2010 Caesars Atlantic City
Event 5 - $300 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 #5 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Final Results: Caesars Atlantic City
Event #5
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries: 451
Total Prize Pool: $131,241
March 7-8, 2010
Final Results: Caesars Atlantic City
Event #5
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries: 451
Total Prize Pool: $131,241
March 7-8, 2010
| Alexandru Masek |
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
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
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
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
Alexandru Masek
Pietro Maniscalco
Kerry Small
Marc Wilson
Brian Grodofsky
Jack Sumner
Stan Kayafas
Kevin Murray
Florentino Deleon
Michael Boehme
James Myers
Naoki Takiguchi
Nectalier Gonzalez
Robert Blake
Richard Marchese
Cuong Phung
Hakima Muhammad
Gregory Graham
Mark Schoonmaker
Kevin Adler
Danny Alvarez
Brian Powers
Kevin Adler
Daniele Eocarelli
Arnold Carnevale
Evan Wallack
Robert Patterson
Charles Levin
Sreenivasa Kaki
Douglas Pitchford
Lana Maier
Yun Pham
Donald Miller
James Crouse
Adam Jacoby
Chris Reslock
John Panza
Nikolas Vlahos
Ralph Vanormer
Patrick Rush
Rizziero Osso
Eunice Arias
Thomas Levy
Paul Cheung
Thomas Bassing
Pietro Maniscalco
Kerry Small
Marc Wilson
Brian Grodofsky
Jack Sumner
Stan Kayafas
Kevin Murray
Florentino Deleon
Michael Boehme
James Myers
Naoki Takiguchi
Nectalier Gonzalez
Robert Blake
Richard Marchese
Cuong Phung
Hakima Muhammad
Gregory Graham
Mark Schoonmaker
Kevin Adler
Danny Alvarez
Brian Powers
Kevin Adler
Daniele Eocarelli
Arnold Carnevale
Evan Wallack
Robert Patterson
Charles Levin
Sreenivasa Kaki
Douglas Pitchford
Lana Maier
Yun Pham
Donald Miller
James Crouse
Adam Jacoby
Chris Reslock
John Panza
Nikolas Vlahos
Ralph Vanormer
Patrick Rush
Rizziero Osso
Eunice Arias
Thomas Levy
Paul Cheung
Thomas Bassing
San Diego, CA
Mount Olive, NJ
Ventnor, NJ
St. Clairsville, OH
Merrick, NY
St. Augustine, FL
Flushing, NY
Olney, MD
Manila, Philippines
Mount Olive, NJ
Ventnor, NJ
St. Clairsville, OH
Merrick, NY
St. Augustine, FL
Flushing, NY
Olney, MD
Manila, Philippines
$39,372
$21,130
$10,499
$9,187
$7,874
$6,562
$5,250
$3,937
$2,625
$1,444
$1,444
$1,444
$1,181
$1,181
$1,181
$919
$919
$919
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$21,130
$10,499
$9,187
$7,874
$6,562
$5,250
$3,937
$2,625
$1,444
$1,444
$1,444
$1,181
$1,181
$1,181
$919
$919
$919
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$656
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$525
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
$394
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Alexandru Masek Wins WSOP Circuit Event on
Spring Break
San Diego Law Student Wins Gold Ring Number Two at Caesars
Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ – Alexandru Masek is making poker look too easy. He just won his second
World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring within a year’s time, and has future plans to
accomplish much more. Eleven months after winning his first WSOP Circuit gold ring at
Harrah’s Rincon in California, Masek traveled to the East Coast for the first time and pulled
off an encore. With another major tournament in Los Angeles in February added to the
mix, Masek now has three major wins on his resume since March 2009, an enviable record
any poker player would crave.
Masek is a 25 year old college student. He is currently attending law school at the
University of San Diego. Masek came to the WSOP Circuit event being held at Caesars
Atlantic City during his Spring Break. While his peers populated the beaches and bars of
Florida and elsewhere, Masek chose to pursue his poker passion instead and profited to
the tune of nearly 40 grand. Not too many college kids in Daytona Beach can claim they
pocketed enough money to pay tuition in just a week’s vacation.
Masek won the $340 buy in No-Limit Hold’em tournament and collected the top cash prize,
which officially totaled $39,372. He was also presented with his second gold ring, which is
the ultimate token of achievement given out to all tournament champions who win WSOP
Circuit events held around the country. Masek’s previous victory took place in a $230 No-
Limit Hold’em event held at Rincon. This was his fifth time to cash in a WSOP Circuit
tournament.
This marked the fifth of 12 WSOP Circuit events on this year’s Caesars schedule. The two-
day tournament attracted 451 entrants. Most of the field was eliminated on day one,
which clocked in at 14 hours. Four tables of survivors returned for day two which played
until a deal was reached when play became five handed. The top 45 finishers divided up
prize money from a $131,241 prize pool.
Final table play began on a Monday night and was held inside the Palladium Arena at
Caesars. The only previous WSOP Circuit winner among the final nine was Alexandru
Masek. Masek arrived as the chip leader and was in a comfortable position throughout
the competition. The low blinds (5,000-10,000) and average chip stack of nearly 300,000
from the start gave competitors plenty of play. The nine finalists and their starting chip
counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Jun DeLeon Joppa, Philippines 211,000
2 Alexandru Masek San Diego, CA 503,000
3 Pete Maniscalco Mount Olive, NJ 491,000
4 Marc Wilson St. Clairsville, OH 194,000
5 Stan Kayafas Flushing, NY 87,000
6 Kevin J. Murray Olney, MD 372,000
7 Kerry Small Ventnor, NJ 103,000
8 Brian Grodofsky Merrick, NY 424,000
9 Jack “Yellow Jacket” Sumner St. Augustine, FL 300,000
Final table player introductions can be seen here: http://www.twitvid.com/FB0E6
Players were eliminated in the following order:
Ninth Place: DeLeon Exits Early
Jun DeLeon, who is originally from The Philippines, went out quickly. He took pocket J’s
up against K Q suited and lost his entire stack when his opponent made a spade flush.
DeLeon had to settle for a payout totaling $2,625.
Eighth Place: Murray Dances Away
Kevin J. Murray, a professional poker player from Olney, MD took two wicked bad beats at
the final table and lasted just 20 minutes. Murray’s fateful hand occurred when he was
dealt A A and raised all in pre flop. He got a call from an opponent who held J J. When a
J flopped, an exasperated Murray stood up, rolled his eyes, and staggered away from the
table in disbelief. Murray, who has won several online tournaments, added $3,937 to his
poker bankroll.
Seventh Place: Stan the Man
Stan Kayafas, a contractor from Flushing NY was playing in his first poker tournament ever.
He managed to make it all the way to seventh place. Kayafas was severely short stacked
during most of day two. In fact, he began the day with only a few blinds yet managed to
move well into the money and made it to the final table. Kayafas’ good fortune finally ran
out when he tried to make a move with a subpar hand, which was called by an opponent
who made two pair. Kayafas could certainly be proud of his performance in his first and
only live tournament, worth $5,250 in prize money.
Sixth Place: “Yellow Jacket” Gets Stung
Jack “Yellow Jacket” Sumner, an IT consultant from St. Augustine, FL was tortured most of
the day by A Q. Sumner later said that he was dealt the marginal hand a dozen times at
the final table, losing far more chips with the hand than he gained. Sumner lost most of
his stack about midway into the finale when he moved all in with A Q pre flop and ran into
pocket A’s. A short time later, Sumner was dealt A Q again, moved all in, and was called
by an opponent with pocket 9’s. The pocket pair held up, which was the final stinger for
“Yellow Jacket.” The Georgia Tech graduate, who now has two WSOP cashes and two
WSOP Circuit cashes, collected $6,562.
Fifth Place: Grodofsky Takes the Fifth
After a deal was made between the final five players, Brian Grodofsky, a business analyst
from Merrick, NY took fifth place and $7,874.
Fourth Place: Wilson Fourth
Marc Wilson, a factory worker from St. Clairsville, OH took fourth place and $9,187.
Third Place: Small Comes Up Big
Kerry Small, a real estate appraiser from nearby Ventnor, NJ was the third place finisher,
worth $10,499.
Second Place: Big Brown is Runner Up
Pete Maniscalco, a UPS driver from Mount Olive, NJ drove away with second place prize
money totaling $21,130. He previously took second place in another WSOP Circuit event.
First Place: Masek’s Second Victory
Alexandru Masek, from San Diego, CA earned his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. The law
school student began playing poker in 2003. He has future plans to play in many major
poker tournaments, including the WSOP in Las Vegas.
An interview with Alexandru Masek near tableside just moments after his win can be seen
here: http://www.twitvid.com/58DFE
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
Spring Break
San Diego Law Student Wins Gold Ring Number Two at Caesars
Atlantic City
Atlantic City, NJ – Alexandru Masek is making poker look too easy. He just won his second
World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring within a year’s time, and has future plans to
accomplish much more. Eleven months after winning his first WSOP Circuit gold ring at
Harrah’s Rincon in California, Masek traveled to the East Coast for the first time and pulled
off an encore. With another major tournament in Los Angeles in February added to the
mix, Masek now has three major wins on his resume since March 2009, an enviable record
any poker player would crave.
Masek is a 25 year old college student. He is currently attending law school at the
University of San Diego. Masek came to the WSOP Circuit event being held at Caesars
Atlantic City during his Spring Break. While his peers populated the beaches and bars of
Florida and elsewhere, Masek chose to pursue his poker passion instead and profited to
the tune of nearly 40 grand. Not too many college kids in Daytona Beach can claim they
pocketed enough money to pay tuition in just a week’s vacation.
Masek won the $340 buy in No-Limit Hold’em tournament and collected the top cash prize,
which officially totaled $39,372. He was also presented with his second gold ring, which is
the ultimate token of achievement given out to all tournament champions who win WSOP
Circuit events held around the country. Masek’s previous victory took place in a $230 No-
Limit Hold’em event held at Rincon. This was his fifth time to cash in a WSOP Circuit
tournament.
This marked the fifth of 12 WSOP Circuit events on this year’s Caesars schedule. The two-
day tournament attracted 451 entrants. Most of the field was eliminated on day one,
which clocked in at 14 hours. Four tables of survivors returned for day two which played
until a deal was reached when play became five handed. The top 45 finishers divided up
prize money from a $131,241 prize pool.
Final table play began on a Monday night and was held inside the Palladium Arena at
Caesars. The only previous WSOP Circuit winner among the final nine was Alexandru
Masek. Masek arrived as the chip leader and was in a comfortable position throughout
the competition. The low blinds (5,000-10,000) and average chip stack of nearly 300,000
from the start gave competitors plenty of play. The nine finalists and their starting chip
counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Jun DeLeon Joppa, Philippines 211,000
2 Alexandru Masek San Diego, CA 503,000
3 Pete Maniscalco Mount Olive, NJ 491,000
4 Marc Wilson St. Clairsville, OH 194,000
5 Stan Kayafas Flushing, NY 87,000
6 Kevin J. Murray Olney, MD 372,000
7 Kerry Small Ventnor, NJ 103,000
8 Brian Grodofsky Merrick, NY 424,000
9 Jack “Yellow Jacket” Sumner St. Augustine, FL 300,000
Final table player introductions can be seen here: http://www.twitvid.com/FB0E6
Players were eliminated in the following order:
Ninth Place: DeLeon Exits Early
Jun DeLeon, who is originally from The Philippines, went out quickly. He took pocket J’s
up against K Q suited and lost his entire stack when his opponent made a spade flush.
DeLeon had to settle for a payout totaling $2,625.
Eighth Place: Murray Dances Away
Kevin J. Murray, a professional poker player from Olney, MD took two wicked bad beats at
the final table and lasted just 20 minutes. Murray’s fateful hand occurred when he was
dealt A A and raised all in pre flop. He got a call from an opponent who held J J. When a
J flopped, an exasperated Murray stood up, rolled his eyes, and staggered away from the
table in disbelief. Murray, who has won several online tournaments, added $3,937 to his
poker bankroll.
Seventh Place: Stan the Man
Stan Kayafas, a contractor from Flushing NY was playing in his first poker tournament ever.
He managed to make it all the way to seventh place. Kayafas was severely short stacked
during most of day two. In fact, he began the day with only a few blinds yet managed to
move well into the money and made it to the final table. Kayafas’ good fortune finally ran
out when he tried to make a move with a subpar hand, which was called by an opponent
who made two pair. Kayafas could certainly be proud of his performance in his first and
only live tournament, worth $5,250 in prize money.
Sixth Place: “Yellow Jacket” Gets Stung
Jack “Yellow Jacket” Sumner, an IT consultant from St. Augustine, FL was tortured most of
the day by A Q. Sumner later said that he was dealt the marginal hand a dozen times at
the final table, losing far more chips with the hand than he gained. Sumner lost most of
his stack about midway into the finale when he moved all in with A Q pre flop and ran into
pocket A’s. A short time later, Sumner was dealt A Q again, moved all in, and was called
by an opponent with pocket 9’s. The pocket pair held up, which was the final stinger for
“Yellow Jacket.” The Georgia Tech graduate, who now has two WSOP cashes and two
WSOP Circuit cashes, collected $6,562.
Fifth Place: Grodofsky Takes the Fifth
After a deal was made between the final five players, Brian Grodofsky, a business analyst
from Merrick, NY took fifth place and $7,874.
Fourth Place: Wilson Fourth
Marc Wilson, a factory worker from St. Clairsville, OH took fourth place and $9,187.
Third Place: Small Comes Up Big
Kerry Small, a real estate appraiser from nearby Ventnor, NJ was the third place finisher,
worth $10,499.
Second Place: Big Brown is Runner Up
Pete Maniscalco, a UPS driver from Mount Olive, NJ drove away with second place prize
money totaling $21,130. He previously took second place in another WSOP Circuit event.
First Place: Masek’s Second Victory
Alexandru Masek, from San Diego, CA earned his second WSOP Circuit gold ring. The law
school student began playing poker in 2003. He has future plans to play in many major
poker tournaments, including the WSOP in Las Vegas.
An interview with Alexandru Masek near tableside just moments after his win can be seen
here: http://www.twitvid.com/58DFE
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
