Friday, May 18, 2007

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Texan knows his Hold'em at WSOPC

By Erin Warner

He might have been out of state, but Andrew Hoechstetter of Houston, Texas, was in his element Thursday night, when he took down Event 8 at the World Series of Poker Circuit Bayou Poker Challenge in New Orleans.

The 39-year-old salesman won the $500 No-Limit Hold'em event in the early hours this morning.

The Bayou Poker Challenge's eighth tournament saw 387 entrants, who swelled the collective prize pool to nearly $190,000.

All was said and done in about four hours at the final table, with Hoechstetter claiming a chip lead when the action came down to three players. He slowly proved unstoppable, finally knocking Matt "Cub" Culberson out in heads-up play.

The final results are as follows:

Place	Name	Country	Prize
1st	Andrew Hoechstetter	Houston, Texas	$58,185
2nd	Matt Culberson	Hattiesburg, Miss.	$30,031
3rd	Marc Truong	Beaumont, Texas	$15,016
4th	Donald Nicholson	Oak Ridge, Tenn.	$13,139
5th	Gary Clark, Jr.	Jackson, Miss.	$11,262
6th	Jeremy "Booga" Leonick		$9,385
7th	David Fox	Coram, La.	$7,508
8th	"Smoke" Charlie Oliver	Baton Rouge, La.	$5,631
9th	Barry Clancy	Tampa, Fla.	$3,754

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