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John Hoang Wins No-Limt Hold’em Event: Former software
engineer turned poker pro stages comeback win and earns $212,187 in first
major tournament victory
Hoang packed his belongings and moved to Los Angeles, where he was destined to make his dream a reality. Hoang, who beat the middle and high limit Atlantic City games in his spare time back in New Jersey, found the action in California even better. His bankroll and confidence grew over the next year. Gradually, Hoang decided he wanted to start playing in more poker tournaments. And so, he arrived at this year’s Jack Binion World Poker Open. He was one of 369 entrants in the $2,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em event. On Day One, 360 players were eliminated. Twenty-six of these players, places 10 through 36 received prize money. Nine finalists returned for Day Two and players were eliminated as follows: 9th Place – John Bolten, a businessman from Overland Park, KS, was the first player to exit. On his final hand, he lost to a set of Nines. Bolten, who finished 6th in an event here back in 2001, collected $13,690 as the 9th-place finisher. 8th Place – In a big 3-way pot, short-stacked Dale “Milkman” Hackney lost with K-9 to Davood Mehrmand’s 10-10, who tripled-up on the hand. Hackney, a dairy farmer from Michigan was pasteurized in 8thplace – good for $20,535. 7th Place – Lowest in chips at the start, Gavin Griffin took a tough beat with A-J on his final hand against K-J. The board brought not one, but two dreaded Kings, eliminating Griffin unceremoniously in 7th place. Griffin, a former WSOP gold bracelet from last year, received $27,379 in prize money. 6th Place – Tony Cousineau always seems to finish high in tournaments – with numerous cases and final tables. However, he could do no better than 6th place in this event. On his final hand, the Florida-based touring pro made top pair with A-7 when Seven came on the flop, but ended up losing to set of 10s. Cousineau collected $34,225. 5th Place – Bob Hume from Orlando, FL was short-stacked and started with the best hand, 10-10 against Davood Mehrmand’s 5-5. But a Five flopped, crushing Hume. Hume took home $41,070. 4th Place – Tony Seunsom (aka “Tekk’) took two tough beats in a row and went out next. On the first hand, he had A-Q and was ‘all in’ against Martin Vallo’s 6-6. A Queen flopped, but a Six fell on the river, igniting the crowd and ripping away nearly half of Seunsom’s stack. A few hands later, Vallo would prove to be Seunsom’s nemesis once again. This time, Seunsom was dealt A-Q against Vallo’s A-9. Vallo was in a horrible spot, but managed to flop a Nine, killing Seunsom’s prospects for victory. Seunsom, from Houston, TX earned $47,914. 3rd Place – The excitement really started when the game became three-handed. John Hoang was the low-stack and was down to his last 9,000 at one point – in contrast to Davood Mehrmand’s 500,000 in chips. But Hoang held on and regained a comfortable stack size after picking up several critical pots. One of the key hands of the tournament occurred when Davood Mehrmand was dealt K-J and tried to steal the pot pre-flop, running into Martin Vallo’s A-Q. Merhmand was the ‘all in’ player and desperately needed help. No problem. A King flopped, and Vallo was severely crippled. Incredibly, he came back a few hands later with a huge triple-up hand: Mehrmand – A-9 Hoang – 7-7 Vallo – 5-5 Vallo and Hoang were both ‘all in.’ On the turn, the board showed 8-6-5-3, which meant all three players had outs. An Ace would give Mehrmand the win. A blank fell instead, which meant Vallo was right back in the tournament and the chips were now about equally divided. Mehrmand had just about everything go wrong during the last hour. He went from decisive chip leader down to the felt in a few key hands, one of the most painful being when he lost with J-J to Hoang’s A-A. Mehrmand finally went out with Q-Q after Vallo made a pair of Aces with A-9. This marked Mehrmand’s third trip to the final table this year – the only player so far to pull off the trifecta. Unfortunately, the victory eluded Mehrmand this time as well, and the Iranian-born ex-patriot now living in Germany collected $54,759. When heads-up started, Martin Vallo enjoyed a slight 5 to 4 chip advantage. Hoang won a few early pots, and seized the chip lead. It only took a short time for the classic hold’em confrontation to close the evening – a big pair versus A-K, close to an even-money proposition for both players: Vallo: A-K Hoang: J-J The final board showed Q-4-3-4-5, which meant the pocket Jacks was the winner. Martin Vallo, one of a talented contingent of Danish poker pros which includes the likes of Gus Hansen and Mads Andersen, was the runner up. He officially collected $109,519. This was certainly the second most unbelievable comeback win at the 2005 JBWPO, after Sirous B’s most improbable victory last week. Hoang had been down about 50 to 1 at one point when the action was at three-handed. But proving Yoggi Berra’s classic line, “It’s never over ‘til it’s over,” Hoang steadfastly never gave up and staged a remarkable comeback. Whether overcoming adversity by following his dream after being lay off from his job, or coming back from a huge chip disadvantage in a poker tournament, John Hoang is an inspiration and example to everyone.
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2005 Jack Binion World Poker Open Results Event #15Horseshoe Casino Hotel andGold Strike Casino-Resort, Tunica, MSDaily ReportJanuary 21, 2005 Event #15 No-Limit Hold’em Buy-In: $2,000 Number of Entries: 369 Prize Money: $687,539
Official Results:
1. John Hoang Alhambra, CA $212,187 2. Martin Vallo Copenhagen, Denmark 109,519 3. Davood Mehrmand Frankfurt, Germany 54,759 4. Tony “Tekk” Seunsom Houston, TX 47,914 5. Bob Hume Orlando, FL 41,070 6. Tony Cousineau Daytona Beach, FL 34,225 7. Gavin Griffin Darien, IL 27,379 8. Dale Hackney Durand, MI 20,535 9. John Bolten Overland Park, KS 13,690
* plus a seat in the $10,000 championship event
10. Don Moseley Houston, TX 8,214 11. Tracy Scala Del Ray Beach, FL 8,214 12. Lucy Rokach 13. Gullermo Ruz Tampa, FL 7,057 14. Chris Grigorian Panorama City, CA 7,057 15. Jimmy Cha 16. Mads Andersen Copenhagen, Denmark 5,645 17. Jack Ward Gulfport, MS 5,646 18. Walter Anderson Athens, AL 5,645 19. Terry Garner Hattisburg, MS 4,234 20. Roger Tichenor Sarasota, FL 4,234 21. Dee Caldwell Lexington, KY 4,234 22. Lee Markholt Eatonville, WA 4,234 23. Dennis Waterman Myrtle Point, OR 4,234 24. Petar Ivancenic Chicago, IL 4,234 25. Joel Fishbein
26. Peter Scayer Birmingham, England 4,234 27. Herman Zango Miami, FL 4,234 28. Paul Paez Barcelona, Spain 2,823 29. K.D. Groves Dallas, TX 2,823 30. Sam Pollack Boston, MA 2,823 31. Dominick Spadavechia Boca Raton, FL 2,823 32. Cal Ridyker Las Vegas, NV 2,823 33. Edward Ameen New Orleans, LA 2,823 34. Gerrald McClendon Waxalachia, LA 2,823 35. Richard Kirsch
36. Shae Drobushvich Moline, IL 2,823 Final Table Started at: 4:00 pm CST Final Table Ended at: 8:15 pm CST
Report by Nolan Dalla – JBWPO Media Director
Tournament Director – David Eglseder Co-Tournament Director (Horseshoe) – Ken Lambert, Jr. Co-Tournament Director (Gold Strike) – Robert McGovern
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