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Ambro Poker Page Ambro 12 - March 19, 2005 A letter from the Tournament director:
Well, another Ambro Tournament came and
went....and I still do not have a title. I am not happy! I
am long overdue!!! Congrats to my brother, Tony, for winning
the 12th Ambro Tournament. This is his second title. I
wanted to be the first Ambro to win 2. I guess I should
concentrate on winning one first.
This
tournament had 8 newbies in it and 3 of them finished in the
clams. Former champion, Nick, did not last too long in this
one. He lasted only 2 hours and placed 30th. He had
predicted that he was either going to be out in the 30's or
in the Top 5. Ray Wolff, the 2004 Player of The Year didn't
last much longer....he placed 27th. 4 time Champ, Whip had
an early exit...he placed 25th. He didn't even stay for the
sides games...he pulled a Phil Hellmuth and just left. I
started off strong, getting some really nice cards and some
really nice flops. It soon came crashing down when I lost a
huge pot with pocket kings to pocket aces. George L. had the
pocket aces and he caught fire all the way to the final
table. After that hand, I didn't know what to do. I suddenly
became short stacked and blew a few hands that I should have
called. I was rattled and couldn't recover. I finished in
18th place. There goes my streak of being in the Top 15.
Harry, who
finished 2nd in Ambro 11, was short stacked all night
and placed 15th. Stats man, Jay M, who has been
struggling the last few tournaments finished in 14th place.
The Greek run ended when both John A. and Steve were ousted
in the 13th and 12th position. Anton had a good run, but
that came to a halt...he placed 11th. Now we got our Top
10....The Enterpise Crew (Dino, Brad, Art and George L.) all
finished in the Top 10...do these guys work or just gamble
all day??? Dino placed 10th, Al D. was 9th place, Scott A.,
who was late to the tournament, finished 8th...one seat shy
of the final table. Russo had a good outing, but was 1 away
from the money...he finished in 7th place. Newcomer Brad was
next finishing in 6th place and winning 200 clams. Another
newcomer Carter placed 5th and won 300 clams. Hank finally
put all his WPT viewings to good use...he placed 4th and
won 500 clams. Art, another first timer, placed 3rd and won
1000 clams.
What a run
Tony went on. He was catching cards on the river like I have
never seen before. He had massed a ton of chips and gave a
lot back when it was down to 2 tables. He did give some back
with some questionable calls, but he was saved quite some
time on the river. I recall 2 hands he needed a Queen to
stay alive and both times the Queen falls on the river for
him. Another one, he needed a 3 for a straight...what comes
on the river, a 3. At one point when it was down to George
and Tony, George called an all in bet by Tony and ended up
winning. George had a huge chip lead at this point....Tony
had about 3600 in chips to George's 32,400 in chips. Tony
stormed back to take the title. The last hand went as
follows...Tony had 8 7 of diamonds. George had K 7 off
suit. Flops comes 4D KD QH....Tony moves all in with a flush
draw and George quickly called with top pair, Kings. What
comes on the turn...the 10 of diamonds giving Tony the flush
and the title.
Stay tuned
for details on Ambro 13.......May 2005
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