2010 Caesars Atlantic City
Event 4 - $500 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2010 Caesars Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Events.
| 2010 Caesars Atlantic City World Series of Poker Circuit Events Official Results |
2010 Caesars Atlantic City Event #4 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Final Results: Caesars Atlantic City
Event #4
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $500 (+60)
Total Entries: 392
Total Prize Pool: $190,120
March 6-7, 2010
Final Results: Caesars Atlantic City
Event #4
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $500 (+60)
Total Entries: 392
Total Prize Pool: $190,120
March 6-7, 2010
| John Hubiak |
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
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
John Hubiak
William Daloisi
Joseph Siracusa
John W. Jones
Dennis Summers
Mike Graybill
Michael Katz
Alan Sansone
Julian Manolio
John D'Anselmi
Justin Bonita
Robert Infanzon
Ta Wey
Ronald Pento
Damon Sita
Salman Jaddi
John Russo
Dong Zhou
Yat Cheng
David Nixon
Harold Schmidt
Peter Karagiannis
David Kyi
Ian Searing
Scott Correll
Yousef Suleiman
Brian Hong
Marilyn Matthew
Sazan Lusha
Allan Proske
Bill Varga
Howard Wolper
Joseph Brooks
Paul Mattioda
Emilio Burgos
Frank Bonacci
William Daloisi
Joseph Siracusa
John W. Jones
Dennis Summers
Mike Graybill
Michael Katz
Alan Sansone
Julian Manolio
John D'Anselmi
Justin Bonita
Robert Infanzon
Ta Wey
Ronald Pento
Damon Sita
Salman Jaddi
John Russo
Dong Zhou
Yat Cheng
David Nixon
Harold Schmidt
Peter Karagiannis
David Kyi
Ian Searing
Scott Correll
Yousef Suleiman
Brian Hong
Marilyn Matthew
Sazan Lusha
Allan Proske
Bill Varga
Howard Wolper
Joseph Brooks
Paul Mattioda
Emilio Burgos
Frank Bonacci
Taylor, PA
Staten Island, NY
Stony Point, NY
Fredericksburg, VA
Charlottesville, VA
Roanoke, VA
East Brunswick, NJ
Clifton, NJ
Maywood, NJ
Clarksburg, WV
Staten Island, NY
Stony Point, NY
Fredericksburg, VA
Charlottesville, VA
Roanoke, VA
East Brunswick, NJ
Clifton, NJ
Maywood, NJ
Clarksburg, WV
$58,937
$30,419
$15,210
$13,308
$11,407
$9,506
$7,605
$5,704
$3,802
$2,281
$2,281
$2,281
$1,901
$1,901
$1,901
$1,521
$1,521
$1,521
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$30,419
$15,210
$13,308
$11,407
$9,506
$7,605
$5,704
$3,802
$2,281
$2,281
$2,281
$1,901
$1,901
$1,901
$1,521
$1,521
$1,521
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$1,141
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
$760
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John Hubiak Wins WSOP Circuit Event and $58,937
Top Prize
ICU Trauma Nurse from Pennsylvania Wins First Gold Ring at
Caesars Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ – Some professions make poker seem rather unimportant, by comparison.
Matters of war and peace and life and death put the game in its proper perspective that for
as exciting as poker might be at times, it pales in contrast to life’s greatest challenges.
No one knows this better than John Hubiak. He is a 29 year old nurse who works in the
intensive care unit of a trauma center. To say Hubiak works in a stressful environment on a
daily basis would be an understatement. Indeed, the part-time poker player and full time
medical professional from Taylor, PA often has the lives of strangers in his hands. His split
second decisions can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
Hubiak brought that depth of worldly experience and broader perspective to the poker
table, and based on the most recent tournament results from the World Series of Poker
Circuit at Caesars Atlantic City, it served him quite well. Hubiak won the $340 buy in No-
Limit Hold’em tournament here and collected the top cash prize totaling $58,937. He was
also presented with the coveted gold ring, which is the ultimate token of achievement given
out to all tournament champions who win WSOP Circuit events held around the country.
This was the fourth of 12 WSOP Circuit events on this year’s Caesars schedule. The
tournament attracted 392 entrants. Most of the field was eliminated on day one, which
clocked in at 14 hours. Five tables of battle-tested survivors returned for day two and
played another lengthy session, which lasted another 13 hours. The top 36 finishers
divided prize money from a $190,120 prize pool. Among those who finished in the money
was former gold ring winner Yat Cheng, who won this year’s inaugural Event 1, which
completed just a few days ago. He came in 19th.
Final table play began on a Sunday night inside the Palladium Arena at Caesars and ended
at 1 am. The only previous WSOP Circuit winner among the final nine was Julian Manolio,
who won a gold ring at Harrah’s Atlantic City two years ago. Alan Sansome, the table’s
senior citizen at 70, arrived as chip leader. But all the players were within striking distance
of victory, which made this finale an unpredictable affair. The low blinds (5,000-10,000) and
average stack of nearly 300,000 in chips at the start of play meant all players at the table
had time to wait it out for the best possible advantage. Play was cautious in the early
going. The nine finalists and their starting chip counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Michael “Katman” Katz East Brunswick, NJ 180,000
2 John W. Jones Fredericksburg, VA 327,000
3 William Daloisi Staten Island, NY 351,000
4 Juilian Manolio Maywood, NJ 384,000
5 Dennis Summers Charlottesville, VA 305,000
6 Alan Sansome Clifton, NJ 400,000
7 Mike Grayhill Roanoke, VA 340,000
8 John Hubiak Taylor, PA 324,000
9 Joseph A. Siracusa Stony Point, NY 395,000
Final table player introductions can be seen here: http://www.twitvid.com/EA2B0
Players were eliminated in the following order:
Ninth Place: No Second Ring for Manolio
Julian Manolio, from Maywood, NJ failed to capture his second WSOP Circuit gold ring this
time, pushing all in on a bluff, but striking out on what became his final hand. He wad dealt
6 5 suited and made his fateful move, but ran into A Q. An A came on the flop, which all but
ended Manolio’s chances of doubling up. Manolio’s cut of the prize pool amounted to
$3,802.
Eighth Place: Early Chip Leader Busts
Alan Sansone became the second early chip leader within two days to bust out
prematurely. Following in the footsteps of the previous event where the chip leader was
the first player out, Sansone lost much of his stack and then finally exited with Q J which
ran up against A J. The dominant hand won, leaving the corporate administrator from
Clifton, NJ out in eighth place with $5,704.
Seventh Place: Katz Runs Out of Lives
Michael “Katman” Katz, a real estate appraiser from East Brunswick, NJ was eliminated
when he moved all in with A 10, which lost to pocket 7’s. Katzman received $7,605. This
was Katz’s first time to cash in a major poker tournament.
Sixth Place: Graybill Takes Bad Beat
Mike Graybill, a mortgage analyst from Roanoke, VA went bankrupt in what can only be
described as an unusual bad beat. Graybill started his final hand with pocket 6’s and
moved all in. He was called by an opponent holding A K, who barely had Graybill covered.
Although neither an A nor a K fell on the board, the final sequence of cards showed two
pair, 10’s and 9’s, which meant the A played as the fifth card. Graybill’s pocket 6’s bit the
dust, thus putting the Virginian out on sixth place with $9,506.
Fifth Place: Sun Sets of Summers
Dennis Summers, from Charlottesville, VA went out in fifth place. He had a healthy sized
stack late in the tournament but got trapped holding A J against A Q, which predictably
lost. An ace flopped, but Summers couldn’t overcome his kicker problems. Although he had
previously won other events held in Atlantic City, Summers had to settle for a middle of the
pack finish a this final table, which paid $11,407.
Fourth Place: Keeping up with the Jones’
John W. Jones, a senior business analyst from Fredericksburg, VA was short stacked late in
the tournament and made a bold move on what became his final hand. Jones was dealt A
Q. After the flop gave him a gutshot straight draw, Jones decided he did not have enough
chips to passively wait around for a better situation and decided instead to move all in on a
semi-bluff. His adversary, John Hubiak, thought long and hard about his decision, then
finally agreed to call with K 9, which amounted to top pair with a marginal kicker. “Good
call,” Jones announced who subsequently failed to improve. Jones ended up with $13,308.
An interesting side note is that Jones is a highly-accomplished juggler. In fact, he holds a
number of world records juggling.
Key Moment: Daloisi Takes Worst Beat of the Night
William Daloisi dominated much of the action during the late stages of the tournament.
However, Daloisi lost most of his chips on a brutal beat. The key hand of the tournament
came when Daloisi was dealt pocket Q’s and he moved all in pre flop. John Hubiak
mysteriously called with what most would say was a questionable hand in the situation,
tabling K Q suited. However, Hubiak received some divine inspiration when he ended up
making a diamond flush on the critical hand. That gave him the chip lead and put Daloisi on
life support. Hubiak later explained his call by saying he misread his opponent’s strength in
the situation, but added, “Even if I guessed wrong, I still figured that I had outs. So, I was
comfortable making the call.” The outs got there, which essentially gave Hubiak the victory
just moments later.
Third Place: Logger Gets Cut
Joseph A. Siracusa, a 31 year old logger from Stony Point, NY, ended up in third place. He
was eliminated when he flopped a pair of Q’s, when the initial board showed Q77. After
moving all in, John Hubiak instantly called and showed a 7, which was good for trips.
Siracusa did not improve and ended up taking home $15,210 in prize money. Siracusa
noted that he and his wife are expected a baby boy soon, so the cash prize comes at a
good time.
Second Place: William Daloisi Agrees to Second Place
William Daloisi, a semi-pro poker player from Staten Island, NY leapfrogged into second
place when the two far larger stacks went to battle, with Hubiak coming out on top. Once
third place was decided, Daloisi agreed to a deal and accepted a second place finish. This
was the second time Daloisi has cashed in a WSOP Circuit event. He officially pocketed
$30,419.
First Place: Hubiak Wins
John Hubiak agreed to a deal and took first place. He officially collected $58,937 plus his
WSOP Circuit gold ring. This also marked Hubiak’s first major tournament victory.
An interview with John Hubiak at tableside moments after his win can be seen here:
http://www.twitvid.com/D9B51
The WSOP Circuit at Caesars Atlantic City continues through March 14. This year’s schedule
includes 12 gold ring events, along with multiple second-chance tournaments, single table
and mega satellites, in addition to cash games going around the clock inside the Caesars
Poker Room. This marks the fifth straight year that Caesars Atlantic City has been a part of
the WSOP Circuit. This is the seventh WSOP Circuit stop of the 2009-2010 season following
previous tournaments held in Chicago, Southern Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City,
Tunica, and Council Bluffs.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Caesars Atlantic City
Joe Domenico – Senior Vice President and General Manager
Vice President of Table Games – Fred Niceta
Public Relations Specialist – Christopher Jonic
Table Games Manager (Poker) – Thomas McDonough III
Poker Pit Manager – Jake Devries
Top Prize
ICU Trauma Nurse from Pennsylvania Wins First Gold Ring at
Caesars Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ – Some professions make poker seem rather unimportant, by comparison.
Matters of war and peace and life and death put the game in its proper perspective that for
as exciting as poker might be at times, it pales in contrast to life’s greatest challenges.
No one knows this better than John Hubiak. He is a 29 year old nurse who works in the
intensive care unit of a trauma center. To say Hubiak works in a stressful environment on a
daily basis would be an understatement. Indeed, the part-time poker player and full time
medical professional from Taylor, PA often has the lives of strangers in his hands. His split
second decisions can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.
Hubiak brought that depth of worldly experience and broader perspective to the poker
table, and based on the most recent tournament results from the World Series of Poker
Circuit at Caesars Atlantic City, it served him quite well. Hubiak won the $340 buy in No-
Limit Hold’em tournament here and collected the top cash prize totaling $58,937. He was
also presented with the coveted gold ring, which is the ultimate token of achievement given
out to all tournament champions who win WSOP Circuit events held around the country.
This was the fourth of 12 WSOP Circuit events on this year’s Caesars schedule. The
tournament attracted 392 entrants. Most of the field was eliminated on day one, which
clocked in at 14 hours. Five tables of battle-tested survivors returned for day two and
played another lengthy session, which lasted another 13 hours. The top 36 finishers
divided prize money from a $190,120 prize pool. Among those who finished in the money
was former gold ring winner Yat Cheng, who won this year’s inaugural Event 1, which
completed just a few days ago. He came in 19th.
Final table play began on a Sunday night inside the Palladium Arena at Caesars and ended
at 1 am. The only previous WSOP Circuit winner among the final nine was Julian Manolio,
who won a gold ring at Harrah’s Atlantic City two years ago. Alan Sansome, the table’s
senior citizen at 70, arrived as chip leader. But all the players were within striking distance
of victory, which made this finale an unpredictable affair. The low blinds (5,000-10,000) and
average stack of nearly 300,000 in chips at the start of play meant all players at the table
had time to wait it out for the best possible advantage. Play was cautious in the early
going. The nine finalists and their starting chip counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Michael “Katman” Katz East Brunswick, NJ 180,000
2 John W. Jones Fredericksburg, VA 327,000
3 William Daloisi Staten Island, NY 351,000
4 Juilian Manolio Maywood, NJ 384,000
5 Dennis Summers Charlottesville, VA 305,000
6 Alan Sansome Clifton, NJ 400,000
7 Mike Grayhill Roanoke, VA 340,000
8 John Hubiak Taylor, PA 324,000
9 Joseph A. Siracusa Stony Point, NY 395,000
Final table player introductions can be seen here: http://www.twitvid.com/EA2B0
Players were eliminated in the following order:
Ninth Place: No Second Ring for Manolio
Julian Manolio, from Maywood, NJ failed to capture his second WSOP Circuit gold ring this
time, pushing all in on a bluff, but striking out on what became his final hand. He wad dealt
6 5 suited and made his fateful move, but ran into A Q. An A came on the flop, which all but
ended Manolio’s chances of doubling up. Manolio’s cut of the prize pool amounted to
$3,802.
Eighth Place: Early Chip Leader Busts
Alan Sansone became the second early chip leader within two days to bust out
prematurely. Following in the footsteps of the previous event where the chip leader was
the first player out, Sansone lost much of his stack and then finally exited with Q J which
ran up against A J. The dominant hand won, leaving the corporate administrator from
Clifton, NJ out in eighth place with $5,704.
Seventh Place: Katz Runs Out of Lives
Michael “Katman” Katz, a real estate appraiser from East Brunswick, NJ was eliminated
when he moved all in with A 10, which lost to pocket 7’s. Katzman received $7,605. This
was Katz’s first time to cash in a major poker tournament.
Sixth Place: Graybill Takes Bad Beat
Mike Graybill, a mortgage analyst from Roanoke, VA went bankrupt in what can only be
described as an unusual bad beat. Graybill started his final hand with pocket 6’s and
moved all in. He was called by an opponent holding A K, who barely had Graybill covered.
Although neither an A nor a K fell on the board, the final sequence of cards showed two
pair, 10’s and 9’s, which meant the A played as the fifth card. Graybill’s pocket 6’s bit the
dust, thus putting the Virginian out on sixth place with $9,506.
Fifth Place: Sun Sets of Summers
Dennis Summers, from Charlottesville, VA went out in fifth place. He had a healthy sized
stack late in the tournament but got trapped holding A J against A Q, which predictably
lost. An ace flopped, but Summers couldn’t overcome his kicker problems. Although he had
previously won other events held in Atlantic City, Summers had to settle for a middle of the
pack finish a this final table, which paid $11,407.
Fourth Place: Keeping up with the Jones’
John W. Jones, a senior business analyst from Fredericksburg, VA was short stacked late in
the tournament and made a bold move on what became his final hand. Jones was dealt A
Q. After the flop gave him a gutshot straight draw, Jones decided he did not have enough
chips to passively wait around for a better situation and decided instead to move all in on a
semi-bluff. His adversary, John Hubiak, thought long and hard about his decision, then
finally agreed to call with K 9, which amounted to top pair with a marginal kicker. “Good
call,” Jones announced who subsequently failed to improve. Jones ended up with $13,308.
An interesting side note is that Jones is a highly-accomplished juggler. In fact, he holds a
number of world records juggling.
Key Moment: Daloisi Takes Worst Beat of the Night
William Daloisi dominated much of the action during the late stages of the tournament.
However, Daloisi lost most of his chips on a brutal beat. The key hand of the tournament
came when Daloisi was dealt pocket Q’s and he moved all in pre flop. John Hubiak
mysteriously called with what most would say was a questionable hand in the situation,
tabling K Q suited. However, Hubiak received some divine inspiration when he ended up
making a diamond flush on the critical hand. That gave him the chip lead and put Daloisi on
life support. Hubiak later explained his call by saying he misread his opponent’s strength in
the situation, but added, “Even if I guessed wrong, I still figured that I had outs. So, I was
comfortable making the call.” The outs got there, which essentially gave Hubiak the victory
just moments later.
Third Place: Logger Gets Cut
Joseph A. Siracusa, a 31 year old logger from Stony Point, NY, ended up in third place. He
was eliminated when he flopped a pair of Q’s, when the initial board showed Q77. After
moving all in, John Hubiak instantly called and showed a 7, which was good for trips.
Siracusa did not improve and ended up taking home $15,210 in prize money. Siracusa
noted that he and his wife are expected a baby boy soon, so the cash prize comes at a
good time.
Second Place: William Daloisi Agrees to Second Place
William Daloisi, a semi-pro poker player from Staten Island, NY leapfrogged into second
place when the two far larger stacks went to battle, with Hubiak coming out on top. Once
third place was decided, Daloisi agreed to a deal and accepted a second place finish. This
was the second time Daloisi has cashed in a WSOP Circuit event. He officially pocketed
$30,419.
First Place: Hubiak Wins
John Hubiak agreed to a deal and took first place. He officially collected $58,937 plus his
WSOP Circuit gold ring. This also marked Hubiak’s first major tournament victory.
An interview with John Hubiak at tableside moments after his win can be seen here:
http://www.twitvid.com/D9B51
The WSOP Circuit at Caesars Atlantic City continues through March 14. This year’s schedule
includes 12 gold ring events, along with multiple second-chance tournaments, single table
and mega satellites, in addition to cash games going around the clock inside the Caesars
Poker Room. This marks the fifth straight year that Caesars Atlantic City has been a part of
the WSOP Circuit. This is the seventh WSOP Circuit stop of the 2009-2010 season following
previous tournaments held in Chicago, Southern Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City,
Tunica, and Council Bluffs.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Caesars Atlantic City
Joe Domenico – Senior Vice President and General Manager
Vice President of Table Games – Fred Niceta
Public Relations Specialist – Christopher Jonic
Table Games Manager (Poker) – Thomas McDonough III
Poker Pit Manager – Jake Devries
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010 Caesars Atlantic City WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:
2010 WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Schedule and Results
2010 WSOP Circuit Caesars Atlantic City Schedule and Results
