2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Event 18 - $500 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events.
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2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs Event #18 Results
2009-2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Feb. 26
Event #18
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $500 + $55
Number of Entries: 153
Total Prize Money: $74,205
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Feb. 26
Event #18
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $500 + $55
Number of Entries: 153
Total Prize Money: $74,205
| Timothy Morgan |
Final Results:
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2010 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Schedule and Results
2010 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Schedule and Results
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Timothy Morgan
Joel Wassom
Danny Walker
Roger Lipton
Bernard Morrow
Saad Vasquez
Eric Koffman
Lee Patitz
Jeff Banghart
Kyle Caslin
Mark Fink
Randy Crow
Cary Long
Doug Carli
Joel Merwick
Stanley Schrier
Joe Farb
Derek Masek
Joel Wassom
Danny Walker
Roger Lipton
Bernard Morrow
Saad Vasquez
Eric Koffman
Lee Patitz
Jeff Banghart
Kyle Caslin
Mark Fink
Randy Crow
Cary Long
Doug Carli
Joel Merwick
Stanley Schrier
Joe Farb
Derek Masek
Pompano Beach, FL
Dickens, IA
Omaha, NE
Greenwood, NE
Grand Island, NE
Castle Rock, CO
Bay City, MI
Hastings, NE
Bennington, NE
Dickens, IA
Omaha, NE
Greenwood, NE
Grand Island, NE
Castle Rock, CO
Bay City, MI
Hastings, NE
Bennington, NE
$24,045
$12,615
$7,421
$5,936
$4,452
$3,710
$2,968
$2,226
$1,484
$1,187
$1,187
$1,187
$1,039
$1,039
$1,039
$890
$890
$890
$12,615
$7,421
$5,936
$4,452
$3,710
$2,968
$2,226
$1,484
$1,187
$1,187
$1,187
$1,039
$1,039
$1,039
$890
$890
$890
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Despite Big Chip Lead He Agrees to Deal In Order to
Get His First Title and Ring
Council Bluffs, IA — Timothy Morgan has had a lot of cashes – 19 along with nine final
tables in 2009 alone – but no wins. He came close a number of times, including a second
in the Southern States Poker Championship. Tonight he got heads-up in the 18th event of
the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, $500 no-limit hold’em. At that point, he
had better than a 2-1 chip lead, but was afraid of bubbling a win again. So he made an
even-money chop in order to bring home his first title along with the diamond-and-gold
trophy ring. “I did it for my wife Lisa,” he said. “She’s put up with my shenanigans for a
long time.” First place paid $24,045, but he and Joel Wassom got $18,330 each for their
split in this event.
Morgan, 57, is a full-time player from Pompano Beach, Florida. He used to be a commercial
diver in the New England area doing salvage, bridge and underwater demolition work. He
later bought a marine salvage and towing business which his wife now runs. He’s been
playing poker for 20 years, seriously since the Moneymaker revolution.
This $500 event attracted 153 players. The prize pool was $74,205. The second-day final
table was totally dominated by Danny Walker until the very late stages when Morgan
began grinding him down, sometimes three-betting him, until he finally knocked Walker
out by flopping two small pair to beat Walker’s pocket kings.
As a side note, Doug “Rico” Carli had tournament payouts the past two days, extending
his world’s record for Circuit cashes to 42.
The final table began with blinds of 1,500-3,000, 15 minutes left. About four laps ahead of
everyone else in chips was Walker, with 423,000.
Here were the starting chip counts:
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Danny Walker 423,000
2. Saad Vasquez 151,300
3. Lee Patitz 43,900
4. Bernard Morrow 77,400
5. Eric Koffman 102,200
6. Joel Wassom 32,200
7. Jeff Banghart 116,000
8. Roger Lipton 68,900
9. Timothy Morgan 68,900
9th place: Jeff “MrRain” Banghart was first to check out after he was all in with A-8
against Walker’s pocket 7s. A board of 4-4-8-7-K gave Walker a full house and even more
chips (as if he needed them). Banghart’s nickname comes from his ownership of a lawn
sprinkler company. He has so many poker accomplishments that he provided a printout of
them because there wouldn’t be room on the bio sheet. Online he has more than $1.2
million in cashes, including four six-figure payouts. He has three prior Circuit final tables at
Council Bluffs including a win in the opening event last year. His biggest cash ever was
$237,500 for coming in 41st in the WSOP main event in 2007. The Rain Man is from
Bennington, Nebraska. His finish tonight paid $1,484.
8th place: Not long after, Lee Patitz, winner of the opening event here, had all his chips
in with 9d-8s against Roger Lipton’s A-8 Three diamonds and an ace flopped. Patitz
missed his flush draw, and Lipton’s paired ace ended his hopes for a second ring, but he
cashed for $2,226. Patitz, 73, is from Hastings, Nebraska, where he works as a power
plant operator. When he won his first event, he said that he was having “fun, fun, fun.”
He still is, he said.
7th place: After a break, blinds were 2,000-4,000 with 400 antes. Holding pocket aces,
Eric Koffman made what turned out to be a big mistake when he just limped. Walker, in
the small blind, called for the additional 2,000 with 9-2 suited. A flop of k-9-9 gave him
trips. He put Koffman all in, winning when a J and 10 came. Koffman, 35, is a property
manager from Bay City, Michigan. He has a prior Circuit final table, cashing 7th in a $500
event at Tunica earlier this year.
6th place: After several all-ins and survivals, another player exited. This time it was
Saad Vasquez, who went in with K-J and couldn’t catch Walker’s A-2 after the board
came Q-10-4-8-A. Sixth paid $3,710. Vasqez is from Castle Rock, Colorado, where he
owns an unusual business: a medical marijuana dispensary.
Walker, meanwhile, had knocked out three of the first four players and had now
amassed about 450,000 chips, close to half of all those on the table.
5th place: With blinds of 3,000-6,000 and 500 antes, an unstoppable Walker continuedh
is massacre. His next victim was Bernard Morrow, who moved in for 40,000 with K-Q, well
ahead of Walker’s Kh-10h. No problem. Walker promptly made a flush on a flop of
9h-7h-5h, and we were down to four. Morrow, 58, is a 58-year-old government worker
from Grand Island, Nebraska. This final table is his best yet. Fifth place paid $4,452.
Walker went after the next all-in player, and again was behind with A-7 to Joel Wassom’s
A-J. The best Walker could manage this time was a chop when the board came 4-10-A-K-4.
Was Walker slipping? Maybe. On the next hand he challenged an all-in Roger Lipton, again
behind with 6c-3c to Lipton’s A-6. He was about to knock Lipton out with two pair, 6s and
3s, when the board showed 4-3-8-6. But he let Lipton get away when a river 4 gave his
opponent 6s and 4s. Shame on you, Danny.
4th place: Perhaps Walker had now given up knocking out players, because he let Morgan
do the next job. Roger Lipton was all in with Ac-10c and Morgan had Ah-Qh. A board of Jc-
5h-7h-Kc gave both players flush draws. Morgan got there when a 2h gave him the flush
and Lipton left in fourth place, paying $5,936. Lipton, 36, from Greenwood, Nebraska, owns
a trucking company. This is his first final table here.
3rd place: Three-handed, Walker still led, but by now not nearly as much, and after losing
a couple of pots to Morgan, dropped back into second place behind him. Soon after we
had another confrontation between the two players. When the flop came Q-8-6, Walker
bet 55,000, Morgan made it 120,000 to go and Walker, with pocket kings, moved in.
Morgan turned up 8c-6c for two pair, and won after a jack and deuce came. Finishing a
disappointing third, Walker settled for $7,421. Walker is a 25-year-old gambler from
Omaha. His cashes include a win and a second in Circuit events here, three final tables at
the L.A. Poker Classic, and a 30th in a $1,500 7-card razz event at the WSOP.
2nd place: Despite being well in front, with about 800,000 chips to around 350,000 for
Wassom, Morgan agreed to the chop and first-place honors. Wassom, 40, is from Dickens,
Iowa, where he is a security/safety director.
– Max Shapiro
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director – Kevin Ferguson
Get His First Title and Ring
Council Bluffs, IA — Timothy Morgan has had a lot of cashes – 19 along with nine final
tables in 2009 alone – but no wins. He came close a number of times, including a second
in the Southern States Poker Championship. Tonight he got heads-up in the 18th event of
the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, $500 no-limit hold’em. At that point, he
had better than a 2-1 chip lead, but was afraid of bubbling a win again. So he made an
even-money chop in order to bring home his first title along with the diamond-and-gold
trophy ring. “I did it for my wife Lisa,” he said. “She’s put up with my shenanigans for a
long time.” First place paid $24,045, but he and Joel Wassom got $18,330 each for their
split in this event.
Morgan, 57, is a full-time player from Pompano Beach, Florida. He used to be a commercial
diver in the New England area doing salvage, bridge and underwater demolition work. He
later bought a marine salvage and towing business which his wife now runs. He’s been
playing poker for 20 years, seriously since the Moneymaker revolution.
This $500 event attracted 153 players. The prize pool was $74,205. The second-day final
table was totally dominated by Danny Walker until the very late stages when Morgan
began grinding him down, sometimes three-betting him, until he finally knocked Walker
out by flopping two small pair to beat Walker’s pocket kings.
As a side note, Doug “Rico” Carli had tournament payouts the past two days, extending
his world’s record for Circuit cashes to 42.
The final table began with blinds of 1,500-3,000, 15 minutes left. About four laps ahead of
everyone else in chips was Walker, with 423,000.
Here were the starting chip counts:
Seat Name Chip Count
1. Danny Walker 423,000
2. Saad Vasquez 151,300
3. Lee Patitz 43,900
4. Bernard Morrow 77,400
5. Eric Koffman 102,200
6. Joel Wassom 32,200
7. Jeff Banghart 116,000
8. Roger Lipton 68,900
9. Timothy Morgan 68,900
9th place: Jeff “MrRain” Banghart was first to check out after he was all in with A-8
against Walker’s pocket 7s. A board of 4-4-8-7-K gave Walker a full house and even more
chips (as if he needed them). Banghart’s nickname comes from his ownership of a lawn
sprinkler company. He has so many poker accomplishments that he provided a printout of
them because there wouldn’t be room on the bio sheet. Online he has more than $1.2
million in cashes, including four six-figure payouts. He has three prior Circuit final tables at
Council Bluffs including a win in the opening event last year. His biggest cash ever was
$237,500 for coming in 41st in the WSOP main event in 2007. The Rain Man is from
Bennington, Nebraska. His finish tonight paid $1,484.
8th place: Not long after, Lee Patitz, winner of the opening event here, had all his chips
in with 9d-8s against Roger Lipton’s A-8 Three diamonds and an ace flopped. Patitz
missed his flush draw, and Lipton’s paired ace ended his hopes for a second ring, but he
cashed for $2,226. Patitz, 73, is from Hastings, Nebraska, where he works as a power
plant operator. When he won his first event, he said that he was having “fun, fun, fun.”
He still is, he said.
7th place: After a break, blinds were 2,000-4,000 with 400 antes. Holding pocket aces,
Eric Koffman made what turned out to be a big mistake when he just limped. Walker, in
the small blind, called for the additional 2,000 with 9-2 suited. A flop of k-9-9 gave him
trips. He put Koffman all in, winning when a J and 10 came. Koffman, 35, is a property
manager from Bay City, Michigan. He has a prior Circuit final table, cashing 7th in a $500
event at Tunica earlier this year.
6th place: After several all-ins and survivals, another player exited. This time it was
Saad Vasquez, who went in with K-J and couldn’t catch Walker’s A-2 after the board
came Q-10-4-8-A. Sixth paid $3,710. Vasqez is from Castle Rock, Colorado, where he
owns an unusual business: a medical marijuana dispensary.
Walker, meanwhile, had knocked out three of the first four players and had now
amassed about 450,000 chips, close to half of all those on the table.
5th place: With blinds of 3,000-6,000 and 500 antes, an unstoppable Walker continuedh
is massacre. His next victim was Bernard Morrow, who moved in for 40,000 with K-Q, well
ahead of Walker’s Kh-10h. No problem. Walker promptly made a flush on a flop of
9h-7h-5h, and we were down to four. Morrow, 58, is a 58-year-old government worker
from Grand Island, Nebraska. This final table is his best yet. Fifth place paid $4,452.
Walker went after the next all-in player, and again was behind with A-7 to Joel Wassom’s
A-J. The best Walker could manage this time was a chop when the board came 4-10-A-K-4.
Was Walker slipping? Maybe. On the next hand he challenged an all-in Roger Lipton, again
behind with 6c-3c to Lipton’s A-6. He was about to knock Lipton out with two pair, 6s and
3s, when the board showed 4-3-8-6. But he let Lipton get away when a river 4 gave his
opponent 6s and 4s. Shame on you, Danny.
4th place: Perhaps Walker had now given up knocking out players, because he let Morgan
do the next job. Roger Lipton was all in with Ac-10c and Morgan had Ah-Qh. A board of Jc-
5h-7h-Kc gave both players flush draws. Morgan got there when a 2h gave him the flush
and Lipton left in fourth place, paying $5,936. Lipton, 36, from Greenwood, Nebraska, owns
a trucking company. This is his first final table here.
3rd place: Three-handed, Walker still led, but by now not nearly as much, and after losing
a couple of pots to Morgan, dropped back into second place behind him. Soon after we
had another confrontation between the two players. When the flop came Q-8-6, Walker
bet 55,000, Morgan made it 120,000 to go and Walker, with pocket kings, moved in.
Morgan turned up 8c-6c for two pair, and won after a jack and deuce came. Finishing a
disappointing third, Walker settled for $7,421. Walker is a 25-year-old gambler from
Omaha. His cashes include a win and a second in Circuit events here, three final tables at
the L.A. Poker Classic, and a 30th in a $1,500 7-card razz event at the WSOP.
2nd place: Despite being well in front, with about 800,000 chips to around 350,000 for
Wassom, Morgan agreed to the chop and first-place honors. Wassom, 40, is from Dickens,
Iowa, where he is a security/safety director.
– Max Shapiro
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director – Kevin Ferguson
