Poker Tournament Results

World Poker Finals

Place	Name	Prize
1	Leonard S. Leffand (Stamford, CT)	$40,280
2	George Cozzocrea (Carmel, NY)	$19,140
3	Roy H. Herlocher, Jr. (Bellefonte, PA)	$11,484
4	Thomas Noyes Sr (Port St Lucie, FL, USA)	$7,655
5	Bill Seymour (Greenville, NV, USA)	$6,220
6	Bradford J. McClellan (Huntington, MA)	$5,264
7	Avdo Djokovic (Staten Island, NY, USA)	$4,307
8	Richard Tatalovich (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$3,350
9	Peter Brownstein (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$1,100
10	Russell Salzer AKA "The Muscle" (Hollywood, FL, USA)	$1,100
11	Brian Mizok (Scranton, PA, USA)	$1,100
12	Constantine Moustakis (Danvers, MA, USA)	$1,100
13	Sazan "Sonny" Lusha (Staten Island, NY, USA)	$1,100
14	Michael J. Siegal (Richfield Park, NJ, USA)	$1,100
15	Peter Rallis (Monroe, CT, USA)	$1,100
16	Gary E. Henry	$1,100

Tournament Report

Leonard Leffand Lenny Lasts Longer By Steven E. Way Another day, another record crowd. So it has been at this year's World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Despite today's spectacularly unseasonable weather, a field of 209 gathered for the $550 Stud event. The field narrowed at a steady pace, and was down to the money positions at around 9:30 last night, reaching the final table about an hour later. After a short break, and with the limits at $4,000-8,000, the play would soon eliminate Richard Tatolovich of Scottsdale, Arizona when he aggressively played his Ace high straight with a royal draw and ran into the very well hidden fours full of Leonard Leffand of nearby Stamford, Connecticut. Seventh place would be claimed by Avdo Djokociv of Kosovo, Yugoslavia by way of Brooklyn, New York. Djokociv played pocket Queens and went all-in against Tom "Mark 'em Down" Noyes of Port St. Lucie, Florida with his pocket 5's. Noyes, at his second final table in as many days, caught another 5 for trips, and Djokociv was unable to squeeze out any help. Leffand would again be the cause of someone's exit, rolling over another full house. His opponent, Bradford McClellan of Huntington, Massachusetts would muck his hand and head off to collect his sixth place prize. Bill Seymour of Liverpool, New York would soon join McClellan on the rail when his pair of Kings met up with another pair of Kings held by George Cozzocrea of Carmel, New York and had his kicker out pipped. Fourth place would be claimed within a few hands by Noyes when he went all-in with his last few chips on a missed flush draw and watched as Cozzocrea would make his. Three handed play saw the stacks of Leffand and Cozzocrea change places a few times, while Roy Herlocher of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania tried to set a tournament record for surviving all- in's. Leffand would finally catch a full house, beating Herlocher's Queens over 9's. Cozzocrea with a short stack and heads up could only try to survive until a big hand came along, as it did soon enough. Cozzocrea pushed all-in with pocket Queens and could only watch as Leffand caught an Ace high straight to take the championship. Leffand is also notable as the person who gave Tournament Director Mike Ward his 3-can-a-day Altoid habit. Lenny has finally managed to win his first major tournament victory, and can be expected to be a presence in many more to come.