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2010-2011 Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Ring Event 2 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2010-2011 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events.

2010-2011 Horseshoe Council Bluffs
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2010 Horseshoe Council Bluffs Event #5 Results
2010-2011 World Series of Poker Circuit
Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Ring Event #2
No-Limit Hold’em  
Buy-In: $300 + $45
Number of Entries: 350
Total Prize Money: $101,850
David  Finney
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
1
2
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
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
David  Finney
Daniel Roth
Ian Wiley
Harry Heistand
William Ellis
Daniel Girard
Brian Brashaw
Robert Reid
Gabriel Costner
Christopher Parsley
Christopher Drew
Christopher Henderson
James Jelinek
Dustin Meyers
Robert Moralez
Timothy Myers
David Oste
David Cyrus
Sara Muehlenkamp
Joseph Basso
Juan Lopez
Louis Cheffy
David Hengen
Kurtis Linenberger
Todd Weigandt
Corey Sanders
Christopher Hughes
Jason Joerling
Edward Sullivan
Carl Jensen
Daniel Yi
Paul Stratman
Joel Hansen
John Waugh
Douglas Rustand
Allen Stern  (Tie)
William Copeland  (Tie)
Council Bluffs, IA
Ravenna, NE
Las Vegas, NV
Kansas City, MO
Blue Springs, MO
Kearney, NE
Papillion, NE
Smithville, MO
Biloxi, MS
Sioux City, IA
Omaha, NE
Albia, IA
Alliance, NE
Hastings, NE
Floresville, TX
St. Louis, MO
Russell, KS
Youngsville, NC
Tomah, WI
Omaha, NE
Topeka, KS
Naples, FL
Omaha, NE
Hays, KS
Omaha, NE
Sioux Falls, SD
Council Bluffs, IA
Shawnee, KS
Durham, NC
Lincoln, NE
Overland Park, KS
Kansas City, MO
Omaha, NE
Council Bluffs, IA
Omaha, NE
Waverly, IA
Omaha, NE
$22,879
$14,141
$10,316
$7,652
$5,764
$4,409
$3,421
$2,693
$2,150
$1,739
$1,739
$1,739
$1,427
$1,427
$1,427
$1,186
$1,186
$1,186
$999
$999
$999
$853
$853
$853
$738
$738
$738
$646
$646
$646
$573
$573
$573
$514
$514
$257
$257
Patience Pays Off for David Finney as He Comes From
Behind to Win  Ring Event #2

Fuel Company Dispatcher Starts Final Table in Last Place, Works
Up to Win


Council Bluffs, IA — David Finney, a dispatcher for a wholesale fuel company, started
today’s final table last in chips with only 175,000, well under half average. But by carefully
picking and choosing his spots, he worked his way up and finally won the second ring event
of the WSOP Circuit tour at Horseshoe Council Bluffs, $300 no-limit hold’em. “You can’t be
too aggressive when you’re the short stack forever,” he explained. Victory brought him
$22,879 and the coveted diamond and gold trophy ring. He had plenty of time to be
patient, because the final table lasted close to eight hours, largely due to the new structure
giving players lots of room with plenty of chips and slowly escalating blinds.

Finney, 48, is from Council Bluffs and plans his vacation time to play tournaments at his
“home casino.” He’s been playing poker for six years, splits his poker time between cash
games and tournaments, and three years ago won a second-chance event here.

This event drew 350 players and the prize pool was $101,850. Twenty-five players
returned on day two. It took two hours to lose 15, and then  another hour to lose one
more and get to the final table of nine. Action started with blinds of 6,000-12,000 and 2,000
antes, 37:27 left on the clock at level 25.  Brian Brashaw  had the lead with 716,000 in
chips.    

Here were the starting chip counts:

Seat
1.  Daniel Girard                355,000
2.  David Finney                175,000
3.  William Ace Ellis II        263,000
4.  Dan Roth                      396,000                
5. Ian Wiley                       422,000
6. Kent Reid                      396,000
7. Brian Brashaw               716,000
8. H.J. Heistand                 248,000
9. Gabe Costner                524,000

Ninth Place: First out was Gabe “Danny” Costner after Daniel Girard, holding A-K, flopped a
king to outrun Costner’s pocket 6s. Ninth paid $2,150. Costner, 33, is a pro from Biloxi,
Mississippi who before that was a stockbroker. He started playing in home games and has
been playing professionally eight years. His long list of accomplishments include most POY
final tables in the country in 2008; over $1 million in winnings; 35th in this year’s WSOP
main event; and two WSOP and one WPT final table. Hobbies are sports, hiking, fishing and
day trading.

Eighth Place: Blinds were now at 8,000-16,000 with 3,000 antes. There were several all-in
survivals, and then five minutes before the round ended, another player went out. Preflop,
H.J. Heistand raised 43,000 with pocket 10s and Kent Reid called with pocket deuces. When
the flop came 9-3-9, Reid pushed in. Heistand called and blew him away when a river 10
gave him 10s full. Reid’s nickname is “Nine” but he did better than that today, finishing
eighth for $2,693. Reid, 49, is from Smithville, Missouri, employed as an information
technology consultant and has played for six years, learning “the hard way” in cash games.
He is also a Little League baseball coach, practices Tae Kwon Do, and has an
“understanding” wife and two boys who love all sports.

Blinds went to 10,000-20,000. As play continued, a short-chipped Dan Roth moved in twice
in quick succession, surviving both times. The second time he had only 9-8 against a Q-8,
but proceeded to flop a straight. All seven players were still in action when the round
ended and they went to dinner. At this point, Ian “Memphis” Wiley had taken the lead with
a little over a million of the 3.5 million chips on the table.

Back from dinner to blinds of 12,000-24,000 with 4,000 antes. There were five all-in bets in
the first 30 minutes and each time the all-in doubled-up. The fifth time, Brashaw, holding a
6-5, made a straight on the turn when the board showed 3-4-K-7. But then a river trey
filled up Girard, who had gone all in with pocket 7s. Very low-chipped, Brashaw moved in on
the next hand with A-K, got three callers, registering the sixth straight survival when big
slick held up.

Seventh Place: But the streak ended two hands later after Brashaw pushed in yet again,
this time with K-7. William Ace Ellis II called with pocket 7s, they held up when the board of
Q-4-A-2-4 missed both players, and Brashaw departed with $3,421 for seventh. (“Ace,”
incidentally, is Ellis’ given middle name, not a nickname.) Brashaw is a stockbroker from
Papillion, Nebraska who learned poker from his uncle 10 years ago. In 2008 he won an
Omaha hi-lo event here. His hobby: “Loving his wife and kids.”

As the round wound down, a monster pot of about 1.2 million chips developed when
Girard’s pocket queens went up against Ace’s pocket aces. Girard couldn’t catch up and
was left with 260,000, while Ellis took the lead.

Sixth Place: Blinds went up again to 15,000-30,000 with 4,000 antes, and it took 50
minutes to lose another player. This time it was Girard, who called from the cut-off seat with
K-2, in very bad shape against Ellis, who pushed in with A-K. Both players paired their king
on the river when the board came 10-7-6-J-K, but Ace’s ace kicker was the difference.
Girard, 23, is a nursing student from Kearney, Nebraska. He learned poker seven years ago
from a friend. His poker highlight thus far came today with 10 players left. He had A-K
against a player who flopped a set of 10s, then hit runner-runner kings to survive and
double up  Sixth paid $4,409.

Players returned from a break to blinds of 20,000-40,000 with 5,000 antes. Ellis still led,
now with 1,365,000 chips. Roth, low on chips, went all in and doubled up a couple of  times,
and then took down a pot of about 1.3 million winning when he called with A-Q after Wiley
moved in with K-4. He now was in a rough tie for the lead with Ellis.

Fifth Place: As play went on, the pot of the night developed. Now down to under a million,
Ellis moved in with pocket queens and got a quick call from Wiley, who had him slightly out-
chipped and holding pocket kings. A board of 6-10-A-9-4 changed nothing and Ellis went
out in fifth place for $5,764 while Wiley took a huge lead, holding more than 2 million of the
3.5 million on the table. Ellis, 49, from Blue Springs, Missouri, is a contractor who owns a
construction company and other businesses. He’s now made 12 final tables in his last 13
tournaments.

Fourth Place: As the final table moved into its seventh hour, we were now playing with
blinds of 25,000-50,000 and 10,000 antes. Heistand had earlier been down to 40,000. He
hung on and doubled up a couple of times, finally going all in again with A-4. Roth called
with pocket 8s, Wiley with 9-7, and Wiley took the pot when the board came 9-4-K-3-6.
Heistand, taking out $7,652 for fourth, is 34, from Liberty, Missouri, and is director of the
National Education Association of Shawnee Mission. His father taught him poker as a child,
he has a cash in Omaha hi-lo at a Tunica Circuit, and his highlight is his marriage to “my
lovely wife Laurie, who is railing me.”

Third Place: The three remaining players, Wiley, Roth and Finney, who had been playing
very cautiously, now all had over a million in chips. Suddenly, Finney was all in with Ad-2d
when the board showed 5s-2s-4h-Ac, against Wiley, who was looking for a flush holding
Q-7s. Wiley missed when a 10d rivered and was down to a handful of chips. He then quickly
went out, forced to put his last chips in with 4-2, losing to Finney’s A-J when the board
came 10-9-8-J-3 and leaving with $10,316 for third. Wiley, 25, is a banker turned pro from
Las Vegas who taught himself poker five years ago. His biggest cash so far is $265,869 for
coming in third at a WSOP $1,500 no-limit event this year. His hobby is boating.

Second Place: Heads-up, Finney had around 2.1 million chips to 1.4 million for Roth.
Blinds were now 6,000-12,000.  On the last hand, the flop showed 9s-6h-7c.Making top pair
with 9c-8c, Finney bet 500,000 and Roth, later explaining that he lost his patience, moved
in with Kh-Qc. He couldn’t hit anything when a 5h turned and a 6c rivered, and Finney had
his win. Roth, getting $14,141 for second, is a 57-year-old corn and bean farmer from
Ravenna, Nebraska who’s played eight years. He’s had a cash in the last two Circuits here.
His hobby is golf.

–Max Shapiro

Director of Poker Operations for Harrah’s Entertainment – Jack Effel
Horseshoe Council Bluffs Poker Room Manager – Gary Margetson
Tournament Director –  Jimmy Sommerfeld
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010-2011 Horseshoe Council Bluffs WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:

2010-2011 WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Council Bluffs Schedule and Results
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