Tom Cuce wins All In Free Poker final
Tom Cuce prevailed in a field of 220 to win the All In Free Poker season-ending tournament March 3 at the Isle Casino and Racing.
Cuce won close to $2,000 in buy-ins to events at The Isle Casino and Racing, as well as a poker table valued at $1,500. Michael Feroce finished second, according to a release from All In Free Poker. They played for around 20 hands before Tommy won with queens full of sixes, when he turned a queen after a flop of A 6 6. Michael pushed on the turn and Tommy insta-called.
With that hand, Tommy had a 19-1 chip advantage and the tournament was over two hands later. Feroce won an entry into the $550 March 25 isle event and an entry into a $120 Isle event.
Dwight Matlack, owner of the Sports Den, finished third, winning an entry into the $350 St. Patrick’s Day tournament. Fourth place and a $200 entry went to Taylor Brooks. David Fuenmayor placed fifth and won an entry into the isle $150 bounty tournament. Sean Lavery placed sixth and gets into a $120 tournament. Next placers winning a $50 satellite, were: Debbie Knight, Sharon Danver, Stacey Rosso and David Torres.


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"Tommy won with queens full of sixes, when he turned a queen after a flop of A 6 6. Michael pushed on the turn and Tommy insta-called with the nuts."
Sorry, but queens full of sixes is NOT the nuts here. With a board of A-6-6-Q the nuts would be pocket 6's, followed by pocket aces. His pocket queens that gave him queens full could have been beaten by 2 hands....not the nuts at all.
Posted by: Wrong | March 16, 2009 10:16 PM
great point.
i fixed it.
thanks.
Posted by: Nick Sortal | March 17, 2009 4:58 PM