Len Ashby Poker Tournament Updates

Bad Beat Almost Follows Bad Beat

Oct 26, '10

There was a tough situation developing over at table 6. Len Ashby raised preflop and Frank Rusnak reraised behind him. Ashby then put out a big stack of chips, seemingly thinking it was enough to cover the remainder of Rusnak’s stack.

Rusnak must have thought so too, because he said call and turned up his QQ. At this point, Ashby showed AQ and the dealer noticed that both players still had chips behind since neither declared they were all in.

A ruling was made that the action would stand and the flop would be dealt. It came 1084 and Ashby moved all in for his last 6,800. Rusnak called and the A hit the turn.

The river was the 7 and Ashby doubled up to 185,000. Left with just 9,300, the floor then informed Rusnak that he would have to receive a one round penalty for exposing his cards.

The entire table then protested, explaining that he would be blinded out. The table all agreed that he should not receive the penalty because everyone assumed both players were all in and there was no malicious intent to deceive any of the other players. The tournament director agreed and Rusnak was allowed to play out his stack.

A few hands later, Rusnak was eliminated.

Player Tags: Len Ashby,   Frank Rusnak

Down to Ten

Jun 21, '07

There are only ten players remaining in day two of event #33, $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/rebuys. The players have redrawn and are down to a single table with only one elimination remaining before the day is over.

The following players have been eliminated in the following order:

16th Place - Brad Berman ($17,685)
15th Place - Michael Binger ($19,320)
14th Place - Jorge Arias ($19,320)
13th Place - Daniel Harmetz ($19,320)
12th Place - Ralph Perry ($21,054)
11th Place - Len Ashby ($21,054)

Micheal Binger was eliminated after going all in preflop against Erick Lindgren. Three hearts peeled off on the board and Binger's two pair of jacks and twos was dominated by Lindgren's king high flush.

Len Ashby was eliminated in a three way all in hand involving Erick Lindgren and Chris Bjorn. Lindgren had A A Q 9, Bjorn was holding A J 9 2 and Len Ashby pushed with Q J 10 5. The board came down Q 8 6 10 6 and Bjorn picked up the pot with a straight. Ashby was eliminated in 11th place and Lindgren took a big chunk out of his stack.

The ten remaining players are going to play until there is one more elimination and the final table is established. Check back with CardPlayer.com to see who makes it.

Player Tags: Chris Bjorin,   Erick Lindgren,   Bradley Berman,   Jorge Arias,   Michael Binger,   Len Ashby,   Dan Harmetz,   Ralph Perry