Poker Tournament Results

Festa al Lago IV WPT Event/Season 4

Place	Name	Prize
1	Joe Hertel (Boynton Beach, FL, USA)	$144,435
2	Michael Carson (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$71,360
3	Raul Paez (Barcelona, Spain)	$37,665
4	Scott Epstein (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$21,825
5	Alan Peter Smurfit (Aventura, FL, USA)	$15,860
6	Bob Jarman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$11,100
7	David White (Midland, TX, USA)	$7,930
8	Max "Italian Pirate" Pescatori (Milan, Italy)	$6,345
9	Emmanuel Negoita (Chicago, IL, USA)	$5,550
10	Mike Sims (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$4,755
11	Robert Mitchell (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)	$3,965
12	Thomas Werthmann AKA "Big Baller" (Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA)	$3,965
13	Paul Gourlay (Normanton, England, UK)	$3,965
14	Vrej Sarkissian (Glendale, CA, USA)	$3,965
15	Irwin Silver (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,965
16	Jason Lane (Chandler, AZ, USA)	$3,170
17	Ion Nita (Bucharest, Romania)	$3,170
18	Neil Channing AKA "Bad Beat" (London, UK)	$3,170
19	Fabrice Soulier (Avignon, France)	$3,170
20	Osama Alkatib (Leeds, England, UK)	$3,170
21	Melissa Hayden (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,380
22	Stephen Watson (Carrollton, OH, USA)	$2,380
23	Bill Seber (Houston, TX, USA)	$2,380
24	Ryan Young (Torrance, CA, USA)	$2,380
25	Bill Cybulski (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,380
26	Hien Ta (Reno, NV, USA)	$2,380
27	Chris "The Armenian Express" Grigorian (Panorama City, CA, USA)	$2,380
28	James Burrell (Houston, TX, USA)	$2,380
29	Joe Chiricosta (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,380
30	Orlando Maldonado (Miami, FL, USA)	$2,380
31	Tu Dao (Hamiton, ON, Canada)	$1,980
32	Mike Ahearn (Dublin, Ireland)	$1,980
33	Arnie Toler (Gilbert, WV, USA)	$1,980
34	Santiago Terrazas (Madrid, Spain)	$1,980
35	Robert Antone (Oakland, CA, USA)	$1,980
36	Daniel Zee (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,980
37	Rusty Jones (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,980
38	Sal J Giambrone (Staten Island, NY, USA)	$1,980
39	William Stanton (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$1,980
40	Elmer Banner (Montverde, FL, USA)	$1,980
41	Ron Stanley AKA "Carolina Express" (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,585
42	Richard Tatalovich (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$1,585
43	Sean Mirasoli (San Antonio, TX, USA)	$1,585
44	Kirk Steward (Dallas, TX, USA)	$1,585
45	Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, CA, USA)	$1,585
46	George Huber (Pahrump, NV, USA)	$1,585
47	Ion Timofte (Porto, Portugal)	$1,585
48	Ryan Dacayanan (Los Angeles, CA, USA)	$1,585
49	John Nathan (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$1,585
50	Abraham Gray (Lawrenceville, GA, USA)	$1,585

Tournament Report

End of Day One Seat / Player / Hometown / Chip Count 6 Mike Carson Las Vegas, NV 167,000 8 Alan Smurfit Miami, FL 119,000 5 David White Midland, TX 108,000 10 Emmanuel Negoita Chicago, IL 102,000 2 Joe Hertel Boynton Beach, FL 80,000 3 Mike Sims Las Vegas, NV 77,000 9 Bob Jarman Las Vegas, NV 70,000 4 Max Pescatori Las Vegas, NV 67,000 1 Raul Paez Barcelona, Spain 50,000 7 Scott Epstein Las Vegas, NV 30,000 Prize Money 1st $144,435* 2nd $71,360 3rd $37,665 4th $21,825 5th $15,860 6th $11,100 7th $7,930 8th $6,345 9th $5,550 10th $4755 *Includes $25,500 seat in WPT Championship Event at Bellagio on April 18, 2006