William Dunn Takes $500 Event at Horseshoe Council Bluffs

2007 Horseshoe Casino
Council Bluffs
World Series of Poker
(WSOP) Circuit Event
Event #2
$500 No Limit Hold'em
Tournament Report

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Second Truck Driver Wheels to Win
As William Drumm Takes $500 Event
at Horseshoe Council Bluffs

“Keep on truckin’.” Is this a trend? We’ve had two WSOP Circuit events at
Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs now and both were won by truck drivers!
But while yesterday’s winner, Rafal Boduch, is a mere 22, the victor in today’s
$500 no-limit event, William Drumm, is a ripe old 23. Drumm, a regional truck
driver from Brillion, Wisconsin, took a week’s vacation to play tournaments
here. “Make that two weeks now,” he said, as he pocketed his $42,059
cash-out.

Drumm started playing online two years ago and then moved to cash games,
strictly no-limit because the available limit games are too small for him.
Yesterday and today were the first time he has taken shots at live
tournaments. Tonight he said he played tight-aggressive in the early stages,
then showed patience at the final table. His big break came when he was all
in with three or four tables left and snagged a king to crack the pocket
queens held by Kevin Ratliff, who eventually would finish fifth.

Drumm came on suddenly to take the win away from William Lamb, who is in
the nursing business. Before that, most of the attention had focused on
Lamb, who dominated the action. He was in so many pots and raised so
often that he was dubbed “Action Bill” by Charlie Ciresi, the tournament lead
who provided play-by-play narration. Action Bill was to knock out six players
and enjoy a 2-1 chip lead when he and Drumm got heads-up, but a couple of
overly aggressive bluffs that misfired cost him a win.

Final table action got underway with 1,500-3,000 blinds, 200 antes and
37:14 left on the clock. Average chip count was about 60,000, and Lamb held
the lead with 111,800.

Seats and chip counts

SEAT 1        William Drumm
SEAT 2        William Lamb
SEAT 3        Brian Cole
SEAT 4        Clint Lilienthal
SEAT 5        Richard Klein
SEAT 6        Kevin Ratliff
SEAT 7        Tom Wentzel
SEAT 8        Larry Davis
SEAT 9        Bob Slezak

It took 10 hands to lose the first player. Bob Slezak, starting lowest-chipped,
was in the big blind and tossed in his last few chips when Lamb raised. He
was a big dog with Qd-4d to Lamb’s Q-J. Still alive with an open-end
straight draw on fourth street, he missed and was paid $2,629 for ninth.
Slezak, a 49-year-old consultant/investor from Omaha, has played for seven
years and in 2001 won a WSOP bracelet. For Omaha, of course.

In earlier action, Larry Davis, another short-chip starter, had tripled up with
pocket jacks. On hand 13, it was Lamb who held the jacks. When the flop
came 9c-6c-3c, he bet to put Davis all in. Holding Kc-Qd, Davis had enough
outs to actually be a 52-48 favorite at that point, but couldn’t help and
finished eighth, worth $3,943. Davis, who gave his occupation as
electrician/student/father, got his seat for this event by winning the Denver
Poker Tour state championship.

After racing off the hundreds, the seven remaining players returned from
break with blinds now at 2,000-4,000 with 500 antes. A dozen hands later,
with the flop showing J-4-3, Brian Cole moved in holding Q-J and then Tom
Wentzel did the same with K-J. Wentzel doubled through after two 7s came,
leaving Cole with about 7,000. Those chips went in on the next hand when
he called with K-9 after Drumm raised with A-7. The board came 4-3-3-Q-7,
and we were down to six. Cole, 29, a landscaper from Omaha, learned poker
from his brother 10 years ago. He collected $5,257 for seventh, his best finish
ever.

Another 20 hands went by with five uncalled all-ins by various players.
Finally, Lamb, in the small blind, raised, and Clint Lilienthal re-raised all in for
40,000. Lilienthal was behind with J-9 to Lamb’s K-7, and when all rags came,
he bowed out in sixth place.

Lilienthal, 31, is a mortgage broker from Lincoln, Nebraska. He’s been playing
for seven years, two years in Circuit events, and this is his best finish.
Sixth paid $6,572

The round came to a close with three players holding big stacks, roughly
165,000 for Lamb, 150,000 for Drumm and 145,000 for Wentzel. Blinds
became 3,000-6,000 with 500 antes. As play resumed, two all-in players
doubled through. First Richard Klein’s A-K beat Wentzel’s A-7. Then, even
worse, Ratliff, with J-8, outdrew Wentzel’s K-Q when an 8 flopped.

Then, on hand 62, there was no escape for Ratliff, one of two pros at the
table. He raised pre-flop with A-Q. Action Bill called with J-10, made a straight
when 9-8-7 flopped, and then put Ratliff all in and all out. Ratliff, 30, who is
from Chicago, was a roofer before turning pro. This is his third final table in
five years of poker. “I work for my wife and three girls,” he wrote on his bio
sheet. Tonight’s work earned them $7,886. By now, Lamb had about half the
543,000 chips in play.

Klein, the second pro, started with K-7 on hand 78. When the flop of 9-8-6
gave him an open-ender, he moved in for 46,000. Lamb called with A-8, and
won when a deuce and another 8 were dealt. Pre-poker, Klein, who hails
from Denver, Colorado, was an electrical contractor. His poker highlight was
winning a WPT $300 no-limit rebuy event at Tunica in 2003. Tonight he picked
up $9,200 for fourth.

One more hand and this tournament was heads-up, and once again Lamb
was responsible. Wentzel moved in for 64,000 before the flop with Q-J, and
ran into Lamb’s A-K. When the board came 9-8-8-K, Wentzel was dead to a
10 for an inside straight. No miracle for him, and he settled for third place and
$11,829.

Wentzel, 38, is from Plymouth, Minnesota, works in sales and has a math and
economics degree from St. Olaf College. He has played poker for 30 years,
learning in family home games. This is his second year playing tournament
events, and so far he’s made two final tables in four events.

Heads-up, Lamb held about 360,000 chips to around 180,000 for Drumm. On
the first hand, Lamb started applying pressure by raising pre-flop, then
forcing Drumm to fold by going all in on a flop of 8-6-4. But, as play continued,
the opponents tightened up, and there wasn’t very much action for the next
dozen or so hands.

Then, Lamb made a costly move. Holding just 6-5, he opened for 25,000 and,
when Drumm raised with pocket 7s, moved in. Drumm called for 99,000 more,
winning and moving into the lead when the board came J-A-5-K-2.

Continuing to play fast and loose, Lamb escaped elimination a few hands
later when Drumm, holding 8d-7d, bet 100,000 into a flop of 5d-5s-3d. Lamb
moved in with just 7-4, but got away with a lucky split when another trey and
then a jack hit.

Lamb’s luck left him on the next hand. This time, when the flop came
Js-6d-2s, he moved in with 9s-6h. His paired 6 wasn’t much good because
Drumm, with J-2, had two pair. Then a jack turned to give him a full house,
and Lamb was drawing dead. “Action Bill” Lamb is 49 and lives in Blue Rapids,
Kansas. He learned to play poker by watching television two years ago and
won a satellite to get into this event. An outdoorsman, he enjoys hunting,
fishing and horses. Second place tonight paid him $23,133.
                                                                                                               Report
by Max Shapiro

To view a complete listing of results for Event #2 of the 2007 Horseshoe
Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Event, click on the link below:

2007 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Results - Event #2

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack Director of Poker
Operations – Jack Effel WSOP Circuit Tournament Director – Janis Sexton
Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson

92,000
111,800
41,600
47,100
90,200
50,200
73,900
21,600
14,900

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