Invitational Results (11/13/2004)

John "W" Rizzotto and Ralph "Sausage King" Bachinger get Victories

Hebeda, Regulator stunned

11/13/2005 - The McPherson Classic provided drama and excitement as Ralph Bachinger finally got his bracelet. Khyle "Magic Man" Keys, so called becuase he often disappears early, had high hopes for his performance. But he ran into two big hands and they both went against him, as he betted over two solid players, the Regulator and Musky Boy, into pocket Kings and a straight. Keys has been struggling lately as he adjusts to his new playing style, which he defines as the "Henning" style. "Once I master the new style, I will be a consistent winner on the tour. But until then, the only solace that I have is that Hebeda will never win a tournament that I enter. I have complete mastery over his psyche."

As the game progressed, the Regulator and Dave "Musky Boy" Hebeda pissed away all the chips they won from the Magic Man and gave them all to Ralph "Sausage King" Bachinger. Bachinger won key hands and raced to the victory to earn his first bracelet.

In the second tournament of the night, John "W" Rizzotto took a cue from the Regulator, and ran over the table. The Regulator was relating a story about this guy who went all in 14 times, and stormed his way to a 3rd place finish. "W" took this as advice. In the key hand of the game, "W" called the Regulator's all in bet. Regulator turned over AK and had a gleam in his eye when "W" turned over KQ. The river card was a Q and the Regulator was done.

"W" proceeded to bully the table the rest of the night. Despite being low on chips at a couple points in the tourney (and doubling up each of his opponents at least once), he rebounded to earn his second tour victory.

All in all, it was a disappointing night for "Musky boy" Dave Hebeda. In the first tournament, he changed his strategy after weeks of haranguing by the Magic Man, whose chants of "SHOOOOOOOOP" apparently took a toll on the otherwise tight player. In the second game, he was completely intimidated by "W" in the second.

When the tour started, Musky Boy was the odds on favorite to win every tournament he played. Sadly, the initial promise of his career has failed to translate into the dominance once projected for him. He is quickly becoming known as the Eddy Curry of the MPT.