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2009 Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Event 12 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem. Final Results. 2009 Horseshoe Southern Indiana WSOP Circuit Events.

2009 Horseshoe Southern Indiana
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2009 Horseshoe S. Indiana Event #12 Results
2009-2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Southern Indiana
Nov. 1, 2009
Event #12
No-Limit Hold’em  
Buy-In: $300 + $45
Number of Entries: 107
Total Prize Money: $32,100
Mark Smith
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2009 Horseshoe Southern Indiana WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:

2009 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Indiana Schedule and Results
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Mark Smith
James Tilley
Brian Fritz
Nathan Steger
Damon Wiggs
Eric Stocz
Raymond Gerst
Robert Castoire
Mike Woods
Timothy McCarthy
Gino Guarnieri
Brett McBrien
David Cupps
Ronak Mistry
Wanda Schrader
Dwayne Garner
David Mink
James Price
Georgetown, KY
St. Cloud, FL
Terre Haute, IN
Ft. Knox, KY
Borden, IN
West Bloomfield, MI
Columbus, OH
Cecelia, KY
Wellston, OH
Munster, IN
Lexington, KY
Lebanon, TN
Bedford, IN
La Grange, IN
Louisville, KY
Louisville, K
Somerset,KY
Oklahoma City, OK
$10,088
$5,293
$3,114
$2,491
$1,868
$1,557
$1,246
$934
$623
$498
$498
$498
$436
$436
$436
$374
$374
$374
Mark ‘Pegasus’ Smith Gallops Off With Third Circuit
Ring in Event 12

Poker Pro/Thoroughbred Horse Racer Scores Wire-to-
Wire Convincing Win

Elizabeth, IN — Mark “Pegasus” Smith is a 57-year-old poker pro from Georgetown,
Kentucky who also races thoroughbred horses. If he himself were a horse, he would have
been an odds-on favorite to win event #12, the last preliminary tournament before the
championship final table tomorrow at the WSOP Circuit at Horseshoe Southern Indiana. On
a rush with three final tables in the last 15 days (one at Hammond on Oct. 17 and another
here on Oct. 25, he came to the final table with the chip lead and raced in front all the way
to the finish. He now has three Circuit rings, tied with Chris Ferguson and Maurice Hawkins,
who won event #10 here two days ago, and trailing only Men “The Master” Nguyen, who
has four. His 12 Circuit cashes also puts him in the top 10.

Carefully analyzing the final table, Smith said it was easy to read. There were two
aggressive players whom he was able to trap, with the rest playing more cautiously. This
event drew 107 players with a prize pool of $32,100. First place paid an official $10,088,
but the three finalists made a tournament-ending deal with a little money changing hands
between them.

Smith’s many other cashes include a Circuit championship at Tunica.which paid $306,000,
and two Midwest Regional championships. The wonder is that he has any time to play at all,
much less rack up so many cashes, because in addition to breeding and racing horses, he
also is chief deputy coroner of Scott County, Kentucky, and owns the largest privately
owned waste water-treatment plant in that state.

Play commenced with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and 400 antes, with 38:39 left on the clock.
Smith was in front with 105,400. All players were still around when the level ended and
blinds went to 2,000-4,000 with 500 antes. Damon Wiggs, who came to the final table with
by far the fewest chips, 16,700, then proceeded to go all in three times in a row, escaping
each time, the first time by catching two 4s to his Q-4. to beat a paired jack.

9th place: By now, Wiggs had accumulated enough chips to bust another player, and after
an hour of final-table play, he did just that. Mike Woods was all in with A-6 and Wiggs had
Q-J. He paired his queen when the board came 10-Q-K-K-2 to leave Woods I ninth place,
paying $623. Woods, a janitor from Wellston, Ohio. Has been playing 40 years. He finished
second in the opening event here. Another poker highlight was winning a $10,000 seat in
PartyPoker Millions with a $6 buy-in.  He also plays golf.

8th place: With blinds now at 3,000-6,000, Robert Castoire went all in from the big blind for
30,000 holding A-7. After long thought, Smith made a call from the small blind, with K-Q,
outdrawing Castoire when the board came J-Q-7-9-6. Castoire, collecting $934 for eighth, is
a ship’s officer from Cecelia, Kentucky He is 53, and a 40-year poker veteran. In the past
two years he’s had five other Circuit final tables: a win in $1,000 no-limit and seconds in
$500 and $300 no-limit at Tunica, along with a fourth in $1,000 no-limit.in Atlantic City.. He
also finished fifth at event #10 here, $1,000 no-limit.

7th place:  Soon after, when the flop came 6-4-J, Raymond Gerst put in his last chips
holding 8-6. He was behind when Brian “Fritter” Fritz called with Q-J, couldn’t help and
ended up with $1,246 for seventh. Gerst, 41, is a software engineer from Galena, Ohio who
taught himself poker from books seven years ago. He has numerous daily tournament
cashes and has finished in the black the past five years. He is also the father of twin
4-year-olds, Robert and Catherine.     

6th place: Blinds now were 4,000-8,000. “I’ll gamble,” James Tilley said after Eric Stocz
moved in for 24,000, His gamble paid off. He was behind, with Js-9s to Stocz’ A-10, but
caught a jack on the turn to bump Stocz out sixth, paying $1,557. Stocz, 35, from West
Bloomfield, Michigan, played professional football as a tight end for the NFL Detroit Lions for
five seasons, from 1996 to 2001. He is currently a personal trainer with a certified
elementary education. Prior cashes include a second in a $500 event at Hammond, along
with five Heartland payouts.     

5th place:  Wiggs had played his short stacks admirably, but his run finally ended when he
made an all-in call with pocket 7s, and looked at Tilley’s pocket eights. Tilley made a set
when the flop came 8-10-A, and that was all she wrote as Wiggs settled for $1,868. Wiggs,
30, is a sales rep from Borden, Indiana. He’s played “faithfully” for five years, learning
online and in home games. He has a second in a Circuit event here in 2004 that paid
$23,484..   

4th place: Next to leave was Nathan Steger, an Army infantry captain stationed at Fort
Knox, Kentucky. He moved in from the button with Ad-5d, and found himself facing Tilley’s
pocket kings. When the board came 2-4-9-4-J, Steger got his discharge papers and cashed
fourth for $2,491. Steger learned the game by playing two years ago. His poker “highlight”
was “losing my huge stack jst prior to writing this.” He also likes golf and watching football.

The three finalists now made their side deal, and this tournament was over.   

3rd place: Finishing third was Fritz, who is 35 and from Terre Haute, Indiana, where he has
unusual dual employment as a sportscaster and banker. He learned poker playing with
friends and also plays golf. Third paid an official $3,114

2nd place: When this tournament ended, Tilley had about 190,000 chips to around 290,000
for Smith, good enough for second, paying an official $5,293. Tilley is 43 and a demolition
supervisor from St. Cloud, Florida who learned poker from books seven years ago. In
Florida, he won six tournaments at SunCruz Casino and several more at the Hard Rock.

Max Shapiro


For more information, please contact:  
Max Shapiro -- WSOP Media Director at (323) 356-3303
Or visit our official website:  www.worldseriesofpoker.com

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 – Brian Parson, Christopher Reason
2009 Horseshoe Southern Indiana WSOP Circuit Event #12 Winner