Event #29 – $340 No Limit Hold’em



Terry Davis saw a flop of J-4-J with Laurie Scales. Terry checked over to Laurie, who made it 35k. After some thinking, Terry went all-in for his remaining stack with pocket 6′s versus the pocket K’s of Laurie. The turn was a 9 and the river was a 2. Terry Davis finished 9th earning $1,775.

James Wroten and Laurie Scales got to the river with the board showing J-4-J-9-2. Laurie made a pot-sized bet of 60k and James moved all-in for 200k more. Laurie called and tabled pocket K’s. James mucked his pocket 6′s and was done in 8th place earning $2,663

Timothy Burt was under the gun and moved all-in with his 60k stack. Action folded around to Laurie Scales, who made the call with A-10 versus the pocket 9′s of Burt. The flop was cruel to Burt when it came Q-K-J. The turn was an 8 and the river was a 4. Timothy Burt of Grenada, Mississippi finished 7th earning $3,550.

John Riola limped in at the 4k/8k level and action moved around to Laurie Scales in the big blind. Laurie put in a 45k raise and John called. The flpo was 10-10-J and Laurie put John all-in. John called with K-J, but was out kicked by the A-J of Laurie. The turn was a 2 and the river was a 4. John Riola of Biloxi, Mississippi, finished 6th earning $4,438.

Jack Clark was all-in with his last 8k with the blinds at 5k-10k. Carl McGowan was in the small blind and called, and Laurie Scales was in the big blind and checked. The flop was A-3-10 and the two live players checked. The turn was a 9 and Carl checked to Laurie, who made it 45k to go. Carl folded and Laurie turned over the 8-7 versus the A-5 of Jack Clark. The river J gave Laurie the straight, which meant Jack Clark finished 5th earning $5,325.

In the cut-off, Carl McGowan moved his 35k in the middle and got a call from Mike Windham. Jared Jaffee was in the big blind and moved in for an additional 45,500. Windham called with A-Q versus the A-9 of Jaffee and the K-9 of McGowan. The board ran out 7-6-A-6-K and Jaffee and Windham split the pot with two pair, A’s and 6′s with a K kicker. Carl McGowan finished 4th earning $6,213.

Pre-flop, Jared Jaffee raised the action on the button from 12k to 38k. Laurie Scales put Jared all-in and he called with J’s. Laurie’s A-3 would need some help. She didn’t get much help when the 3-K-4 came on the flop. The turn was a 2 giving her more outs. But, the river A was enough to send Jared Jaffee out in 3rd place earning $7,988.

Laurie Scales and Mike Windham got heads up and it didn’t take long for an eventual champion. The two players saw a flop of 3-4-A and Laurie fired out a bet of 35k. Mike called and the turn was a 2. Laurie put enough out to put Mike all-in and he called with A-5. Laurie had flopped the nuts with her 2-5. The river was a 6 and Mike Windham of Slidell, Louisiana, finished 2nd earning $14,201.

Our champion of event #29 was Laurie Scales of Flowery Branch, Georgia. For her efforts, Laurie took home the trophy and the $26,624.



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