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World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 5

Event #8 - No Limit Hold'em

November 4, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Tournament Schedule

Buy-In	$1,100 + $100
Prize Pool	$933,335
Entries	872
Report Available

Richard Bourgoin

Place	Name	Prize
1	Richard Bourgoin (Lewiston, ME, USA)	$270,667
2	Joseph Haddad (Portland, OR, USA)	$141,400
3	Darren Nelson (Rochester, NY, USA)	$74,667
4	Matt Brady (Havertown, PA, USA)	$51,333
5	Paul Tassopoulos (Fairhaven, MA, USA)	$42,000
6	Robert Suydam (Sayville, NY, USA)	$32,667
7	James Bernard (Barrington, RI, USA)	$28,000
8	Edward Gavin (Canton, MA, USA)	$23,334
9	Victor Amereno (Stamford, CT, USA)	$18,666
10	Paul Nadeau (Auburn, NH, USA)	$14,467
11	Jerry Atkins (New York, NY, USA)	$13,533
12	Seth Bordenstein (Falmouth, MA, USA)	$12,600
13	Eric Starker (Marlboro, NJ, USA)	$11,667
14	Kevin Cantwell (Shrewsbury, MA, USA)	$10,733
15	Brian Fidler (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$9,800
16	Daniel Skodol (Egg Harbor Township, NJ, USA)	$8,867
17	Bedros Martayan (Boston, MA, USA)	$7,933
18	Kevin Manley (Arlington Heights, IL, USA)	$7,015
19	Jason Hassey (Wilmington, MA, USA)	$6,066
20	Jason Strochak (Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA)	$6,066
21	John Bassett (Kingston, NY, USA)	$6,066
22	Carlos Alvarado (Oceanside, NY, USA)	$5,133
23	D B Kalogeras (Mattituck, NY, USA)	$5,133
24	Everett Carlton (St Paul, MN, USA)	$5,133
25	Kenny Chanthamalo (East Lyme, CT, USA)	$4,200
26	Aaron Levinson (Worcester, MA, USA)	$4,200
27	Ben "Benz" Bianco (Franklin Square, NY, USA)	$4,200
28	Mikhail Zemlyansky (Hewlett, NY, USA)	$3,266
29	Gary Boulay (Tolland, CT, USA)	$3,266
30	Tristan Baum (New York, NY, USA)	$3,266
31	John Hoang (Elk Grove, CA, USA)	$3,266
32	Akio Ishige (Chicago, IL, USA)	$3,266
33	Martin Lang (Garden City, NY, USA)	$3,266
34	Richard Tatalovich (Scottsdale, AZ, USA)	$3,266
35	Andy Daniel (Westbury, NY, USA)	$3,266
36	Sherwin Agard (Randolph, MA, USA)	$3,266
37	Jeremiah Sardelli (Charlestown, RI, USA)	$2,333
38	Gioi Luong (Westminster, CA, USA)	$2,333
39	Yong Lee (Paramus, NJ, USA)	$2,333
40	Williams Batchis (Niantic, CT, USA)	$2,333
41	Gigi Dong (Westminster, CA, USA)	$2,333
42	Vincent Asard (West Haven, CT, USA)	$2,333
43	Frankie Ortiz (Bronx, NY, USA)	$2,333
44	Joe Calhelha (Guilford, CT, USA)	$2,333
45	Steve Diano (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$2,333
46	Matthew Ackley (Kingston, NY, USA)	$2,333
47	James Froehlich (Bellmore, NY, USA)	$2,333
48	David Belfiore (Selden, NY, USA)	$2,333
49	Jaime Getchell (Litchfield, ME, USA)	$2,333
50	Matthew Dipaoli (Fitchburg, MA, USA)	$2,333
51	Charles Curcio (Stratford, CT, USA)	$2,333
52	David Nisby (Abington, MA, USA)	$2,333
53	David A Fox AKA "Dr. Fox" (Coram, NY, USA)	$2,333
54	Arthur Broadhurst (Methuem, MA, USA)	$1,867
55	Joseph Clemente AKA "Joe" (North Providence, RI, USA)	$1,867
56	Joe Raposa AKA "Joe Rap" (Fall River, MA, USA)	$1,400
57	Stu Friedman (Cortlandt Manor, NY, USA)	$1,400
58	Damon K Hilton AKA "Chip" (Gales Ferry, CT, USA)	$1,400
59	Ezra G Harvin (West Palm Beach, FL, USA)	$1,400
60	Pey Lee (Flushing, NY, USA)	$1,400
61	Michael F Hunter (Saugus, MA, USA)	$1,400
62	Patricia Herron AKA "Patti" (Warwick, RI, USA)	$1,400
63	Joseph Harrold (Canton, MA, USA)	$1,400
64	Herbert Cheng AKA "The Slasher" (Little Neck, NY, USA)	$1,400
65	Anthony Hill (Syracuse, NY, USA)	$1,400
66	Christopher Scrivano AKA "Nino" (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$1,400
67	Bill Seymour (Greenville, NV, USA)	$1,400
68	Tomasz Paczesniak (Ridgewood, NY, USA)	$1,400
69	Steven Roderick (Taunton, MA, USA)	$1,400
70	Lee Kirsch (Cold Spring Harbor, MA, USA)	$1,400
71	David J Sloane (Brighton, MA, USA)	$1,400
72	James Clark (Brockton, MA, USA)	$1,400
73	James Boyd (Martinsburg, WV, USA)	$1,400
74	Andrew J Kelley (Rehoboth, MA, USA)	$1,400
75	Glenn Lazelle (Atlanta, GA, USA)	$1,400
76	Daniel Oniszczuk (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA)	$1,400
77	Roger Brestak (Norton, MA, USA)	$1,400
78	John Rothe (Wantagh, NY, USA)	$1,400
79	Joseph Traina (Farmingville, NY, USA)	$700
80	David Ring (Martinsville, WV, USA)	$700
81	Frank Maiello (Rockville Ctr, NY, USA)	$700
82	Salvatore Accardi (Howard Beach, NY, USA)	$700

Tournament Report

RICH BOURGOIN RUNS AWAY WITH THE TITLE!

A record number of 872 players entered the $1200 No-Limit Hold'em event in the 2006 World Poker Finals $1200 No-Limit Hold'em Championship. The prize pool totaled $933,334 and Richard Bourgoin of Lewiston, ME, rolled to victory and claimed the First Place prize of $270,667!
His last obstacle on his road to victory was overcoming Joseph Haddad, who had scratched his way from one of the short stacks on the final table into 2nd place. Entering heads up action, Rich held a 4 to 1 chip advantage over Joe. Joe survived a couple of all-ins before laying it on the line with pocket 7's. Rich had Js8s; the flop came 9h3s2s, the turn was a 7 which gave Joe a set. Unfortunately, it was a spade and Rich had a flush and Joe, who hails from Portland, OR, was in 2nd place with $141,400.
Third place was claimed by Darren Nelson of Niagara Falls, NY. Darren lost two large pots to each of his opponents before finally being all-in with 9h4h. He had the flush draw going to the river but he could not connect and Rich's 3's were good. Darren collected $74,667 for his efforts.
Fourth place finisher Matt Brady was also looking for the flush when he went all-in with 2c3c. Two clubs on the flop gave him a draw but it was not to be; his last $440K went to Joe who had AK. Matt had earlier been all-in with 42 suited against Rich's pocket 6's; he won that hand with a 2 on the flop and the turn to keep himself in the game for quite some time.
Matt will return to Havertown, PA, with $51,333. Our 5th Place winner was local player Paul Tassopoulos of Fairhaven, MA. Paul never fully recovered from the first hand of the final table when he called Joe's Ac10 all-in with AK. When Joe caught the club flush on the river Paul was behind and could never catch up. He was all-in with A9 against Darren's KJ; the board was 1010Q69 which gave Darren a straight and left Paul with $42,000 to ease the ride home.
Robert Suydam of Sayville, NY, took 6th position when he could not pair his KJ to top Matt's pocket 5's. Rob claimed $32,667. The blinds were at $20K/$40K when Jim Bernard was all-in with A10, He was behind Joe with AK, caught up with a 10 on the flop and was relegated to 7th place when a K came on the river.
Jim takes $28,000 back to Barrington, RI. Ed Gavin of Canton, MA, lost two significant hands which left him with only $13K for his final all-in. His K10 lost to Paul Tassopoulos' K8 when Paul paired both cards and his pocket 8's lost to Matt's A10 when a 10 came on the turn. Ed collected $23,334 for his efforts. Pocket 8's were also unlucky for Victor Amereno of Stamford, CT.
Darren had J10 and caught 10's on the flop and turn for trips to put Vic in 9th place with $18,666. A most enthusiastic participant was the 10th place finisher Paul Nadeau of Auburn, NH. Paul was at a decided chip disadvantage but by the time he went all-in with pocket 5's, he had more than tripled his stack. Ed, however, turned over pocket J's and Paul finished 10th good for $14,467.
Rich had started the night as the clear chip leader and he ended the night as the 2006 Champion of $1200 No- Limit Hold'em. He had the Championship crystal trophy, commemorative leather jacket and $210,667!
Reported by Jeffrey A Toth for Foxwoods Resort Casino