Beauty Shop Owner Khang Luu Wins Event #12: $250 NLH Multi-Flight
The World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant $1,700 Main Event is just one of a dozen gold ring events at the stop.
One that wrapped up in recent days was Event #12: $250 No-Limit Hold’em Multi-Flight, a tournament that attracted 594 entrants and created a $118,800 prize pool. In the end, 37-year-old Khang Luu beauty shop owner from Walton, Kentucky emerged victorious to win the tournament for $22,842 and his first gold ring.
“I was up and down throughout the final table,” he told WSOP officials after the win “There was a point that I got lucky and was able to bounce back. It was up and down… it feels really good.”
According to the WSOP, the turning point during the hard-fought final table was during three-handed play, which involved the overwhelming chip leaders. 33-year-old Pharmacist Tiffany Keathley raised preflop and got called by Luu. The dealer tabled a rainbow flop of 
and both players checked. The turn fell a 
and the action heated-up. Keathley raised and with little hesitation Luu quickly re-raised. Moments later, Keathley raised all-in and our Luu went deep into the tank.
After a few minutes of contemplation, Luu called and flipped over pocket fours for the flopped full-house and Keathley showed her 
straight. A blank 
came on the river but it didn’t matter as she was drawing dead on the turn.
“Well, I just hope she didn’t have quads. There was a paired flop and she raised pre-flop and then she checked on the flop, she could could’ve set a trap there. When she bet on the turn and re-raised her and she pushed all-in, I was afraid that she might have quads. I had a hand that I could not fold. I was hoping that she had a set of deuces.”
Event #12 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khang Luu | Walton, Kentucky | $22,842 |
| 2 | Stony Coffman | Clifton, Texas | $14,115 |
| 3 | Tiffany Keathley | Conway, Arkansas | $10,058 |
| 4 | Tyler Heng | Wichita, Kansas | $7,297 |
| 5 | Tamper Wheeler | Grand Prairie, Texas | $5,392 |
| 6 | Randall Courville | N/A | $4,059 |
| 7 | Albert Ragland | Vernon, Texas | $3,114 |
| 8 | Monica Sexton | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | $2,436 |
| 9 | John Scarpulla | San Antonio, Texas | $1,944 |
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