The Final Table of the 7-Card Stud
8-or-Better was Sexier than Most

By Debbie Burkhead

As the final table gathered it seems to be better looking than most. Why you asked, because there were four women seated at this final table.
The $230 Seven-card stud Hi/Lo event drew 59 entrants and created a prize pool of $11,446.
At 5:50 p.m. the final eight players took their seats at the final table with 23 minutes remaining at the $400-$800 level with a $50 and a $100 bring-in.
Glenn Smith, from Las Vegas sat down at the final table with $19,250 and the chip lead, Wayne Haynes made his third final table today and was in second with $14,925, Billie Walter was in third with $7,725, Terry Myers was in fourth with $6,500, Darlene Wood, who came in 3rd in last nights ladies event was in fifth with $3,775, Sue Bryd, from Reno was in sixth with $2,775, Bill Mullins was in seventh with $1,925, and Felicia Dyer was in last place with $1,675.
At 6:00 p.m. Darlene Wood took an early out in 8th place and collected $345.
At 6:10 p.m. the ante rose to $100 with a $200 bring in at the $600-$1,200 level.
Bill Mullins was the next casualty and received $461 for his seventh place finish.
At 6:50 p.m. the level rose to $800-$1,600 with a $200 ante and a $300 bring-in.
There were no casualties at that level. At 7:40 p.m. the limit increased to $1,000-$2,000 with a $200 ante and a $400 bring-in.
At 7:45 p.m. the remaining six players decided to pass on the dinner hour and just took a 15 minuted break and continued playing at 8:00 p.m.
At 8:15 p.m. Billie Walker, the second lady to depart the final table, put her last $1,000 in on the river with 6’s and 5’s only to be beat by 8’s and 3’s. Billie collected $570 for her 6th place finish.
There were five players left and two were women, Sue Byrd and Felicia Dyer were struggling but doing their best to hang in there.
Sue Bryd’s luck ran out at 8:30 p.m. With only $200 remaining she called with A-Q-8 of spades, hit the king of spades on fifth street only to miss on the river. Sue took $800 for her 5th place finish.
Five minutes later Glenn Smith got his pair of sevens beat by aces on the river and was sent home in 4th place with $1,085.
Two hands later Felicia Dyer, the last lady sitting took 3rd place and $1,490.
At 8:45 p.m it was heads-up between Terry Myers and Wayne Haynes.
Terry was holding on to the lead with $41,000 to Wayne’s $18,000.
Within five minutes of heads-up play Terry had Wayne down to the felt.
Terry made aces up and left Wayne with only four $100 chips.
On the very next hand Wayne had his pair of jacks beat by Terry’s pair of ladies.
This was Wayne’s 3rd final table this week. He took 4th place in the Omaha Hi/Lo on Thursday, he finished 3rd in the No-limit hold’em event on Monday and he finished in 2nd place in today’s Seven-card stud 8-or-better. If things keep going in this direction look for Terry to make a 1st place finish before the Four Queens Poker Classic ends.
Terry Myers, from Yuma, Arizona was declared the champ in today’s event and added $4,175 to his bankroll. Terry finished in 4th and 12th in two of the evening events and took a 13th in one other day event.

Richard Roberts Plays his first Pot Limit Omaha Event and Takes 1st Place

Today’s Pot Limit Hold’em event began at noon and at 6:05 p.m. the final ten players took their seats at the final table.
The blinds were $500-$1,000 and the raise was $2,000-$3,500.
Nine places paid cash and Andrew Tahoe was the unlucky one to exit in 10th place. Normally the bubble position is the end of the road but at the Four Queens Poker Classic anyone who busts out on the bubble is invited back on September 19 to participate in a Bubble Tournament.
Shortly after Tahoe’s departure we lost Charles Edwards. Charles took home $1,320 for his 9th place finish.
At 6:30 Richard Roberts flopped a set of queens against Mick Crowley and sent him home in eighth place with $1,760.
Two hands later Ram Vaswani eliminated Carl Bailey. They both flopped a pair of aces but Ram had him out kicked from the go and added insult to injury when he caught a second pair on the river. Carl was sent home in 7th place with $2,191.
After the break the level increased to $800-$1,600.
The chip leader was Richard Roberts with $81,500, Ram Vaswani was in second with $64,500, Terry Myers was in third with $38,200, Jim Sugarek was in fourth with $34,200, D’arcy Christiansen was in fifth with $5,000 and Tom Christopher was in last place with $4,200.
On the first hand after the break Tom Christopher raised all-in with K-K-9-4 and Richard called him with Ad-9d-7-8. The flop not only came with an ace, it came with two diamonds. There was no waiting the turn produced another diamond and Tom was sent to the rail in 6th place with $2,675.
At 7:30 D’arcy was all-in on the big blind for $1,600. Terry, Ram and Richard all called preflop. The flop came Q-7-K, Terry bet, Richard raised and Terry called all-in with his remaining $13,800. D’arcy showed 7-7-8-9 for a set of sevens, Terry turned over K-Q-J-7 for two pair and Richard turned over Q-Q-10-4 for a set of queens. The turn came a three and the river came a 10 and Richard’s trips held up. He eliminated both D’arcy and Terry.
D’arcy took 5th place and $3,075 and Terry took 4th place and $3,515.
It was three handed with Richard Roberts in the lead, Jim Sugarek in second place with $26,000 and Ram trailing with $22,300.
Two hands later Ram got all his money in against Richard. Ram showed 10-7-6-4 and Richard showed J-10-Q-9. The board came 6-9-8-5-7 giving Richard a straight on the River.
Ram Vaswani was sent home in 3rd place with $4,835.
It was heads up between Richard Roberts and Jim Sugarek. Jim had $26,000 in chips and Richard had all the rest.
On the third hand of heads up play Richard took the remainder of Jims chips. Richard showed Q-10-8-2 and Jim turned over A-A-10-5. Richard made a pair on the flop and two pair on the turn to beat Jim’s aces.
Jim Sugarek finished in 2nd place and collected $15,380.
Richard Roberts was declared the Pot Limit Omaha champ and pocketed $15,380.
Richard hails from Mesa, Arizona and claims this was his first attempt at a Pot Limit Omaha event. He also came in 2nd in the Orleans Championship No-limit hold’em event this past year for $78,000.