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THE TENNESSEE POKER LEAGUE
FINAL
TABLE NEWS MAY 7th 2006
The May 6-7th Tournament
had 143 Players starting and the play was great with the normal beats and
best hands. There were two straight flushes and several quads for big
hands. We got down to the final table of ten players by 6 pm Sunday.
The final table and chip
count :
Seat 1
Matt Phillips 150000
Seat 2
Victor 10000
Seat 3
Mike Adams II 60000
Seat 4
Mike Herbert 250000
Seat 5
Brent Holly 20000
Seat 6
John Rice 165000
Seat 7
Mike Mathes 90000
Seat 8
Sean Foster 60000
Seat 9
James Hall 90000
Seat 10
Jon Bratmueller 150000
The chip leader Mike
Herbert was playing well and looked like the favorite to win. But we’ll
see. The blinds are 5000/10000 with an ante of 500 and 8 minutes left at
this level.
The first hand and Victor
goes all in with K 4 suited and is called by Mike Adams with K 9
suited and with no help from the board Victor is out in 10th place. This is
starting out fast.
Hand 4, John Rice is the BB
and two players limp in before Brent Holly goes all in for 12000. John Rice
reraises to 27000 and Mike Herbert calls. The flop is A 6 4, and John
bets 60000, Mike folds and John Rice shows A Q, Brent shows J K.
The turn is a 10 and the river is a 9 and we have lost Brent
in 9th place. We are on break. The new chip counts are
Seat 1
Matt Phillips 146000
Seat 3
Mike Adams II 74000
Seat 4
Mike Herbert 221000
Seat 6
John Rice 225000
Seat 7
Mike Mathes 88000
Seat 8
Sean Foster 60000
Seat 9
James Hall 55000
Seat 10
Jon Bratmueller 215000
The blinds and antes are
8000/15000/500.
In hand 7 James is the BB,
Adams raises to 30000, Rice calls, James calls, and the flop is Kd Qd Jc.
Adams checks and John Rice moves in and a quick call by Adams, John has K
Q, for two pair and Adams has A 10 for made on the flop straight!
Turn is a 9 and the river a 2 for no help and Adams doubles
up.
Hand 11, Mike Herbert is
the BB, Mathes limps in, Sean Limps, Adams limps, Herbert checks. The flop
is Ac 9h 3h, Mathes moves all in for 62500 (Jh 7h) and John
calls (As Ks). The turn is 4c, the river is a heart and Mathes more than doubles up. John Rice has lost half of his starting chips.
Hand 13. Mathes BB, John
Rice calls, Flop is 4h Qh 5d, Mathes bets 30000 and John calls. The
turn is the Ah and the river is a 2h. All checked out and
Mathes’ 7h wins over John’s 5h. Mathes is the new chip
leader.
Hand 16 Jon B is BB, Matt
limps in, Herbert raises to 45000. Jon B folds and Matt calls. The flop is
4c 2h Js. Matt bets 30000 and Mike Herbert goes all in for
150000 more and is called by Matt. Mike has K Q and Matt
shows J 10. The T is Ac, River is 9d for no help and
Matt Phillips doubles up through Mike H.
Hand 18 Mike Adams is BB.
Mike Herbert has been getting good hands but not winning any pots and is low
on chips, goes all in for 42000, and is called by John Rice and Matt
Phillips. The flop is 5c 2c 5h, all check, T is 8c, and River
is 9h. John’s Ac Qc beats Herbert’s Ks 10s, and Mike
Herbert is out in 7th place after starting the final table as chip leader.
There is some good raises
and betting with no callers until Hand 28. James Hall is all in in the BB.
John Rice calls, Mathes calls, Sean calls, The flop is Ac 2s Jd and
checked out. The Turn is Kc, and the River is Jh, Mike Mathes’
pocket 88’s hold up and James Hall is out in 7th place.
There are 5 more hands to
the break with no action. The chip counts are:
Seat 1
Matt Phillips 262500
Seat 3
Mike Adams II
235500
Seat 6
John Rice
18000
Seat 7
Mike Mathes
334000
Seat 8
Sean Foster
67000
Seat 10
Jon Bratmueller 121500
Back from the break, Hand
34, the blinds are 15000/30000/1500, and Sean is the BB. Adams raises to
60000 and Sean calls all in. Adams has Kc 9c, and Sean shows Jh
8h, the flop is Ac 7h 10h, T is Jc, R is 6h and
Sean is alive and has doubled up plus.
The very next hand, 35,
John B is in the BB, Adams raises to 90000, John Rice goes all in and is
called all in by Jon B and by Adams. John Rice As 7c, Jon B 5 5,
and Adams has Q Q. The board is 3 2 4 10 2 and the Q’s
hold up and two players are eliminated, Jon B is 5th, and John Rice is 6th
due to chip counts.
The next confrontation is
hand 39. Sean is the BB, Matt calls, Mathes calls, and the flop is 9c As
4d. Mathes bets out 30000, Sean goes all in for 140000 and is called by
Matt (Ac 6h). Sean has 9 4 for two pair on the flop. The Turn
is a 6, and the River is a Q, and Sean is out in 4th place.
The bets were correct but the cards did not work out.
Only three hands later, 42,
Mathes is the BB, Adams raises to 90000, and Mathes calls. The flop is Js
7d Ks, Adams checks, and Mathes moves all in for 170000 chips.
Mathes shows 10s 6s for a flush draw, and Adams shows Ac Jd
for second pair, top kicker. The Turn is 3h, and the River is the
10d. There is no flush for Mathes and we have our two trip finalists,
Matt Phillips, and Mike Adams.
They did play it out and
Mike Adams took 1st place,
Matt Phillips got
2nd.
This was a great tournament
and everybody had a good time. There are several players going out to the
WSOP with these players and all are welcome. Check with us on dates and
places to stay as Rooms are getting scarce.
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James Hall
Melissa Shafer
