Tournament Information
Tournament:
2017 The Gardens Poker Festival
Date:
May 15 - 31, 2017
Venue:
Hawaiian Gardens Casino
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Event:
WPT500 Main Event (May 21 - 31, 2017)
Buy-in:
$500 + $65
Prize:
$1,000,000
Entries:
3,266
Other Events
| May 15, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Bounties (Event #1) | $175 |
| May 15, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Timed Tournament (Event #2) | $110 |
| May 16, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Seniors Event (Event #3) | $110 |
| May 16, 2017 | Limit Hold'em (Event #4) | $110 |
| May 17, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack (Event #6) | $175 |
| May 17, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Timed Tournament (Event #7) | $110 |
| May 18, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Timed Tournament (Event #8) | $110 |
| May 18, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Bounties (Event #9) | $175 |
| May 19, 2017 | Big-O Hi-Lo/7-Card Stud Hi-Lo Mix (Event #10) | $110 |
| May 19, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack (Event #11) | $175 |
| May 20, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Bounties (Event #12) | $175 |
| May 21 - 31, 2017 | WPT500 WPT500 Main Event | $500 + 65 |
| May 30, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Mega Stack Turbo w/Action Clock (Event #15) | $1,000 + 100 |
| May 31, 2017 | No Limit Hold'em - Bounties (Event #16) | $175 |
Event Results
| Place | Player | Prize | GPI | PoY 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dong Le | $224,500 | — | — | |
| 2nd | Owen Crowe | $130,000 | — | — | |
| 3rd | Peter Hengsakul | $100,000 | — | — | |
| 4th | Richard Kim | $81,000 | — | — | |
| 5th | Ilya Shpiner | $65,000 | — | — | |
| 6th | Deepinder Singh | $49,000 | — | — | |
| 7th | Massoud "CBK" Eskandari | $36,000 | — | — | |
| 8th | Alex Faynshteyn | $28,000 | — | — | |
| 9th | Gregory Roberts | $21,000 | — | — | |
| 10th | Roy Coleman | $17,000 | — | — | |
| 11th | Sung Baek | $17,000 | — | — | |
| 12th | Danny Nguyen | $17,000 | — | — | |
| 13th | Jesus Sanchez | $13,000 | — | — | |
| 14th | Paul Saso | $13,000 | — | — | |
| 15th | Xiaohong Hong | $13,000 | — | — | |
| 16th | Dana Kellstrom | $10,000 | — | — | |
| 17th | Vu Tran | $10,000 | — | — | |
| 18th | Huy Nguyen | $10,000 | — | — | |
| 19th | Brett Murray | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 20th | Frank Lin | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 21st | Ramiro Uribe | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 22nd | Tyler Meservy | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 23rd | Devin Jackson | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 24th | Rubin Chappell | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 25th | Gary Sewell | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 26th | Hermilo Vargas | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 27th | Joanna Sommerville | $8,000 | — | — | |
| 28th | Daryl Gloudeman | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 29th | Robert Salinger | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 30th | Ryan Vega | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 31st | Nick Shkolnik | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 32nd | Ricardo Najerra | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 33rd | Robert Waterman | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 34th | Brent Hart | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 35th | Jason Leifer | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 36th | Phuoc "Paul" Nguyen | $6,000 | — | — | |
| 37th | Jared Griener | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 38th | Gary Do | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 39th | Ross Clare | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 40th | James Mitchell | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 41st | Francis Harvey Alegado | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 42nd | Alexander Farahi | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 43rd | Peter Dang | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 44th | Christian Estrada | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 45th | Randy Kim | $5,000 | — | — | |
| 46th | Senon Pastores | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 47th | David "The Dragon" Pham | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 48th | Denis Bilodeau | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 49th | Gregg Robison | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 50th | Albert Hanley | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 51st | John Carriveau | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 52nd | Javier Canal | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 53rd | Sungmin Jang | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 54th | Timeng Tang | $4,400 | — | — | |
| 55th | Julie Nhien Thi Dang | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 56th | Said El Harrak | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 57th | Glenn Larson | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 58th | Montgomery Markland | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 59th | Hoang Ta | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 60th | Ravi Shan | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 61st | Mark Hamilton | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 62nd | James Pilpa | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 63rd | Robert "Bobby" Suer | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 64th | Alexander Sadak | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 65th | David Avanesyan | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 66th | Clint Monfort | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 67th | Serj Markarian | $3,900 | — | — | |
| 68th | Thu Nguyen | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 69th | Sanjay Mayekar | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 70th | Frank Flowers | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 71st | Richie Nguyen | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 72nd | Andy Ghebre | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 73rd | Steven Dobrofsky | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 74th | Sameh Meshreky | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 75th | Zu Zhou | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 76th | Jeffrey Kirby | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 77th | Chester Burnett | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 78th | Shawn Kaye | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 79th | Alan Myerson | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 80th | Chaz Wexler | $3,400 | — | — | |
| 81st | Martin Carnero | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 82nd | Andrew Litwin | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 83rd | Marc Orillo | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 84th | Mike Shariati | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 85th | Ed Alikhani | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 86th | Doug Lada | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 87th | Stuart Rabin | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 88th | Christine Pietsch | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 89th | Ed Klein | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 90th | Joe Nalbandyan | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 91st | Mark Peckham | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 92nd | Prabhu Mogulla | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 93rd | Robert Prinz | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 94th | Pui Sum | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 95th | George Antonakos | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 96th | Kareem Marshall | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 97th | Bob Riley | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 98th | Brian Lee | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 99th | Kwok Lee | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 100th | Erlene Geller | $3,000 | — | — | |
| 101st | Travis Tachibana | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 102nd | Anthony McCollum | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 103rd | John Mucha | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 104th | Rick Garvey | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 105th | Mike Speer | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 106th | Chris Hinchcliffe | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 107th | Peter Treglia | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 108th | Sascha Walter | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 109th | Fred Goff | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 110th | Ophir Atar | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 111th | Brandon Le | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 112th | Hector Aviles | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 113th | Kayvon Motahed | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 114th | Danny Wong | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 115th | Allan Le | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 116th | Rob Nash | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 117th | Victor Shalom | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 118th | Aram Zerounian | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 119th | Jerome Hall | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 120th | Vince Salvatore | $2,600 | — | — | |
| 121st | Behzad "Sam" Teranie | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 122nd | Greg Hopkins | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 123rd | Long Do | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 124th | Marc Weinstein | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 125th | Charlie Miller | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 126th | Eyal Al-Revah | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 127th | Brian Bord | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 128th | Ebony Kenney | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 129th | Richard Mestas | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 130th | Damien Dreyer | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 131st | Khuong Le | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 132nd | Antonios Roungeris | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 133rd | David Rich | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 134th | Michael Gutierrez | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 135th | Paul Lee | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 136th | Nicholas Grippo | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 137th | Mark Raudenbush | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 138th | Buffy Shapiro | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 139th | Greg Pohler | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 140th | Rick Hollman | $2,300 | — | — | |
| 141st | Patrick Chan | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 142nd | Valentin Ciriaco | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 143rd | Vuong Do | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 144th | Mark Mazza | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 145th | Yoonkyu Park | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 146th | Andrew Hanna | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 147th | Gary Sjoberg | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 148th | Ken Bachrach | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 149th | Nikhil Gera | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 150th | Jason Gooch | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 151st | Mike Ignacio | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 152nd | Jacob Rigel | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 153rd | Mike "Verk" VaVerka | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 154th | Robert Crossley | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 155th | Leopoldo Araneta | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 156th | Ryan Buckholtz | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 157th | Takeo "TZ" O'Ishi | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 158th | Lirio Fontamillas | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 159th | Natalie Yao Meng | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 160th | Sarena Simko | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 161st | Hieu Le | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 162nd | Saya Ono | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 163rd | Osama "Sam" Basilious | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 164th | Charles Bailey | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 165th | Steven Nicholson | $2,000 | — | — | |
| 166th | Clifford Schumacher | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 167th | Mark Leblanc | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 168th | Brian Small | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 169th | Aaron Marmer | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 170th | Ernan Banez | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 171st | Paul W Lee | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 172nd | Anthony Tatikian | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 173rd | Erik Nason | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 174th | Ben Chung | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 175th | Henry Keokot | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 176th | Linjun Zhao | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 177th | Chan Pelton | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 178th | David Rosenbloom | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 179th | Rick Klein | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 180th | Hogul Lee | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 181st | Charles Ramos | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 182nd | Ryusei Kudoh | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 183rd | Brian Hunkins | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 184th | Lane Post | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 185th | Edwin Contreras | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 186th | Kevin French | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 187th | Eric Prince | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 188th | Leroy Le | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 189th | Young Sik Eum | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 190th | Victor Paredes | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 191st | Jae Hwang | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 192nd | Rif Dagher | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 193rd | Jason Nguyen | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 194th | Wilbert Lopez | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 195th | George Jura | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 196th | Thi "Annee" Ngo | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 197th | Courtenay Williams | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 198th | Alex Tran | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 199th | Luke Li | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 200th | Kenneth Morrison | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 201st | Jay Scoratow | $1,700 | — | — | |
| 202nd | Behzad Eshragi | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 203rd | Sean Yu | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 204th | Tony Dao | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 205th | Jeffrey Yarchever | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 206th | Mohsin "ChicagoCards1" Charania | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 207th | Eduardo Cueva | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 208th | Hieu Ngoc "Tony" Ma | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 209th | Andy "Shooter" Stracuzzi | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 210th | Robert Salamone | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 211th | Chelsea Proctor | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 212th | Edvin Setaghian | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 213th | Florentino Montero | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 214th | Tuan Phan | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 215th | Xiao Yu | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 216th | Andre Burton | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 217th | Tuyet Le | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 218th | Alexander Greenblatt | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 219th | Alejandro Garcia | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 220th | Xuan Nguyen | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 221st | Eric Pierce Dam | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 222nd | Gevork Kasabyan | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 223rd | Thomas Lindell | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 224th | Narbeh Hovsepian | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 225th | Calvin Chan | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 226th | Marc Cockerell | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 227th | Billy Clark | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 228th | Sergei Saakian | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 229th | Randy Campbell | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 230th | Vinny Vinh | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 231st | Robert Gau | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 232nd | Marshall Travis | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 233rd | Guido Campellone | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 234th | Thai Nguyen | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 235th | William Myers | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 236th | Erich Karle | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 237th | Luan Phan | $1,500 | — | — | |
| 238th | Jamison Whittier | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 239th | Long Ma | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 240th | "Anonymous" Unknown | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 241st | Eric Wu | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 242nd | Kenny Nguyen | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 243rd | Thomas Oliver | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 244th | Alex Hua | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 245th | Kevin Galbreath | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 246th | Mohammad Shamol | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 247th | Will Fahmy | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 248th | Christopher DeMaci | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 249th | Barry Glenn Sher | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 250th | Anuj Agarwal | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 251st | David Rich | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 252nd | Zu Zhou | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 253rd | Dong Lee | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 254th | Brian Bord | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 255th | Robert Prinz | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 256th | Ravi Shan | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 257th | Nikhil Gera | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 258th | Massoud "CBK" Eskandari | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 259th | Deepinder Singh | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 260th | Gregory Roberts | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 261st | Antonios Roungeris | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 262nd | Albert Hanley | $1,300 | — | — | |
| 263rd | Larisa Evloeva | $1,300 | — | — | |
