The Field is beaten by Skill
Today once again the skill rose to the top as both Final tables were won by seasoned tournament players.
Today in the main event World Blackjack Champion Kenny Einiger won when the dealer flipped a hidden blackjack over on the final hand.Going into the hand Kenny had 130,000 Christian had 125,000 and Pete Medina from CO. the Play UBT.com internet winner had 95.5K
Christian was betting first and used his secret bet,He bet 100,000 Kenny who had used his secret bet to survive an eariler elimination hand also bet 100,000
Next up was Pete who still had his secret bet and 95.5K ,he decided to not take the low that Kenny offered him and bet 95 K out of his 95.5 K
The hands were dealt out and this is what it looked like it it wasnt a pretty sight for Kenny
Christian was dealt 10-10 Kenny was dealt 10-5 and Pete was dealt 10-10.
Dealers up card was a 10
She had the ace and Kenny has his second UBT Title in less than 10 UBT Tournaments.
Speaking with Kenny after the tournament he was 110% sure that Christian had bet 100,000.He said that playing with him all week in the sit & go's he seemed to always do that when it was crunch time.
He had no idea about what Pete would do but most new players there are going to bet their entire stack and he did so Kenny had the high and low before the cards were dealt.Once the cards were dealt Kenny was not looking good but when its EINIGER TIME its EINIGER TIME.
In the free-roll it became heads up between John Ressman a long time tournament player who has many victories under his belt throught out the years and has actually made 3 Final Tables out of 4 UBTTour Final tables this year.Do I hear Luck or skill here ?????
If you were on the fence about this its time to jump off to the skill side.The field had 4 of 7 players yet they were no where to be found near the end and keep in mind that one of the field players was seated right on to the final table
The final 5 point leaders for the sit & go contest that was held here were
Vera 28
Previn 22
Hollywood 20
John Blunt 17
Marvin Ornstein 17
All 5 of these players will be awarded a 2700 seat into the main event in Aruba in early 2007
Again another show of skill over a week long contest as all players are seasoned tournament players. Congrats to all and see you in Aruba where the sun always shines and the money is for the taking on the UBT Tour
In the free-roll Tournament Kenny Smith was dealt 5 blackjacks in the first 11 hands and had the lead from hand 4 to hand 17. From there on John just took control of the table with correlations bets when betting after the other players and betting good portions of his lead when betting first. A classic lesson on how to play with the lead. By hand 27 John was heads up with Robert Williamson and the chip totals looked like this 252 K for John and 99K for Robert not a pretty sitution.
Robert made a fatal choice and decided to split his bankroll instead of moving all in and it cost him as he was dealt an A-9 against a dealers 5. He then did what his bet was originally meant for at that was to DD so he did and received a 3 for a 13 the dealer turned over a 10 to go with the 5 and it looked like Robert dodged a bullet but the blackjack Gods wanted to show the Poker Champion just how cruel this game can be if you leave it up to them.
I hope you all have enjoyed my post from St Kitts as I have enjoyed doing them .
See you back in Las Vegas real soon
Joep
Today once again the skill rose to the top as both Final tables were won by seasoned tournament players.
Today in the main event World Blackjack Champion Kenny Einiger won when the dealer flipped a hidden blackjack over on the final hand.Going into the hand Kenny had 130,000 Christian had 125,000 and Pete Medina from CO. the Play UBT.com internet winner had 95.5K
Christian was betting first and used his secret bet,He bet 100,000 Kenny who had used his secret bet to survive an eariler elimination hand also bet 100,000
Next up was Pete who still had his secret bet and 95.5K ,he decided to not take the low that Kenny offered him and bet 95 K out of his 95.5 K
The hands were dealt out and this is what it looked like it it wasnt a pretty sight for Kenny
Christian was dealt 10-10 Kenny was dealt 10-5 and Pete was dealt 10-10.
Dealers up card was a 10
She had the ace and Kenny has his second UBT Title in less than 10 UBT Tournaments.
Speaking with Kenny after the tournament he was 110% sure that Christian had bet 100,000.He said that playing with him all week in the sit & go's he seemed to always do that when it was crunch time.
He had no idea about what Pete would do but most new players there are going to bet their entire stack and he did so Kenny had the high and low before the cards were dealt.Once the cards were dealt Kenny was not looking good but when its EINIGER TIME its EINIGER TIME.
In the free-roll it became heads up between John Ressman a long time tournament player who has many victories under his belt throught out the years and has actually made 3 Final Tables out of 4 UBTTour Final tables this year.Do I hear Luck or skill here ?????
If you were on the fence about this its time to jump off to the skill side.The field had 4 of 7 players yet they were no where to be found near the end and keep in mind that one of the field players was seated right on to the final table
The final 5 point leaders for the sit & go contest that was held here were
Vera 28
Previn 22
Hollywood 20
John Blunt 17
Marvin Ornstein 17
All 5 of these players will be awarded a 2700 seat into the main event in Aruba in early 2007
Again another show of skill over a week long contest as all players are seasoned tournament players. Congrats to all and see you in Aruba where the sun always shines and the money is for the taking on the UBT Tour
In the free-roll Tournament Kenny Smith was dealt 5 blackjacks in the first 11 hands and had the lead from hand 4 to hand 17. From there on John just took control of the table with correlations bets when betting after the other players and betting good portions of his lead when betting first. A classic lesson on how to play with the lead. By hand 27 John was heads up with Robert Williamson and the chip totals looked like this 252 K for John and 99K for Robert not a pretty sitution.
Robert made a fatal choice and decided to split his bankroll instead of moving all in and it cost him as he was dealt an A-9 against a dealers 5. He then did what his bet was originally meant for at that was to DD so he did and received a 3 for a 13 the dealer turned over a 10 to go with the 5 and it looked like Robert dodged a bullet but the blackjack Gods wanted to show the Poker Champion just how cruel this game can be if you leave it up to them.
I hope you all have enjoyed my post from St Kitts as I have enjoyed doing them .
See you back in Las Vegas real soon
Joep
