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2010-2011 Harvey's Lake Tahoe
Ring Event 9 - $1,600 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Main Event Championship Final Results. 2010-2011 Harvey's Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Events.

2010-2011 Harvey's Lake Tahoe
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2010 Harvey's Lake Tahoe Ring Event #9 Results
2010-2011 World Series of Poker Circuit
Season Seven
Harvey's Lake Tahoe
Event #9
Main Event Championship
No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-In:  $1,600
Total Entries:  246
Total Prize Pool:  $354,240
Stanley Quinn
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
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3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Stanley Quinn
John McNeilly
Michael Traylor
Dan Black
Drew Caseri
Ned Mantua
Donna Jetter
Grant Hillman
Joseph Mongkul-Ua-Aree
Tom Masinter
Leroy Patitz
Ray Martin
Arthur Molloy
Kevin Fleming
Dustin Leary
Stephen Brown
Anthony Winters
John Miner
Kenneth Churchill
Jason Stern
Jason Moe
Archie Raimer
Andrew Barber
Zachary Gilbert
Richard Peterson
George Reese
Jeffrey Lennon
Danville, CA
Glen Ellen, CA
Houston, TX
Cloverdale, CA
Merced, CA
Bodega Bay, CA
Sparta, TN
Oakland, CA
Gardnerville, NV
Dublin, CA
Hastings, NE
Bargersville, IN
La Jolla, CA
Pleasanton, CA
Mountain View, CA
Simi Valley, CA
Patterson, CA
Carlson City, NV
Auburn , WA
San Jose, CA
Roseville, CA
Boerne, TX
Rocklin, CA
Reno, NV
Oakdale, CA
Sacramento, CA
Fresno, CA
$86,789
$53,625
$38,743
$28,513
$21,361
$16,277
$12,611
$9,929
$7,942
$6,451
$6,451
$6,451
$5,321
$5,321
$5,321
$4,456
$4,456
$4,456
$3,790
$3,790
$3,790
$3,270
$3,270
$3,270
$2,862
$2,862
$2,862
Stan Quinn Wins WSOP Circuit Main Event Championship
Gold Ring at Harvey's

Andrew Barber Wins Lake Tahoe's Best All-Around Player
Points Race

Winter Blizzard in High Sierras Fails to Cool Off Two National
Championship Qualifiers – Quinn and Barber

Stateline, NV – The winner of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event Championship
held at the Harvey's Lake Tahoe Resort and Casino is Stan Quinn, from Danville, CA.

Quinn collected $86,789 in prize money.  He was presented with his first gold ring, which is
the supreme token of achievement awarded for winning a WSOP Circuit event.  Quinn also
received an automatic seat qualification into the 2010-2011 WSOP Circuit National
Championship, to be held in Las Vegas next May.

Quinn is a 51-year-old professional poker player.  He formally worked in IT management.  
Quinn earned his way into the championship by winning a mega-satellite in the Harvey's
Poker Room.  Shortly after making the decision to play poker full-time, he cashed in this
year's WSOP Main Event – finishing in 549th place.

This marks Quinn's debut year on the WSOP Circuit.  Quinn cashed in one of the earlier gold
ring events at Harvey's finishing in 14th place in a $345 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event.  
With this victory, he now has more than $100,000 in WSOP-related earnings for the year.

The $1,600 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament began on Sunday at noon and ended
Tuesday night.  The tournament attracted a larger-than-expected field size totaling 246
entrants.

Tournament attendance was expected to suffer due to a record snowstorm which punished
the Lake Tahoe area for more than four days.  Around Harvey's Lake Tahoe, nearly three
feet of snow hit the ground and created white-out conditions during most of the weekend.  
Snowfall hit more than six feet at the higher elevations.  Wind gusts on the upper ridges of
the High Sierras were 80-90 mph, at times.  According to some reports, this was the
heaviest November snowfall in the last 100 years.

This made the trek to South Lake Tahoe treacherous for all but the most daring drivers,
winter sportsmen, and poker players.  Some roads were closed, and those paths that were
open required snow chains.  Nevertheless, players came and made this one of the busier
weekends of the year.

Despite the severe weather, the number of participants in the Main Event Championship
increased significantly over last year.  Furthermore, the $354,240 prize pool was up by 15
percent over the previous figure, even though this year's buy-in ($1,600) was reduced from
the previous year ($5,000).

The first day opened with 246 players playing down to 51 survivors -- which took about 12
hours.  The first day chip leader was Dan Black, who would end up making it to the final
table – ending up in fourth place.  The second day of play whittled the field down to the
final nine -- which lasted about 10 hours.  The second day chip leader was Michael Traylor,
who enjoyed a 2 to 1 advantage over his closest rival when the final table started on the
third day of competition.  Traylor ended up as the third-place finisher.  

The final table began at 12 noon on Tuesday and ended about 5 hours 15 minutes later.  
When the nine finalists took their seats, the chip counts were as follows:

SEAT 1:  Dan Black                          (Cloverdale, CA) –   585,000 in chips
SEAT 2:  Donna Jetter                     (Nashville, TN) –      111,000 in chips
SEAT 3:  John McNeilly                     (Sonoma, CA) –       263,000 in chips
SEAT 4:  Joe “13” Mongkol-ua-aree (Gardnerville, NV) – 287,000 in chips
SEAT 5:  Michael Traylor                   (Houston, TX) –      1,843,000 in chips
SEAT 6:  Drew Caseri                       (Merced, CA) –       164,000 in chips
SEAT 7:  Grant Hillman                     (Oakland, CA) –      484,000 in chips
SEAT 8:  Ned Mantua                       (Bedega Bay, CA) – 945,000 in chips
SEAT 9:  Stan Quinn                        (Danville, CA) –        377,000 in chips

Blinds began at 10,000-20,000 with a 3,000 ante.  Players were eliminated in the following
order:

9th Place – Joe “13” Mongkol-ua-aree, from nearby Gardnerville, NV was the first player to
exit.  He went out after only about 20 minutes.  Mongkol-ua-aree lost most of his stack with
Ad Js.  He moved all-in and got a quick call by Dan Black, who showed Ks Kc.  Just a few
hands earlier, Black had lost half of his stack when his K-K lost to Q-Q (a queen flopped).  
Black avoided a devastating repeat this second time around as his K-K survived a board
which showed Qs 8d 3s 5s 5c.  Mongkol-ua-aree was left with just 75,000 in chips and
went out a few hands later when his A-Q lost to Michael Traylor's straight.

Mongkol-ua-aree is a 38-year-old small business owner.  He has been playing on the WSOP
Circuit for 4 years.  Mr. Mongkol-ua-aree loves playing poker with his wife Yvette, who has
also cashed at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe.  He once served proudly with the 82nd Airborne
Division.  Monghol-ua-aree collected $7,942 in prize money for ninth place.

8th Place – Grant Hillman, from Oakland, CA went out next.  He was lowest in chips and
moved all-in on a semi-bluff, which lost.  Hillman was dealt Td 8d.  After the flop came
Qd Js 6h, Hillman moved all-in.  Michael Traylor was delighted to call and tabled Qs Jd, good
for top two pair.  The cards ran out 3h Ad, pushing another pot to Traylor and putting
Hillman out in eighth place with $9,929 in prize money.

Grant Hillman is a 38-year-old bio-informatics manager, which means he applies computer
science and statistics to the field of molecular biology.  He holds an undergraduate degree
from the University of Illinois and a Masters Degree from the University of Colorado.  Hillman
won his way into the Main Event through a single-table satellite.  This is his second year to
play on the WSOP Circuit.

7th Place – Donna Jetter began play with the lowest stack.  She managed to move two
spots up the money ladder.  Jetter doubled up three times during her two-hour session.  
She had a chance to go over 1,000,000 in chips at one point, but lost a critical race and fell
back to a short stack.  Jetter went out when she moved all-in with Js Ts.  Michael Traylor
faded her raise and called with Ad Kh.  The flop gave Jetter several more outs, but she
missed as two blanks hit the turn and river.  The final board showed Qc 9c 3h 4c 3c giving
Traylor more chips, and bankrupting Jetter.  She is the only female to make a WSOP Circuit
Main Event final table this season (through four championship events).  Seventh place paid
$12,611.

Donna Jetter specializes in renovating homes in and around the Nashville area.  She has
been playing on the WSOP Circuit for the past three years.  She won the Ladies
Championship at Harrah's Tunica last January.  Jetter is the first female poker player to
make it to a WSOP Circuit championship final table this season.

6th Place – Ned Mantua was eliminated in sixth place when he was down to his last
150,000 and needed to find a hand.  He found one shoved with Ac Td.  Michael Traylor --
who covered his opponent by more than a 10 to 1 margin -- called and showed Kh Js.  The
final board came Kd Tc 4s 7c 2h giving Traylor top two pair.  Thus, Mantua ended up in sixth
place.  

Ned Mantua is a 68-year-old gas station manager.  He is a proud father of four, and a
grandfather to four.  Mr. Mantua enjoys fishing, but he found no fish at this final table.  
Mantua earned $16,277 in prize money.

5th Place – Drew Caseri's last five minutes at the final table were a nightmare.  He
managed to run his initial stack size  of 164,000 up to more than 800,000.  He would have
had 1.4 million except for a brutal beat which took place about three hours into play.  
Caseri re-raised all-in holding 9-9 and had John McNeilly covered, who showed 6-6.  It
appeared that Caseri would knock out McNeilly and move into second place in chips.  But a
six on the river completely reversed the fortunes of both players.  Two hands later, Caseri
was down to 200,000 and moved all-in again, with Ks Ts.  Michael Traylor called and
showed Ac Qd.  The flop was good for Caseri, but once again, the river card was a killer.  
The board ran Tc 9d 4c 3c Qh, giving Traylor what remained of Caseri’s stack.

Drew Caseri is a 25-year-old college student.  He won his way into this tournament via a
$235 mega-satellite.  Mr. Caseri loves poker, but says he actually came to Lake Tahoe to
snowboard.  However, he didn’t get to snowboard much on this trip because of his success
in this tournament.  Caseri earned $21,361 in prize money.

4th place – Dan Black was eliminated during the fifth hour of play.  He was all-in on an
unusual hand where both players had straight-flush draws.  Black was dealt Td 9d and was
up against Michael Traylor, with 6d 5d.  After the flop came 9c 8d 7d Black moved in with top
pair and the straight-flush draw.  But Traylor had the made straight which held up as the
final two cards were 7d and Qh.  Black collected $28,513 in prize money.

Dan Black is a 61-year-old retired construction specialist and former fireman.  He prefers to
play in cash games and paid his way into this event through his cash game winnings.  Mr.
Black owns his own ranch which is 5,000 acres, where he escorts visitors on hunting trips
around his property.  This marks his fifth year to play on the WSOP Circuit.

3rd Place – Despite being the powerhouse force during much of the final table, Michael
Traylor ended up finishing in third place.  At one point during the finale he held a 4 to 1 chip
lead over his closest rival.  In fact, Traylor was dealt a flurry of big hands during his stay.  
Trouble was, several of the hands were cracked and he ended up losing a number of big
pots at critical times during the finale.  He managed to double up players at the worst
possible times, which was no fault of his own since he always seemed to have big cards.  
Traylor was finally eliminated while low on chips holding Ts 4s.  The flop came Qd Jh 8d, with
the Js on the turn and the Kd on the river.  Stan Quinn's Ac 9c – good for ace-high -- took
what remained of Traylor's once-towering stack.

Michael Traylor is a 28-year-old professional poker player.  He previously worked in sales
and was an actor.  Mr. Traylor has only recently begun a full-time poker career, but says he
is in the game to stay and is determined to improve one step at a time.  Traylor took a solid
step forward with his third-place finish in this tournament.  He collected $38,743.

2nd Place – John McNeilly was the runner up.  He collected a very respectable consolation
prize totaling $53,625.

The final hand of the tournament came quickly and unexpectedly.  After five hours of final
table action, a routine looking hand developed when the flop came 8h 6c 3h.  McNeilly
moved all-in and showed 8c 7h (after his bet was called), good for top pair.  Unfortunately,
Stan Quinn had Js Jc -- good for an overpair.  McNeilly added several outs to his shot of
seizing the chip lead after the 5d fell on the turn.  But the river bricked with the Ks coming,
which gave the victory to Quinn and put McNeilly out in second place.

John McNeilly is a 54-year-old part-time player who says he is currently out of work.  He
previously worked as a manager at a winery.  He was also a high school basketball coach
at one time.  Mr. McNeilly has been playing on the WSOP Circuit for two years.  He wished
to acknowledge the support he received from his wife, two daughters, and older brother,
who is diagnosed with ALS, who followed his progress online.

1st Place – Stan Quinn won his first major poker tournament and his first WSOP Circuit gold
ring.  First place paid $86,789 in prize money.

The overall winner in the point race for this year's Harvey's Lake Tahoe series is Andrew
Barber, from Rocklin, CA.  He edged out two rivals, Tom Masinter and John Deng, both of
whom won gold ring events.  Barber won the point tally with a second and a third place
finish in two events.  He also cashed in the Main Event.

Joining the Main Event champion Stan Quinn, Barber earns an automatic bid into the WSOP
Circuit National Championship.

This year, all players on the WSOP Circuit who cash will accumulate points which are used
to qualify towards the WSOP Circuit National Championship.  The tournament is to be held
in May 2011 in Las Vegas.  The $1 million freeroll tournament will be nationally televised
and will be open to only 100 qualifiers.  For the first time ever, a WSOP gold bracelet will be
presented to the winner.

This was the final WSOP Circuit gold ring event held this year at Harvey's Lake Tahoe.  The
WSOP Circuit gold ring winners at Harvey's Lake Tahoe were as follows:

Phillip Hui (Event #1 champion -- NLHE)
Manh Tran (Event #2 champion -- NLHE)
James Sparks (Event #3 champion – Omaha High-Low Split)
Devin Jackson (Event #4 champion – H.O.R.S.E.)
Cyle Curtis (Event #5 champion – NLHE)
Matthew Hughes (Event #6 champion – Six-Handed NLHE)
Joel Casper (Event #7 champion – NLHE)
Tom Masinter (Event #8 champion -- NLHE)
Stan Quinn (Event #9 MAIN EVENT champion – NLHE)

A total of 2,197 players participated in the ten WSOP Circuit events played at this year's
Harvey's Lake Tahoe series.  That means each event has attracted an average of 220
players.

The impressive attendance figures at Harvey's Lake Tahoe are consistent with big turnouts
at all WSOP Circuit stops, so far.  All four WSOP Circuit events now completed have
experienced increases in both attendance and prize money.  Numbers were up significantly
at Council Bluffs, Hammond (Chicago), and Southern Indiana.  A new addition to this year's
schedule held at the IP Casino-Resort and Spa in Biloxi also produced impressive numbers.

This is the seventh WSOP Circuit stop to be held at Harvey's Lake Tahoe.  It is one of only
three stops which have been a part of the WSOP Circuit season every year.  The others are
Harrah's Rincon (San Diego) and Harrah’s Atlantic City.

Harvey's Lake Tahoe is located on the south shore of crystal blue Lake Tahoe, beneath a
wall of snow-capped mountains, making for one of the most astounding views of any poker
destination in the world.

Northern Nevada has a rich poker history.  The WSOP had its origins, not in Las Vegas, but
rather in Northern Nevada.  The first WSOP-style tournament was played in Reno at the
Holiday Casino in 1969.  That first gathering of poker players was called the "Second Annual
Gambling Fraternity Convention," and was won by Crandell Addington, later a Poker Hall of
Fame inductee.  Poker patriarch Benny Binion was so impressed with the concept that he
held the first WSOP the following year at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, in 1970.  Now
some 41 years later, poker remains alive and well in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area.
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010-2011 Harvey's Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:

2010-2011 WSOP Circuit Harvey's Lake Tahoe Schedule and Results
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2010-2011 Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit Main Event Winner Stanley Quinn