Rob Whalen & Tony Uhlir split 1st at Cully's Kid's!
Yes, that's right, Tony Uhlir goes back to back in an amazing feat! Although there was officially a chop of 1st place money, Tony made it all the way just as he did last year. This year, that brought him $6,400 compared to last year's $10,000. Rob Whalen carried a chip lead off an on for much of the last half of the tournament after the final break.
At the final break, the 3 top chip counts were Rob Whalen with 54,000, Shawn Morrissey with 50,500, and Shawn McNealey with 43,000. Tony Uhlir had just doubled up going into the break and was sitting just above the 25,500 average with his 26,500. Brandt Johnson, Rob Whalen, Bjorn Heide, Tim Jacobs, Ivy Brown, Ron Olson, and Scott Krein, were all among players I recognized as still participating with 58 left.
Unfortunately Scott was short-stacked and was eliminated soon after play started back up. Next to leave was Ron Olson. Tim and Ivy both made the final 2 tables but unfortunately were eliminated before the money. Tim was short-stacked and just plain card dead through much of the tournament and was nearly all-in on the first hand of the final 2 tables with an unfortunate redraw that put him in the BB. Tim was able to turn a 6, but lost on the river to an 8 as Bjorn was holding A8. Ivy had a rough day as with 3 tables left she moved all-in and Jason Loos called all-in with J3 from the BB having much of his money already in. The flop brought 2 treys and the river rubbed it in to Ivy as she caught her Ace on the river. Then at the final 2 tables she called all-in for 22,500 with 99 after Shawn Morrissey had raised with QJ. A Queen on the flop and nothing to save Ivy eliminated her from the tournament.
Before we get into the money, no tournament can be complete without a mention of the first elimination of the tournament. During the first round, Jon Rubis and Jeff Nelson get involved in a hand. Flop comes out J high with 2 hearts. Jeff bets the hand strong and Jon calls. Turn peels off a blank and Jeff moves all-in and Jon calls. Jon has KJh and Jeff has AJ. Any heart of K will give the hand to Jon. A heart peels off on the river and we have our first elimination of the tournament.
Roger Tangen, Jareb Raan, Jon Horner, Leroy Turner, Nick Taralson, Scott Eckert, Thane Fliginger, Cory Biloki, Troy Walseth, and Brad Donabauer were other players in the event. Scott had a tough break about halfway through as he was cruising along when he raised with AK and Ron Olson moved all-in behind with AT. A ten peeled off an Ron won an over 18,000 chip pot ... a pot that would have put Scott near or in the chip lead at the time. Thane Fliginger suffered a similar feat on a huge pot when his AK lost to KJ preflop. The result of the hand left him crippled and soon was eliminated.
IN THE MONEY
After a relatively short amount of hand for hand play starting at 17 players, we moved into the money. 15th through 11th place were as follows:
Louis Whirlwind
Nick Reed
Andy Alsop
Andrew Ryan
Galen Brown
The final table consisted of: Shawn McNealey (56,000) Brandt Johnson (60,500) Tony Uhlir (76,500) Jason Loos (54,000) Jack Hoffner (80,000) Chuck Udart (50,000) Shawn Morrissey (100,500) Bjorn Heide (30,000) Brian Mattson (60,500) Rob Whalen (91,500)
The very first hand of the final table, Bjorn Heide found himself all-in vs Brian Mattson. Bjorn showed 77 as Brian showed AK. No Ace or King or straights or flushes and Bjorn more than doubles to 78,000.
Our first elimination came after Tony Uhlir tried to pick up the blinds with a raise from the cutoff with K7c. Chuck Udart called all-in from the BB with KT and was looking to be in great shape. But after a 7 and no T came, we had our 10th place finisher Chuck Udart - $360
After that Brian won back some of his chips by raising and picking up the blinds. Then he raised to 38,000 with KQd and had Rob Whalen immediately move all-in behind. Brian Mattson decided to call, having more than half of his chips already in the pot. He was very dissappointed to see that Rob had him crushed with KK. Nothing to help Brian, and we had our 9th place finisher Brian Mattson - $480
After losing a rather large hand, Bjorn moved all-in for 16,000 (6/12K blinds) and had Shawn move all-in behind. Bjorn had KQ, but Shawn had AA. Bjorn caught some significant help as there was a J and T on board by the turn, but no A or 9 came on the river and we had our 8th place finisher Bjorn Heide - $640
We had to wait a long time for the next bustout as play seemed to slow significantly. Jack Hoffner eventually found himself short-stacked and with only 31K left at 15/30K he just called from the SB to see a flop as Shawn Morrissey decided to check. The flop is 89T and Jack announces all-in for his remaining 1K. Shawn calls with AT and Jack needs to improve his K9. A ten on the turn and an Ace on the river more than sealed Jack's fate as our 7th place finisher was Jack Hoffner - $800.
Shawn McNealey found himself on the unfortunate side of pair vs pair as he moved all-in with 66 only to have Brandt Johnson wake up with KK immediately behind. Flop improved no player and Shawn was crippled with only 5K. He found himself eliminated on the next hand with T9 to Rob Whalen's A6. Our 6th place finisher is Shawn McNealey - $1,200
Another long time before more eliminations would take place from 4 handed on as we arrived at the official blind cap of 20/40K, but still had 5 players remaining as no one seemed to lose when all-in. First huge hand developed when Shawn Morrissey moved all-in and Rob Whalen called. Shawn showed A3 as Rob tabled QT. Flop came out Axx, all hearts with Rob holding the Q of hearts. Rob and his railbirds went crazy when a heart peeled off on the turn but needed to be sedated because it was the 3 of hearts keeping Shawn alive. With 4 outs to go, it was Shawn's turn to celebrate when an Ace rolled off on the river, doubling Shawn up in a huge pot. 2 hands later Brandt Johnson, short-stacked, found himself all-in with KQ, but called without having to put more chips in by Tony Uhlir. Tony had 74. Flop came out K87, and Brandt continued to stay alive, but a 4 on the turn looked to cost Brandt his tournament life until a Q peeled off on the river.
However, Brandt's tournament would soon end when Shawn moved all-in with AQ and Brandt called with AJ preflop. A Queen on the flop and turn eliminated our 5th place finisher Brandt Johnson - $1,600
Shawn would continue his run as he oved all-in with AQ once again and Jason Loos would call all-in with AT. Queen and Ten on the flop kept Jason alive, but the river brought another Queen not another Ten and our 4th place finisher was Jason Loos - $2,000
Shawn's fortunes began to fade as he began to continually lose blinds and his stack was eaten away. The big blow came when he moved all-in with KJ and Rob Wahlen called all-in with 22. Flop was J5J and Shawn was ecstatic. A 2 on the turn sent Rob and his railbirds over the edge before they were once again told that Shawn was far from dead as any 5, J, or K would still win him the hand. But a harmless card fell on the river and Rob doubled through Shawn.
Rob moved all-in and a shortstacked Shawn called all-in with T7. The board improved no one, and our 3rd place finisher was Shawn Morrissey - $2,800
Immediately upon the elimination of Shawn, Rob and Tony discussed chopping the pot and they agreed to chop it right down the middle. Going into heads up play Rob had $360,000 and Tony had $300,000. The tournament was played out and Tony eventually won with A7 vs 72.
Congratulations to Tony Uhlir and Rob Whalen for their victories and $6,400 cash!
At the final break, the 3 top chip counts were Rob Whalen with 54,000, Shawn Morrissey with 50,500, and Shawn McNealey with 43,000. Tony Uhlir had just doubled up going into the break and was sitting just above the 25,500 average with his 26,500. Brandt Johnson, Rob Whalen, Bjorn Heide, Tim Jacobs, Ivy Brown, Ron Olson, and Scott Krein, were all among players I recognized as still participating with 58 left.
Unfortunately Scott was short-stacked and was eliminated soon after play started back up. Next to leave was Ron Olson. Tim and Ivy both made the final 2 tables but unfortunately were eliminated before the money. Tim was short-stacked and just plain card dead through much of the tournament and was nearly all-in on the first hand of the final 2 tables with an unfortunate redraw that put him in the BB. Tim was able to turn a 6, but lost on the river to an 8 as Bjorn was holding A8. Ivy had a rough day as with 3 tables left she moved all-in and Jason Loos called all-in with J3 from the BB having much of his money already in. The flop brought 2 treys and the river rubbed it in to Ivy as she caught her Ace on the river. Then at the final 2 tables she called all-in for 22,500 with 99 after Shawn Morrissey had raised with QJ. A Queen on the flop and nothing to save Ivy eliminated her from the tournament.
Before we get into the money, no tournament can be complete without a mention of the first elimination of the tournament. During the first round, Jon Rubis and Jeff Nelson get involved in a hand. Flop comes out J high with 2 hearts. Jeff bets the hand strong and Jon calls. Turn peels off a blank and Jeff moves all-in and Jon calls. Jon has KJh and Jeff has AJ. Any heart of K will give the hand to Jon. A heart peels off on the river and we have our first elimination of the tournament.
Roger Tangen, Jareb Raan, Jon Horner, Leroy Turner, Nick Taralson, Scott Eckert, Thane Fliginger, Cory Biloki, Troy Walseth, and Brad Donabauer were other players in the event. Scott had a tough break about halfway through as he was cruising along when he raised with AK and Ron Olson moved all-in behind with AT. A ten peeled off an Ron won an over 18,000 chip pot ... a pot that would have put Scott near or in the chip lead at the time. Thane Fliginger suffered a similar feat on a huge pot when his AK lost to KJ preflop. The result of the hand left him crippled and soon was eliminated.
IN THE MONEY
After a relatively short amount of hand for hand play starting at 17 players, we moved into the money. 15th through 11th place were as follows:
Louis Whirlwind
Nick Reed
Andy Alsop
Andrew Ryan
Galen Brown
The final table consisted of: Shawn McNealey (56,000) Brandt Johnson (60,500) Tony Uhlir (76,500) Jason Loos (54,000) Jack Hoffner (80,000) Chuck Udart (50,000) Shawn Morrissey (100,500) Bjorn Heide (30,000) Brian Mattson (60,500) Rob Whalen (91,500)
The very first hand of the final table, Bjorn Heide found himself all-in vs Brian Mattson. Bjorn showed 77 as Brian showed AK. No Ace or King or straights or flushes and Bjorn more than doubles to 78,000.
Our first elimination came after Tony Uhlir tried to pick up the blinds with a raise from the cutoff with K7c. Chuck Udart called all-in from the BB with KT and was looking to be in great shape. But after a 7 and no T came, we had our 10th place finisher Chuck Udart - $360
After that Brian won back some of his chips by raising and picking up the blinds. Then he raised to 38,000 with KQd and had Rob Whalen immediately move all-in behind. Brian Mattson decided to call, having more than half of his chips already in the pot. He was very dissappointed to see that Rob had him crushed with KK. Nothing to help Brian, and we had our 9th place finisher Brian Mattson - $480
After losing a rather large hand, Bjorn moved all-in for 16,000 (6/12K blinds) and had Shawn move all-in behind. Bjorn had KQ, but Shawn had AA. Bjorn caught some significant help as there was a J and T on board by the turn, but no A or 9 came on the river and we had our 8th place finisher Bjorn Heide - $640
We had to wait a long time for the next bustout as play seemed to slow significantly. Jack Hoffner eventually found himself short-stacked and with only 31K left at 15/30K he just called from the SB to see a flop as Shawn Morrissey decided to check. The flop is 89T and Jack announces all-in for his remaining 1K. Shawn calls with AT and Jack needs to improve his K9. A ten on the turn and an Ace on the river more than sealed Jack's fate as our 7th place finisher was Jack Hoffner - $800.
Shawn McNealey found himself on the unfortunate side of pair vs pair as he moved all-in with 66 only to have Brandt Johnson wake up with KK immediately behind. Flop improved no player and Shawn was crippled with only 5K. He found himself eliminated on the next hand with T9 to Rob Whalen's A6. Our 6th place finisher is Shawn McNealey - $1,200
Another long time before more eliminations would take place from 4 handed on as we arrived at the official blind cap of 20/40K, but still had 5 players remaining as no one seemed to lose when all-in. First huge hand developed when Shawn Morrissey moved all-in and Rob Whalen called. Shawn showed A3 as Rob tabled QT. Flop came out Axx, all hearts with Rob holding the Q of hearts. Rob and his railbirds went crazy when a heart peeled off on the turn but needed to be sedated because it was the 3 of hearts keeping Shawn alive. With 4 outs to go, it was Shawn's turn to celebrate when an Ace rolled off on the river, doubling Shawn up in a huge pot. 2 hands later Brandt Johnson, short-stacked, found himself all-in with KQ, but called without having to put more chips in by Tony Uhlir. Tony had 74. Flop came out K87, and Brandt continued to stay alive, but a 4 on the turn looked to cost Brandt his tournament life until a Q peeled off on the river.
However, Brandt's tournament would soon end when Shawn moved all-in with AQ and Brandt called with AJ preflop. A Queen on the flop and turn eliminated our 5th place finisher Brandt Johnson - $1,600
Shawn would continue his run as he oved all-in with AQ once again and Jason Loos would call all-in with AT. Queen and Ten on the flop kept Jason alive, but the river brought another Queen not another Ten and our 4th place finisher was Jason Loos - $2,000
Shawn's fortunes began to fade as he began to continually lose blinds and his stack was eaten away. The big blow came when he moved all-in with KJ and Rob Wahlen called all-in with 22. Flop was J5J and Shawn was ecstatic. A 2 on the turn sent Rob and his railbirds over the edge before they were once again told that Shawn was far from dead as any 5, J, or K would still win him the hand. But a harmless card fell on the river and Rob doubled through Shawn.
Rob moved all-in and a shortstacked Shawn called all-in with T7. The board improved no one, and our 3rd place finisher was Shawn Morrissey - $2,800
Immediately upon the elimination of Shawn, Rob and Tony discussed chopping the pot and they agreed to chop it right down the middle. Going into heads up play Rob had $360,000 and Tony had $300,000. The tournament was played out and Tony eventually won with A7 vs 72.
Congratulations to Tony Uhlir and Rob Whalen for their victories and $6,400 cash!
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