Event 5- $40,000 Guaranteed Main Event - Results

Here are the results from the $400 North Bay Poker Open Main Event at The 101 Casino, with a $40,000 Guarantee.

5/1-3/15
$47,248 Prize Pool
142 Players
Plays 20 Places

Place	Name	City	Cash
1	Tona Katkuoy	Santa Rosa, CA	$12,193
2	Tony Katkuoy	Santa Rosa, CA	$7,560
3	Aaron Reiff	Sebastopol, CA	$5,906
4	Joe Mussat	San Jose, CA	$4,725
5	Jason Patterson	Petaluma, CA	$3,544
6	Dennis Markusen	Santa Rosa, CA	$2,599
7	Howard Andrew	Walnut Creek, CA	$1,772
8	Allan Kwong	Oakland, CA	$1,417
9	Druce Gammon	Santa Rosa, CA	$1,063
10	Brian Halloran	Santa Rosa, CA	$827
11	Gary Smith	Santa Rosa, CA	$827
12	Sean David	Vacaville, CA	$827
13	Barney Klein	San Francisco, CA	$591
14	Zephyr Peling	Santa Rosa, CA	$591
15	Craig Gold	Belmont, CA	$591
16	Andrey Marsavin	n/a	$472
17	Lawson James	Petaluma, CA	$472
18	Jay Kasler	Vacaville, CA	$472
19	Matt Luther	n/a	$400
20	Palani Vello	n/a	$400

Katkuoy Wins Title

Katkuoy takes down @The101Casino North Bay Poker Open title .. but which one?

Tona and Tony were heads-up for the title, the 101 Casino bracelet, the cover of next month's Ante Up Magazine and an entry into the 2015 Ante Up World Championships at Thunder Valley Casino in August.

In a wild and fun heads-up match featuring huge bets, all-in bluffs and more, Tona ends up victorious over his brother, earning the title.

The brothers, though, are going to share the cover photo!

Tona Katkuoy

Sibling Rivalry For The TItle

Tona and Tony Kaykuoy are battling it out, brother-a-brother, for the @The101Casino North Bay Poker Open @AnteUpMagazine Main Event title.

It doesn't get much better than this

Tony

Tona

Aces Cracked

Aaron Reiff just ran his Aces into the queens of Tony Katkuoy on a Qxx flop for a nearly 1 million chip pot, knocking Reiff down to about 5bb, leaving us very close to a sibling rivalry heads up match between the Katkuoy's.

Aaron doubles through Tony on the very next hand, however, and it back up to 150,000.

Tona Katkuoy eliminates Aaron on the very next hand, Aaron taking 3rd place.

3-Handed Chipcounts

Tona Katkuoy, with 1 million in chips, almost has his brother Tony and Aaron Reiff covered as we are 3-handed for the North Bay Poker open title.

Tona has 1 million, Aaron 600,000 and Tony has 500,000

Joe Mussat - 4th Place

Joe Mussat runs his two pair from the big blind in to the rivered trip queens of overwhelming chipleader Tona Katkuoy and is eliminated in 4th place, earning $4,725.

Jason Patterson - 5th Place

James Patterson is all in with A3 against the AK of Aaron Reiff. An Axx board gives Patterson only 3 outs or running straight cards.

No 3 appears, no wheel draw is filled, and Patterson is eliminated in 5th place, earning $3,544.

Level Up

The final five players are about to move to Level 21, at blinds of 10,000/20,000 with 3000 antes in @The101Casino Main Event.

There are about 2.1 million chips in play, so what you see below are VERY estimated chipcounts in between hands.

Tona Katkuoy -- 810,000
Tony Katkuoy -- 395,000
Aaron Reiff -- 390,000
James Patterson -- 250,000
Joe Mussat -- 210,000

Dennis Markusen - 6th Place

We arrived as the hand ended, but Dennis Markusen has been eliminated in 6th place, earning $2,599. A few hands earlier he took a big hit to his stack when Jason Patterson rivered a bigger two pair.

Double Double for Patterson

Not once, but twice ... Jason Patterson is a big stack once again.

First he gets in all in against Joe Mussat, AT v QJ and the board goes ATQJ, two pair for both but short-stacked Patterson gets the better two pair.

Now, he moves all in on a K7x board holding KT, only to have Dennis Markusen call with K7. There is a T on the river, however, and Patterson has two doubles in one orbit.

"I can't believe I got there," he says.

Tahoe Andrew - 7th Place

He survived all day as the short stack, but we eventually lost Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew in 7th place.

From the small blind, Tahoe put his 60k stack all in and Joe Mussat called from the big blind, turning over A8, while Tahoe showed K5.

The flop of 445 put Tahoe in teh lead, the J on the turn changed nothing but Barry Greensetein popped up again, Ace On The River, and Tahoe was eliminated in 7th palce, earning $1,772.

We'll see Tahoe in a few weeks at the World Series of Poker, where he'll be playing for the 43rd consecutive year.

Quads and Nobody Wins

How can you gets quads, be all in and not win the pot, here's how?

Allan Kwong is all in with QT, called - and covered - by Dennis Markusen with 99.

Markusen figures he is in a great spot when the flop comes 555, giving him a full house.

Kwong takes the lead, however, when thr case 5 comes, giving both quads and Kwong's Q playing.

Barry Greenstein, Ace On The River, though, makes it a chop.

Kwong was eliminated on the very next hand.

Tahoe Knows Best

In the big blind, and the shortstack, Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew knew he was in a tough spot when bigstack Tona Katkuoy raised 3.5x from late position.

Tahoe - he of back-to-back WSOP bracelets back in 1976 - saw the small blind take a while to debate the 35,000 raise from Katkuoy before folding, then looked down at his own hand and needed some time to debate what to do.

"Tahoe, you push and I call," said Katkuoy, who has more than 700,000 in chips, at least 400k more than 2nd place at this point 7-handed.

"How tight do you think I am?" Tahoe said with a sly grin, and he flashed AQ.

"How can you fold that there?" a semi-exasperated Katkuoy says as he flips up AK.

Players chuckled and one in the audience said "That's what 60 years of experience gets you." Yep, that was our own Jay 'Lucky' Sheets on the rail talkin' 'bout Tahoe.

On break, Tahoe came over and said there were two reasons he laid that down preflop.

One, he said the 3.5x raise from Katkuoy caught his attention, saying he knows Tona is a good player and felt that tipped him off there was a big hand brewing.

Two, the small blind tank-folding was an indication another Big Ace had been folded.

"I knew I was in a bad place there, some of the young kids would have snap-called there, being the shortstack, but I knew better."

Tahoe Know Best, folks, don't ever forget that.

Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew


--Dan Ross
HoldemRadio.com

Official Chipcounts

Here are the official chipcounts of the 7 remaining players @The101Casino North Bay Poker Open Main Event.

Name	Chipcount
Tona Katkuoy	760,000
Aaron Reiff	315,000
Dennis Markusen	309,000
Tony Katkuoy	279,000
Joe Mussat	274,000
Jason Patterson	117,000
Tahoe Andrew	68,000

Allan Kwong - 8th Place

Allan Kwong is all in preflop and Aaron Reiff makes the call.

Kwong tables AJ and is behind the AQhh of Reiff.

Kwong picks up a backdoor flush draw on the flop, but does not get there and he is eliminated in 8th place, earning $1,417.

Reiff moves to about 315,000

Jacks Are Good?

Aaron Reiff and Tony Katkuoy go to the flop and see the board go 3-5-Q.

Aaron moves all-in for his last 111,000, sending Tony into the tank for about 90 seconds. He reluctantly folds and Joe asks if Tony wants to see his pair.

Tony says yes and Aaron obliges, turning over JJ.

See, folks, Jacks CAN hold up.

Your Final Table in Photos

Here are the final nine players at the @The101Casino North Bay Poker Open Final Table

Tona Katkuoy, Day 2 Chipleader

Tony Katkuoy, Day 2 2nd in chips, chipleader's brother

Druce Gammon, 9th Place

James Patterson

Dennis Markusen

Aaron Reiff

Joe Mussat

Allan Kwong

Howard Tahoe Andrew

More Eliminations

Here are recent eliminations from the $400 North Bay Poker Open Main Event at The 101 Casino,

Place	Name	City	Cash
9	Druce Gammon	Santa Rosa, CA	$1,063
10	Brian Halloran	Santa Rosa, CA	$827
11	Gary Smith	Santa Rosa, CA	$827
12	Sean David	Vacaville, CA	$827
13	Barney Klein	San Francisco, CA	$591
14	Zephyr Peling	Santa Rosa, CA	$591

Let's Play Final Table Poker

We are down to the 9-handed final table here at @The101Casino for the North Bay Poker Open, we'll have chipcounts and more for you in just a bit.

As we get going here we lose Druce Gammon in 9th Place, earning $1,063.

Recent Eliminations

Here are recent eliminations from the $400 North Bay Poker Open Main Event at The 101 Casino, with a $40,000 Guarantee.

Place	Name	City	Cash
15	Craig Gold	Belmont, CA	$591
16	Andrey Marsavin	n/a	$472
17	Lawson James	Petaluma, CA	$472
18	Jay Kasler	Vacaville, CA	$472
19	Matt Luther	n/a	$400
20	Palani Vello	n/a	$400

Craig Gold - 15th Place

We arrived just as the hand concluded and players were heading out on thier first 10-minute break of the day, but WSOP Circuit Ring winner Craig Gold has been eliminated in 15th place in the North Bay Poker Open Main Event, cashing for $591.

AA v KK Oh My

Jason Patterson makes the call of the all in by Joe Mussat and he flips over KK

Mussat, however, has AA

The board runs out 9-3-8-7-T and Mussat - who started the day with 68,000 chips - gets a full double up to about 235,000. Patterson slips back down to about 145,000.

We've gone two full 40-minute levels without a bustout, still sitting at 15 players.

Drawing Dead and Getting There

We arrive just in time to see the board A7KQ7 and Jason Patterson all in, with Lawson James facing a call for his tournament life

James makes the call as he rivered trip 7's

Patterson, however, had turned broadway with his JT, so unfortunately James was drawing dead, and got there.

James is eliminated in 17th place, earning $472.

Patterson moves to about 240,000

Hey, Where's The Chipleader?

2 Eliminations and we are at 18, or is it 17 players in @The101Casino Main Event. Hey, where's the chipleader?

Tona Katkuoy, the only player to bag more than 200,000 chips at the end of Day 1, has not arrived yet, but then again, he is, almost 70,000 clear of the rest of the field.

His brother, Tony, is here as the day's 2nd stack, though.

We've lost Palani Vello and Matt Luther so far, now down to two 9-handed tables.

Event 5 - $400 Main Event, $40,000 Guaranteed - Payouts

Here are the payouts in Event 5 #NBPO @The101Casino, the $400 Main Event with a $40,000 Guarantee.

5/1-3/15
$47,248 Prize Pool
142 Players
Plays 20 Places

First Place comes with a 101 Casino bracelet, a photo on the cover of the next edition of Ante Up Magazine, and a $1,650 entry into the 2015 Ante Up World Championships at Thunder Valley Casino in August.

Place	Cash
1	$12,193
2	$7,560
3	$5,906
4	$4,725
5	$3,544
6	$2,599
7	$1,772
8	$1,417
9	$1,063
10-12	$827
13-15	$591
16-18	$472
19-20	$400

Cards in Air for Day 2

The final 20 players are ready to play it down to a winner @The101Casino North Bay Poker Open Main Event.

Players and staff looked at different pay structures and decided to pay everyone who advanced to day 2, so we'll have the full pay structure ready for you in a few moments.

Here are the day's seat assignments

Day 2 Seat Assignments

Here is the table draw for the 20 players returning forn Day 2 of @The101Casino $40,000 guaranteed #NBPO @AnteUpMagazine.
Players return to 14:20 left in Level 14, blinds of 1200/2400 with 400 antes.
18 players are going to cash.

Table	Seat	Name	Chipcount
1	1	Tony Katkuoy	198,000
1	2	Barney Klein	139,000
1	3	Joe Mussat	68,000
1	4	Druce Gammon	197,000
1	5	Lawson James	75,000
1	6	Jay Kasler	33,000
1	7	Brian Halloran	62,700
Table	Seat	Name	Chips
2	1	Dennis Markusen	144,400
2	2	Aaron Reiff	136,000
2	3	Sean David	137,000
2	4	Gary Smith	84,700
2	5	Zephyr Peling	52,600
2	6	Craig Gold	49,500
Table	Seat	Name	Chips
3	1	Tona Katkuoy	266,500
3	2	Andrey Marsavin	106,500
3	3	Tahoe Andrew	82,500
3	4	Jason Patterson	63,500
3	5	Matt Luther	20,000
3	6	Allan Kwong	187,500
3	7	Palani Vello	19,500

Add 6 More 4 Sunday

These players are moving on from Day 1C to Sunday's Day 2 @The101Casino $40,000 Guarantee #NBPO, brought to you by @AnteUpMagazine.

Name	Chipcount
Barney Klein	139,000
Aaron Reiff	136,000
Lawson James	75,000
Joe Mussat	68,000
Jason Patterson	63,500
Palani Vello	19,500

Day 2 by Chipcounts

Here are the players who have advanced from the three starting flights into Sunday's Day 2 @The 101 Casino $40,000 guaranteed.
Play resumes with 14:45 left in Level 14, blinds of 1200/2400 with 400 antes.

Name	Chipcount	Starting Flight
Tona Katkuoy	266,500	1B
Tony Katkuoy	198,000	1A
Druce Gammon	197,000	1A
Allan Kwong	187,500	1A
Dennis Markusen	144,400	1B
Barney Klein	139,000	1C
Sean David	137,000	1A
Aaron Reiff	136,000	1C
Andrey Marsavin	106,500	1B
Gary Smith	84,700	1B
Tahoe Andrew	82,500	1A
Lawson James	75,000	1C
Joe Mussat	68,000	1C
Jason Patterson	63,500	1C
Brian Halloran	62,700	1B
Zephyr Peling	52,600	1B
Craig Gold	49,500	1B
Jay Kasler	33,000	1A
Matt Luther	20,000	1A
Palani Vello	19,500	1C

Sending 18 to Sunday

With 34 entries in Day 1C tonight, 18 players are coming back to @The101Casino Sunday for the final day of the North Bay Poker Open Main Event.

Four players advance from tonight, unless we reach the end of Level 16 and we still have 5 or more active stacks at our hard stop for the night.

Full Seat Assignments are going to be available right here shortly after Day 1C players bag-n-tag somewhere around 230am (best guesstimateableistics).

Who Be Here, the Day 1C Edition

Here are photos of some of the players in the field for Day 1C of the North Bay Poker Open Main Event at @The101Casino, hosted by @AnteUpMagazine.

Justo Laos

Camille Cannon - TeamHoldemRadio

Jonathan Chajet - Event 3 winner

Erik Watkins - TeamHoldemRadio

134 and Climbing

There are a total 134 Main Event entries so far, including the 27 right now in Day 1C @The101Casino for the $40,000 guarantee tournament,

Late registration is open until 1020pm, start with a 15,000 stack and play 30-minute levels. The night ends at 12 percent of the field or end of Level 16, whatever comes first.

Come back Sunday at 1pm, play 40-minute levels until a champion is declared, the money awarded, the 101 Casino Championship bracelet, and your photo on the cover of the next edition of Ante Up Magazine.

1A and 1B Qualifiers

Here are the players who have advanced from the first 2 starting flights into Sunday's Day 2 @The 101 Casino $40,000 guaranteed. Yes, that is Tona in first and Tony in 2nd, brothers atop the chipstacks.

Name	Chipcount	Starting Flight
Tona Katkuoy	266,500	1B
Tony Katkuoy	198,000	1A
Druce Gammon	197,000	1A
Allan Kwong	187,500	1A
Dennis Markusen	144,400	1B
Sean David	137,000	1A
Andrey Marsavin	106,500	1B
Gary Smith	84,700	1B
Tahoe Andrew	82,500	1A
Brian Halloran	62,700	1B
Zephyr Peling	52,600	1B
Craig Gold	49,500	1B
Jay Kasler	33,000	1A
Matt Luther	20,000	1A

Send 7 to Sunday

These players are moving on from Day 1B to Sunday's Day 2 @The101Casino $40,000 Guarantee #NBPO, brought to you by @AnteUpMagazine.

Name	Chipcount
Tona Katkuoy	$266,500
Dennis Markusen	$144,400
Andrey Marsavin	$106,500
Gary Smith	$84,700
Brian Halloran	$62,700
Zephyr Peling	$52,600
Craig Gold	$49,500

On The Bag-n-Tag Bubble via Big Hand

Mike Harvey is back all- in again @The101Casino $40k GTD, saying he wants to double up or go home, but the situation is a bit different than last time.

Harvey leads out for 6,000, only to have another player announce all-in. Harvey hesitates, then moves in 75,000-ish stack in, turning over AJ and seeing he is behind QQ.

"Well, I only need one Ace this time," he says, and sure enough, there is an Ace in the window.

Harvey may have top pair, but he is almost drawing dead, because the full flop is AQQ, quads for his opponent. 

Harvey has to hit running Aces to survive being knocked down to fewer than 4 bb. He does not get the miracle runout, and on the next hand he goes all in blind and is eliminated in 9th.

We are now on the bag-n-tag bubble for Day 1B

Harvey Shoves Bind and Gets There

Mike Harvey says he does not want to come back shortstacked for Day 2, so he would rather bust in 9th than bag chips as one of 7 but he is low on chips.

He shoves blind and gets one caller who turns over QQ. Harvey admits he did not look and says "Let's slow roll this to see what I have."

His first card is Ad, then a 5d, and he flops a 5.

The A on the turn with a river blank gives Harvey the double-up, but he admits out loud he'll probably shove blind once again because he still is pretty short on chips with about 75,000 chips.

The very next hand there is an all-in and a call, but not involving Harvey. The short stack turns over 66, only to see he ran into AA. A river 6 means a double from the short stack to about 44,000 and we are still 9-handed.

51 for Day 1B

Registration for the first of two flights today is closed, showing an additional 51 entries @The101Casino for $40,000 guaranteed #NBPO Main Event.

Among the players still in the field are Candace Collins, Shawn Roberts, Zephyr Peling, Mark Violetti, Craig Gold, Matthew Dillon, Joe Kenney, Bob Mather, Mike Harvey and Andrew Sylvester.

Who Won What?

Here are the results from the first four events in the @AnteUpMagazine North Bay Poker Open @The101Casino.

Full Event Results

Who Be Here: Day 1B

Here are some of the players in today's Day 1B @The101Casino $40,000 guaranteed #NBPO

Matthew Dillon and product placement by Clif

Danny Shufflin

Zephyr Peling - HPT Reno 3rd Place

Bob Mather

Mike Harvey

The Chips and Phone of Candace Collins, you fill in the rest

Joe Kenney

Shawn Roberts - Defending co-champ North Bay Poker Open Main Event

First Break

The 32 entries so far in Day 1B are on their first break, with 2 full hours left in late registration. There is a total of 88 entries so far in the three-opening-flight $0,000 guaranteed tournament,

Off With 1B

Cards are in the air for Day 1B of @AnteUpMagazine $40,000 Guarantee @The101Casino with three tables already going this early on a Wine Country morning.

Late registration is open until 2:20pm so the players are going to file in throughout the morning, playing their 15,000 starting stacks for 30-minute levels.

Day 1C goes at 6pm, with late registration open until 10:20pm so there is PLENTY of time to come down and get in this $400 buyin event and spend the rest of the weekend in the Wine Country.

2 Main Event Flights Today

There are two $40k GTD Main Event flights today @The101Casino, starting at 10am and 6pm for the North Bay Poker Open brought to you by @AnteUpMagazine.

Players start with 15,000 chips, playing 30-minute levels on Day 1 (40-minute levels for Day 2). Players can enter each of the three flights, can even bag-n-tag multiple flights, carrying over only the best stack, forfeiting the rest.

Late registration for Day 1B should end right about 2:20pm and about 10:20pm for Day 1C. With 57 players in Day 1A, we are almost halfway to the guarantee already.

Follow along here and the @HRLiveUpdates Twitter feed for updates throughout this North Bay Poker Open Main Event.

The Surviving Seven

These players are moving on from Day 1A to Sunday's Day 2 @The101Casino $40,000 Guarantee #NBPO, brought to you by @AnteUpMagazine.

Name	Chipcount
Tony Katkuoy	198,000
Druce Gammon	197,000
Allan Kwong	187,500
Sean David	137,000
Tahoe Andrew	82,500
Jay Kasler	33,000
Matt Luther	20,000

1 Table Left

Down to 10 players Day 1A @The101Casino $40k guaranteed #NBPO, 7 move on to Sunday's Day 2.

Among those still in the field are Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew, Kelly Douglas, Gaby Bronsztein and last year;s co-champ Shawn Roberts.

Well, we WERE down to 10, but as the tables were about to be combined, we lost the defending champ Roberts in 10th place, so now we are just 2 players from the bag-n-tag to close out tonight's festivities.

Event 4 - $240 DeepStack w/$5,000 Guarantee - Results

Here are the results in Event 4 #NBPO @The101Casino, the $240 DeepStack with a $5,000 Guarantee.

4/30/15
$7,925 Prize Pool
38 Players
 Plays 6 Places

Place	Name	City	Cash
1	Eric Escobar	Sebastopol,CA	$3,110
2	Mark Guttormsen	Petaluma, CA	$1,778
3	Matt Jordan	Petaluma, CA	$1,223
4	Michael Vlastnik	Santa Rosa	$906
5	Joe Kenney	San Rafael, CA	$668
6	Erik Watkins	Santa Rosa, CA	$240

Gaby Gets 2

Three short stacks over at table 1, Gaby Bronsztein is the biggest of the three shorts stacks, and he calls the other two all-ins with AQ, sees one players in holding QQ and we can't see the shortest stack's cards.

Gaby is calling for an Ace, and the dealer cooperated on the turn, peeling off the Ace of Spades (Norman Chad's Prettiest Card in the Deck.)

Two players are eliminated, the table with Gaby, Michael Rosenback, Candace Collins, Kelly Douglas, et al breaks, and we are down to 29.

From 31 We Get 7

31 players remain as we start Level 9, playing down until the end of Level 16 or 7 remaining (12 percent of the field) tonight in the $40,000 guarantee @The101Casino @anteupmagazine.

Among those still in the field are defending North Bay Poker Open champion Shawn Roberts, WPT Ones To Watch Candace Collins, HPT Thunder Valley Champ Michael Rosenbach, Gina Stagnitto, Kelly Douglas, Gaby Bronsztein, Joe Kenney, Bob Mather, Mark Garaman and Rafe Craft.

57 For Day 1A

Late registration for Day 1A @The101Casino $40,000 GTD @anteupmagazine is in the books and the board shows 57 total entries.

Play continues until the end of Level 16 or when down to 12 percent of the entries - 7 players.

Day 1B kicks off at 10 am with late registration running until 2:20 pm Day 1C - the last flight for entries into the $40k guarantee - starts at 6 pm with late registration until 10:20 pm

Sunday's Day 2 goes at 1 pm and plays down until there is a champion.

5 Tables Going So Far

There are already 44 players for Day 1A, late registration until after 11pm here at the $40,000 GTD @anteupmagazine ME @The101Casino.

Late registration goes until the start of the NINTH 30-minute level, plus breaks, meaning you can have a full 15,000-chip starting stack as late 10:20pm today, and you can do the same tomorrow for Day 1C, starting 6pm Saturday.

Day 1B starts at 10am, with late registration closing at 2:20pm.

Already in the house tonight are

Candace Collins, one of the WPT Ones To Know for 2015; Bob Mather, Michael Rosenbach, Kelly Douglas, Sean Burson, defending champion Shawn Roberts, Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew, Gina Stagnitto, Mark Garaman, Joe Kenney and many more.

Who Is Here: The Photo Blog

Here are some of the players in Day 1A @The101Casino @anteupmagazine $40,000 guaranteed Main Event.

Howard 'Tahoe' Andrew, won WSOP bracelets on back-to-back days in 1976

Gaby Bronsztein

Joe Kenney

Gina Stagnitto 

Michael Rosenbach

Rafe Craft

Kelly Douglas

Mark Garaman

Sean Burson

The Team at Deeg Poker

Day 1A is NOW

Cards are about to go in the air Day 1A @The101Casino Main Event @anteupmagazine, but don't worry if you're not here yet.

Late registration stays open through EIGHT 30-minute levels plus breaks, that means you have until .. are you ready for this .. 10:20pm to get your 15,000 stating stack into the mix and play Day 1A.