WSOP Circuit Tournaments

Event #1 -- No Limit Hold'Em A total of 303 players helped kick off the first event held at the Council Bluffs casino, helping to create a pool of $88,173. Day 1 of the two day affair saw 292 leave the tables with just 11 to see the next round of play. A little more shaving left 9 for the final table with blinds at $4,000/$8,000.  First one to bust in 9th place was Chadd Johnson who had the set of Kings he made on the flop, crushed by the Broadway straight made by Joe Shanks. Chuck Tabor went away in 8th after seeing the full house (A's/6's) made by Lee Patitz on the river. Then Wesley Grondhovd picked up the cash in 7th when his all-in with pocket 6's were met with the pocket 10's of Thomas Applegate which held to the river. Then Eric Grave decided to go to the center with pocket 3's and lost when Patitz paired his Ace card on the flop, resulting in a 6th place finish for Grave. In his first WSOP Circuit tournament, Joe Shanks finished in 5th when his opponent made a set of 6's on the turn. Kevin Parmley went to the rail in 4th after seeing the runner-runner straight made by Shaun Barnett. Thomas Applegate had Lady Luck turn her cheek to him and his stack went south. On his last hand he was down to exactly one chip that went to Patitz who established a A thru 5 straight.  When the heads up began, Patitz had a 3 to 1 chip advantage over Barnett and it only lasted one hand. Patitz went to the middle with A 5 and Barnett called with A 2. Everything on the table bricked to Patitz won by a 5 kicker. Lee Patitz -- $27,332 Shaun Barnett -- $14,209 Thomas Applegate -- UNK Kevin Parmely -- UNK Joe Shanks -- $5,290 Eric Grave -- $4,409 Wesley Grondhovd -- UNK Chuck Tabor -- $3,645 Chadd Johnson -- $1,763 Event #2 -- Limit Hold'Em Buy in for this event was $235 for the 66 players who sat down to play. Cash pool reached $12,804 and went to the 9 that made the final table. Tom Wentzel -- $4,611 Michael Vangenderen -- $2,561 Dale Hanke -- $1,408 Daniel Povondra -- $1,024 Robert Cox -- $896 Adam Clayman -- $768 Randy Belmont -- $640 Marc Schubbe -- $512 Ryan Gerdes -- $384 Event #3 -- No Limit Hold'Em There were 166 enrants that paid $555 each which helped to create a $80,150 prize pool. Cash went to the top 18 in the event. Elton Nolde -- $26,086 Jonathan Chovanec -- $13,687 Nicholad Stille -- $8,051 Frederic Winter -- $6,441 Ronald Lacina -- $4,831 Gerald McVeigh -- $4,026 Jesse Starke -- $3,220 Bryan Testin -- $2,415 Nicholas Frost -- $1,610 Event #4 -- Limit Omaha 8 or Better A more intimate gathering of 77 players paid $345 that created a pool of $22,407. Money went to the 9 players who made the final table. John Sozio -- $8,068 Brent Carter -- $4,481 Curtis Timperley -- $2,465 Richard Walter -- $1,793 Larry Christiansen -- $1,568 Timothy Vanburen -- $1,344 Walter Lustgraaf -- $1,120 Luke Burgher -- $896 Gerald Rau -- $672 Event #5 -- No Limit Hold'Em All 423 entrants paid $345 each for a seat at the tables. Pool size reached $123,093 for the top 45 finishers. Patrick Olsen -- $36,935 David Yee -- $19,818 Kevin Parmely -- $9,847 Charles Gran -- $8,617 Jordan Phillip Blair -- $7,386 Evan Brockman -- $6,155 Vincent Leonardo -- $4,924 Paul Eichfeld -- $3,693 Graham Beynon -- $2,462