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| World Series of Poker Circuit Events 2005 Caesars Indiana Poker Tournament Main Event No Limit Hold'em Final Results |
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| November 2, 2005 Caesars Indiana Poker Tournament Caesars Indiana Elizabeth, Indiana |
Buy-In:
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Entries:
Prize Pool:
Entries:
| Vinnie Vinh |
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2005 Caesars Indiana Championship Event
Tournament Report
Vinnie Vinh wins 1st prize worth $437,760 in the WSOP Circuit
at Caesars Indiana
Three days of play in the $10,000 Main Event at the Caesars Indiana World
Series of Poker Circuit stop eliminated 119 players from contention, leaving
only 9 to battle with each other for the entire prize pool.
The first 14 minutes of the final table were played with blinds at 1500/3000
with a 400 ante, and only three hands transpired in that time. The first was
between chip leader Vinnie Vinh and Bill Edler. The action was folded around
to Vinh in the small blind and he raised to $13,000. After some though Edler
re-raised Vinh to $76,600. Vinh went into the tank for almost 5 minutes
before folding. (Edler later said he held 4-4.) The second hand had no flop,
but on the third Doug Carli and Men the Master tangled for the first of many
times during the day, splitting the pot when both players rivered a 9-high
straight.
On the second level blinds rose to 2000/4000 with a 500 ante. The first
casualty of the day came 33 minutes in, when Clint Keown called Marlowe
Rowe's preflop raise and flopped top pair with A-Q on a Q-9-3 board. Rowe
led out at the pot for $25,000 and Keown came over the top for his last
$21,000. Rowe called immediately and turned over A-A. Keown took home
$36,480 for his performance. After another 46 minutes John Smith moved in
when he flopped the open-ended straight draw holding 7-6 of hearts.
Unfortunately for him he ran into the Vinnie Vinh Express - Vinh's A-K of clubs
flopped top pair, which held up and sent Smith home in 8th place with
$48,640.
When the table got down to 7 players, the dynamic shifted dramatically. In
three hours not a single player was eliminated. Vinnie Vinh took several hits
to his stack in this time, including when Men the Master's Q-J cracked Vinh's
K-K. He began 7-handed play with $340,000 in chips but found himself with a
mere $110,000 at the dinner break. Men turned his fortunes around
drastically as well, going from $70,000 to $175,000. Sam "Slade" Whitt made
the biggest gain, starting 7-handed play with $145,000 and finding himself
with the chip lead at $259,000 at the dinner break.
The players returned from their break to start play with blinds at 3000/6000
with a 1000 ante. For nearly 40 minutes the players saw few flops, preferring
to dodge each other's preflop raises or check down multiway pots. It wasn't
until an hour into the level, when Marlowe Rowe and "Slade" Whitt ended up
heads-up in the blinds on a rainbow flop of Q-T-T, that the fireworks were
finally launched. Rowe checked, Whitt led out for $15,000, Rowe moved his
short-stack in, and Whitt quickly called. Both men held a ten, but Whitt's king
kicker had Rowe's 3 dominated. Rowe received no help and left the table in
7th place, earning $60,800. On the very next hand Bill Edler moved all-in
preflop with A-5 of spades and was called by Vinnie Vinh, who held 9-9. Edler
received no help from the board an he took home $72,960 for a fine 6th place
finish.
Less than 20 minutes later it was Doug Carli who moved all-in on an 8-7-2
flop with two clubs. Vinnie Vinh held 5-2 of clubs for the flush draw and
bottom pair, and he called. Carli was ahead until a club on the river
completed Vinh's flush, and he left the tournament in 5th place with $85,120.
Carli was card-dead for most of the day and played quite well considering the
situations he found himself in. After maintaining a slow pace all the day the
final table had finally built up some momentum - and that momentum was
maintained on the next hand when "Slade" Whitt made an all-in preflop move
with K-8. Like so many others before him, Whitt ran into the Vinnie Vinh
Express - Vinh's A-K had him dominated and the board brought Whitt no help.
He finished in 4th place and earned $97,280 for his performance.
Just three hands into three-handed play, local player Ron Hargrove moved
all-in with top pair, top kicker when the board read Q-9-7. The chip leader,
Vinnie Vinh, called immediately with his Q-9 and stayed ahead to knock
Hargrove out in 3rd place with $133,760. After a short break, it appeared
that the tournament would end with a bang as Men the Master got his chips
in the middle on a flop with two hearts and was called by Vinh. Men held T-7
of hearts and Vinh was the favorite with 6-6, but the queen of hearts hit the
river to even things back out. And then a long battle of the two players
taking small pots began. Very few significant hands were shown down over
the next two hours, and with their massive stacks neither was forced to
make any unusual moves. Vinh slowly whittled away at Men's stack, until a
flop came that almost guaranteed a showdown. Men moved all-in with A-9 of
hearts on an 8-7-7 flop with two hearts, and Vinh called him with J-J. It was a
repeat of their first heads-up hand, only with a different result: Vinh's pair
held and Men was eliminated. For his 2nd place finish Men won $243,200,
and Vinh took home $437,760, a WSOP Circuit ring, and an entry into the
2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions.
Four days into the tournament, and 127 eliminated players after the first
hand was dealt, a champion was crowned. Vinnie Vinh joined Gregg Merkow
and Men "the Master" Nguyen as this season's $10,000 buy-in WSOP Circuit
winners. The next stop on the tour will begin in another week and a half, this
time at Paris/Bally's in Las Vegas.
Tournament Report
Vinnie Vinh wins 1st prize worth $437,760 in the WSOP Circuit
at Caesars Indiana
Three days of play in the $10,000 Main Event at the Caesars Indiana World
Series of Poker Circuit stop eliminated 119 players from contention, leaving
only 9 to battle with each other for the entire prize pool.
The first 14 minutes of the final table were played with blinds at 1500/3000
with a 400 ante, and only three hands transpired in that time. The first was
between chip leader Vinnie Vinh and Bill Edler. The action was folded around
to Vinh in the small blind and he raised to $13,000. After some though Edler
re-raised Vinh to $76,600. Vinh went into the tank for almost 5 minutes
before folding. (Edler later said he held 4-4.) The second hand had no flop,
but on the third Doug Carli and Men the Master tangled for the first of many
times during the day, splitting the pot when both players rivered a 9-high
straight.
On the second level blinds rose to 2000/4000 with a 500 ante. The first
casualty of the day came 33 minutes in, when Clint Keown called Marlowe
Rowe's preflop raise and flopped top pair with A-Q on a Q-9-3 board. Rowe
led out at the pot for $25,000 and Keown came over the top for his last
$21,000. Rowe called immediately and turned over A-A. Keown took home
$36,480 for his performance. After another 46 minutes John Smith moved in
when he flopped the open-ended straight draw holding 7-6 of hearts.
Unfortunately for him he ran into the Vinnie Vinh Express - Vinh's A-K of clubs
flopped top pair, which held up and sent Smith home in 8th place with
$48,640.
When the table got down to 7 players, the dynamic shifted dramatically. In
three hours not a single player was eliminated. Vinnie Vinh took several hits
to his stack in this time, including when Men the Master's Q-J cracked Vinh's
K-K. He began 7-handed play with $340,000 in chips but found himself with a
mere $110,000 at the dinner break. Men turned his fortunes around
drastically as well, going from $70,000 to $175,000. Sam "Slade" Whitt made
the biggest gain, starting 7-handed play with $145,000 and finding himself
with the chip lead at $259,000 at the dinner break.
The players returned from their break to start play with blinds at 3000/6000
with a 1000 ante. For nearly 40 minutes the players saw few flops, preferring
to dodge each other's preflop raises or check down multiway pots. It wasn't
until an hour into the level, when Marlowe Rowe and "Slade" Whitt ended up
heads-up in the blinds on a rainbow flop of Q-T-T, that the fireworks were
finally launched. Rowe checked, Whitt led out for $15,000, Rowe moved his
short-stack in, and Whitt quickly called. Both men held a ten, but Whitt's king
kicker had Rowe's 3 dominated. Rowe received no help and left the table in
7th place, earning $60,800. On the very next hand Bill Edler moved all-in
preflop with A-5 of spades and was called by Vinnie Vinh, who held 9-9. Edler
received no help from the board an he took home $72,960 for a fine 6th place
finish.
Less than 20 minutes later it was Doug Carli who moved all-in on an 8-7-2
flop with two clubs. Vinnie Vinh held 5-2 of clubs for the flush draw and
bottom pair, and he called. Carli was ahead until a club on the river
completed Vinh's flush, and he left the tournament in 5th place with $85,120.
Carli was card-dead for most of the day and played quite well considering the
situations he found himself in. After maintaining a slow pace all the day the
final table had finally built up some momentum - and that momentum was
maintained on the next hand when "Slade" Whitt made an all-in preflop move
with K-8. Like so many others before him, Whitt ran into the Vinnie Vinh
Express - Vinh's A-K had him dominated and the board brought Whitt no help.
He finished in 4th place and earned $97,280 for his performance.
Just three hands into three-handed play, local player Ron Hargrove moved
all-in with top pair, top kicker when the board read Q-9-7. The chip leader,
Vinnie Vinh, called immediately with his Q-9 and stayed ahead to knock
Hargrove out in 3rd place with $133,760. After a short break, it appeared
that the tournament would end with a bang as Men the Master got his chips
in the middle on a flop with two hearts and was called by Vinh. Men held T-7
of hearts and Vinh was the favorite with 6-6, but the queen of hearts hit the
river to even things back out. And then a long battle of the two players
taking small pots began. Very few significant hands were shown down over
the next two hours, and with their massive stacks neither was forced to
make any unusual moves. Vinh slowly whittled away at Men's stack, until a
flop came that almost guaranteed a showdown. Men moved all-in with A-9 of
hearts on an 8-7-7 flop with two hearts, and Vinh called him with J-J. It was a
repeat of their first heads-up hand, only with a different result: Vinh's pair
held and Men was eliminated. For his 2nd place finish Men won $243,200,
and Vinh took home $437,760, a WSOP Circuit ring, and an entry into the
2006 WSOP Tournament of Champions.
Four days into the tournament, and 127 eliminated players after the first
hand was dealt, a champion was crowned. Vinnie Vinh joined Gregg Merkow
and Men "the Master" Nguyen as this season's $10,000 buy-in WSOP Circuit
winners. The next stop on the tour will begin in another week and a half, this
time at Paris/Bally's in Las Vegas.
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