Monday, August 14, 2006
EVENT #12 RESULTS
OMAHA HI/LO
$500 + $50
$83,000 PRIZE POOL
166 ENTRIES
Dao Bac Plays to the End
Event #12 $500 + $50 Omaha Hi/Lo started with 166 players including defending 2005
champion Shirley Rosario. Professional player, Shirley “Poker Babe” Rosario, made it
deep into the tournament with her solid Omaha Hi/Lo play, but could not retain the title.
It took until 2am for the final table to be set and play lasted for 116 hands until 5:45am
when pro player, Dao Bac, won the heads-up battle with Jin Kim.
The first elimination occurred on hand #8 when Greg Sharp, poker dealer from St.
Louis, called a re-raise by Dao Bac putting Greg all-in. Greg held A-2-8-8 and Dao had
A-A-Q-3. The flop was 6-8-10 giving Greg a set and a nut low draw. The turn Jack gave
Dao the gutshot draw and the river completed Dao’s straight for the scoop with no low.
Greg lost the entire pot to runner-runner and he was eliminated in 9th place and received
$1,455.
The next elimination took only two more hands. Darlene Springman, from Queen
Creek, AZ, called Gerbrehiwet Goitom’s preflop raise and the flop was 7-7-5. Darlene
went all-in and was called. Darlene showed A-2-2-5 to Gerbrehiwet’s A-3-5-7. The Ace
on the turn filled up Goitom and the Jack on the river squashed the possibility of the low.
Darlene finished in 8th place and earned $1,665.
Hand #15 would start a preflop raising war between Gebrehiwet Goitom and Ernie
Scherer, Jr. Ernie, father of top pro player Ernie Scherer III, was all-in preflop, with a 2-
3-Q-K against Goitom’s As-4s-4-Q. The board was A-Ks-7s-10s-10. Goitom turned his
flush with no low available to eliminate Ernie Scherer, Jr. in 7th place for $2,075 in prize
money.
Hand #32 was three-way action between Jin Kim (button), G. Goitom, and shortstack
Stephen Ladowsky. Steven was all-in after the flop of 2s-5d-9d. Betting continued on
every street between Kim and Goitom. The turn was a 7d and river an 8s. Jin showed a
2d-3d-J-Q for the flush and Goitom showed 3-6-x-x for the low. Canadian Stephen
Ladowsky mucked his cards after seeing that he was beat and was eliminated in 6th place
and added $2,905 USD to his bankroll.
Jin Kim tangled with Andy Wang in hand #44. Andy was all in preflop with 2-3-4-4.
Jin showed 2-4-7-8 and said he called for the pot odds, not necessarily because of his
cards. The board was 3-9-9-7-7. Jin hit runner-runner 7s for trips to beat Andy’s two pair
(9s & 4s) with no low available. Andy Wang finishes in 5th place and received $3,735.
Gebrehiwet Goitom was all-in two hands later and was called by Brian Belen. Brian
showed 4-5-6-K and Gebrehiwet showed A-7-7-8. The board was J-2-3-6-10. Brian
turned a 6-high straight and scooped the pot. Gebrehiwet was out in 4th place and earned
a respectable $4,980.
A chip count deal many times over the next 70 hands, but the chip lead changed as often
as the “no deal” holdout vote. Each player would take their turn saying no to a deal.
“Let’s play!” was heard at the end of every hand.
On hand #111 at 5:30am, while the blinds were $4,000/$8,000, Brian Belen was all-in
preflop for his last $12,000 against Dao Bac. Brian showed his Q-J-J-9 and Dao had A-2-
8-9. The board was 2-6-Q-2-K and Dao hit a set on the turn to scoop the pot and Brian
finished in 3rd place and earned $7,885.
Heads-up play lasted only five hands and Dao Bac dominated Jin Kim in chips and each
hand put Jin all-in. On hand #116, the fifth consecutive heads-up all-in hand, Dao
showed his 2-7-J-Q and Jin had A-3-5-7. The flop was 4-J-K. The turn 6 gave Jin some
outs for the high and low. The river King erased the low possibility and Dao’s Jack
would make his two pair for the scoop. Jin finished in 2nd place for $15,770. The clock
on the wall showed 5:45. It will be another 10 ½ hours before the next tournament starts,
perhaps some sleep is in order—although not for this writer.
-Jay “Bugsy” Siegel
BIOGRAPHY
Dao Bac, a professional poker player, from Garden Grove has been winning and cashing
in tournaments non-stop. Dao cashed twice at the 2006 WSOP, once in NLHE and once
in PLO. He took 6th place in last year’s 2005 $500 Omaha H/L tournament. Dao had
won a 2005 Legends of Poker $300 No Limit Hold’em tournament. This is Dao’s first
cash in the 2006 Legends of Poker and he will be playing many of the events to come.
Dao is a professional on the table and off the table.
CHIP COUNTS ENTERING FINAL TABLE
1. Jin Kim $93,000
2. Darlene Springman $23,500
3. Brian Belen $70,500
4. Gebrehiwet Goitom $60,000
5. Greg “Sevant” Sharp $ 6,500
6. Dao Bac $27,500
7. Steven Ladowsky $ 9,000
8. Andy Wang $26,000
9. Ernie Scherer, Jr. $16,000
TOP 10 RESULTS
1st Dao Bac Garden Grove, CA $33,200
nd
2 Jin Kim Los Angeles, CA $15,770
3rd Brian Belen Los Angeles, CA $ 7,885
4th Gebrehiwet Goitom Los Angeles, CA $ 4,980
th
5 Andy Wang Hacienda Heights, CA$ 3,735
6th Steven Ladowsky Toronto, ONT $ 2,905
7th Ernie Scherer, Jr. Dublin $ 2,075
8th Darlene Springman Queen Creek, AZ $ 1,665
9th Greg Sharp St. Louis, MO $ 1,455
ALL AROUND
PLAY-OFF POINTS
Name Total
See Denny Williams for totals
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No Limit Hold’em
$500 + $50 (one opt rebuy)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:15pm
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