Poker Tournament Results

World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 3

Place	Name	Prize
1	Phillip Rosenberg (MI, USA)	$86,429
2	Benjamin Zev Cahan (FL, USA)	$56,562
3	Joseph Perrone (FL, USA)	$37,836
4	Martin D Virgen (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$28,539
5	Jonathan Tare (New York, NY, USA)	$21,725
6	Christopher Manuel (NS, Canada)	$17,225
7	George Phillips (Ardsley, NY, USA)	$14,955
8	Scott Manzi (Miami Beach, FL, USA)	$12,726
9	Joseph Ward (Revere, MA, USA)	$10,584
10	John Vayo	$8,442
11	Russell Rivera (New York, NY, USA)	$6,299
12	Lucio Procopio (Liverpool, NY, USA)	$5,870
13	Vahe Tokatlian	$5,442
14	Joseph Pitirri (USA)	$5,014
15	Mark Soldo (East Elmhurst, NY, USA)	$4,584
16	Scott Fischman (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$3,943
17	Eugene Bauerlien jr	$3,942
18	Michele Migliore (CT)	$3,299
19	Niman Kenkre (Belmont, MA, USA)	$2,871
20	Stanley Latimer (New York, NY, USA)	$2,478
21	Gerald Cheatham (Philladelphia, PA, USA)	$2,228
22	Jay Lovinger	$2,228
23	John Larochelle (Providence, RI, USA)	$2,228
24	Michael Luciano Polera (Poughquag, NY, USA)	$2,228
25	Paul Darden Jr (Hamdem, CT, USA)	$2,228
26	D Dickson (England)	$2,013
27	Steven Mcdonough	$2,013
28	Eddy Shum	$2,013
29	David Crudo	$2,013
30	Charles Barnes (MA)	$2,013
31	Timmy Byrd (Hamden, CT, USA)	$1,799
32	Spiro Mitrokostas (West Yarmouth, MA, USA)	$1,799
33	Ronald Linnane	$1,799
34	Tonio Scali (New York, NY, USA)	$1,799
35	Daniel Plottner (Brooklyn, NY, USA)	$1,799
36	Steven Sabb	$1,799
37	Leo Goldenberg	$1,799
38	Brett Walisever	$1,799
39	Douglas Allen	$1,799
40	Boyd Ring	$1,799
41	Timothy W McGowan (Hyde Park, NY, USA)	$1,585
42	Daniele Corrar	$1,585
43	Scott Gerdsen (Bolton, CT, USA)	$1,585
44	Andrew R. Latto (Sharon, MA, USA)	$1,585
45	Jerry Atkins (New York, NY, USA)	$1,585
46	Joseph Ready (Boston, MA, USA)	$1,585
47	Luis Sanguiche	$1,585
48	Christopher Carnevale (Beverly, MA, USA)	$1,585
49	Matthew Aronowitz (Brooklyn, MA, USA)	$1,585
50	Ryan Trevethan	$1,585
51	Matthew Claeson (RI, USA)	$1,371
52	John Phelps (Kennebunkport, ME, USA)	$1,371
53	Jason Bressler (USA)	$1,371
54	Michael Yarema (Pensacola, FL, USA)	$1,371
55	Ken Lui (Los Angeles Ca)	$1,371
56	Vesel Haxhillary	$1,371
57	William VanDevine	$1,371
58	Randy Allen (Medina, OH, USA)	$1,371
59	Jose Sanches (Fairhaven, MA)	$1,371
60	William Bostley (NY, USA)	$1,371
61	Bau Le (Atlantic City, NJ, USA)	$1,156
62	Gregory Kucharski	$1,156
63	John Hom (San Rafael, CA, USA)	$1,156
64	David Halligan	$1,156
65	Dan Pimental	$1,156
66	Allan T. Demaree (Scarsdale, NY, USA)	$1,156
67	Vipul H Kothari (Edison, NJ, USA)	$1,156
68	Stephen Benton AKA "Buckshot" (Ashburn, VA, USA)	$1,156
69	Robert W Sherry AKA "SMN Bobber" (Beltsville, MD, USA)	$1,156
70	Mark Vaughn (Advance, NC, USA)	$1,156
71	Joseph Nasalski	$942
72	Robert Fetzko (Johnstown, PA, USA)	$942
73	Phillip Fairbanks	$942
74	Joe Lang (Algongvin, IL, USA)	$942
75	Anthony Lazar (Las Vegas, NJ, USA)	$942
76	Dale Phillips (Darien, IL, USA)	$942
77	Candido Esteves	$942
78	Frank Aversano	$942
79	Charles Barnes (MA)	$942
80	Michael G Pruett (Carrollton, GA, USA)	$942

Tournament Report

In the wee hours of Monday morning , it came down to the final nine players of a record 853 competing for the champion’s title of $500 No- Limit Texas Hold’em Champion—2004. The prize pool was also a record $428,500. Total entries for 2003 were 515 and the prize pool was $259,500. The turnout for 2004 clearly reflects the impressive growth of interest in our sport. The final table started slowly as the players, especially the short stacks, attempted to conserve their chips. However, that was not to be the case, as Joseph Ward, Revere, MA and Scott Manzi, Miami, FL, were the first to go. Ward lost in a three way all in situation; he had A8, Chris Manuel, Halifax, Nova Scotia, had KK and Phil Rosenberg, Ypsilanti, MI, had 1010. When the board came out A81042, Rosenberg took everything from Ward and left Manuel with a short stack. Manzi with A7 ran into Martin Virgen, Reno, NV, who had JJ. After a 10JA flop, he was left hoping for an A or 77; it was not to be. George Phillips was the next up against Virgen who was doing the majority of the work at the final table. He had JJ against Virgen’s AK; with the board showing QQK52, he collected his 7th place money. Sixth place ended up being the property of Manuel. He had A3 to K6 for Joseph Perrone, Miami, FL, but Perrone had two pair on the flop (6KA) and filled on the river to add insult to injury. Jonathan Tare, Brooklyn, NY, the final table chip leader, was the fifth place finisher. His K4 was useless against Perrone’s A10 when the flop showed A108 and the turn and river gave no assistance. Virgen put up a good fight to stay on the table but in the end he had to accept 4th; his KJ lost to Rosenberg’s A7 when the flop showed an A. Rosenberg and Perrone waged a spirited battle of back and forth action but Rosenberg ended up the winner when his two pair edged Perrone. The last two at the table were Rosenberg and Benjamin Cahan, Miami, FL Rosenberg was the chip leader at that point but Cahan put up a valiant fight. In the end, however, he went all in with a pair of 7’s; Rosenberg called with suited 84 and was rewarded when an 8 came on the flop and no help appeared for Cahan. Rosenberg was relieved and thankful to accept the crystal trophy, leather jacket and the $86,429 first place prize!