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| 2006 Caesars Indiana World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event Event #1 - $300 + $40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament Report |
| Rob Hutcherson Destroys Final Table At Opening Caesars Indiana Event |
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Rob “Hutch” Hutcherson, a 36-year-old commercial real estate manager who
would rather play craps and horses than poker, was the 280th alternate in
the opening event of Harrah’s WSOP Circuit tour at Caesars Indiana. He was
ready to ask for his buy-in back, but when he learned he’d have to forfeit his
$40 entry fee, he decided to play. Good decision, because he ended up
scoring a lopsided victory to win the $300 no-limit hold’em event and pocket
$65,825.
With a crowd of 870, including 288 alternates, this was the fourth-largest
opener in the three-years of the WSOP Circuit. When Hutcherson finally sat
down, nearly two and a half hours after play began, his $1,500 starting chips
were only good for seven blinds. But he started off on fire, getting pocket
aces his first hand, kings the second the queens the third, and was quickly in
contention.
Later, with about six tables left, he was crippled by Veronica Heath, a 23-
year-old pre-dental student who won the ladies championship here last year.
She took 100,000 of his 140,000 chips by hitting an inside straight draw.
“She was my nemesis tonight,” he said. “She read me like a book.” He got
well again after showing two bluffs, holding 6-4 and 5-3, then got lots of
action after he flopped a set of aces.
Hutcherson came to the final table with a massive chip lead, holding 495,000
of the 1,312,000 checks in play. Here were the seat positions and chip
counts:
SEAT 1 Dan Hill
SEAT 2 Brad Schooler
SEAT 3 Billy Jannings
SEAT 4 Justin Shaw
SEAT 5 Neal Harding
SEAT 6 Rob Hutcherson
SEAT 7 Ronnie Yarbrough
SEAT 8 John Sanders
SEAT 9 Veronica Heath
Playing very loosely and aggressively, he had better than a 6-1 advantage
when he got heads-up — in just one hour —with Neal Harding, a 64-year-old
former history and English teacher who now owns 50 Hooters restaurants in
four states, England and Canada. There was a break, and when they
returned, Hutch needed just one hand to knock out the Hooters man and lock
up his one-sided win.
This is the second WSOP try for Hutcherson, who is married, lives in Jefferson,
Indiana, and manages his family-owned Old Brownsville Crossing shopping
center
The Caesars Indiana casino is located aboard “The Glory of Rome” riverboat.
With four deck and a length of 450 feet, it is listed in the Guinness Book of
Records as the world’s largest riverboat casino, though it is now stationary
and no longer cruises the Ohio River.
The final table started at 4 p.m. on day two with blinds of 4,000-8,000, antes
of 1,000 and 15:55 left. Before the level was finished, so were four players.
First to depart, on only the second hand, was John Sanders, a librarian from
Champaign Illinois, who’s been playing poker for 33 of his 39 years. One of
the shortest-chipped players, he moved in from the small blind with A-8 and
was extracted from his seat by the dental student when her pocket 5s held
up. Ninth place paid $5,063.
Four hands later, Ronnie Yarbrough pushed in for 32,000 with A-10. Justin
Shaw called with pocket 9s, and when the board came 7-5-3-5-7, seven were
left. Yarbrough, 57, is a pro player from Memphis, Tennessee who won a
$1,000 buy-in Circuit event at Tunica last year, and is ranked 171st in the
world by Card Player magazine. Eighth paid $7,595
One hand later, Hutcherson opened for 30,000 with As-8d, and Brad Schooler
moved in for 24,000 more, a big favorite with A-Q. The flop contained a
queen, but also three spades. A fourth spade on the river gave Hutcherson
the nut flush as Schooler, a 29-year-old restaurant owner from Lexington,
Kentucky, who was alternate number 284, collected $10,127 for seventh
place.
Just before limits went up, Dan Hill, a 31-year-old engineer from Mason, Ohio,
risked his last 20,000 by going all in with Ks-5s. Hutcherson had a fairly
automatic call with K-10, and his higher kicker did the job when the board
came 9-8-8-J-7. Contestants were now playing with blinds of 6,000-12,000
with 2,000 antes. Heath soon took a big hit and was left with about 50,000
when she opened for 30,000, with K-8, called when Harding moved in for
92,000 more with A-J and couldn’t improve.
On hand 16, Justin Shaw got very lucky. He was all in on fourth street when
Hutcherson, pushing the table around and playing almost any two cards
when he had a chance to knock out a player, made a 9-high straight holding
6-5. But a river 10 gave Shaw the same 10-high straight and they split.
Next it was Heath’s turn to escape on the river when she held Qs-4s to
Hutcherson’s Q-7 and hit her spade flush draw. She soon doubled through
again against Hutcherson when her A-K easily beat his 10-5.
Two hands later, Shaw did not fare as well against the man with all the chips.
He flat called from the big blind with pocket kings when Hutcherson opened
for 40,000 with A-6, and waited until the flop to move in. Unfortunately for
him, the flop contained an ace, and Shaw finshed fifth, which paid $15,190.
Shaw, 31, who listed his occupation simply as “father,” has an A.A. degree in
accounting and learned poker by watching it on TV.
The biggest pot of the night, about 260,000, now developed on the next
deal. On a flop of Qd-Jh-9h, Hutcherson bet 110,000 with pocket 7s and
Harding called, chasing a flush draw with 5h-3h. He missed and came away
empty-handed after the pot was checked down.
One hand later, Heath also missed a flush, and she was gone. She had 9c-9h
and called all in for about 90,000 when Hutcherson raised pre-flop to 110,000
with A-10. A board of 10c-5c-2c gave him top pair and her a flush draw, but
blanks hit the turn and river. Heath is from Louisville, and has been playing
poker for two years. She earned $17,722 for her fourth-place finish.
Three-handed, the only question seemed to be who would make it to second
place. Harding had about 125,000 chips, Billy Jannings, a 27-year-old
construction supervisor from Anderson, Indiana, had around 80,000, while
Hutcherson held the remaining million-plus.
Jannings survived one time when he called with A-5 after Hutcherson moved
in with pocket 8s, and was rescued by an ace on the river (to quote the title
of Barry Greenstein’s book).
It was a brief reprieve. Two deals later, Harding took most of Jannings’ chips
when he turned a king to his A-K to outrun Jannings’ pocket 4s. On the next
hand, only the 32nd, Jannings raised all in for 60,000 with K-10 after
Hutcherson opened for 50,000 with pocket deuces. When the board came
A-6-4-J-J, Jannings exited third, taking home $20,254.
The players took a break, returning to blinds of 8,000-16,000. On the first
hand, Hutcherson opened for 32,000 with A-7 and Harding moved in for just
over 200,000 with A-2, losing when the board came A-9-3-4-6. Harding, who
placed fifth in the main event last year, earned $34,937 for second.
Hutcherson, meanwhile, scored his first major cash-in, though it still couldn’t
match the 160,000 he says he once won at the Breeder’s Cup.
- by Max Shapiro
Max Shapiro -- WSOP Media Director
World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Caesars Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmy Allen
would rather play craps and horses than poker, was the 280th alternate in
the opening event of Harrah’s WSOP Circuit tour at Caesars Indiana. He was
ready to ask for his buy-in back, but when he learned he’d have to forfeit his
$40 entry fee, he decided to play. Good decision, because he ended up
scoring a lopsided victory to win the $300 no-limit hold’em event and pocket
$65,825.
With a crowd of 870, including 288 alternates, this was the fourth-largest
opener in the three-years of the WSOP Circuit. When Hutcherson finally sat
down, nearly two and a half hours after play began, his $1,500 starting chips
were only good for seven blinds. But he started off on fire, getting pocket
aces his first hand, kings the second the queens the third, and was quickly in
contention.
Later, with about six tables left, he was crippled by Veronica Heath, a 23-
year-old pre-dental student who won the ladies championship here last year.
She took 100,000 of his 140,000 chips by hitting an inside straight draw.
“She was my nemesis tonight,” he said. “She read me like a book.” He got
well again after showing two bluffs, holding 6-4 and 5-3, then got lots of
action after he flopped a set of aces.
Hutcherson came to the final table with a massive chip lead, holding 495,000
of the 1,312,000 checks in play. Here were the seat positions and chip
counts:
SEAT 1 Dan Hill
SEAT 2 Brad Schooler
SEAT 3 Billy Jannings
SEAT 4 Justin Shaw
SEAT 5 Neal Harding
SEAT 6 Rob Hutcherson
SEAT 7 Ronnie Yarbrough
SEAT 8 John Sanders
SEAT 9 Veronica Heath
Playing very loosely and aggressively, he had better than a 6-1 advantage
when he got heads-up — in just one hour —with Neal Harding, a 64-year-old
former history and English teacher who now owns 50 Hooters restaurants in
four states, England and Canada. There was a break, and when they
returned, Hutch needed just one hand to knock out the Hooters man and lock
up his one-sided win.
This is the second WSOP try for Hutcherson, who is married, lives in Jefferson,
Indiana, and manages his family-owned Old Brownsville Crossing shopping
center
The Caesars Indiana casino is located aboard “The Glory of Rome” riverboat.
With four deck and a length of 450 feet, it is listed in the Guinness Book of
Records as the world’s largest riverboat casino, though it is now stationary
and no longer cruises the Ohio River.
The final table started at 4 p.m. on day two with blinds of 4,000-8,000, antes
of 1,000 and 15:55 left. Before the level was finished, so were four players.
First to depart, on only the second hand, was John Sanders, a librarian from
Champaign Illinois, who’s been playing poker for 33 of his 39 years. One of
the shortest-chipped players, he moved in from the small blind with A-8 and
was extracted from his seat by the dental student when her pocket 5s held
up. Ninth place paid $5,063.
Four hands later, Ronnie Yarbrough pushed in for 32,000 with A-10. Justin
Shaw called with pocket 9s, and when the board came 7-5-3-5-7, seven were
left. Yarbrough, 57, is a pro player from Memphis, Tennessee who won a
$1,000 buy-in Circuit event at Tunica last year, and is ranked 171st in the
world by Card Player magazine. Eighth paid $7,595
One hand later, Hutcherson opened for 30,000 with As-8d, and Brad Schooler
moved in for 24,000 more, a big favorite with A-Q. The flop contained a
queen, but also three spades. A fourth spade on the river gave Hutcherson
the nut flush as Schooler, a 29-year-old restaurant owner from Lexington,
Kentucky, who was alternate number 284, collected $10,127 for seventh
place.
Just before limits went up, Dan Hill, a 31-year-old engineer from Mason, Ohio,
risked his last 20,000 by going all in with Ks-5s. Hutcherson had a fairly
automatic call with K-10, and his higher kicker did the job when the board
came 9-8-8-J-7. Contestants were now playing with blinds of 6,000-12,000
with 2,000 antes. Heath soon took a big hit and was left with about 50,000
when she opened for 30,000, with K-8, called when Harding moved in for
92,000 more with A-J and couldn’t improve.
On hand 16, Justin Shaw got very lucky. He was all in on fourth street when
Hutcherson, pushing the table around and playing almost any two cards
when he had a chance to knock out a player, made a 9-high straight holding
6-5. But a river 10 gave Shaw the same 10-high straight and they split.
Next it was Heath’s turn to escape on the river when she held Qs-4s to
Hutcherson’s Q-7 and hit her spade flush draw. She soon doubled through
again against Hutcherson when her A-K easily beat his 10-5.
Two hands later, Shaw did not fare as well against the man with all the chips.
He flat called from the big blind with pocket kings when Hutcherson opened
for 40,000 with A-6, and waited until the flop to move in. Unfortunately for
him, the flop contained an ace, and Shaw finshed fifth, which paid $15,190.
Shaw, 31, who listed his occupation simply as “father,” has an A.A. degree in
accounting and learned poker by watching it on TV.
The biggest pot of the night, about 260,000, now developed on the next
deal. On a flop of Qd-Jh-9h, Hutcherson bet 110,000 with pocket 7s and
Harding called, chasing a flush draw with 5h-3h. He missed and came away
empty-handed after the pot was checked down.
One hand later, Heath also missed a flush, and she was gone. She had 9c-9h
and called all in for about 90,000 when Hutcherson raised pre-flop to 110,000
with A-10. A board of 10c-5c-2c gave him top pair and her a flush draw, but
blanks hit the turn and river. Heath is from Louisville, and has been playing
poker for two years. She earned $17,722 for her fourth-place finish.
Three-handed, the only question seemed to be who would make it to second
place. Harding had about 125,000 chips, Billy Jannings, a 27-year-old
construction supervisor from Anderson, Indiana, had around 80,000, while
Hutcherson held the remaining million-plus.
Jannings survived one time when he called with A-5 after Hutcherson moved
in with pocket 8s, and was rescued by an ace on the river (to quote the title
of Barry Greenstein’s book).
It was a brief reprieve. Two deals later, Harding took most of Jannings’ chips
when he turned a king to his A-K to outrun Jannings’ pocket 4s. On the next
hand, only the 32nd, Jannings raised all in for 60,000 with K-10 after
Hutcherson opened for 50,000 with pocket deuces. When the board came
A-6-4-J-J, Jannings exited third, taking home $20,254.
The players took a break, returning to blinds of 8,000-16,000. On the first
hand, Hutcherson opened for 32,000 with A-7 and Harding moved in for just
over 200,000 with A-2, losing when the board came A-9-3-4-6. Harding, who
placed fifth in the main event last year, earned $34,937 for second.
Hutcherson, meanwhile, scored his first major cash-in, though it still couldn’t
match the 160,000 he says he once won at the Breeder’s Cup.
- by Max Shapiro
Max Shapiro -- WSOP Media Director
World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Caesars Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmy Allen
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74,000
113,000
101,000
205,000
495,000
46,000
49,000
188,000
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113,000
101,000
205,000
495,000
46,000
49,000
188,000
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