holding J-8, had two pair and moved in. Dao, with 9-6, had an open-end straight draw, called, and missed when a 9 rivered.
Dao is a 59-year-old retired physician originally from Vietnam, now living in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He's married with five children, learned poker two years ago from TV and has a couple of small $100 tournament wins at Caesars Indiana. His hobby is running. --Max Shapiro
JANUARY 17,2008 - 10:29:56 AM PST
by: WSOP Circuit Staff (Bluff Media)
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Charles Williams ‘Learns His Lesson’ And Goes on to Win $500 No-Limit
Tunica, MS—Charles Williams played the Circuit here last August and did not do well. He later realized he had played much too aggressively and needed to adjust his play. He was a different man this time around. He came to the final table of today's event, $500 no-limit hold'em, in a tie for second-lowest chips with 180,000. He played with patience, "stayed out of the way," and was able to fold questionable hands. Picking his spots, he gradually moved up, got heads-up with less than a third of the chips, doubled through to take the lead with pocket queens on the 114th hand, and then won it on the next hand when he flopped two pair.
"I still can't believe I was able to do it," an overjoyed Williams exclaimed at the finish.
Williams, 41, from Reno, is a former card room manager who decided to turn pro last year. This is his third final table at this Circuit, having cashed fourth in another $500 no-limit event, and second in 7-card stud hi-lo. He started playing 20 years ago, and now plans to play all the Circuits. His primary game is pot-limit Omaha because it's a fast-moving game with lots of action.
Final table play started with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and 1,000 antes, 40 minutes on the clock. Patrick "Fizzle" f*gen was chip leader with 793,000.
Seat 1. Darrell Hopkins 206,000
Seat 2. Jozef Pikula 94,000
Seat 3. Patrick f*gen 793,000
Seat 4. Charles Williams 180,000
Seat 5. Wayne DePalma 420,000
Seat 6. Jack Christian 180,000
Seat 7. Khalid Dghaim 514,000
Seat 8. W.D. Morgan 229,000
Seat 9. David Dao 375,000
It didn't take long to lose players. On the second hand, Jack "Beav" Christian was all in with pocket kings. f*gen had A-Q and flopped two pair. Ninth paid Christian $2,909.
Christian is a ticket broker from Knoxville, Tennessee. He's played 15 years and has entered numerous Circuit events.
Six hands later it was Jozef Pikula who was all in with J-10. David Dao had Q-J and flopped a straight when the board came A-K-10. Pikula got $4,363 for eighth.
Pikula, 31, is a business owner, originally from the Slovak Republic, now living i Atlanta. Married with one child, he's only been playing for a year and won his way into this event..
Williams was next to go all in. He had pocket 7s against Wayne DePalma's jacks, but survived by flopping a set. Before the level ended, another player departed. Williams opened for 60,000 and DePalma moved in. He had pocket 10s and busted out when Williams, with A-Q, flopped two pair. Seventh paid $5,660.
DePalma, 40, is from Lakewood, Colorado and works as a transportation broker. He's married with three children and learned poker five years ago playing in casinos. His poker highlight was playing in the WSOP.
Blinds were now 6,000-12,000. A few hands into the new level, Darrell Hopkins moved in for 110,000 with Jc-8c, and Khalid "Kal" Dghaim called with Ks-10h, and when a board oif Q-7-3-9-7 didn't help him, Hopkins cashed sixth for $7,070.
Hopkins is a 45-year-old owner/operator from Midland, Texas. He's been playing Circuit events for a year and his poker highlight was a 16th in the Borgatta/WPT open main event last year. Hopkins is married with two children and enjoys coaching, fishing and sports.
Two hands later there was three-way action. f*gen had A-10 and bet the flop and turn with Dgnaim and Williams calling. When an ace hit the river he bet a final 50,000. Williams called, f*gen dragged in a 360,000 pot, and now had more than a million of the 3 million in play.
A new level started with blinds of 8,000-16,000 and 2,000 antes. A few hands later, W.D. Morgan opened for 76,000 with K-3 and was called by f*gen, who held K-Q. The flop came K-6-6. f*gen bet 80,000 and Morgan moved in. A trey on the turn didn't help Morgan, because both players had kings and sixes, and f*gen's queen kicker played. Morgan, finishing fifth, earned $8,481. f*gen now had about half the chips in play.
Morgan, 52, is in sales and lives in Shreveport, Louisiana. He's been playing 20 years, and this is his fifth Circuit. He has two children, and his other hobby is fishing.
On hand 57, Khalid "Kal" Dghaim moved in for 125,000 with Ac-6c. Dao called with two 7s. The flop came Kh-Qc-4c. With a flush draw and an overcard, Dghaim was a small underdog, about 47-53, but he missed, finished fourth, and picked up $9,892.
Dghaim, 37, comes from Jordan and now lives in Atlanta where he is a graduate student. This is his second final table here. He finished fourth in the $700 no-limit event. He is married with one child, and his other hobby is auto racing.
Blinds now were 10,000-20,000 with 2,000 antes. The race had tightened by now. f*gen and Dao both had a little over a million each while Williams had about 800,000. Through the next round, though there were no huge pots, f*gen lost more than his share, so when it ended the count had shifted. f*gen was now down to about 700,000, while Dao and Williams had around 1.2 and 1.1 million respectively.
It got heads-up a few hands later when f*gen opened for 90,000 with As-Jc. Dao moved in with Ad-Qs and was called. When the board came Ks-4c-3c7c, f*gen needed a club or jack to survive. A 3d ended his hopes and he collect $11,302 for third.
f*gen, 22, is a network engineer from Urbanville, Iowa. He's been playing for two years and entered this Circuit event, his first, by being backed. This is his poker highlight, and his hobbies are partying, hockey, and he Iowa Hawkeyes.
Williams now had about 990,000 to 2.1 million for Dao. The match lasted 14 hands. Williams survived twice with chops when both players made the same hand. Williams then took the lead when Dao opened for 100,000 with A-10, Williams made it 200,000 to go holding queens, and Dao moved in. The board came J-10-4-7-8, and now Williams had 1.9 million. On the next hand, with the board showing A-J-8-10, Williams, holding J-8, had two pair and moved in. Dao, with 9-6, had an open-end straight draw, called, and missed when a 9 rivered.
Dao is a 59-year-old retired physician originally from Vietnam, now living in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He's married with five children, learned poker two years ago from TV and has a couple of small $100 tournament wins at Caesars Indiana. His hobby is running. --Max Shapiro