Tournament Information

Tournament: The Big Event
Date: Feb 25 - Mar 12, 2011
Venue: Bicycle Casino Los Angeles, CA, United States
Buy-in: $110 + $20
Prize: $344,776
Entries: 1,981

Other Events

Mar 5 - 10, 2011 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em $4,750 + 250
Mar 5, 2011 Turbo No Limit Hold'em $300 + 35
Mar 6, 2011 LIPS No Limit Hold'em $100 + 20
Mar 6, 2011 Turbo No Limit Hold'em Randomized Bounties
Mar 7, 2011 No Limit Hold'em w. 1 Rebuy $200 + 25
Mar 8, 2011 No Limit Hold'em w. 1 Rebuy $200 + 25
Mar 7 - 8, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $1,500 + 80
Mar 7, 2011 Turbo No Limit Hold'em $300 + 35
Mar 8 - 9, 2011 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em $2,800 + 200
Mar 8 - 9, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 70
Mar 8 - 9, 2011 HORSE $500 + 45
Mar 9 - 10, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $500 + 45
Mar 9, 2011 Pot Limit Omaha w. 1 Rebuy $200 + 25
Mar 9, 2011 Turbo No Limit Hold'em $300 + 35
Mar 10, 2011 8-Max Turbo No Limit Hold'em $1,000 + 70
Mar 10, 2011 No Limit Hold'em w. 1 Rebuy $200 + 25
Mar 10, 2011 6-Max No Limit Hold'em $500 + 45
Mar 11 - 12, 2011 Bounty Shootout $10,000 + 300
Feb 25, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Quantum Reload Event $110 + 20
Mar 1, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $100 + 20
Mar 2, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $100 + 20
Mar 3, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $50 + 10
Mar 11, 2011 Omaha Hi/Lo $500 + 45
Mar 11, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo $300 + 35
Mar 12, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Quantum Reload $100 + 20
Mar 13, 2011 Omaha Hi/Lo $100 + 20
Mar 16, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Cashout $100 + 20
Mar 15, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Cashout $100 + 20
Mar 16, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $200 + 25
Mar 20, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Quantum Reload $100 + 20
Mar 21, 2011 H.O.R.S.E. $100 + 20
Mar 22, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $100 + 20
Mar 24, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Re-Entry Event $200 + 25
Mar 27, 2011 No Limit Hold'em $100 + 20
Mar 23, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Cashout $50 + 10
Apr 4, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Player Appreciation Event $50 + 10
Apr 3, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Quantum Reload $120 + 20
Apr 2, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Re-Entry Event $200 + 25
Apr 2, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $50 + 10
Apr 1, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $50 + 10
Mar 31, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $50 + 10
Mar 30, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $100 + 20
Mar 30, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy II $50 + 10
Mar 29, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $100 + 20
Mar 29, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy II $50 + 10
Mar 28, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy $100 + 20
Mar 28, 2011 No Limit Hold'em - Rebuy II $50 + 10

Event Results

Place Player Prize GPI PoY 2023
1st John McGaha $80,000
2nd Gregg Shanberg $40,000
3rd John Chong $20,000
4th Raymond Brown $15,016
5th James Harris $12,000
6th Dong Bai-Xu $9,000
7th Kevin "The Snake" Blakey $7,500
8th Kai Wu $6,000
9th Yan Yan $4,370
10th Michael Demeritt $3,000
11th Kieungau Thi Tran $3,000
12th Amir Ghazvinian $3,000
13th Joseph Puglisi $2,200
14th Joseph Florendon $2,200
15th Carlito Lampaya $2,200
16th Edgar Mirzakhanyan $1,750
17th Steve Rakower $1,750
18th Allen Mittelman $1,750
19th Alexander Sadak $1,400
20th Payman Arjang $1,400
21st Tommy Wang $1,400
22nd Alisheik Taher $1,400
23rd Behzad "Sam" Teranie $1,400
24th Ivan Youssefian $1,400
25th Pharnupong Somwan $1,400
26th Kris Hissam $1,400
27th Jenny Kang $1,400
28th Phong Turbo "Turbo" Nguyen $1,150
29th Ed Klein $1,150
30th Rasheed Sanusi $1,150
31st Clifford O'Connor $1,150
32nd Jose Luis Franco $1,150
33rd Manuel Reyes $1,150
34th Shahen Martirosian $1,150
35th Jonathan Moore $1,150
36th Elias Naameh $1,150
37th Eric Vargo $1,150
38th Marcel Sabag $1,150
39th Sol Cericos $1,150
40th Ramon Pantaleon $1,150
41st Christopher Walker $1,150
42nd Edvardo Mayor $1,150
43rd Dan Marrow $1,150
44th Bryan Bumpas $1,150
45th Eugene Chun $1,150
46th Gevorg Mararyan $950
47th Thomas Tully $950
48th Abram Dermendzhyan $950
49th Mario Fauceglia $950
50th Thung "Tom" Huynh $950
51st David Foust $950
52nd Joseph Michel $950
53rd Julie Ann Chen $950
54th Hakob Gabrielyan $950
55th Alfons Kela $950
56th Michael Gradin $950
57th Ludek Sisak $950
58th Manola Garcia $950
59th Freddie Legaspi $950
60th Alexi "Speedy" Dimitrov $950
61st Ba Minh Tran $950
62nd Jeffery Jensen $950
63rd Brian Columbia $750
64th Serge Max Benat $750
65th Arpad Fabian $750
66th Henry So $750
67th Nejdeh Yeroomian $750
68th Guido Sporr $750
69th Eli Frenkel $750
70th James Chen $750
71st Estrella Lim $750
72nd Steven Shaffer $750
73rd Robert Goce $750
74th Kirk Conrad $750
75th Emmanuel Manganti $750
76th Michael Slye $750
77th Konstadinos Georgopoulos $750
78th "Anonymous" Unknown $750
79th Yehuda Y Rakovchik $750
80th Handri Maksudi $750
81st Robert Gates $750
82nd Henry Voge $750
83rd Long Tran $750
84th Roland Suen $750
85th Mohammad Shamol $750
86th Terrence Cristy $750
87th Steven Furst $750
88th Lorne Cameron $750
89th Mathew Judd $750
90th Vahid Hannani $750
91st Oscar Robles $750
92nd Brian James $750
93rd Maria Cohen $750
94th Albert Bragg $750
95th David Warady $750
96th Fred Kamz $750
97th Massoud "CBK" Eskandari $750
98th Aaron Chiu $750
99th Alexey Rybin $750
100th Jason Wicker $750
101st Vitaliy Yuakin $750
102nd Mona Jones $620
103rd Paviz Sayyad $620
104th Guy Rahamim $620
105th Michael Jimenez $620
106th Ivan Sanchez $620
107th Wolf Kramer $620
108th Oscar Lopez Reyes $620
109th Audley "A-Force" Harrison $620
110th Richard Mendoza $620
111th Barbara Enright $620
112th Steven Liang $620
113th Erland Logan $620
114th Aram Vardanyan $620
115th John Barnes $620
116th Gevorg V $620
117th Dennis Kontsopoulos $620
118th Jason D $620
119th Zheng Li $620
120th Jim Mangiamele $620
121st Mohammad B $620
122nd Alexander S $620
123rd Masayoshi Tahara $620
124th Humbert Calaguas $500
125th Enrico Defranco $500
126th Florentino Ornelas $500
127th Patrick Brennan Cullip $500
128th James Kim $500
129th Artak Babayan $500
130th Harvey Botchin $500
131st Tony Phan $500
132nd Bruce Aghatepour $500
133rd Ryan Abila $500
134th Khachik Nalbandyan $500
135th Adam Yuen $500
136th Arturo Ametquita $500
137th Gevork Burunsuzyan $500
138th Raj Sawant $500
139th Paul Rio $500
140th Lila Murcia $500
141st Scott Ram $500
142nd Jonathan Rosenthal $500
143rd Gilbert Mendoza $500
144th Sung Brown $500
145th Daymen Smith $500
146th Thanh Nguyen $500
147th Michael E $500
148th Tony Phan $500
149th Fidel Guevara $500
150th Eugene Tito $500
151st Paul Prybylla $500
152nd Tom Cardara $500
153rd Ngon Tran $500
154th Jeff Petsche $500
155th Joe Amagrande $500
156th Igor Zektser $500
157th Jozef Minaskan $500
158th John Mikaelian $500
159th "Anonymous" Unknown $500
160th Takeo "TZ" O'Ishi $500
161st Aram Zerounian $500
162nd Kristia Mavdik $500
163rd Ron Terrill $500
164th Gao Feng $500
165th Hamid Taheri $500
166th Michael Nelson $500
167th Kualil Musceh $500
168th Frank Corrales $500
169th Yehuda Y Rakovchik $500
170th Tong Thanh Le $500
171st Jeffrey Potts $500
172nd James Hanna $500
173rd Jeremmy Harmon $500
174th Quincy Weekley $500
175th Shelia Demritt $500
176th Robert Chocfan $500
177th Eugene B $500
178th Robert Dylan Cohen $500
179th "Anonymous" Unknown $500
180th Bernice Chu $500
181st Artak Babayan $500
182nd James Moore $500
183rd Steve Goldman $500
184th Moses Lopez $500
185th Jeffrey Galatowitsch $500
186th Jerry Barashi $500
187th Gabriel Bartal $500
188th John McGaha $500
189th Andy Nguyen $500
190th William "Monkey" Souther $500
191st Vazgen Ohaman $500
192nd Robert Adams $500
193rd Benjamin Scott $500
194th Mika Hilaire $500
195th Edward Zybul $500
196th Jose Morales $500
197th Budd Beaman $500
198th Zion Luzon $500