WPT $25,000 Final: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Whilst the $25,000 WPT final is being staged this week at the Bellagio, what many of you might not be aware of is the rise in popularity of a masterful game called Keno. Although the average age of the players is 84 and the game is simply a variation of bingo, Keno has become a huge attraction for those in the buffet, especially four members of the media who spotted a keno pad at their table and a screen generating random numbers on the wall.

With four us punting a huge $5 sum into the pot, all four of us adrenalin pumped Keno junkies selected 20 numbers from the 78 available. When we had all completed our sheets, we waited with baited breath for the screen to change, peering at the board intently as if we were awaiting a platform announcement at the train station.

Two thrilling games later (their were two consecutive ties) we had our final, and one which involved my good self and French reporter Benjo. This was not only my first heads up match, but my first final table period (one of many, I hope), and I was up against a wily veteran who had played the game at least once before.

However, with the wind in my face, I forced my way up stream to become the World Keno Tour (WKT) Grand Final Champion for 2007, taking the $20 prizepool down with 6 numbers to four, a near landslide victory. Mike Sexton went mad, saying that I was the youngest ever WKT champion, by a good 50 years.

Here's a picture of me shaking hands with a worthy runner-up in Benjo, the winning hand in my er... hand.

Although he's grinning like a Cheshire Cat, it's actually a crocodile smile, a petualant Benjo losing grace in defeat by suggesting, "You lied about your handicap!"

With this win on my back, I fully intend to be playing the $50,000 K.E.N.O event at this years World Series of Keno. Fingers crossed I add that title to my now long list of (one) accolades.

[snoopy1239]

Woohoo 

Chip counts!!!


Anna Wroblewski -- 211,325
Danny Alaei -- 187,050
Marc Goodwin -- 177,225
Jack Karban -- 173,850
Alan Schein -- 171,575
Keith Gipson -- 151,775
Paul Begum -- 151,650
Shannon Shorr -- 151,575
Lyle Berman -- 142,475
Raymond Davis -- 141,950
Paul Lee -- 140,950
Gevork Kasabyan -- 138,725
Hoyt Corkins -- 137,775
Ben Sabrin -- 135,350
Peter Muller -- 132,550
Neil Chriss -- 132,250
Isaac Haxton -- 131,700
Justin Young -- 131,475
Eric Hershler -- 131,325
Grant Lang -- 128,400
Alvin Zeidenfeld -- 126,525
Quirt Davis -- 124,875
Gavin Simms -- 123,550
Bruce Yamron -- 120,300
Steven Mclaughlin -- 115,275
Matt Keikoan -- 114,350
Jared Hamby -- 112,575
Marcel Luske -- 112,050
Chris Kennedy -- 111,650
Elia Ahmadian -- 111,250
Christian Kruel -- 110,625
Carl Wong -- 110,300
Jay Heimowitz -- 109,450
George Marlow -- 107,500
John Bonetti -- 105,575
Robert Mizrachi -- 105,500
Joe Sebok -- 104,125
Jake Minter -- 102,750
Dennis Almasy -- 102,250
Jason Eakes -- 101,700
Billy Pilossoph -- 101,700
David Grey -- 101,550
Jamie Gold -- 100,025
Mark Stubbs -- 98,500
Richard Harroch -- 96,625
Peter Gould -- 96,575
Jim McCrink -- 95,800
Phil Hellmuth -- 93,800
Dustin Woolf -- 93,675
Rick Barstow -- 93,575
Josh Arieh -- 93,325
Matthew Glantz -- 93,125
Nek-Pal Singh -- 92,500
Sorel Mizzi -- 92,025
Justin Pechie -- 91,400
Jani Sointula -- 90,675
Vanessa Rousso -- 90,025
Robert Nehrayan -- 89,975
James Mackey -- 88,875
Johnny Lodden -- 88,825
John Cernuto -- 88,700
Joseph Pulliam -- 88,650
Joe Bartholdi -- 88,475
Jeff Cabanillas -- 87,450
John Shipley -- 86,025
Herb Montalbano -- 84,300
Ross Boatman -- 83,375
Antonio Salorio -- 82,525
Loi Phan -- 82,500
Richard Anthony -- 81,900
Scott Mayfield -- 81,525
Barney Boatman -- 80,850
John Myung -- 80,075
Amir Nasseri -- 79,525
Ari Goott -- 78,475
Jeremy Joseph -- 78,275
Hertzel Zalewski -- 77,000
Juha Helppi -- 76,575
Christian Grundtvig -- 76,275
Danny Wong -- 76,100
Bruce Corman -- 75,825
Kyle Carlston -- 75,800
Jennifer Harman -- 75,600
Tom Franklin -- 75,500
Daniel Shak -- 74,150
Fred David -- 73,775
Padre Parkinson -- 73,600
Steve Mandelbaum -- 72,975
Doron Malinasky -- 72,550
Thomas Schneider -- 72,300
Roland Gentner -- 70,875
Tony Cousineau -- 70,325
Roland Dewolfe -- 70,100
Jimmy D' Ambrosio -- 70,025
Ted Kearly -- 69,750
Ben Doud -- 69,675
Jesse Jones -- 67,400
Martin De Knijff -- 67,275
Gavin Smith -- 67,225
John Harris -- 67,050
Mark Rose -- 66,925
Gregory Alston -- 66,475
Kian Kiarash -- 65,875
Rich Salomon -- 65,525
Phil Ivey -- 65,400
Rock Cloutier -- 65,000
Daniel Harrington -- 64,625
Philip Matthews -- 63,400
Eric Deregt -- 62,125
Chuck Pacheco -- 62,125
Paul Alterman -- 60,750
David Stroj -- 60,000
Daniel Quach -- 59,750
Chris Bjorin -- 59,075
Tad Jurgens -- 59,050
Dan Alspach -- 58,500
Cliff Josephy -- 58,475
Tom Barkas -- 56,750
Eric Beller -- 56,675
Andrew Micali -- 56,250
John Nathan -- 55,575
Adeeb Harb -- 54,925
Jason Lester -- 54,550
Berry Johnston -- 53,900
Tom Lee -- 53,850
Scott Clements -- 53,775
Michael Xu -- 53,600
Tor Gammelgard -- 52,325
Bradley   Helm -- 52,175
Tom West -- 52,025
Alan Cutler -- 51,875
Moto Yuki Mabuchi -- 51,850
Rhynie Campbell -- 51,675
Jonathan Little -- 51,675
Ben Roberts -- 51,600
Edward Gross -- 50,950
Martin Wendt -- 50,925
Aaron Scott -- 50,075
Eli Eslami -- 49,725
Greg Baird -- 49,425
David Peat -- 48,000
Ram Vaswani -- 47,850
Stuart Fox -- 47,800
Joe Tehan -- 47,575
Nick Cassavetes -- 47,525
Maureen Feduniak -- 47,200
David Lambard -- 47,175
Steve Dunning -- 46,625
Noah Boeken -- 46,450
Vincent Procopio -- 45,925
Rene Angelil -- 45,650
Ron Faltinsky -- 45,650
Thor Hansen -- 45,500
Jim Bechtel -- 45,100
Tom McEvoy -- 44,975
David Plastik -- 44,950
Matthew Wolf -- 44,950
Gary Haubelt -- 44,850
Alex Bolotin -- 43,975
Jason Hardage -- 43,475
Chris Santora -- 43,325
Edward Hansen -- 42,750
Liz Lieu -- 42,725
Abraham Mosseri -- 42,675
Binh Quoc Nguyen -- 42,650
Agis Leontakianakos -- 42,600
Timothy Anders -- 42,550
Peter Haslam -- 42,225
Ted Lawson -- 41,000
Tom Pniak -- 40,475
Robert Barnes -- 40,275
Bob Feduniak -- 39,825
David Dicken -- 39,775
Steve Simmons -- 39,550
Barry Greenstein -- 39,100
Robeert Wazelle -- 38,825
Louis Werman -- 38,750
Mike Landers -- 38,700
Veronica Dunn -- 37,525
Harold Kirkpatrick -- 37,000
Steven Zoine -- 36,250
Kristy Gazes -- 36,175
Jeppe Mikkelsen -- 36,150
David Williams -- 36,025
Cory Carroll -- 35,575
Amnon Filippi -- 34,975
David Sklansky -- 34,975
Ricky Cummings -- 33,625
Emeline Boich -- 33,450
Steve Brecher -- 32,600
Steve Crockett -- 31,850
Guy Laliberte -- 31,375
Wayne Boich -- 31,350
Harry Demitriou -- 30,975
Eugene Katchalov -- 30,650
Justin Bonomo -- 29,575
Wei Kai Chang -- 28,175
Alan Fixel -- 27,400
Burt Boutin -- 27,350
Omar Saeed -- 26,175
Manousos Vourkoutiotis -- 26,100
David Levi -- 25,225
Haralabos Voulgaris -- 25,225
Cary Katz -- 23,725
Tai Nguyen -- 22,475
Andrew Black -- 22,325
Scott Lundberg -- 22,000
Stan Fulton -- 21,650
Doa Kim Bac -- 20,675
Douglas Mackinnon -- 20,475
Paul Kraus -- 20,300
Kevin Saul -- 19,725
Erik Friberg -- 19,550
J J Liu -- 19,150
Terricita Evanowski -- 18,750
Vadin Trincher -- 18,475
Eli Elezra -- 17,000
Rehne Pedersen -- 14,675
Joseph Rafferty -- 14,300
James Van Alstyne -- 13,200
John Duthie -- 11,475
Pierre Garand -- 10,925
Ralph Perry -- 9,775
Annand Ramdin -- 9,175
Scott Fischman -- 8,075
Kristian Kjondal -- 7,575

[Djinn]

Jen and Snoops, did u guys get any sleep???

What r u implying??..........

that a small dog may have taken Jen out very late in the great Las vegas

The small dog, he has but one pair of shoes, and we all know what those are...not exactly compliant for the nightlife... but as he so eloquently recounted, we did play some fourway Keno.  I look forward to seeing Snoopy appearing at the Celebrity Keno Invitational in early May, held in Atlantic City.  There is always the crazy cash action, and, as Benjo says, "The strategies for cash and tournament Keno are subtly different.  You get the young guns, recently retired, with their aggressive play by 'feel' and the analytic style of the older and more experienced live players."

[snoopy1239]

Already spotted:

Todd Brunson
Gavin Griffin
Doyle Brunson
Joe Beevers
Michael Mizrachi
William Chen
Johan Storakers
Scotty Nguyen
Rob Hollink
Kevin O'Connell
Chip Reese
Anontio Esfandiari
Jan Sjavik
Daniel Negreanu
Michael Greco
Erik Seidel
Kathy Liebert
Gus Hansen
Mark Teltscher
Max Pescatori
Daniel Negreanu
Johnny Chan
Bill Gazes
Sam Fahar
Thomas Wahlroos
Minh
Kevin O'Donnell
Amir Vahedi
John D'Agostino
Carlos Mortensen
Phil Laak

[littlemissC]

any piccies of mr.hanson or grecco would be lovely

[snoopy1239]

Praz Bansi is sharing a table with Daniel Negreanu. I don't think he's bother though, can you really faze a man who comes straight from Manchester to Vegas on the flip of a coin?

[snoopy1239]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

[snoopy1239]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Only kidding...

[danafish]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

[danafish]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

By the way, is that a giant ladybird hiding behind a rock in the background?

[snoopy1239]

On the table is front of us is Michael Mizrachi, but, more importantly (we're not biased here) across the other side of the felt is the remaining quarter of the Hendon Mob, Mr Joseph Beevers.

Beevers updates should be coming in in their droves with him in touching distance.

[snoopy1239]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

By the way, is that a giant ladybird behind you?

Yes indeedy, and look, here's a slug, all part of the wonderful Bellagio gardens. It's like Willy Wonka's factory in there!

[danafish]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

By the way, is that a giant ladybird behind you?

Yes indeedy, and look, here's a giant watering can, all part of the wonderful Bellagio gardens. It's like Willy Wonka's factory in there!

That looks like a snail to me. Might go out in a bit and get some photos of the wonderful Grosvenor Manchester gardens, er, car park. There's an industrial state across the way, and a prison!

[NoflopsHomer]

Whilst we slice level 1 in half (not very much at all happens at this stage), let's throw a few photos your way.

First up, a bit of 'tottie' for LittleMissC.

Not for her! I'll beat her up...

By the way, is that a giant ladybird behind you?

Yes indeedy, and look, here's a slug, all part of the wonderful Bellagio gardens. It's like Willy Wonka's factory in there!

Looks like one of those slugs from Fry and the Slurm Factory from Futurama.

[snoopy1239]

Oh yeah, and I suppose there are a few Mateyboys (and -girls) here too.

You probably won't know this bunch, but the first piccy is of Erik Seidel and Kathy Liebert whilst the one below is of an up and coming player called Johnny Chan (not the kung fu dude)