WSOP Main Event Underway, WSOPC and HPT Find Winners

WSOP Main Event Final Table Begins

The time for the November Nine has arrived. The World Series of Poker Main Event final table was set to restart on the evening of November 4 in Las Vegas at the Penn & Teller Theater of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

The players’ seating assignments and starting stacks were as follows:

Seat 1: Sylvain Loosli (19,600,000)

Seat 2: Michiel Brummelhuis (11,275,000)

Seat 3: Mark Newhouse (7,350,000)

Seat 4: Ryan Riess (25,875,000)

Seat 5: Amir Lehavot (29,700,000)

Seat 6: Marc Etienne McLaughlin (26,525,000)

Seat 7: Justin Tran (38,000,000)

Seat 8: David Benefield (6,375,000)

Seat 9: Jay Farber (25,975,000)

And with some additional money in the prize pool due to the WSOP investing the final table prize money, the new payouts were listed as follows:

1^st place: $8,361,570

2^nd place: $5,174,357

3^rd place: $3,727,823

4^th place: $2,792,533

5^th place: $2,106,893

6^th place: $1,601,024

7^th place: $1,225,356

8^th place: $944,650

9^th place: $733,224

It only took five hands to see Newhouse move all-in and double through McLaughlin, and Benefield soon did the same through Loosli. Newhouse then moved again a short time later with pocket nines, but the A-K of Riess found a king on the flop to send Newhouse out first.

9^th place: Mark Newhouse ($733,224)

Benefield was the next to move again, but his K-2 couldn’t beat the A-K of Farber, sending Benefield out in eighth.

8^th place: David Benefield ($944,650)

Brummelhuis pushed on the 53^rd hand of the table with pocket nines and doubled through Riess. He moved all-in with nines again two hands later, and Riess called with pocket aces that time. The aces held up, and Brummelhuis departed in seventh.

7^th place: Michiel Brummelhuis ($1,255,356)

By the 100^th hand of the night, play slowed immensely, though there was some excitement when a man in a panda suit (supporting Jay Farber) rushed the stage, fell on his face, and was promptly escorted from the theater – and then the entire casino property – by security.

More updates to come from the night shift!

Daniel Harmetz Wins WSOPC Lake Tahoe

The World Series of Poker Circuit Lake Tahoe series was wrapping up at Harvey’s with the $1,675 NLHE Main Event. It started with October 24 and brought in a total of 390 players for a $585K prize pool.

Day 2 began with 82 players but worked its way into the money, and the top 45 players began the cashout process. Late into the night, the tenth place elimination of Daniel Evans by Ryan Rinker launched the remaining nine competitors directly into final table action. And in fairly quick order, these eliminations took place:

6^th place: Eric Matulis ($24,903)

7^th place: Jonathan Neckar ($19,340)

8^th place: Grandland Hillman ($15,233)

9^th place: Evan Karcie ($12,168)

Play stopped with five players remaining to compete on Day 3, with Ryan Rinker in the chip lead and Kevin Fleming on the short stack. After a short night of play, the following results were reported:

1^st place: Daniel Harmetz ($128,699)

2^nd place: Ryan Rinker ($79,531)

3^rd place: Kevin Fleming ($58,114)

4^th place: Austin Buchanan ($43,150)

5^th place: Jorge Walker ($32,538)

Adam Friedman Wins HPT Belterra

The most recent stop for the Heartland Poker Tour was in Florence, Indiana, at the Belterra Casino Resort. Action started on October 25 with preliminary events, but the Main Event got underway on November 1.

The tournament drew enough players to warrant a $347,655 prize pool, out of which the top 27 players were paid. And on November 4, the final table played down to see Adam Friedman capture the HPT title.

Results:

1^st place: Adam Friedman ($83,439)

2^nd place: Jason Andrews ($51,453)

3^rd place: Steve Russell ($34,766)

4^th place: Adam Bacon ($24,684)

5^th place: John Michalak ($19,121)

6^th place: Keven Stammen ($15,644)

7^th place: Kenneth Zuspan ($13,037)

8^th place: Iverson Snuffer ($10,951)

9^th place: Craig Casino ($9,039)