Poker Tournament Results

Caesars Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Event

Ryan Miller

Tournament Report

Ryan 'Bink' Miller Wins $18,880 and Turbo No-Limit Hold'em Championship at Caesars Second Turbo Event on WSOP Circuit Schedule Draws Another Sizable Field Atlantic City, NJ (March 13, 2009) - Caesars Atlantic City was the first World Series of Poker Circuit event to offer 'Turbo No-Limit Hold'em.' The concept proved so popular with poker players last year that two such events were included on the 2009 schedule. Turbo No-Limit Hold'em involves a normally-structured poker tournament, but with shorter rounds. In the turbo format, each round lasts only twenty minutes (instead of up to an hour for the most recent conventional tournament). Players are also given less time to act on their hands. If the clock is called on a player facing a decision, he/she is only given 30 seconds, instead of a full minute. The tournament is particularly attractive to players who cannot invest more than a day (or many hours) in one tournament, since the start to finish is completed within a single day. The second $200 buy-in one-day turbo tournament attracted 295 entries, which generated $59,000 in prize money. The top 27 players collected payouts. All of the action took place over a two-day period inside the Palladium Ballroom, only steps away from the famous Atlantic City boardwalk. The top five finishers were: 5th Place - Al Riccobono, a 41-year-old professional poker player from Ossining, NY. He has 14 major tournament cashes on his resume, including two in-the-money finishes at the WSOP Main Event in 2007 and 2008. He collected a fifth-place payout totaling $3,540. 4th Place - Brian Baglin, a 44-year-old restaurant managing partner from Philadelphia, PA. Baglin earned $4,130 for fourth place. 3rd Place - Frank Ryzik, a 21-year-old student and poker player from Manalapan, NJ. He enjuoys p laying sports, rooting for the New Jersey Devils (NHL team), and plays lots of poker in his spare time. Ryzik earned $5,310 for third place. 2nd Place - Felix Mok, a poker pro from Brooklyn, NY. He has several previous cashes in WSOP-related events, World Poker Tour tournaments, and at Foxwoods. Mok collected $10,384 as the runner up. 1st Place - The winner of the second and final Turbo No-Limit Hold'em tournament at Caesars (Event #10) was Ryan 'Bink' Miller. He is a 23-year-old college student at a local community college. Miler plays regularly in the no-limit cash games in the poker room at Caesars Atlantic City. In addition to poker, he enjoys snowboarding and rollerblading. As the winner, Miller received $18,880 and a gold ring, which the top prize awarding to all tournament winners at this year's Caesars Circuit series.