2007 Harrah's Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Event

Saturday 12/9/2006
Event #1 No-Limit Hold'em $300+40
The kickoff event began with 824 players hitting the tables, each paying a buyin of $300 + $40. Prize pool reached $247,201 in size with the money going to the top 81 finishers. Michael Litten became the winner with this being his second tournament ever! Outside of playing at a tournament at the Borgata, he gained most of his experience online as so many players do today. In the heads up with Anthony Morton, Michael was dealt a pair of Aces which he played slowly to get his opponent all in. The big hand gave Michael 3,000,000 chips which was the turning point for him. Things went of for a few more hands, but the championship was pretty much in Michael's pocket. Final table players and cashouts are below:

1. Michael R Litten -- $64,272
2. Anthony Morton -- $34,114
3. Arie Abitol -- $19,776
4. Konstantino Pashos -- $17,304
5. Larry Kanavas -- $14,832
6. Terry Anderson -- $12,360
7. Manuel Carvalho -- $9,888
8. Paul Lambrakis -- $7,416
9. Mark Heid -- $4,944

Sunday 12/10/2006
Event #2 No-Limit Hold'em $300+40
Event 2 streched out over two days with 543 players paying $300+40 to enter. The cash pool rose to $162,900 for the tournament with money going to the top 54 players. Final table players and cashouts are below:

1. Michael O'Neill -- $47,241
2. Michael Byrne -- $24,924
3. Thomas Masha -- $13,032
4. Carter Blake -- $11,403
5. Jeffrey Dolezal -- $9,774
6. Phillip Ramano -- $8,145
7. Brian Caplice -- $6,516
8. Matt Stout -- $4,887
9. Michael Kendrick -- $3,258

Monday 12/11/2006
Event #3 No-Limit Hold'em $500+60
There were 297 players at event number 3 who played over two days to determine the champion. The cash pool rose to $148,500 with money going to the top 27. When it came down to the heads up, Sung Joo and Will Failla slugged it out over 7 hours and 191 hands before Joo got the winning hand. The victory hand went like this, Failla moved all-in with A 2 with Joo calling with A 8. The board showed K 5 3 7 8. And so even though a deal was struck to split the cash between the top 3 players, Joo walked away with a gold championship WSOP Circuit ring!

1. Sung Joo -- $47,520
2. William Failla -- $26,136
3. Thomas O'Connor -- $13,365
4. Allan T. Demaree -- $10,395
5. Dean Schultz -- $8,910
6. Steve Bouzikas -- $7,425
7. Anthony L Hill -- $5,940
8. William Stradley -- $2,970
9. Rogelio Figer -- $1,782

Tuesday 12/12/2006
Event #4 No-Limit Hold'em $500+60
169 players climbed aboard for this two day event. Size of the pool came to $209,520 with money being paid out to the top 27 finishers. Wencheng Huang who is an actual brain surgeon in his home of China, surgically removed the players from the final table to become champion of this event. But even though first place was worth $44,480, a deal was struck when the table had 7 players left so that they would each receive $14,000 with the winner getting an additional $12,000. Now when the heads up took place, those two agreed to split the $12,000. Oh well, so much for the risk/reward theory! Here is how all players at the final table finished:

1. Wencheng Huang -- $44,480
2. Steve Safran -- $24,464
3. Henry Frankel -- $12,510
4. Jeremy Wagner -- $9,730
5. Steve Rodriguez -- $8,340
6. John Ruggiero -- $6,950
7. JJ Hurley -- $5,560
8. Ronald Rhoads -- $4,170
9. Richard Blanchard -- $2,780

Wednesday 12/13/2006
Event #5 No-Limit Hold'em $500+60
There were 316 players who stepped up to the tables to play in this tournament. Prize pool size reached $158,000 with cash going to the top 36 finishers. Here are the final table finishers with cash earnings:

1. Mike Somma -- $48,980
2. David Natliashvili -- $25,280
3. John Whitemarsh -- $12,640
4. Chad Moore -- $11,060
5. James English -- $9,480
6. Mike Beasly -- $7,900
7. Richard Rodrigo -- $6,320
8. Gary Crow -- $4,740
9. Matt Edwards -- $3,160

Thursday 12/14/2006
Event #6 No-Limit Hold'em $1000+80
207 entrants came to the 6th tournament here at Harrah's. Money went to the top 27 and the size of the prize pool reached $207,000. Here are the final table finishers with cash earnings:

1. Michael Borovetz -- $66,240
2. Jeffrey Gottesman -- $36,432
3. Gary Schoengold -- $18,630
4. Matthew Brady -- $14,490
5. Andrew Kloc -- $12,420
6. Judith Frame -- $10,358
7. John Gilcher -- $8,280
8. Tae Baik -- $6,210
9. Ted Ely -- $4,140

Friday 12/15/2006
Event #7 No-Limit Hold'em $1000+80
225 players helped to create a prize pool of $225,000 which was spread out over the top 25 finishers. Here are the final table players with winnings:

1. Mohamed Elkerdawy -- $72,500
2. Mike Beasley -- $39,600
3. Richard Davidson -- $20,250
4. Mikhail Gurevich -- $15,750
5. Joe Siegel -- $13,350
6. Bernard Lee -- $11,250
7. William McMahon -- $9,000
8. Manelic Minaya -- $6,750
9. Frank Pellegrini -- $4,500

Saturday 12/16/2006
Event #8 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em $200+30
Christine Rebardo was rewarded with the majority of a $40,000 prize pool as she rose above the 200 players field that sat down to the tables on Saturday. Money went to the 27 female finishers at this tournament. Final table results are below:

1. Christine Rebardo -- $12,800
2. Chrissie Eyster -- $7,040
3. Ruth Munk -- $3,600
4. Roslyn Quarto -- $2,800
5. Connie Krause -- $2,400
6. Judy Prichason -- $2,000
7. Rafaella Caruso -- $1,600
8. Sallie Stohler -- $1,200
9. Kathryn Atkinson -- $800

Sunday 12/17/2006
Event #9 Day 1 No-Limit Hold'em Championship $4900+250
There were 237 players who sat down to get their share of a $1,161,300 prize pool.

1. Ray Lin -- 108,100 chips
2. Hoa Nguyen -- 95,800 chips
3. Ken Goldin -- 94,800 chips
4. V.R. Martin -- 83,700 chips
5. Boris Kravets -- 75,500 chips
6. Brian Strahl -- 71,500 chips
7. Wencheng Huang -- 67,300 chips
8. Ben Bianco -- 63,000 chips
9. Michael Glick -- 56,400 chips

Monday 12/18/2006
Event #9 Day 2 No-Limit Hold'em Championship

1. Alex Gomez -- 1,051,000 chips
2. John Racener -- 224,000 chips
3. Rick Rossetti -- 181,000 chips
4. Feming Chan -- 179,000 chips
5. Michael Bernstein -- 130,000 chips
6. Dan Gliem -- 108,000 chips
7. Ken Goldin -- 101,000 chips
8. Ray Lin -- 98,000 chips
9. Tam Ly -- 97,000 chips

Tuesday 12/19/2006
Event #9 Final Table No-Limit Hold'em Championship
So far, we don't have much information on how the tournament went, but here are the results of the final table. When more information comes in, we will post it here for you.

1. Rick Rossetti -- $368,096 plus a freeroll seat to the 2007 WSOP Main Event
2. Alex Gomez -- $202,433
3. John Racener -- $103,527
4. Feming Chan -- $80,521
5. Ken Goldin -- $69,018
6. Michael Bernstein -- $57,515
7. Ray Lin -- $46,012
8. Drew Gliem -- $34,509
9. Tam Ly -- $23,006