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2008 Horseshoe Indiana
Event 1 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2008 Horseshoe Indiana WSOP Circuit Events.

2008 Horseshoe Indiana
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2008 Horseshoe Indiana Event #1 Results
2008/2009 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Indiana
Event #1
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries:  562
Total Prize Pool:  $168,600
October 2-3, 2008
Justin Wallace
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
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Justin Wallace
Pat Peercy
Tina Kendall
Austin McCormick
Charlie Dawson
Frank Berrettoni
Darleen Johnson
Bobby Byram
Brandon Bourne
Tim Cushman
Mark Grayson
Charles Lewis
Vinson Smith
Zachary Harbison
F. Joseph Mikolajewski
William Cooper
Matthew Abell
Gerald Dunn
Brent Phillips
Troy Daniels
Jerry Payne
Joseph Hartman
Russell Bblin
Robert "R.C." Thorne
Clifford Mills
Michael Tripplet
Donald Dobbins
Karl Zimmerman
Todd Ofer
David Johnston
Jeffery Jensen
Mike Karangelovski
Jeremy Davies
Jeffrey Ho
Jessica Dawley
Bruce Sturgeon
Jeffrey Jones
George Durham
Gregory Hanna
Roger Manning
William Coyle
Joseph Villines
Scott Lawrence
Samuel Carter
Robert Broock
Timothy Ketavongsa
Joseph Couden
Thomas Raptis
Ronald Mahagan
Scott Robb
Timothy Thomas
Kenneth Brainer
Johnny Skeens
Joshua Dickman
Paducah, KY
Indianapolis, IN
Alexis, NC
Kansas City, MO
Owensboro, KY
So. Chicago Hts., IL
Cincinnati, OH
Osceola, AR
Sparta, KY
Louisville, KY
Louisville, KY
Sylva, NC
Parkesburg, WV
Loogootee, IN
Piqua, OH
Burlington, KY
Evansville, IN
Paoli, IN
Evansville, IN
Columbus, OH
Centerville, OH
Lockport, IL
Columbus, OH
Fishers, IN
Murphysboro, IL
Charlotte, MI
Knoxville, TN
Knoxville, TN
Jasper, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Dixon, OH
Pickerington, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Plainfield, IN
Jeffersonville, IN
Bedford, IN
Burlington, KY
Lexington, KY
East Peoria, IL
Oolitic, IN
Indianapolis, IN
Henderson, KY
Evansville, IN
Grayson, KY
Indianapolis, IN
Deerfield Beach, FL
Reynoldsburg, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Louisville, KY
West Chester, OH
Elizabethtown, KY
Louisville, KY
Mooresville, IN
Taylors, SC
$45,934
$24,234
$12,671
$11,087
$9,503
$7,920
$6,335
$4,752
$3,168
$1,742
$1,742
$1,742
$1,426
$1,426
$1,426
$1,109
$1,109
$1,109
$792
$792
$792
$792
$792
$792
$792
$792
$792
$554
$554
$554
$554
$554
$554
$554
$554
$554
$475
$475
$475
$475
$475
$475
$475
$475
$475
$396
$396
$396
$396
$396
$396
$396
$396
$396
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2008 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Indiana Schedule and Results
Poker Stars
2008 Horseshoe Southern Indiana WSOP Circuit Event #1 Winner Justin Wallace
Store Buyer Justin Wallace Surges to Win in Harrahs
So. Indiana Circuit #1

Elizabeth, IN — Justin Wallace, 29, is from Paducah, Kentucky and works as a buyer for his
family-business home decor store. He figures he's won over $100,000 in five years of
tournament play, and tonight picked up $45,934 (plus a $5,150 seat into this tournament's
main event) by winning the opener of the WSOP Circuit at Harrahs Southern Indiana, $300
no-limit hold'em. But he has no thoughts of turning pro. "If I did, I'd be broke," he
confesses, His previous biggest cash was about $20,000 for a win at Harrahs Metropolis in
Illinois.

In this event, the first in the 2008-2009 Circuit tour, he took down first place by rapidly
moving up with aggressive play in the final stages and had built a nearly 4-1 chip
advantage when he got heads-up with pro player Pat Peercy. Wallace, whose favorite
game is H.O.R.S.E "because it's a lot of fun and it's the game I've cashed most consistently
in," says he has no particular style of play. "I do what the table lets me, and try to mix up
my game." He said he was able to figure out the final table pretty well, and ranked Tina
Kendall, one of two women to make it there, as the most aggressive player. Wallace, who
learned poker from books, is married and enjoys lake- and snow-boarding.  

Horseshoe Southern Indiana (former Caesars Indiana), the largest riverboat in North
America, has been renamed and retooled, recently completing a $50 million renovation to
give it a richer, upscale look with dark woods and black, maroon and gold colors and
chandeliers throughout the four-level docked gaming vessel. It now has 2,000 slots and
more than 100 table games. The poker room, ranked number one in the Midwest, had a $1
million upgrade, and new features include a glass-enclosed high-limit section.
 
First-day play in this event ended at the 17th level with 11 players remaining. They
returned at 4 p.m. the next day with Peercy well in the lead with 703,000 of the 3,372,000
chips in play.  

We got to nine after a very big hand. Three players were all in. Kendall had A-K, Tim
Cushman had A-9, and Brandon "Chubs" Bourne had pocket queens. An ace flopped,
Cushman went out in 10th place, Bourne was left with 3,000 and Kendall zoomed up to
867,000, just behind Peercy, who still led with 928,000.  Final table action now started with
blinds of 10,000-20,000, 3,000 antes and 32 minutes left on the clock  

Here were the starting chip counts:

Seat 1. Austin McCormick        350,000
Seat 2. Tina Kendall                867,000
Seat 3. Charlie Dawson          237,000
Seat 4. Darleen Johnson         146,000
Seat 5. Frank Berrettoni          200,000
Seat 6. Pat Peercy                   928,000
Seat 7. Justin Wallace             459,000
Seat 8. Bobby Byram               243,000
Seat 9. Brandon Bourne          3,000

Not surprisingly, Bourne was first out. He managed to double through once, but finally
busted on a bad beat. He moved in with pocket kings and had two callers. The board came
Q-J-4, and he still had the lead. But then a 7 turned and another hit the river, giving Peercy,
in the big blind with 7-2, winning trips. Ninth place paid $3,168. Bourne, 31, is from Sparta,
Kentucky, and works in a steel mill. He's married with two children, has been playing 13
years and enjoys softball. This is his 10th Circuit, he's self-taught, and his poker highlight
was finishing third in this event last year.

The next player departed after blinds went up to 15,000-30,000 with 4,000 antes. Bobby
Byram moved in with A-K from early position and was called by Kendall who held pocket
queens. The lady's ladies prevailed when the board came 9-7-5-9-8, She now had the chip
lead while Byram took home $4,752 for eighth place. Byram, 39, is a restaurant franchisee
from Osceola, Arkansas. He's been playing five years, this is his seventh Circuit, and his
biggest poker achievement was finishing fourth in the first Circuit event at Tunica in
January. Byram, married with two children, is a big sports fan. He learned poker from
books.   

Not long after, Darleen Johnson, low-chipped, was all in with A-9 against Wallace. He was in
the big blind with a lowly 3-2, but pulled out a full house when the board came A-2-2-8-3.
She earned $6,336 for seventh. Johnson is 61, from Cincinnati, and owns a sports complex.
Married with two children, she's been playing five years and this is her fourth Circuit cash
out of 10 or 15 tries, and first final table. She learned poker from watching games in Vegtas
and also enjoys bowling.  

Frank Berrettoni finished sixth when he held Jc-7c, flopped a flush draw, but failed to
complete, losing to Charlie Dawson's A-Q after an ace hit the river. Berrettoni, 35, is from
South Chicago Heights, Illinois, where he owns a liquor store. He learned poker from his
father and has been playing all his life. This is his 30th Circuit, and his cashes include a 3rd
at the Heartland Poker Tour, a fifth at a Tunica Circuit, and a win at the Majestic Star
Casino. Berrettoni, who also enjoys pool and sports, was paid $7,920 for sixth.

One hand later we were down to four. This time, Wallace raised to 85,000 with A-Q, and
Dawson moved in with pocket 10s. Wallace flopped two pair when the board came A-Q-7,
and Dawson couldn't catch up. He went home with         $9,504 for fifth. Dawson, 39, is a
real estate investor from Owensboro, Kentucky. He's been playing competitively for five
years, and his best cash was $90,929 for second in a World Poker Open $1,000 event. A
devoted family man, he spends as much time as he can with his wife and two-year-old son..

Three of the finalists, Wallace, Peercy and Kendall, each had around a million chips each,
while Austin "QuietWinner" McCormick trailed with around 400,000. He dropped down and
lost his remaining chips after blinds became 20,000-40,000 with 5,000 antes. He was all in
with the better hand, 10-7 to Peercy's 9s-7s, until a board of 9-4-4-5-3 gave Peercy the
winning pair.

McCormick, 21, from Kansas City, Missouri, was a student until turning pro. Self-taught, he's
been playing five years and this is his first Circuit attempt. He also likes golf and the
outdoors. Fourth place was worth $11,087.  

Play continued with Peercy now in front with about 1.5 million. But now Wallace began to
move up. One hand in particular brought him a lot of chips. Kendall raised, Wallace re-raised
(with pocket 9s, he later said), and his two opponents folded. By the time blinds went to
30,000-60,000 with 5,000 antes, he had 1.65 million while Kendall and Peercy each had a
million or so.

Probably the deciding play of the night came when the board showed 8d-6c-2d-5d. Kendall,
holding 6-5, pushed in with her two pair, and Wallace, with Qd-6d, called with his flush to
bust Kendall and take a huge lead.

Kendall, 41, is married, from Alexis, North Carolina, and is a project manager for a
telecommunications company. She learned poker growing up and watching TV. This is her
first Circuit. Kendall, who plays in Texas poker leagues, won a bracelet in the Austin Players
Association, and made the top 10 in all three leagues in Austin. Third place paid $12,672.

Heads-up, Wallace had roughly 2,700,000 to Peercy's 700,000. Peercy managed to climb
past the million mark, but couldn't do much more. On the final hand, Wallace raised with A-
4, and Peercy decided to move in with 10-9. Wallace called and made a winning wheel
when the board came 7-5-2-3-9.

Peercy, 37, was a car salesman before turning pro.. He's entered numerous Circuits and
has played poker "foreve,r," learning from his family. His biggest payday was $40,032 for
winning a $300 no-limit event at the Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker this year. Married,
he also likes to hunt and fish. For finishing second he took home $24,234.

Max Shapiro

World Series of Poker Commissioner – Jeffrey Pollack
Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Poker Room Manager – Jimmy Allen
Tournament Directors -- Chris Reason, Andy Cunningham, Doug Sullivan