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Entries:
Place
Name
Prize
1
Joe Bartholdi (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$3,760,165
2
David Matthew (Toronto, ON, Canada)
$1,903,950
3
Roland de Wolfe (London, United Kingdom)
$1,025,205
4
Claus Nielsen (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$659,120
5
James Van Alstyne (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$439,375
6
Men "The Master" Nguyen (Bell Gardens, California)
$292,915
7
Vanessa Rousso (Miami, Florida)
$263,625
8
Espen Saltnes (Bergen, Norway)
$234,330
9
Chad Brown (Los Angeles, California)
$205,040
10
Carlos Zambrano (Babylon, New York)
$175,750
11
Victor Ramdin (Bronx, New York)
$146,460
12
Cliff "Johnny Bax" Josephy (Syosset, New York)
$146,460
13
Valentino Morella (Riverside, California)
$146,460
14
Gary Maresh (Kenosha, Wisonsin)
$146,460
15
Paul Wasika (Westminster, Colorado)
$146,460
16
Erica Schoenberg (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$117,165
17
Patrik Antonius (Helsinki, Finland)
$117,165
18
Simon Moussa (Avon, Ohio)
$117,165
19
Surinder Sunar (Wolverhampton, United Kingdom)
$117,165
20
Ross Boatman (London, United Kingdom)
$102,520
21
Abdul Fadeyi (Centennial, Ohio)
$102,520
22
Luis Pires (San Jose, California)
$87,875
23
Freddy Deeb (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$87,875
24
Mike Russo (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$87,875
25
Matt Lefkowitz (Carmel Valley, California)
$87,875
26
Michael Thuritz (Stockholm, Sweden)
$87,875
27
Rehne Pederson (Aalborg, Sweden)
$87,875
28
Nadeem Ahmed (Swindon, England)
$87,875
29
Kenny Tran (San Gabriel, California)
$87,875
30
William Lin (Boulder, Colorado)
$87,875
31
Ray Faltinsky (Rancho Santa Fe, California)
$73,230
32
David Byer (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$73,230
33
Jody Newcomb (Richmond, Virginia)
$73,230
34
Johnny Chan (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$73,230
35
Anthony Newman (Brooklyn, New York)
$73,230
36
Jay Wilchester (San Diego, California)
$73,230
37
Chip Jett (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$73,230
38
Michael McNeil (Wheeling, West Virginia)
$73,230
39
Evelyn Ng (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$73,230
40
Raul Oliveira (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
$73,230
41
Daniel Adelson (Sherman Oaks, California)
$58,585
42
David Grey (Henderson, Nevada)
$58,585
43
Jeff Friedman (Los Angeles, California)
$58,585
44
Thomas Koral (Skokie, Illinois)
$58,585
45
Gary Starrett (Negaunee, Michigan)
$58,585
46
Tom Franklin (Gulfport, Mississippi)
$58,585
47
Doyle Brunson (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$58,585
48
Mark Gregorich (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$58,585
49
Curtis Hirsch (Vegreville AFB, Canada)
$58,585
50
Phil Hellmuth, Jr. (Palo Alto, California)
$58,585
51
William Baxter (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
52
Jeffrey Littlefield (Greenville, Texas)
$43,935
53
Bobby Hoff (Long Beach, California)
$43,935
54
Gabriel Thaler (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
55
Kory Moore (Akron, Ohio)
$43,935
56
Thor Hansen (El Segundo, California)
$43,935
57
David Williams (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
58
Donnacha O'Dea (Dublin, Ireland)
$43,935
59
Gavin Simms (United Kingdom)
$43,935
60
Vinnie Vinh (Houston, Texas)
$43,935
61
Johan Storakers (Stockholm, Sweden)
$43,935
62
Paul Kraus (Manhattan Beach, California)
$43,935
63
Steve Paul-Ambrose (Kingston, ON, Canada)
$43,935
64
Carl Olson (Seattle, Washington)
$43,935
65
Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, California)
$43,935
66
Greg Fondacaro (Sewell, New Jersey)
$43,935
67
Shawn Buchanan (Abbotsford, BC, Canada)
$43,935
68
Brad Booth (Yukon Territory, YT, Canada)
$43,935
69
Meng La (Torrance, California)
$43,935
70
Ingemar Backman (Sweden)
$43,935
71
Billy Edler (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
72
John D'Agostino (Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey)
$43,935
73
Karl Stark (Vienna, Austria)
$43,935
74
Ted Leva (Houston, Texas)
$43,935
75
Julien Ripoche (Paris, France)
$43,935
76
David Kim (Los Angeles, California)
$43,935
77
Dustin Woolf (Los Angeles, California)
$43,935
78
Juha Helppi (Helsinki, Finland)
$43,935
79
Casey Kastle (Romeoville, Illinois)
$43,935
80
Jennifer Harman Traniello (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
81
Jason Strochak (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
82
Sam Silverman (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
83
Marc Durand (Henderson, Las Vegas)
$43,935
84
Anthony Zolnierczyk (McHenry, Illinois)
$43,935
85
Louis Werman (Agoura, California)
$43,935
86
Jan Olav Sjavik (Oslo, Norway)
$43,935
87
Joseph Omahen (San Diego, California)
$43,935
88
Kirill Gerasimov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
$43,935
89
Dayne Baverman (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
90
Lonnie Mason (Lake Tahoe, Nevada)
$43,935
91
Paul Darpino (Binghampton, New York)
$43,935
92
Roy Thung (White Plains, New York)
$43,935
93
Abraham Gray (Lawrenceville, Georgia)
$43,935
94
Erick Lindgren (Las Vegas, Nevada)
$43,935
95
Cliff Pappas (Scottsdale, Arizona)
$43,935
96
Oliver Humbel (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
$43,935
97
Greg Alston (Miami Beach, Florida)
$43,935
98
Anahit Galajian (Glendale, California)
$43,935
99
Thomas Wahlroos (Helsinki, Finland)
$43,935
100
Joseph Sanders (Orem, Utah)
$43,935
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Notes: Winner receives entry into Season 5 WPT Championship
Final Table Report

The final six players at the World Poker Tour Championship clashed today in
an effort to win the first prize of $3,760,165. The top three places all paid
over one million dollars, but eveybody wanted first place.

Men “The Master” Nguyen came into the table as the short stack with only
$1,490,000. On the 16th hand of play, "The Master" moved all in with pocket
tens but ran into the pocket queens of Claus Nielsen. Nguyen was not able
to improve and knocked out in sixth place, earning $292,915 for his efforts.

James Van Alstyne began the day as the chip leader. However, his chip stack
was severely diminshed when he doubled up Roland de Wolfe. Van Alstyne
was left with only $10,000 in chips and was knocked out on the next hand by
Joe Bartholdi. James brought home $439,375 for his fifth place finish.

It took twenty eight more hands for Claus Nielsen to get knocked out.  
Nielsen called Joe Bartholdi’s all in bet with a pair of queens, but it was no
match for the flush of Bartholdi. Claus Nielsen finished the tournament in
fourth place and earned $659,120 for his efforts.

The remaining three players battled until the pocket sixes of Roland de Wolfe
ran into the pocket queens of Joe Bartholdi. Bartholdi flopped trip queens and
sent de Wolfe out of the tournament. Roland de Wolfe finished in third place
and took home $1,025,205.

Heads up play began with Joe Bartholdi holding almost a three to one chip
lead on David Matthew. Matthew, who qualified for $25 online, fought his
way back to take over the chip lead for a few hands. However, Joe Bartholdi
came back to take down the title when Matthew could not make a flush
against Joe Bartholdi’s pair of fives. David Matthew won $1,903,950 for
finishing in second place.

Joe Bartholdi won the title at the World Poker Tour Championship and took
down a huge first place prize of $3,760,165. The young poker pro from Las
Vegas will return to the Bellagio tomorrow to compete in the Battle of
Champions.
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