2008 Horseshoe Indiana
Event 9 - $1,000 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2008 Horseshoe Indiana WSOP Circuit Events.
| 2008 Horseshoe Indiana World Series of Poker Circuit Events Official Results |
2008 Horseshoe Indiana Event #9 Results
2008/2009 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Indiana
Event #9
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,000 (+60)
Total Entries: 175
Total Prize Pool: $175,000
October 10, 2008
Horseshoe Indiana
Event #9
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,000 (+60)
Total Entries: 175
Total Prize Pool: $175,000
October 10, 2008
| David Kopacz |
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
David Kopacz
Matthew Shepsky
Troy Weber
Nick Blackburn
Harold Dennis
James Ruszkiewicz
Kerry Rowden
Bryan Sapp
Steve Russell
Taylor Kurth
Jamie Eisenhurt
Donald Godsey
Kevin Hammer
Wilbur Futhey
Terry Quinn
Alan Cutler
Patrick Cissell
David Lewis
Matthew Shepsky
Troy Weber
Nick Blackburn
Harold Dennis
James Ruszkiewicz
Kerry Rowden
Bryan Sapp
Steve Russell
Taylor Kurth
Jamie Eisenhurt
Donald Godsey
Kevin Hammer
Wilbur Futhey
Terry Quinn
Alan Cutler
Patrick Cissell
David Lewis
Hopkinsville, KY
Skokie, Illinois
W. Terre Haute, IN
Long Bottom, OH
Nicholasville, KY
Mukwonago, WI
Iberia, MO
Louisville, KY
Coolville, OH
Knoxville, TN
Bluffton, IN
Church Hill, TN
Heyworth, IL
Crossville, TN
Powell, OH
Vernon Hills, IL
Louisville, KY
Mooresville, IN
Skokie, Illinois
W. Terre Haute, IN
Long Bottom, OH
Nicholasville, KY
Mukwonago, WI
Iberia, MO
Louisville, KY
Coolville, OH
Knoxville, TN
Bluffton, IN
Church Hill, TN
Heyworth, IL
Crossville, TN
Powell, OH
Vernon Hills, IL
Louisville, KY
Mooresville, IN
$53,330
$27,982
$16,460
$13,168
$9,876
$8,230
$6,584
$4,938
$3,292
$2,634
$2,634
$2,634
$2,304
$2,304
$2,304
$1,975
$1,975
$1,975
$27,982
$16,460
$13,168
$9,876
$8,230
$6,584
$4,938
$3,292
$2,634
$2,634
$2,634
$2,304
$2,304
$2,304
$1,975
$1,975
$1,975
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Dave Kopacz Wins #9 After Wife Makes Him Trade Slots
for Poker
Elizabeth, IN —Up until two years ago, David Kopacz only played slots and knew nothing
about poker, while his wife Stacy was an accomplished player who finished 10th in a Circuit
main event here last year. Then, trying to pry him away from the machines, she paid to
have them both attend Camp Hellmuth poker boot camp. Still, until now, Kopacz's most
striking poker achievement was finishing on the bubble twice in a row in Circuit main events
at New Orleans and Tunica. But her prodding paid off tonight when he came in first in the
ninth event of the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, $1,000 no-limit poker.
It was the final preliminary event before the three-day championship contest starts.
No matter how he finished, he still would have taken home the most money, along with a
gold ring and $5,150 seat into the main event, after an unofficial four-way deal was made
when he had more than half the chips. But he won the event outright, and his official cash
was $53,330. Still, Kopacz hasn't given up slots entirely. In fact, last week he hit a $90,000
jackpot at Harrah's Metropolis, so he planned to pay for his and Stacy's entry in the main
event here as a birthday present for her. .
Kopacz said he didn't master much strategy at Camp Hellmuth since he was a beginner and
it was hard to grasp everything that was said, and feels he still plays perhaps more tightly
than he should.. But he did pick up a lot of tell info from instructor Joe Navarro at the camp,
and that helped him a lot. "Joe said I was his best student," he noted. His other poker
strong point is being good at math, but he acknowledges that his wife is a "far better
player" than he is. He also has a fourth-place in a Rincon event.
Kopacz, 48, is from Hopkinsville, Kentucky where he is the chief technology officer of a web
hosting firm. His main hobby is amateur radio, and in 2004 he was named the amateur
radio operator of the year. He also sponsors a program to fly low-income children
interested in amateur radio to an annual event in Jamaica. He has them write essays and
then picks the best one for an all-expense-paid trip. He's taken kids from places like
Portugal, Argentina and Italy as well as the U.S. thus far.
With nine players left at 2 a.m., the field voted to play through rather than return the next
day. There were 48 minutes left on the clock, with blinds of 3,000-6,000, and 500 antes.
Chip leader with 311,000, was James Ruszkiewicz, closely followed by Matt Shepsky with
300,000.
Here were the starting chip counts:
Seat 1. Nick Blackburn 191,500
Seat 2. Troy Weber 187,000
Seat 3. James Ruszkiewicz 311,500
Seat 4. Kerry Rowden 134,500
Seat 5 .Steve Russell 22,500
Seat 6. Harold Dennis 109,500
Seat 7. Matt Shepsky 300,000
Seat 8. Bryan Sapp 68,000
Seat 9. David Kopacz 231,000
Low man with 33,500 was Steve Russell, and he immediately left when he was all in with
pocket 8s against Ruszkiewicz's Q-10, and lost the coin-flip when the board came K-K-Q-64.
Ninth paid $3,292. Russell, 50, is from Coolsville, Ohio and has a contracting business. He's
been playing poker 35 years and this is his 10th Circuit.
Bryan Sapp, making his second final table appearance here, began second-lowest with
68,000.
Matt Shepsky put him all in by raising with Q-10. Sapp, with A-3, was outdrawn when a
queen hit, and finished eighth, worth $4,938. Sapp is 26, from Louisville, and divides his
time between real estate and poker. He's been playing four years, has entered 20 Circuits,
and has $800,000 in tournament cashes thus far. In an earlier $1,000 event here he
officially finished third for $16,000, though he made an unofficial deal for nearly twice as
much. Last year he chopped the main event here for $117,000.
Harold Dennis then had a lucky escape. He bet 100,000 when the board showed A-K-9-10,
and then Shepsky raised him all in. "Nice hand," Dennis said when Shepsky turned up A-Q
to his A-J. But then another 10 on the river got Dennis a split.
Blinds moved up to 4,000-8,000 with 1,000 antes. A few hands into this level, Kerry
Rowden tried an all-in bluff for 96,000 on fourth street. The board showed J-5-5-Q and all
Rowden had was 6-3. Shepsky, who had been giving the most action, looked him up
holding K-J. Rowden predicted a king would come on the river...and it did. "Ooh, I'm
psychic," he said. Maybe, but if he was psychic, he wouldn't have tried a bluff with 6-3.
Kerry, 43, is an attorney from Iberia, MO. He taught himself poker four years ago and won a
$700 event at the Tunica Circuit earlier this year. Tonight he took home $6,584 for seventh.
As play progressed, Kopacz took a big bite out of Ruszkiewicz's chips with pocket aces
against As-10s. A few hands later, Roszkiewitz raised to 40,000, Kopacz re-raised and
Ruszkiewicz moved in. It was a repeat: A-K for Ruszkiewicz, pocket aces again for Kopacz.
The board came 9-8-8-9-J, and Ruszkiewicz, finishing sixth, pocketed $8,230. Ruszkiewicz,
27, owns a business in Mukwonago, WI. and has been playing four years.
Next out was Dennis. Holding pocket 5s, he moved in for 47,000 on a flop of 7-7-2, and got
called by Shepsky with A-6. When a 6 turned, that did it. Dennis, 34, lives in Nicholasville,
Kentucky and is self-employed in commercial construction. He learned poker six years ago
from friends, has entered five Circuits, and this is his first final table. For finishing fifth, he
won $9,876.
As the round neared an end, Kopacz, holding Q-J, took two bets of 100,000 from Shepsky
by betting into a board of J-7-2-3 and then the river when another deuce hit. Shepsky
mucked without showing, and suddenly Kopacz had a big lead of about 800,000 of the
1.575 million chips in play; As the round ended, the four players made a deal, with Kopacz
getting the most money, the trophy ring and main event buy-in. But since Harrah's does not
recognize deals, for the purpose of this report, whoever ended up with all the chips would
be declared the winner and interviewed.
Blinds now went to 6,000-12,000 with 2,000 antes. On the first deal, Nick Blackburn pushed
in his last chips with pocket 7s. Shepsky called with pocket queens and made a set when
the board came A-3-2-J-Q. as Blackburn officially cashed fourth for $13,168. Blackburn,
nicknamed "Rocky," lives in Longbottom, Ohio and is retired. He learned poker 30 years ago.
As play progressed, Shepsky took over the lead after moving in with A-2 and beating
Kopacz, who called with 10-8. After extended play, with Kopacz now back in the leading
after Shepsky folded a big pot, it was nearing 6 a.m. It got down to two after Troy Weber
moved in with pocket deuces. Kopacz made the obligatory call with Kc-10c and caught two
10s. Third place paid $16,460. Weber, 37, lives in West Terre Haute, Indiana and is in the
industrial distribution business. He's been playing 20 years and his prior cashes included a
chop in a $300 Circuit event in Tunica and a sixth in the Midwest Regional Championship.
With the money already decided, Kopacz and Shepsky decided to call it a night, but first had
to play a show hand to make things legal. Shepsky moved in. The board came A-9-5-7-10.
Kopacz turned up Js-7s, and Shepsky mucked without showing.
For second, Shepsky got an official $27,982. He is 25, a former student turned pro, and
lives in Skokie, Illinois. He learned poker in 25-50 cent home games two years ago and has
several tournament cashes, including $39,445 for finishing 325th in a WSOP main event.
--Max Shapiro
World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmy Allen
Tournament Directors -- Chris Reason, Andy Cunningham, Craig Carman
for Poker
Elizabeth, IN —Up until two years ago, David Kopacz only played slots and knew nothing
about poker, while his wife Stacy was an accomplished player who finished 10th in a Circuit
main event here last year. Then, trying to pry him away from the machines, she paid to
have them both attend Camp Hellmuth poker boot camp. Still, until now, Kopacz's most
striking poker achievement was finishing on the bubble twice in a row in Circuit main events
at New Orleans and Tunica. But her prodding paid off tonight when he came in first in the
ninth event of the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, $1,000 no-limit poker.
It was the final preliminary event before the three-day championship contest starts.
No matter how he finished, he still would have taken home the most money, along with a
gold ring and $5,150 seat into the main event, after an unofficial four-way deal was made
when he had more than half the chips. But he won the event outright, and his official cash
was $53,330. Still, Kopacz hasn't given up slots entirely. In fact, last week he hit a $90,000
jackpot at Harrah's Metropolis, so he planned to pay for his and Stacy's entry in the main
event here as a birthday present for her. .
Kopacz said he didn't master much strategy at Camp Hellmuth since he was a beginner and
it was hard to grasp everything that was said, and feels he still plays perhaps more tightly
than he should.. But he did pick up a lot of tell info from instructor Joe Navarro at the camp,
and that helped him a lot. "Joe said I was his best student," he noted. His other poker
strong point is being good at math, but he acknowledges that his wife is a "far better
player" than he is. He also has a fourth-place in a Rincon event.
Kopacz, 48, is from Hopkinsville, Kentucky where he is the chief technology officer of a web
hosting firm. His main hobby is amateur radio, and in 2004 he was named the amateur
radio operator of the year. He also sponsors a program to fly low-income children
interested in amateur radio to an annual event in Jamaica. He has them write essays and
then picks the best one for an all-expense-paid trip. He's taken kids from places like
Portugal, Argentina and Italy as well as the U.S. thus far.
With nine players left at 2 a.m., the field voted to play through rather than return the next
day. There were 48 minutes left on the clock, with blinds of 3,000-6,000, and 500 antes.
Chip leader with 311,000, was James Ruszkiewicz, closely followed by Matt Shepsky with
300,000.
Here were the starting chip counts:
Seat 1. Nick Blackburn 191,500
Seat 2. Troy Weber 187,000
Seat 3. James Ruszkiewicz 311,500
Seat 4. Kerry Rowden 134,500
Seat 5 .Steve Russell 22,500
Seat 6. Harold Dennis 109,500
Seat 7. Matt Shepsky 300,000
Seat 8. Bryan Sapp 68,000
Seat 9. David Kopacz 231,000
Low man with 33,500 was Steve Russell, and he immediately left when he was all in with
pocket 8s against Ruszkiewicz's Q-10, and lost the coin-flip when the board came K-K-Q-64.
Ninth paid $3,292. Russell, 50, is from Coolsville, Ohio and has a contracting business. He's
been playing poker 35 years and this is his 10th Circuit.
Bryan Sapp, making his second final table appearance here, began second-lowest with
68,000.
Matt Shepsky put him all in by raising with Q-10. Sapp, with A-3, was outdrawn when a
queen hit, and finished eighth, worth $4,938. Sapp is 26, from Louisville, and divides his
time between real estate and poker. He's been playing four years, has entered 20 Circuits,
and has $800,000 in tournament cashes thus far. In an earlier $1,000 event here he
officially finished third for $16,000, though he made an unofficial deal for nearly twice as
much. Last year he chopped the main event here for $117,000.
Harold Dennis then had a lucky escape. He bet 100,000 when the board showed A-K-9-10,
and then Shepsky raised him all in. "Nice hand," Dennis said when Shepsky turned up A-Q
to his A-J. But then another 10 on the river got Dennis a split.
Blinds moved up to 4,000-8,000 with 1,000 antes. A few hands into this level, Kerry
Rowden tried an all-in bluff for 96,000 on fourth street. The board showed J-5-5-Q and all
Rowden had was 6-3. Shepsky, who had been giving the most action, looked him up
holding K-J. Rowden predicted a king would come on the river...and it did. "Ooh, I'm
psychic," he said. Maybe, but if he was psychic, he wouldn't have tried a bluff with 6-3.
Kerry, 43, is an attorney from Iberia, MO. He taught himself poker four years ago and won a
$700 event at the Tunica Circuit earlier this year. Tonight he took home $6,584 for seventh.
As play progressed, Kopacz took a big bite out of Ruszkiewicz's chips with pocket aces
against As-10s. A few hands later, Roszkiewitz raised to 40,000, Kopacz re-raised and
Ruszkiewicz moved in. It was a repeat: A-K for Ruszkiewicz, pocket aces again for Kopacz.
The board came 9-8-8-9-J, and Ruszkiewicz, finishing sixth, pocketed $8,230. Ruszkiewicz,
27, owns a business in Mukwonago, WI. and has been playing four years.
Next out was Dennis. Holding pocket 5s, he moved in for 47,000 on a flop of 7-7-2, and got
called by Shepsky with A-6. When a 6 turned, that did it. Dennis, 34, lives in Nicholasville,
Kentucky and is self-employed in commercial construction. He learned poker six years ago
from friends, has entered five Circuits, and this is his first final table. For finishing fifth, he
won $9,876.
As the round neared an end, Kopacz, holding Q-J, took two bets of 100,000 from Shepsky
by betting into a board of J-7-2-3 and then the river when another deuce hit. Shepsky
mucked without showing, and suddenly Kopacz had a big lead of about 800,000 of the
1.575 million chips in play; As the round ended, the four players made a deal, with Kopacz
getting the most money, the trophy ring and main event buy-in. But since Harrah's does not
recognize deals, for the purpose of this report, whoever ended up with all the chips would
be declared the winner and interviewed.
Blinds now went to 6,000-12,000 with 2,000 antes. On the first deal, Nick Blackburn pushed
in his last chips with pocket 7s. Shepsky called with pocket queens and made a set when
the board came A-3-2-J-Q. as Blackburn officially cashed fourth for $13,168. Blackburn,
nicknamed "Rocky," lives in Longbottom, Ohio and is retired. He learned poker 30 years ago.
As play progressed, Shepsky took over the lead after moving in with A-2 and beating
Kopacz, who called with 10-8. After extended play, with Kopacz now back in the leading
after Shepsky folded a big pot, it was nearing 6 a.m. It got down to two after Troy Weber
moved in with pocket deuces. Kopacz made the obligatory call with Kc-10c and caught two
10s. Third place paid $16,460. Weber, 37, lives in West Terre Haute, Indiana and is in the
industrial distribution business. He's been playing 20 years and his prior cashes included a
chop in a $300 Circuit event in Tunica and a sixth in the Midwest Regional Championship.
With the money already decided, Kopacz and Shepsky decided to call it a night, but first had
to play a show hand to make things legal. Shepsky moved in. The board came A-9-5-7-10.
Kopacz turned up Js-7s, and Shepsky mucked without showing.
For second, Shepsky got an official $27,982. He is 25, a former student turned pro, and
lives in Skokie, Illinois. He learned poker in 25-50 cent home games two years ago and has
several tournament cashes, including $39,445 for finishing 325th in a WSOP main event.
--Max Shapiro
World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmy Allen
Tournament Directors -- Chris Reason, Andy Cunningham, Craig Carman
