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Poker Tournament Results
World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 4
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Leonard M Cortellino |
| 1 |
Leonard M Cortellino (Lewiston, ME, USA) |
$377,175 |
| 2 |
Eugene Todd (Brooklyn, NY, USA) |
$203,300 |
| 3 |
Lee Markholt (Eatonville, WA, USA) |
$112,350 |
| 4 |
Nickolas Laudano (New Haven, CT, USA) |
$74,900 |
| 5 |
Liz Lieu (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$53,500 |
| 6 |
Kalyan Gullapalli (New York, NY, USA) |
$42,800 |
| 7 |
James Bernard (Barrington, RI, USA) |
$32,100 |
| 8 |
Captain Tom Franklin (Gulfport, MS, USA) |
$26,750 |
| 9 |
Frank Selldorff (Boston, MA, USA) |
$24,075 |
| 10 |
Neal Gersony AKA "author of Poker Slam, a novel" (Rocky Hill, CT, USA) |
$21,400 |
| 11 |
Michael White (Prairie Village, KS, USA) |
$18,725 |
| 12 |
Shawn Chaconas AKA "luckbox" (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$16,050 |
| 13 |
Paulo Andrade, (New Bedford, MA, USA) |
$13,375 |
| 14 |
Amnon Filippi (New York, NY, USA) |
$10,700 |
| 15 |
Joseph Malek (Tarzana, CA, USA) |
$8,025 |
| 16 |
Harry Thomas (Hamilton, OH, USA) |
$6,955 |
| 17 |
John Bon Phan AKA "The Razor" (Stockton, CA, USA) |
$6,955 |
| 18 |
Jerri Thomas (Hamilton, OH, USA) |
$6,955 |
| 19 |
Donald Emery AKA "The Dogfather" (Myrtle Beach, SC, USA) |
$6,955 |
| 20 |
Frank Williams (Mastic, NY, USA) |
$6,955 |
Tournament Report
LENNY CORTELLINO TAKES THE TITLE! WINS $377,175!
Lenny Cortellino, a “regular” in the Foxwoods Resort Casino Poker Room, captured the $5000 No-Limit Hold’em championship by outlasting 212 competitors. Lenny,
who hails from Lewiston, ME, has played in almost every Act III tournament leading up to
the World Poker Finals; he won his $10000 seat and 4 times since then. He earned
$377,175 from the prize pool of $1,070,000. The total prize pool for the 2005 World Poker
Finals is now over $4,000,000!
Twenty players resumed a second day of play at 4 PM. By 7:30 the final table was set and after one
hand there was a 10th place winner. Neal Gersony from Rocky Hill, CT, was all-in with 9’s; Liz Lieu quickly
called with Q’s. A Q on the flop was enough to end Neal’s night and leave him with $21,400. Frank Selldorff
felt confident when he was all-in with pocket A’s; but Gene Todd had K’s up on the turn and Frank would return
to his hometown of Boston, MA, with 9th place money of $24,075. Captain Tom Franklin, Gulfport, MS,
saw his stack erode away and went all-in with 54 after a 459 flop but Lee Markholt had 94 and Captain Tom
was left in 8th position with $26,750. Jim Bernard was all-in with pocket 9’s and was called by Nick Landau
with KQ. The 9’s were not good to Jim, a resident of Barrington, RI, when the board showed 77Q75; Jim collected
$32,100 for his efforts and finished 7th. Sixth place was taken by Kal Gulapalli. He won $42,800 when
he could not improve his AK to overtake Gene’s pocket Q’s.
After two hours of play five were gone and it would be another three hours before Liz Lieu of Los
Angeles, CA, took 5th. Liz had survived an earlier all-in against Nick Landau by catching a flush on the river;
however, he returned the favor shortly thereafter. Liz was short stacked and all-in with 10’s; Lee Markholt
called with J4 and caught the J on the river to leave Liz with $53,500. Nick Landau, Branford, CT captured 4th
spot when Lee caught a river flush; Nick took home $74,900. Lee, who resides in Eatonville, WA, lost a huge
pot with A4 to Gene with A10. The next hand Lee was all-in and lost to Lenny with two pair. The $112,350 for
3rd place soothed the pain somewhat.
Lenny and Gene squared off head to head with virtually identical chip positions. Gene, a resident of Brooklyn,
NY, who had the slight edge in chips, went all-in with K4 after a 494 flop; Lenny called with A4 to take huge pot.
Now down to the felt in the next hand, Gene could not connect and he collected $203,300 for 2nd place.
Lenny happily took the crystal trophy, commemorative leather jacket and $377,175!!
Reported by Jeffrey A Toth for Foxwoods Resort Casino |
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