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‘Paint Drying Contest’ won by Johnny Landreth: Alabaman Makes Deal with Opponents, then Wins Bracelet
To say that this final table lacked drama would be a gross understatement. There were few big hands, no turning points, no amazing comebacks, nor lively banter that normally characterizes just about every tournament finale. It wasn’t necessarily the players’ fault. They played well, and deserved to be here, having topped a very tough field of 677 entrants. Most of them were relative newcomers to the final table experience, having never played for these stakes before. It certainly wasn’t the fact that the stakes were below par – this event awarded the third-highest prize money pool so far this year, including a whopping $175,597 for first place. Fact was -- the final table was so utterly without drama that the sparse crowd gradually got fed up with the match, especially when play became short-handed, and drifted off to watch the NFL playoffs on television or play in live games. It all comes down to deals and dealmaking. When play became four handed, the remaining players cut a deal. They reportedly took $90,000 and change each. Such is the case with poker tournaments, where as long as the prize money is being put up exclusively by the players, they have the right (in most cases) to cut up the loot as they wish, whenever they want. We can debate the practice of dealmaking, and whether it’s good or bad for poker. Or, we can simply say that deals are a part of the game and acknowledge the fact. They happen. Following Day One, during which 668 players were eliminated, the nine finalists took their seats at the final table. Thereafter, players were eliminated in the following order: 9th Place – Giovanni Rocca, from Toronto, Canada, arrived lowest in chips. He flopped a flush draw with K-Q of clubs, but missed on the final two cards and lost to Lee Grove’s pocket Kings. Rocca, who won a poker tournament at St. Ignace, last year, added $12,542 to his poker bankroll. 8th Place – Steve Hohn was second lowest in chips, and par for the course, he went out next. The Overland Park, KS-based poker player, who has won major tournaments at the Commerce Casino in the past, and finished in the top spots at World Series events in recent years, played his last hand with A-J, which lost to Charlie Dawson’s Q-Q. A Queen fell on the turn, for overkill, eliminating Hohn. He received $18,813. 7th Place – Vince Byrd, a Supervisor for the LA-Z-BOY chair company (man, couldn’t we have used some of his products at this final table), went out next with A-Q against Karl Limbert’s 9-9. The pocket Nines held up, and Bryd had to recline from his chair in 7th place, good for $25,084. 6th Place – After doubling up ‘all in’ with pocket Aces early, Karl Limbert went out with J-J against Johnny Landreth’s A-Q, when two queens came on board. Limbert, a UK bookmaker (it’s allowed by law there, folks), booked a nice payday -- $31,355. 5th Place – Tracey Phan, a Long Beach, CA poker player who finished third in the women’s event at the 2004 World Series of Poker, moved ‘all in’ hoping to steal the blinds with A-J. Lee Grove had Q-Q. Phan baited Grove into calling, by saying “please call – I want you to call.” Grove was only too happy to call with the pocket queens which held up and eliminated Phan. Phan, who stated her goal is to be “the first and youngest Vietnamese lady to win the poker world championship,” received $37,625 for fifth place.
4th Place – After the four finalists made a deal, Larry Butler, who has finished in the money multiple times at the JBWPO in the past, took a tough beat when his top pair of Aces lost to a set. Charlie Dawson flopped a set of Threes, which ripped most of the chips out of Butler’s stack. Butler, a trauma surgeon, was now on life support. A few hands later, Johnny Landreth flat-lined Butler with a set of Jacks. Butler took home $43,896 officially. 3rd Place – Lee Grove a wheat farmer from Nebraska was next cut from the chafe. Grove, who had two 4th place finishes at the World Series, and was playing in the JBWPO for the first time, collected $50,167. The heads-up match between Johnny Landreth and Charlie Dawson lasted nearly two full hours. During the duel, neither player seemed willing to commit his stack at any time. Often, the opponent would fold whenever either player showed the least bit of aggression. The snoozefest was occasionally overshadowed by Dawson’s cheering section, made up of family and friends. The Kentucky crew did everything to encourage Dawson, even calling out the board cards at one point – which begat a rebuke from Tournament Director, David Eglseder. Dawson enjoyed a 3 to 2 chip lead at the start, but after Landreth made a flush on one key hand, he had Dawson by 3 to 1. Half an hour later, Landreth made another flush, and the end seemed mercifully near. But Dawson, rooted on by his cheering section, staged a rally and drew back close to even. The monotony went on, and on, and on, as blinds and a few chips moved back and forth in an apparent cat and mouse game. After a short break, the end came in bizarre fashion. Dawson tried to make a move on the pot by raising ‘all in’ with 7-3 off-suit (not exactly they type of hand one would expect to see after two hours of tedious conservatism), which was called instantly by Johnny Landreth holding Q-10 of clubs. Okay, so it was sooooted. The final board showed Q-10-J-J-4, giving Landreth a sledgehammer of a hand over Dawson – two pair. For second place, Dawson officially collected $90,929. Given that he agreed to a deal, this is about the same money he would have received anyway as the runner-up. Dawson, an engineer, was playing at the JBWPO for the first time. It was quite a payoff for a first-time visit. Johnny Landreth, a retired used car dealer from Alabama, was the ‘winner.’ Afterward, as bystanders stood around anxiously anticipating even a tiny morsel of drama, it became clear there would be none. It was as though a business deal had just been consummated in a boardroom somewhere. There were no cheers. There was no confetti. There were no tears of joy or sadness. It was just business.
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2005 Jack Binion World Poker Open Event #9 ResultsHorseshoe Casino Hotel andGold Strike Casino-Resort, Tunica, MSDaily ReportJanuary 15, 2005 Event #9 No-Limit TexasHold’em Buy-In: $1,000 Number of Entries: 677 Prize Money: $630,818 Official Results: 1. Johnny Landreth Lanett, AL $175,597 * 2. Charlie Dawson Lexington, KY $90,929 3. Lee Grove Superior, NE $50,167 4. Larry Butler Colorado Springs, CO $43,896 5. Tracey Phan Los Angeles, CA $37,625 6. Karl Limbert Margate, UK $31,355 7. Vince Byrd Dayton, TN $25,084 8. Steve Hohn Overland Park, KS $18,813 9. Gio Rocca Toronto, Canada $12,542 * plus a seat in the $10,000 buy-in championship event
10. Edward Moncada Oakland, CA 6,898 11. Scott Loye Weatherford, TX 6,898 12. Michael John Dean Dunedin, FL 6,868 13. Phil Johnson Atlanta, GA 5,818 14. Michael Johnson Charleston, IL 5,818 15. Mark Seif Incline Village, NV 5,818 16. Rob Hollink Groningen, Netherlands 4,525 17. Brian Owens Lexington, KY 4,525 18. David Randall Tucker, GA 4,525 19. Fred Brown Howell, MI 3,232 20. Guillermo Ruz Tampa, FL 3,232 21. Mike Pruett Carrollton, GA 3,232 22. Bill Seber Houston, TX 3,232 23. Charles Blair 24. J.C. Tran Sacramento, CA 3,232 25. Richard Cohen Cincinnati, OH 3,232 26. Bill Eichel Parker, SD 3,232 27. Gino Sabella 28. Dennis Waterman Myrtle Point, OR 2,263 29. Mousey Davis Houston, TX 2,263 30. Parviz Amleshi 31. Eric Seiler 32. Jo Jo Trevino Corpus Christi, TX 2,263 33. Jo Handman London, England 2,263 34. Chris Hunt Paris, KY 2,263 35. Buster Jackson 36. Andy ‘Turtle’ Pachman Atlanta, GA 2.263 37. Earl Holmes Valdosta, CA 1,939 38. John De Francis Kendall Park, NJ 1,939 39. Paul Fehlig 40. Roy Swindle Valdosta, GA 1,939 41. Sonny Perry 1,939 42. Louis Adat 1,939 43. Joey Ganim 1,939 44. Jeff Gibralter 1,939 45. Carlos Fuentes 1,939 46. Shamill Kostashuk 1,616 47. William Banks 1,616 48. Phillip Hernke 1,616 49. Dan Delnoce 1,616 50. Jerry Zehr 1,616 51. Chris Grigorian 1,616 52. Glen Bean 1,616 53. Richard Abrell 1,616 54. Thomas Stinson 1,616 55. Jack Markowitz 1,293 56. Don Sekorky 1,293 57. Wilson Carnes 1,293 58. Don McCarthy 1,293 59. Dayne Baverman 1,293 60. Steve Hobbs 1,293 61. Pete Cikesh 1,293 62. Andy Fine 1,293 63. Phi Nguyen 1,293 Final Table Started at: 4:00 pm CST Final Table Ended at: 10:30 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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