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| 2005 Legends of Poker World Poker Tour Season 4 Tournament Results |
| World Poker Tour Season 4 2005 Legends of Poker Main Event No Limit Hold'em Final Results |
| August 31, 2005 Legends of Poker/WPT Season 4 Bicycle Casino Bell Gardens, California |
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$5,000 + $150
$4,195,00
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$4,195,00
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Alex Goes ‘Straight' to Win!
A straight on the turn turned everything around and brought victory to Alex
Kahaner in the 2005 Legends championship/WPT event. For much of the final
table, pro player Kenna James had the lead. Then, in a heads-up hand,
James opened for 600k, Kahaner raised to $1.5 million, and James moved in
with A-4 against Kahaner's J-10. A flop of Q-9-2 gave Kahaner an open-end
straight draw, and a river king completed it. Kahaner now had about a 5-1
lead, and in three hands the rest of the chips. 'Sometimes things don't go
your way, in poker and life,' the ever-gracious James remarked at the post-
game ceremony.
Kahaner is originally from Israel. He is a computer consultant turned home
builder.This is only the second major tournament he has played, and his first
major win. It was worth $1,540,000 plus a $25,000 seat in the Bellagio/WPT
championship event.
After players got to the final six on Day Three, the finalists sat down at the
WPT TV sound stage to start play with hour rounds, $3,000 antes and blinds
of $15,000-$30,000. James was in third place with 1.54 million in chips,
behind Todd Phillips and Kahaner, both with about 1.9 million.
On hand eight, James made a tough laydown. On a flop of Js-9h-8h, Kahaner
bet 120k, James raised 250k, Kahaner moved in and James laid down Q-J.
Kahaner showed Jh-10h for an open-end straight flush draw.
Play was cautious in the early stages. Blinds went up twice, first to
$25,0000-$50,000, then to $40,000-$80,000, with $10,000 antes, with all
players left, and only one all-in confrontation. By hand 48, Kahaner had
moved into the lead with just over 2 million, while the others ranged from
around 1 to 1.6 million. On hand 56, Kevin O'Donnell got wrecked.
He opened for 150k with A-6 and James came over the top for 215k more
with A-9. When an ace flopped, James moved in for 695k. O'Donnell called
and lost. He then went out quite meekly. On the next hand he was all in for
half the ante holding 7-2. Two players limped, James chased them out with a
raise to 480k holding pocket 6s, and left O'Donnell, a restaurant owner, in
sixth place.
It had taken three hours, 25 minutes, to lose our first player. Blinds now
moved to $60,000-$120,000 with $15,000 antes, meaning there would be
255k in dead money in each pot. On the first hand, Kahaner survived on a
lucky break. He tried an all-in move from the small blind with 6h-4h. James
called with Kh-Qh, and Kahaner got away when a 6 flopped.
Hand 73 saw three-way action. Phillips opened for 350k with pocket 7s and
got calls from Kahaner and James. When a flop of 10-5-3 gave James a set of
treys, he made a small trap bet of 250k. Phillips, a director/writer, went for it,
moved in for 700k and finished in fifth place. Four hands later James knocked
out another player, again with the worst starting hand. Tim Phan had moved
in for 540k with A-J against James' Ac7c. The board came Q-9-6-8-7 and Phan
was drowned by the river.
James now had a substantial lead of 4.7 million out of approximately 8.39
million in play. But Kahaner began climbing up a few hands later when James
re-raised pre-flop to 1 million and Kahaner forced him to fold by moving in.
When blinds went to 100k-200k with 20k antes, the chip count was: James,
3,680,000; Kahaner, 3,380,000; and Jake Minter, 1,320,000. Another 27
hands went by, and then it got heads-up. Minter, a dealer/poker player, was
all in for 1.4 million with A-5 against Kahaner's A-9. A board of 10-7-6-J-2
didn't change anything, and Minter cashed out for $333,600.
Kahaner now had 3,780,000 to 4,610,000 for James. The turnaround hand
came after 27 hands of heads-up play. 'It's only $500,000,' (the difference
between first and second place), James teased before Kahaner finally called
with his J-10 and made a straight. James was now short-chipped (if
1,400,000 can be considered short-chipped). Three hands later Kahaner
moved in with Kh-Jc and James called with 6-6. James was still alive on fourth
street until a king on the river dashed his hopes.
-Max Shapiro
BIOGRAPHY
Yaniv Alexander Kahaner moved here from Israel in 1986. He used to be a
computer consultant and now owns a residential construction company. He's
been playing poker for about 11 years, and his poker action mostly is in side
games, $40-$80 and $60-$120 no-limit, but he doesn't play that much
because of his work. He only started playing tournaments this year.
He describes himself as a selective, patient, methodical player, who gets
aggressive when he gets cards and when the blinds go up. Asked about the
key hand where James folded after re-raising to $1 million, Kahaner said he
later discovered that James had A-Q to his A-K. He gave credit to James for
being a very tough player.
When he called with J-10, it wasn't because of pot odds, which don't apply in
no-limit, he pointed out. 'A very smart man once told me, if you have two live
cards, push it in.'
A straight on the turn turned everything around and brought victory to Alex
Kahaner in the 2005 Legends championship/WPT event. For much of the final
table, pro player Kenna James had the lead. Then, in a heads-up hand,
James opened for 600k, Kahaner raised to $1.5 million, and James moved in
with A-4 against Kahaner's J-10. A flop of Q-9-2 gave Kahaner an open-end
straight draw, and a river king completed it. Kahaner now had about a 5-1
lead, and in three hands the rest of the chips. 'Sometimes things don't go
your way, in poker and life,' the ever-gracious James remarked at the post-
game ceremony.
Kahaner is originally from Israel. He is a computer consultant turned home
builder.This is only the second major tournament he has played, and his first
major win. It was worth $1,540,000 plus a $25,000 seat in the Bellagio/WPT
championship event.
After players got to the final six on Day Three, the finalists sat down at the
WPT TV sound stage to start play with hour rounds, $3,000 antes and blinds
of $15,000-$30,000. James was in third place with 1.54 million in chips,
behind Todd Phillips and Kahaner, both with about 1.9 million.
On hand eight, James made a tough laydown. On a flop of Js-9h-8h, Kahaner
bet 120k, James raised 250k, Kahaner moved in and James laid down Q-J.
Kahaner showed Jh-10h for an open-end straight flush draw.
Play was cautious in the early stages. Blinds went up twice, first to
$25,0000-$50,000, then to $40,000-$80,000, with $10,000 antes, with all
players left, and only one all-in confrontation. By hand 48, Kahaner had
moved into the lead with just over 2 million, while the others ranged from
around 1 to 1.6 million. On hand 56, Kevin O'Donnell got wrecked.
He opened for 150k with A-6 and James came over the top for 215k more
with A-9. When an ace flopped, James moved in for 695k. O'Donnell called
and lost. He then went out quite meekly. On the next hand he was all in for
half the ante holding 7-2. Two players limped, James chased them out with a
raise to 480k holding pocket 6s, and left O'Donnell, a restaurant owner, in
sixth place.
It had taken three hours, 25 minutes, to lose our first player. Blinds now
moved to $60,000-$120,000 with $15,000 antes, meaning there would be
255k in dead money in each pot. On the first hand, Kahaner survived on a
lucky break. He tried an all-in move from the small blind with 6h-4h. James
called with Kh-Qh, and Kahaner got away when a 6 flopped.
Hand 73 saw three-way action. Phillips opened for 350k with pocket 7s and
got calls from Kahaner and James. When a flop of 10-5-3 gave James a set of
treys, he made a small trap bet of 250k. Phillips, a director/writer, went for it,
moved in for 700k and finished in fifth place. Four hands later James knocked
out another player, again with the worst starting hand. Tim Phan had moved
in for 540k with A-J against James' Ac7c. The board came Q-9-6-8-7 and Phan
was drowned by the river.
James now had a substantial lead of 4.7 million out of approximately 8.39
million in play. But Kahaner began climbing up a few hands later when James
re-raised pre-flop to 1 million and Kahaner forced him to fold by moving in.
When blinds went to 100k-200k with 20k antes, the chip count was: James,
3,680,000; Kahaner, 3,380,000; and Jake Minter, 1,320,000. Another 27
hands went by, and then it got heads-up. Minter, a dealer/poker player, was
all in for 1.4 million with A-5 against Kahaner's A-9. A board of 10-7-6-J-2
didn't change anything, and Minter cashed out for $333,600.
Kahaner now had 3,780,000 to 4,610,000 for James. The turnaround hand
came after 27 hands of heads-up play. 'It's only $500,000,' (the difference
between first and second place), James teased before Kahaner finally called
with his J-10 and made a straight. James was now short-chipped (if
1,400,000 can be considered short-chipped). Three hands later Kahaner
moved in with Kh-Jc and James called with 6-6. James was still alive on fourth
street until a king on the river dashed his hopes.
-Max Shapiro
BIOGRAPHY
Yaniv Alexander Kahaner moved here from Israel in 1986. He used to be a
computer consultant and now owns a residential construction company. He's
been playing poker for about 11 years, and his poker action mostly is in side
games, $40-$80 and $60-$120 no-limit, but he doesn't play that much
because of his work. He only started playing tournaments this year.
He describes himself as a selective, patient, methodical player, who gets
aggressive when he gets cards and when the blinds go up. Asked about the
key hand where James folded after re-raising to $1 million, Kahaner said he
later discovered that James had A-Q to his A-K. He gave credit to James for
being a very tough player.
When he called with J-10, it wasn't because of pot odds, which don't apply in
no-limit, he pointed out. 'A very smart man once told me, if you have two live
cards, push it in.'
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