2009 Aruba Poker Classic

$5,500 Aruba Poker Classic Championship
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 Aruba Poker Classic

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
$753,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,303,750
Entries
475
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Victor Ng Eliminated in 24th Place ($16,130)

Victor Ng - 24th Place
Victor Ng - 24th Place
The board was {5-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} when Brent Roberts checked to Victor Ng. Ng bet and then Roberts check-raised. Ng quickly moved all in and Roberts called.

Ng tabled {A-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} and Roberts showed {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}.

The turn brought the {9-Clubs}, keeping Ng in the lead. The river was a dirty one when the {4-Clubs} hit, sending Ng to the rail. All Roberts could muster up was "Whoops." as he raked in the pot to move to 700,000 chips.

Tags: Brent RobertsVictor Ng

Parker Doubles Again!

Brock 't_soprano' Parker
Brock 't_soprano' Parker
Brock 't_soprano' Parker has just doubled up through fellow online pro Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin.

All of the money found its way into the middle before the flop. Parker and Baldwin traded raises and then Baldwin took a monster stack of pink (T5,000) chips and dropped them into the middle.

"I'm all in," said Parker, with a wave of the arm and Baldwin made the call.

Baldwin: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}
Parker: {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades}

Parker won the hand, but not without a sweat, as the flop came {8-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} giving Baldwin a flush draw. The turn and river brought running eights to fill out the board giving Parker a pot clinching full house.

After the hand, Parker improved to just over 300,000 in chips while Baldwin dropped back down to 463,000.

Tags: Brock ParkerEric Baldwin

Jon Favaloro Eliminated in 23rd Place ($16,130)

John Favaloro - 23rd Place
John Favaloro - 23rd Place
Jon Favaloro open-shoved all in with his short stack, and Ty Reiman asked for a count, apparently pondering a call from the small blind. When he got the number, he checked Mike DeGilio's stack in the big blind before moving all in over the top. That was enough to get him heads up against Favaloro with his opponent's tournament life on the line.

Showdown
Favaloro: {Q-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Reiman: {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}

The flop was no fun for Favaloro as the dealer ran it out {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {5-Spades}. "Figures," he mumbled at the sight of Reiman's set. The {2-Diamonds} on the turn sealed the deal, leaving him drawing dead to the {5-Hearts} on the river.

Reiman's full house is plenty good enough to take down the pot, eliminating Day 1a chip leader Jon Favaloro in 23rd place, and moving his own stack up to a very healthy 680,000.

Tags: Jon FavaloroTy Reiman

DeGilio Drinking Double

Down to his last 85,000 chips, Mike DeGilio moved them all in from the cutoff when the action folded to him. Next door, Robert Mizrachi made the call to put DeGilio's tournament life in his hands.

Showdown
DeGilio: {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Mizrachi: {A-Spades} {9-Diamonds}

DeGilio would fade Mizrachi's outs on a board of {5-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {6-Spades} to double his way up to about 180,000.

Tags: Mike DeGilioRobert Mizrachi

Chip Count Update

Brent Roberts - 710,000
Robert Mizrachi - 700,000
Ty Reiman - 695,000
Max Greenwood - 640,000
Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin - 460,000
James Mordue - 450,000
Matthew Ross - 415,000
Travis 'TravestyFund' Rice - 385,000
Brandon Hall - 330,000
Ryan Schmidt - 315,000
Charlie Hook - 310,000
Brock Parker - 290,000
Jose Roberto Santos - 200,000
David Perkins - 175,000
James Jewett - 161,000
Michael DeGilio - 150,000
Scott 'yaboystu' Stewart - 145,000
Chase Steely - 145,000
John Venturini - 100,000
Larry Sharp - 85,000
John Clancy - 75,000
Anthony Angora - 60,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Scott "yaboystu" Stewart Eliminated in 22nd Place ($16,130)

Scott "yaboystu" Stewart - 22nd Place
Scott "yaboystu" Stewart - 22nd Place
Scott "yaboystu" Stewart jammed all of his chips into the middle on the turn with an open-ended straight draw. James Mordue folded before Charlie Hook made the call. Hook had turned two pair.

The river didn't help Stewart and he was sent home in 22nd place. Hook moved up to 400,000.

Tags: "yaboystu"Charlie HookJames MordueScott Stewart