Posted by Johnnymac 7:32 AM



Table #8 is in the books and only one more day remains of first round action before Sunday's big final table. Beau Ryan was last night's winner after he squeaked ahead of John Courtney in what was probably one of the toughest beats in the tournament so far and definitely the best heads-up hand that the 2005 tournament has seen. John was dealt AQ - a monster hand heads up - and got all of his chips into the pot before the flop. But Beau got his chips into the pot too... he had AK! The flop didn't help John, but the 4th street sure did when he caught one of the three remaing queens in the deck. With only three outs left in the deck and just one card to come, Beau caught his miracle King on the river! John was left with a handful chips for one final hand and the tournament was soon over. Both players played very very well and it's unfortunate that only one could move on.

Just like Sal Garcia last month, Beau is a money winner from last November's IAG one-day tournament. Well, he won not just money... he won the whole tournament! Coincidence? Beau would disagree.

Table #8 (start time 06/01/05 7:05pm - 147 minutes)

1. Beau Ryan
2. John Courtney
3. Raj Joshi
4. John Robinson
5. Charles Dunshie
6. Chris Canonico
7. David Hock
8. Rick Daly
9. Frank Moreno
10. LeRoi Cochran

As of this writing on Thursday morning, there are still some seats left for Saturday's last day of first round qualifying to Sunday's final table. Please email me ASAP if you are interested in playing.

UPDATE:

What is Canonico thinking in this picture?


UPDATE #2:

Notice in the picture aboce that there is an empty space on the right side of the table. That was LeRoi Cochran's seat. He was the first one busted out. Not that am I am calling him out or trying to humiliate him, but I would like to point out that among the 7 people who have the honor of being knocked out first at all of the 7 tournament tables so far before last night, two of them held AA. Than came last night and LeRoi became the third! Even worse, LeRoi got all of his chips into the pot against someone with KK, and the KK drew out. Now THAT is a tough break.

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