Poker Tournament Results

World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 7

Place	Name	Prize
1	Michael Huguenot (Pleasantville, NY, USA)	$75,615
2	Joanne Monteavaro (Bronx, NY, USA)	$50,000
3	Davidson Matthew (Toronto, ON, Canada)	$50,000
4	Dan Woolson (Worcerter, MA, USA)	$19,102
5	Joseph Pitti (E Meadow, NY, USA)	$14,481
6	Stan Shaw (Springfield, MA, USA)	$9,859
7	Alexs Nepomnyaschiy (Staten Island, NY, USA)	$6,778
8	Christopher Bonita (Winthrop, MA, USA)	$5,546
9	Justin Peche (Thompson, CT, USA)	$4,622
10	Manelic Minaya AKA "Manny" (Tampa, FL, USA)	$4,005
11	Eugene Fouksman (Manalapan, NJ, USA)	$4,005
12	Brent Keller (Oyster Bay, NY, USA)	$4,005
13	Vinny Tran (Tucson, AZ, USA)	$3,697
14	Rafael Camejo (Haverhill, MA, USA)	$3,697
15	Michael Peters (Toledo, OH, USA)	$3,697
16	Rodney Legendre (Randolph, NH, USA)	$3,389
17	David A Fox AKA "Dr. Fox" (Coram, NY, USA)	$3,389
18	Jared Rubin (Irvine, CA, USA)	$3,389
19	Jay W Guild (Peconic, NY, USA)	$3,235
20	Claude Gaudet	$3,235
21	Wendell Barnes (Charlton, MA, USA)	$3,235
22	Derek Verrian	$3,235
23	John Lakatosh (Red Lion, PA, USA)	$3,235
24	Brian Meinders (Jackson, NJ, USA)	$3,235
25	Victor Johnson (Middletown, NY, USA)	$3,235
26	Glenn Magid (Kinnelon, NJ, USA)	$3,235
27	David Peters (Toledo, OH, USA)	$3,235
28	David Lew (Portland, ME, USA)	$3,235
29	Clint Schafer (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)	$3,235
TIE	William Gagnon (Penacook, NH, USA)	$1,618
TIE	Randolph Spain (Brewer, ME, USA)	$1,617

Tournament Report

The 231 entrants who began play on Friday in the 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals $1500 No-Limit Championship were pursuing a prize pool of $317,625. The final table returned at Noon to vie for the top prize and when the contest was over, Mike Huguenot of Pleasantville, NY, was the winner of the Championship Trophy, commemorative leather jacket and $75,615! The agreement for the three finalists would give a tie for 2nd to Joanne Monteavaro of Bronx, NY and Davidson Matthew of Toronto, Ontario giving them each $50,000. The first to leave was Manelic Minaya of Tampa, FL. Joanne called the BB under the gun only to be raised all-in by Manny, on the button with KQ. Joanne quickly called with A's and with no help from the board, Manny was 10th earning $4,005. The next all-in called action came after the turn gave the board 5/Q/2/6. Justin Pechie check raised Davidson's bet of 50k going all-in with K's. Davidson called with 3/4 for the straight and Justin would finish 9th and take $4,622 back to Thompson, CT. It took almost an hour before Chris Bonita of Winthrop, MA would call Dan Woolson's all-in after the flop of 8/8/Q. Chris, who was down to his last 50k moved with K/9 while Dan had Q/2. The turn and river were 6/7 leaving Chris with $5,546 for 8th spot. In just over an hour, Al Mepomnyaschiy, who started the final table as the short stack, would move all-in with AJ, pushing his last 80k. He was called by Joe Pitti with KQ. The board (K/10/7/2/7) gave Joe K's and sent Al back to Staten Island, NY in 7th place with a $6,778 payday. Once again it took an hour before the next departure. Stan Shaw, a resident of Springfield, MA, would push all-in with K/9 and would go up against Joanne with AK. The board provided no assistance to Stan, resigning him to 6th and giving him $9,859 for his efforts. The first to leave from the Top 5, was Joseph Pitti, who hails from East Meadow, NY. Once again action heated up after the turn. The board was 8/Q/9/6 and Joe would bet 60k, only to be raised by Davidson to 120k. Joe would then push all-in, and was quikly called. Joe flipped over Q/J only to be disappointed by David's 7/10 for the straight. The river was a deuce and Joe would settle for 5th place and $14,481. Daniel Woolson of Worcester, MA, made his final move after seeing the flop (3/10/3), when he would call Joanne's all-in. Dan had 10/2 while Joanne showed J/10, and with no further help, as the 4/5 came out to complete the board, Dan was relegated to 4th for $19,102. With Mike's 2:1 chip advantage over Joanne and David, the three finalists reached an agreement where Mike would take $75,615, the trophy, commemorative jacket, and the Title of 2008 Foxwoods World Poker Finals $1500 No-Limit Hold'em Championship! Reported by Rhue R. Reis for Foxwoods Resort Casino