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Poker Tournament Results
World Poker Finals / WPT Event Season 3
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Tuan Le |
| 1 |
Tuan Le (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$1,549,588 and + $25,000 WPT Championship Seat |
| 2 |
Temp Hutter (Charlottesville, VA, USA) |
$973,256 |
| 3 |
Humberto Brenes (San Jose, CA, USA) |
$636,930 |
| 4 |
Bradley Berman (Minnetonka, MN, USA) |
$470,452 |
| 5 |
J.C. Tran (Sacramento, CA, USA) |
$353,850 |
| 6 |
David "Dragon" Pham (Cerritos, CA, USA) |
$277,014 |
| 7 |
Chris McCormack (Laurel Hollow, NY, USA) |
$235,226 |
| 8 |
John Fanning (Hingham, MA, USA) |
$200,178 |
| 9 |
Annie Duke (Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
$166,478 |
| 10 |
Robert "Bo" Toft (Yardley, PA, USA) |
$132,778 |
| 11 |
Tom Turley (Virginia Beach, VA, USA) |
$99,078 |
| 12 |
Erik Seidel (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$92,338 |
| 13 |
Stuart Hosen (Addison, TX, USA) |
$85,598 |
| 14 |
Hilbert Shirey AKA "HILLSTREET" (Winter Haven, FL, USA) |
$78,858 |
| 15 |
Brad Daugherty (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$72,118 |
| 16 |
Peter Giordano (Liverpool, NY, USA) |
$65,378 |
| 17 |
Scotty Nguyen (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$51,898 |
| 18 |
Thor Hansen (El Segundo, CA, USA) |
$51,898 |
| 19 |
Mark Montanari (Littleton, MA, USA) |
$51,898 |
| 20 |
Tonio Scali (New York, NY, USA) |
$38,418 |
| 21 |
Mark Gregorich (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$35,048 |
| 22 |
Bob Stupak (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$35,048 |
| 23 |
Ann McTiernan (East Falmouth, MA, USA) |
$35,048 |
| 24 |
Christopher Stephenson (Boston, MA, USA) |
$35,048 |
| 25 |
Stephen Leveson (Skillman, NJ, USA) |
$35,048 |
| 26 |
Todd Brunson (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$31,678 |
| 27 |
Gavin Smith (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$31,678 |
| 28 |
Robert Teaham (Brewster, MA, USA) |
$31,678 |
| 29 |
Chris Karagulleyan (Glendale, CA, USA) |
$31,678 |
| 30 |
Mark "The Shark" Seif (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$31,678 |
| 31 |
Jim Miller (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 32 |
John Bon Phan (Stockton, CA, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 33 |
Allen Cunningham (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 34 |
Billie Strickland (Houston, TX, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 35 |
Duane Tomko AKA "Dewey" (Winter Haven, FL, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 36 |
Todd Arnold (Pompano Beach, FL, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 37 |
Jeff Shulman (Las Vegas, NV, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 38 |
Richard Rossetti (Ventnor, NJ, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 39 |
Ramon Rodriguez (Rochester, NY, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 40 |
Khalid Hameed AKA "Kelly" (Walnut Creek, CA, USA) |
$28,308 |
| 41 |
Vinnie Vinh (Houston, TX, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 42 |
Jonathon Green (Cambridge, WI, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 43 |
Don Barton (Pahrump, NV, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 44 |
Daniel Shak (Bryn Mawr, PA, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 45 |
Mark Hanna (Cinncinati, OH, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 46 |
Brian L Malczewski (Buffalo, NY, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 47 |
David Metz (Port Jefferson Station, NY, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 48 |
Matthew Preston (Sturgis, MI, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 49 |
Phi Nguyen (Santa Ana, CA, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 50 |
Jean "Prince" Gaspard (Evanston, IL, USA) |
$24,938 |
| 51 |
Jason Porro (Haver Hill, MA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 52 |
Arnold Spee (Agoura Hills, CA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 53 |
John Rogers (Darien, CT, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 54 |
Stan Goldstein (North Fontana, CA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 55 |
Lee Markholt (Eatonville, WA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 56 |
William Donegan (Higganum, CT, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 57 |
Andrew Zimmon (Groton, MA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 58 |
Roy Nelson (Covington, LA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 59 |
Curtis Nunes AKA "rhyming realtor" (North Dartmouth, MA, USA) |
$21,568 |
| 60 |
Vassilios Maniotis AKA "bill" (Hilton Head Island, SC, USA) |
$21,568 |
Tournament Report
TUAN LE TAKES THE CROWN!
Hutter Second and Brenes Third
Youth was served in this year’s $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship WPT event
of the World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Tuan Le, the 26 year old resident of Los
Angeles, CA, was able overcome the challenges of 674 fellow competitors and walk away with
the first place prize of $1,549,588 which includes a $25,000 seat in the WPT Championship
event in Las Vegas.
Tuan and second place finisher, Temp Hutter of Charlottesville, VA, entered heads up
action with virtually identical chip counts. Temp had earlier relegated Humberto Brenes of San
Jose, Costa Rica, to third by virtue of catching a club flush on the river to overcome a pair of 5’s.
Tuan had done much of the work on the table by eliminating David Pham, J C Tran and Bradley
Berman in succession.
David, the Cerritos, CA, native, was the short stack entering the day. He
put up an A9 against Tuan’s A4 but Tuan saw a 4 on the flop to leave David in 6th. J C, of Sacramento,
CA, took home 6th place when his 3’s could not catch up with Tuan’s 6’s. Bradley,
from Minnetonka, MN, went all-in with K’s versus Tuan’s AK and was the unlucky loser when
Tuan caught an A on the river.
Heads up action began with the blinds at 40000/80000. Tuan won an early pot with
two pair to Temp’s Q high. With the blinds at 50000/100000, Temp was judiciously able to
build his chip count back to a respectable number. Several no calls of his all-ins left him in with
a better than two to one chip advantage when the blinds rose to 80000/160000. One hand turned
the tide in Tuan’s favor. After a flop of 489, Temp bet $800,000, Tuan called and went all-in
with 78; Temp called with K9. His top pair seemed like a winner; but a 7 on the turn and no help
on the river gave the $5 million plus pot to Tuan and left him with a short stack. A few hands
later, Temp was all-in with A5 after a 938 flop.
Tuan had an open-ended straight draw with a 67
and he called. Temp, with the Ad and two d’s on the flop was hoping for the flush, an A or anything
but a 5 or 10. It was not to be as a 10s appeared on the turn giving the victory to Tuan Le.
The $973,256 second place money eased the pain somewhat for Temp.
Foxwoods Resort Casino would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who
made this year’s event possible; especially the competitors in all the events leading up to and
including the Championship. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!
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