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2009-2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Event #11
Pot-Limit Omaha
Buy-In: $200 + $35
Number of Entries: 60
Total Prize Money: $11,640

Final Results:

Place Name Hometown Prize

1. Chris Ybarra Plattsmouth, NE $4,191

2. Brent Carter Oak Park, IL $2,328

3. Frank Dukich Carter Lake, IA $1,280

4. Ivan Janssen Farmington, MN $931

5. Nick Janssen Farmington, MN $815

6. Steve Hayes Burlington Jctt., MN $698

7. Adrian Hernandez Hastings, NE $582

8. Ronald Grandgeorge Papillion, NE $466

9. Scott Erickson Carter Lake, IA $349

Recent Pro Chris Ybarra Outduels Brent Carter, Wins Pot-Limit Omaha

Council Bluffs, IA — Chris Ybarra is 26 years old, had been an audio engineer, decided to turn pro just a couple of months ago and had never heard of Brent Carter, his final opponent. Carter is a bit older, won his first tournament two years after Ybarra was born, has cashed in hundreds of tournaments for more than $3 million, and has now made a dozen WSOP Omaha final tables. The betting would seem to be on Carter when the two got heads-up in event 11 of the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, pot-limit OMaha. But after a back-and-forth battle, it was Ybarra who took first place, which paid $4,191

Both paid solid poker and Carter had a decent lead at one point. But the turning point came when Ybarra flopped a straight. Carter was crippled and busted out on the next hand. Ybarra, from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, until now has played mostly no-limit hold’em cash games, with a little Omaha thrown in.

This $200 event had 60 participants and a prize pool of $11,640. The final table began with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and 19 minutes remaining. With 74.500 chips, Steve Hayes started with the lead.

Here were the starting chip counts:

Seat Name Chip Count

1. Brent Carter 46,500

2. Nick Janssen 28,500

3. Chris Ybarra 35,000

4. Steve Hayes 74,500

5. Ivan Janssen 43,500

6. Scott Erickson 12,000

7. Frank Dukich 11,000

8. Adrian Hernandez 25,500

9. Ronald Grandgeorge 15,500

9th place: On the very first deal, Scott Erickson’s hand contained two aces, and that was enough for him to re-raise all in for his last 11,000. Ybarra called holding two kings, turned a set, and Erickson cashed out ninth for $349. Erickson, 35, is a roofing contractor from North Platte, Nebraska. He’s played Circuits for six years and this is his first final table. Last year he finished 18th in the main event here

8th place: A couple of beats later, the board showed A-3-3- and Ronald Grandgeorge,. holding 10-8-5-3, bet his last chips on his trips and got two calls. When Carter bet the pot when a 4 turned, the other caller folded, and Grandgeorge muttered, “I’m pretty much toast.” He was, because Carter, with A-3-Q-8, had flopped a full house, and Grandgeorge left with $466.for eighth. Grandgeorge, from Papillion, Nebraska, is 53 and retired from the Air Force. He once finished 63rd out of 4,800 in a no-limit event in Vegas.

7th place: With blinds now at 2,000-4,000, a third player departed. This time Adrian Hernandez, short-chipped, was all in with J-Q-9-6, hit a queen, but couldn’t overtake Carter’s pocket aces and left seventh for $582. By now Carter had increased his lead dramatically and was well in front of the field. Hernandez, 22, is from Hastings, Nebraska, playing mainly online, where he’s won a few tournaments.

6th place: Blinds became 2,500-5,000. There was quickly another all-in when Steve Hayes pushed in his last chips and Carter, holding A-A-Q-7, re-raised with all his chips to get heads-up. Hayes turned up 10-10-8-6. The board came 2-J-7-8-7. Carter, trying to figure out the hands, asked Hayes, “Do you have a seven?” then realized that he had one. He took the pot as Hayes cashed sixth for $608. Hayes, 51, is from Burlington Junction, Missouri.

5th place: Nick Janssen went out fifth. He made a straight but lost to Frank Dukich’s 4s full of sixes. Janssen, 30, is a buyer from Farmington, Minnesota who is “just happy playing cards with my dad.” (That would be Ivan Janssen, who was next out.)

4th place: Blinds now were 3,000-6,000. On the first hand Ybarra hit a flush on the river to get close to the lead. Later, he moved in front with more than half the 300,000 chips in play by knocking out Ivan Janssen. On that hand, Ivan Janssen was all in with 10-10-A-2. Ybarra had A-A-9-8. The board came Q-5-3-J-10 as the river card gave Janssen a set but Ybarra a straight. Janssen, 56 is an auto salesman from Farmington, Minnesota.

3rd place: The match got heads-up when Frank Dukich, holding J-10-3-3, missed his straight draw after the flop came Q-9-7 while Carter would make aces and queens. Dakich is a 85-year-old retired newspaper pressman.from Carter Lake, Iowa. He has a prior win in a limit hold’em event here along with a second in pot-limit Omaha.

2nd place: The turning point in the final match came when Ybarra, with A-10-9-8, flopped a straight when the board showed 6-9-7. Carter, with pocket kings, was still alive with a flush draw but missed. He was now down to 22,000 with blinds of 5,000-10,000. Ybarra put the finishing touches on him the next hand, Carter had K-9-5-2, could only pair his 5 when the board came 5-6-4-8-J, and lost to Ybarra’s pocket 7s. Carter took an official $2,328 for second, though the two had earlier agreed to a $500 save. Carter, a veteran pro, is a retired harness race driver from Oak Park, Illinois.

As an interesting sidelight, for many years Carter has dressed as conservatively as anyone on the tournament trail. He just recently decided to change his image and tonight showed up in an incredible outfit that made him look like a cross between an Army desert soldier and a duck hunter, with pieces of loose fabric hanging all over and some sort of black hood-like thing in back. “My new uniform,” he said.

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event #11 Final Results

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events Schedule and Results

– Max Shapiro

Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director – Kevin Ferguson

2009-2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Feb. 21
Event #7
Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1,000 + $80
Number of Entries: 73
Total Prize Money: $70,810

Final Results:

Place Name Hometown Prize

1. Jim Scheibler Bennington, KS $25,491

2. Ron Koenemann Omaha, NE $14,162

3. Jesse Starke Loveland, CO $7,789

4. Neal Cooke Loveland, CO $5,665

5. Nathan Jessen Maryville, MO $4,957

6. Shawn Meyer Davenport, NE $4,249

7. Doug Hutcheson Council Bluffs, IA $3,541

8. Troy Ethridge Salinas, KS $2,832

9. Bill Sindelar Howells, NE $2,124

Kansas Farmer Jim Scheibler Goes On Late Rush to Win $1,000 No-Limit

He Changes Play and Show Bluffs to Lose His Tight Image and Throw Opponents Off

Council Bluffs, IA — Jim Scheibler, a 69-year-old wheat farmer from Benningon,Kansas, went on a rush by knocking out his final four opponents as he scored an easy win in the seventh event of the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, $1,000 no-limit hold’em. Victory brought him $25,491 and a keepsake diamond-and-gold trophy ring.

Scheibler, who likes to come up for Circuit action every year because he enjoys the way the tournaments are run, finished ninth in a $500 event last year. He also has a ninth in a Fall Classic tournament here. He’s been playing poker since his teens and farming all his life. He was also in his family trucking business, but found more time for poker when he gave up trucking 10 years ago. Tonight he was way down with six players left. He thought his opponents had him marked as a tight player, so he began playing aggressively and showed a couple of bluffs to throw them off.

Play got underway with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and 300 antes, 20 minutes still on the clock. Leading the pack with 163,900 chips was Doug Hutcheson.

Here were the starting chip counts:

Seat Name Chip Count

1. Jesse Starke 84,900

2. Ron Koenemann 70,400

3. Neal Cooke 125,100

4. Bill Sindelar 57,800

5. Doug Hutcheson 163,900

6. Nathan Jessen 25,500

7. Troy Ethridge 41,400

8. Shawn Meyer 93,900

9. Jim Scheibler 70,000

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event #7 Final Results

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events Schedule and Results

Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director – Kevin Ferguson

2009-2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Feb. 21
Event #9
No-Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $200 + $35
Number of Entries: 223
Total Prize Money: $43,262

Final Results:

Place Name Hometown Prize

1. Curt Temperley Battle Creek, NE $13,840

2. David Hengen Omaha, NE $7,614

3. Duane Gerleman Ridgeway, IN $3,894

4. Garry Kipp Bellevue, NE $3,028

5. Kevin Wheeler Omaha, NE $2,596

6. Andrew Franks Omaha, NE $2,163

7. Ryan Thorson Rapid City, SD $1,730

8. George Brand Dublin, OH $1,298

9. Bradley Lau $865

10.Jerold Bray $519

11. Brendon White $519

12. David Anderson $519

13.Bruce Klosterbuer $433

14.Timothy Newcomer $433

15.Toni Hagard $433

16.Timothy Petersen $346

17.Curtis Bicknell $346

18.Kent Hamilton $346

19.Christopher Charamente $260

20. Trevor Carter $260

21.Dale Johnson $260

22.Roger Ferdig $260

23.Craig Walters $260

24.Robert Reck $260

25.Dennis Hasley $260

26.Steve Yang $260

27. Peter Sullivan $260

Truck Driver Curt Temperley Speeds To Third Cash and a Win in Event # 9

He Finishes with a Flourish, Knocking Out Last Two Players on Final Hand

Council Bluffs, IA — Curt Temperley, a 51-year-old grocery warehouse truck driver from Battle Creek, Nebraska, should get a ticket for speeding. The WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs has been running for just four days, but he already has racked up three cashes and two final tables, his latest being a win in today’s event, $200 no-limit hold’em. He also placed third in Omaha hi-lo. In high gear, Temperley nailed down his win tonight by driving over his last two opponents on the final hand. His victory brought him $13,840. It was by far his biggest cash, his other tournament winnings being mainly in small local events. Driving all around the Midwest, Temperley has plenty of opportunity to get in some poker along the way and is able to play about 50 tournaments a year. He splits his time between tournaments and live games, playing whichever he seems to be running well at. Tonight he shrewdly picked his spots, moving in whenever he thought he had the best hand..

Temperley, who has been playing poker seriously for seven or eight years, also puts in time at bar league poker tournaments, where he gets a lot of enjoyment out of aggravating his friends with occasional erratic play.

Some 223 players entered this one-day event, and the prize pool was $43,262. Only eight players made the official final table because, with 10 players left, two got knocked out on the same hand. On that deal,.Andrew Franks had J-10 against an A-3 suited and a Q-7 suited. When the board came J-K-Q-9, Franks had made a straight, and the two all-ins were both all-out. With more chips, Bradley Lau took ninth while Jerold Bray ended up 10th.

Eight-handed play began with blinds of 5,000-10,000 and 2,000 antes, 23 minutes left at that level. Leading with 287,000 chips was Davis Hengen, with George Brand close behind with 283,000.. .

Here were the final table chip counts:

Seat Name Chip Count

1. Ryan Thorson 58,000

2. David Hengen 287,000

3. George Brand 283,000

4. Garry Kipp 106,000

5. Curt Temperley 174,000

6. Andrew Franks 202,000

7. Curt Temperley 174,000

8. Andrew Franks 202,000

8th place: Opening action was fast and furious, with three players quickly knocked out. First to fall was George Brand. He had lost almost all his chips when he took two big hits, once with pocket jacks against pocket kings. Soon he was all in from the big blind with J-3. Kevin Wheeler had only a 6-5, but when the flop came 2-4-6, the paired 6 was all he needed to leave Brand in eighth place, paying $1,298. Brand, 39, is an engineer from Dublin, Ohio. His poker highlight is finishing 24th out of 301 players in a WSOP $1.500 stud event…

7th place: Immediately after, Ryan Thorson was all in with Q-10, losing to Hengen’s A-K after the board showed 2-5-J-Q-A. Thorson, collecting $1,730 for seventh, is from Rapid City, South Dakota, and in the trucking business.

6th place: Franks was next to depart. He had A-9, Wheeler had pocket 5s, and the pair did the job when a board of 4-J-8-3-2 missed both players. Franks, 27, is a railroad worker from Omaha. Sixth paid him$2,163.

5th place: As action continued at a fast pace, Wheeler was next to drop out when he went in with K-4 and lost to Duane Gerleman’s K-J after the board came Q-10-A-3-10. Wheeler, getting $2,596 for fifth, is an underground sprinkler technician from Omaha.

4th place: Blinds now were 6,000-12,000. And yet another player soon went out. First, Garry Kipp moved in and Gerleman called. Then, after Hengen moved in with his much larger stack, Gerleman made what turned out to be a good fold after Hengen turned up pocket kings. “I’m dead,” Kipp exclaimed, showing a Q-10. He was. The board came A-6-J-9-5, Kipp missed his straight draw and cashed fourth for $3,028. Kipp, making his first Circuit final table, is a CPA from Bellevue, Nebraska..

Meanwhile, Temperley had been taking down pots and moved into the chip lead. The grand finale to this massacre ended when two players were run over on the final hand. First, Gerleman pushed in for 128,000. Next, Hengen pushed in all his chips. And then Temperley called, covering them both. Gerleman turned over K-Q, Hengen showed pocket deuces, and Temperley, A-J. When the flop came 6-9-Q, Gerleman took the lead with his paired queen. Next a 5 turned, changing nothing. And then an ace on the river gave Temperley top pair, the pot and the tournament.

3rd place: Gerleman got $3,894 for third. He is a farmer from Ridgeway, Iowa who’s made three final tables here in the past two years. He also finished 23rd out of 2,200 players in the 2008 WSOP Seniors event.

2nd place: Holding more chips than Gerleman, Hengen took second place, paying $7,614. He is 38 and is an attorney from Omaha.

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event #9 Final Results

2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events Schedule and Results

– Max Shapiro

Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director – Kevin Ferguson