Showboat Atlantic City
2006 Tournament Circuit Event
November 28 - December 9, 2005

Event #1 November 28
No Limit Hold'Em
The Showboat Circuit event kicked off with 548 players entering the No Limit Hold'Em tournament each paying $300 + $40 to play. Pierre Bergeron became the winner taking home $49,295 for the victory. Size of the prize pool was $164,400.

1. Pierre Bergeron $49,295
2. Dimitri Haskeris $26,470
3. Vipul H Kothari $13,150
4. Jon Owen $11,510
5. Ray DiDonato $9,865
6. Andrew Kwon $8,220
7. Sal Pena $6,575
8. Bob Sichelstiel $4,930
9. Stephen Freda $3,200

Event #2 November 29
No Limit Hold'Em
Alexander Waszilycsak became the winner of the second event at the Showboat. 250 players paid $500 +$60 to enter the tournament, creating a prize pool of $125,000. Below are the final table results:

1. Alexander Waszilycsak $41,250
2. Matt Graham $22,750
3. Joey Lopes $12,500
4. Dan Knopp $10,000
5. Shawn Ellis $7,500
6. Shelby Thomas $6,250
7. Michael Borovetz $5,000
8. Terrence Ferentinos $3,750
9. Eric Bischoff $2,500

Event #3 November 30
No Limit Hold'Em Michael Cheng became the winner of Event number 3 and received $35,650 for his effort. Michael was one of 216 who paid $500 each to enter. Prize pool rose to $108,000.

1. Michael Cheng $35,650
2. Michael Fontan $19,655
3. Christopher Tryba $10,800
4. Ben Lazer $8,640
5. Matt Baker $6,480
6. Phillip Bass $5,400
7. Timmy Byrd $4,320
8. William Goff Jr. $3,240
9. Mike Kalfa $2,160

Event #4 December 1
No Limit Hold'Em This tournament can name DeeAngelo Seng as it's champion. DeeAngelo proved himself the best of 257 players and was rewarded with $41,130. Each player paid $500 which resulted in a prize pool of $128,000.

1. DeeAngelo Seng $41,130
2. Jesse Jackson $22,615
3. Eric Paul $11,565
4. Cameron Hamilton $8,995
5. Brent Keller $7,710
6. Jeff Frederick $6,425
7. John Connolly $5,140
8. Joseph Ferrigno $3,855
9. Richard Welch $2,570

Event #5 December 2
No Limit Hold'Em
Let's hear it for the ladies as Lisa Pickell takes event #5 as the winner. Lisa proved herself the best of a 299 player field. All participants paid $500 to enter, raising the prize pool to $149,500.

1. Lisa Pickell $47,860
2. Todd Mesler $26,310
3. Tom Kandris $13,455
4. Paul Schoeppler $10,465
5. Elizabeth Grey-Pardo $8,970
6. Michael Savino $7,475
7. Jason Rosenthal $5,980
8. Ylon Schwartz $4,485
9. Emad Wahba $2,990

1. Ronald Masey $86,070
2. Pak Kong $47,345
3. Khonesayanh Bouarouy $24,210
4. Glenn Davis $18,830
5. Vinod Vagimalla $16,140
6. Robert Mackie $13,450
7. William Goff $10,760
8. Sandy Blecker $8,070
9. Glyn Banks $5,380

1. Sheree Bykofsky $10,320
2. Sianeh Facia Johnson $5,695
3. Janet Cillo $3,130
4. Amy Anthony $2,505
5. Jennifer L Spangler $1,880
6. Kerri Rivers $1,565
7. Kimberly Demarre $1,250
8. Tammy Brivdisc $940
9. Barbara Kolin $625

Main Event December 6
Day 1 No Limit Hold'Em (Buy In $10,000)
96 players entered the Main Event at the Showboat, with most paying the $10,000 entry fee, (and a few fortunate online qualifiers who did not pay a dime). This created a prize pool of $931,200. Some of the players seen are John Juanda, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Erik Seidel, John D'Agostino, Bill Gazes, Andy Bloch, WSOP champion Greg Raymer, Lee Watkinson and Surinder Sunar. The goal is to reach 58 players which will go to Day 2. With the low number of participants, only the top 9 will see any money, and first place will see $335,235. Some who went out in today's play were Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Cliff Josephy. The top 9 chip leaders and chip counts are below:

1. Chris Reslock 49,075 Chips
2. Steven Jacobs 41,350 Chips
3. Nick Schulman 39,475 Chips
4. Neal Gersony 36,575 Chips
5. David Weisberger 35,625 Chips
6. John Juanda 32,000 Chips
7. Michael Banks 31,625 Chips
8. Daniel Shak 31,475 Chips
9. Alan Schein 31,000 Chips

Main Event December 7
Day 2 No Limit Hold'Em (Buy In $10,000)
58 players sat down for round 2, but the name to watch as in Day 1 is Chris Reslock who is a local Las Vegas resident. He continued the momentum started yesterday and added another 83,000 chips to his stack. Also doing well is Nick Schulman who is the 21 year old that won the title at last months WPT Foxwood event, and is attempting to make a repeat win at this tournament. Others to watch would be John Juanda and Lee Watkinson who are always dangerous at any table. With the fact that only the top 9 get paid, Day 3 will be a exciting day for all involved.

27 players made the cut to move on to Day 3 which means there will be 3 tables for them to play at. Action will begin at 9:00 a.m. (PST) on Thursday and continue until 9 are left for the Final Table. Come back as we will post the results!

1. Chris Reslock 133,900 Chips
2. Nick Schulman 87,400 Chips
3. James Salters 69,500 Chips
4. John Juanda 65,500 Chips
5. Alan Schein 55,400 Chips
6. Daniel Shak 50,900 Chips
7. Lee Watkinson 40,100 Chips
8. "Eric" Panayiotou 38,600 Chips
9. Roland Israelashvili 34,500 Chips

Main Event December 8
Day 3 No Limit Hold'Em (Buy In $10,000)
We have the 10 players for the final table here at the Showboat which means serious action will take place seeing that only the top 9 will see the money. There will be 10 instead of the 9 because ESPN felt that they wanted to give a little television time to the "bubble boy". (Respect or cruelty, you decide.) John Juanda will have the largest chip stack and with reputation and skills to match, he has to be respected and feared. The winner will receive $335,235 for coming out on top.

1. John Juanda 213,200 Chips
2. Nick Schulman 152,100 Chips
3. Chad Moore 148,900 Chips
4. Chris Reslock 124,000 Chips
5. Daniel Tolly 94,400 Chips
6. John Spadavecchia 81,200 Chips
7. Daniel Shak 65,200 Chips
8. Julian Studley 38,800 Chips
9. "Eric" Panayiotou 33,200 Chips
10. Mickey Appleman 9,000 Chips

Main Event December 9
Day 4 No Limit Hold'Em Final Table
Local Las Vegas phenom Chris Reslock won the Main Event, beating John Juanda in the process. Chris, who has given an incredible performance throughout the tournament received not only the money, but a freeroll entry into the Tournament of Champions. Chad Moore and Nick Schulman also gave outstanding performances but let's face it, anyone who made this final table got there by playing well and not sheer dumb luck. (And may God bless Mickey Appleman to win some cash in his next tournament.) The winning hand came when both parties went all in after the flop which was 7c 6d 3d, with Chris holding Kd 7d and Juanda having As Kh. Turn card was 6h and the river was 3s and Reslock wins with two pair of 7's and 6's.

1. Chris Reslock $335,235
2. John Juanda $186,240
3. Chad Moore $102,430
4. Nick Schulman $74,495
5. John Spadavecchia $65,185
6. Daniel Tolly $55,870
7. "Eric" Panayiotou $46,560
8. Julian Studley $37,250
9. Daniel Shak $27,935
10. Mickey Appleman (Bubble boy with no money)