2010 Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Event 19 - $5,000 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Championship Final Results. 2010 Caesars Palace Las Vegas WSOP Circuit Events.
| 2010 Caesars Palace Las Vegas World Series of Poker Circuit Events Official Results |
2010 Caesars Palace Las Vegas Event #19 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Event #19
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5,000 (+150)
Total Entries: 150
Total Prize Pool: $717,500
April 27-29, 2010
Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Event #19
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5,000 (+150)
Total Entries: 150
Total Prize Pool: $717,500
April 27-29, 2010
| Andrew Lichtenberger |
Final Results:
Place
Name
Hometown
Prize
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Andrew Lichtenberger
Dan Casetta
John Brock Parker
Diego Sanchez
James Carroll
Stephen O'Dwer
Anthony Yeh
Aaron Been
Matthew Stout
Thu Nguyen
Christopher Demaci
Steven Burkholder
Jeffrey Roper
Paul Rubin
David Licht
Cary Katz
Randy Dorfman
Gary Friedlander
Dan Casetta
John Brock Parker
Diego Sanchez
James Carroll
Stephen O'Dwer
Anthony Yeh
Aaron Been
Matthew Stout
Thu Nguyen
Christopher Demaci
Steven Burkholder
Jeffrey Roper
Paul Rubin
David Licht
Cary Katz
Randy Dorfman
Gary Friedlander
East Northport, NY
Los Gatos, CA
Silver Spring, MD
Mexico City, MX
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Tallahassee, FL
Lafayette Hill, PA
Midway City, CA
Stanton, CA
Largo, FL
St. Louis, MO
Sudbury, MA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Bellaire, TX
Los Gatos, CA
Silver Spring, MD
Mexico City, MX
Henderson, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Tallahassee, FL
Lafayette Hill, PA
Midway City, CA
Stanton, CA
Largo, FL
St. Louis, MO
Sudbury, MA
Los Angeles, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Las Vegas, NV
Bellaire, TX
$190,137
$114,800
$73,544
$57,400
$44,844
$35,875
$28,700
$23,319
$19,371
$16,144
$16,144
$16,144
$14,350
$14,350
$14,350
$12,556
$12,556
$12,556
$114,800
$73,544
$57,400
$44,844
$35,875
$28,700
$23,319
$19,371
$16,144
$16,144
$16,144
$14,350
$14,350
$14,350
$12,556
$12,556
$12,556
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Caesars Palace Crowns a New Poker Champion –
Andrew Lichtenberger
Following Close Finishes, New York Poker Pro Wins First WSOP
Circuit Gold Ring
Main Event at Caesars Palace Attracts 17 Former WSOP Gold
Bracelet Winners
Las Vegas, NV – Andrew Lichtenberger is one of poker’s least-known millionaires. The 22-
year-old professional player from East Northport, NY has already amassed in excess of $1.1
million in tournament winnings in what has been a strikingly brief poker career. He burst
upon the live tournament scene about midway through last year’s World Series of Poker,
where he finished in second place, just a whisker away from winning a gold bracelet in the
$5,000 buy-in Shootout event. A few weeks later, Lichtenberger proved once and for all he
is an up-and-coming player to watch when he finished 18th in the WSOP Main Event. The
four-week run, which included five WSOP cashes, netted a nice profit of about $700,000.
Not bad for a month of poker playing.
Lichtenberger has since enjoyed other tournament success around the country, with
several cashes in other majors. But until the most recent WSOP Circuit Main Event
Championship, which was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the quiet young poker pro
had never won a major tournament. Here at one of the Las Vegas Strip’s most famous
landmarks, Lichtenberger won not just bragging rights as the newest Caesars Palace
WSOP Circuit Main Event champion -- he also collected $190,137 in prize money for first
place, in addition to a $10,000 pre-paid seat into the 2010 WSOP Main Event to be played
in July. Lichtenberger was also presented with the coveted gold ring, which is the ultimate
symbol of achievement given for winning a WSOP Circuit championship.
“I have always like strategy-based games and computer games,” Lichtenberger explained
afterward when asked to account for his success at such a young age. “By the time I
became old enough to play poker it came somewhat naturally to me.”
The $5,000 (+150) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em competition – which capped a 19-event series of
tournaments -- was played over three days from April 27-29. There were 150 players,
which created a prize pool totaling $717,500. The top 18 finishers collected prize money.
The tournament attracted several notables who failed to cash, including Chris Bell, Burt
Boutin, Steve Brecher, Brandon Cantu, Robert Cheung, Tony Cousineau, Bryan Devonshire,
Scott Fischman, Daryll Fish, Layne Flack, Eric Froehlich, Chau Giang, Alan Goehring, Lisa
Hamilton, Dan Heimiller, Blair Hinkle, Mike Laing, Ted Lawson, Doug Lee, Tony Ma, Jeff
Madsen, George Saca, Sam Stein, Gary Solomons, David Williams, Jerry Yang, and last year’
s champion Justin Bonomo. There were 17-former WSOP gold bracelet winners who
entered, who held a combined 30 WSOP career wins.
There were 84 players eliminated on Day One. The bubble position was reached midway
through Day Two. The unfortunate victim was none other than Bryan Devonshire, who was
vying to become the first WSOP Circuit Main Event back-to-back winner in the six-year
history of the series. Devonshire, coming off a fresh WSOP Circuit victory two weeks ago at
Harrah’s Rincon (San Diego) went out in 19th place after falling victim to the losing
underside of set over set.
The final table was reached on Day Three. This was one of the youngest final tables of the
year, as eight of the nine finalists were aged in their 20s. Stephen O’Dwyer arrived at the
final table with a slight chip advantage. But four players were very close in chips – including
Diego “Mambo” Sanchez, James Carroll, Brock Parker, and Dan Casetta. This created a final
table with several chip-lead changes and momentum shifts. During most of the 12-hour
final table, Andrew Lichtenberger quietly but steadily increased his stack size up the point
where he was chip leader when play reached four-handed. But the final victory would not
come easy. In fact, this was one of the longest final tables of any Main Event held this
season, clocking in at 11 hours and 45 minutes.
The nine finalists and their starting chip counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Matt Stout Las Vegas, NV 270,000
2 Diego “Mamba” Sanchez Mexico City, Mexico 477,000
3 Andrew Lichtenberger E. Northport, NY 348,000
4 Aaron Been Tallahassee, FL 198,000
5 James Carroll Henderson, NV 575,000
6 Stephen O’Dwyer Las Vegas, NV 644,000
7 Brock Parker Silver Springs, MD 465,000
8 Anthony Yeh Las Vegas, NV 101,000
9 Dan Casetta Los Gatos, CA 489,000
The final table began play at 2:15 pm and ended at 2:00 am. A short video introduction of
the finalists can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvFI-NTVmo
Players were eliminated from the final table in the following order:
Ninth Place: A Stout Finish for Matt
Matt Stout, a 25-year-old professional poker player originally from Bayonne, NJ now residing
in Las Vegas, was the first player eliminated. Stout was the chip leader or near the top
during much of the first two days of play. But he took a few beats late on Day Two and
arrived at the final table at a decided disadvantage – ranked seventh of nine players.
Stout lasted about an hour before making his final stand with AQ, which lost a race to
pocket jackets. Stout, who won a WSOP Circuit gold ring at Caesars Atlantic City in 2008,
collected $19,371 for ninth place. He now has nearly $1 million in career live tournament
earnings.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 7
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 6
WSOP Circuit Wins: 1
WSOP Cashes: 9
Eighth Place: Aaron Has-Been
Aaron Been, a 23-year-old former University of Florida student who is now a professional
poker player, was eliminated about two hours into play and finished in eighth place. He ran
low on chips and moved all in with pocket nines, which lost to pocket tens. Been, who has
cashed three times previously at the WSOP in Las Vegas, added $23,319 to his poker
bankroll. He now has nearly $300,000 in career tournament earnings.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 3
Seventh Place: Yeh, Yeh, Yeh….Anthony Finishes Seventh
Anthony Yeh, a 27-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas went bust about two-
and-a-half hours into play. He was desperately low on chips and moved all in on his final
hand with AJ, which lost to AK after a king flopped. Yeh, who has numerous cashes in
tournaments held mostly in the Los Angeles area which add up to nearly $1 million in
earnings, added another $28,700 to his bank account.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 1
Sixth Place: No Luck for O’Dwyer
Steve O’Dwyer, a 28-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, expired about four
hours into Day Three. He went out in a blaze of glory, with pocket sevens up against AK
suited. O’Dwyer flopped a set when a seven appeared, but three spades on the flop also
gave his opponent the nut flush. O’Dwyer desperately needed the board to pair, which did
not happen. So, Dwyer instead ended up with his best WSOP Circuit finish ever and
collected $35,875 for sixth place.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 6
WSOP Final Tables: 1
Fifth Place: Carroll in Wonderland
James Carroll, a 23-year-old professional poker player from Henderson, NV went out after
four hours elapsed at the final table. He took an awful beat, holding AT in an all-in situation
against A9. A nine flopped, which effectively crushed Carroll’s hopes of a first WSOP-related
victory. This was Carroll’s first time to cash in any WSOP event, although he has cashed
and final tabled several events held elsewhere. Fifth place paid $44,844.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
Fourth Place: Viva Mamba!
Diego “Mamba” Sanchez, a 26-year-old poker player from Mexico City, Mexico nearly
became the first WSOP Circuit Main Event winner in history from south of the border. He
lasted about five and a half hours before busting out with pocket 5s, which lost to Brock
Parker’s AK. The final board showed both an ace and a king, eliminating Mamba. He has
performed well in a number of events elsewhere, but this marked his best WSOP finish to
date. Fourth place paid $57,400.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 2
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 2
Third Place: Magic Man, Brock Parker Disappears
Brock Parker, a 28-year-old Magic-turned professional poker player from Silver Spring, MD
busted out six hours into play. He became short-stacked and tried to steal a round of
blinds and antes with QJ. But Andrew Lichtenberger woke up in the blind holding AK. An
ace came, which knocked out the two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. Parker, winner of
two events, both Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em at last year’s World Series, collected another
$73,544 in prize money, which catapults his WSOP earnings close to $1 million. Parker has
numerous previous cashes at the WSOP and WSOP Circuit.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 3
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 2
WSOP Cashes: 13
WSOP Final Tables: 3
WSOP Wins: 2
Second Place: Casetta Ejected
Dan Casetta, a 39-year-old businessman from Los Gatos, CA was the runner up. Casetta
had previously enjoyed an astounding number of wins and cashes, almost all of which have
taken place at casinos in the San Francisco Bay area. Casetta has entered about 200
tournaments to date in what he describes as a serious part-time vocation, and has cashed
in more than one-third of his tries. He has 19 wins in that span, arguably as good a record
as anyone in tournament poker. Yet despite his success in many lower buy-in tourneys, he
had not made the final table of a major tournament until this finish, which was admirable
both for the amount he won which was $114,800 and the noble fight he put up against a
proven short-handed specialist. Casetta, who has co-written a book on sales and
motivation and conducts business seminars around the country, enjoyed his best WSOP-
related cash with this second place finish. Perhaps just as important, Casetta earned a lot
of respect by those who watched hi over three days and demonstrated he’s a player who
can play as well as anyone.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
When heads-up play began, Andrew Lichtenberger enjoyed about a 2 to 1 advantage over
Dan Casetta. The duo battled for a near epic five hours, during which Casetta reversed the
count in his favor two times. But the momentum swung back in Lichtenberger’s direction
when he doubled up with pocket tens versus pocket fours in an all-in situation, which gave
him about a 3 to 1 chip edge. Closing the victory proved to be the most difficult task for
Lichtenberger. But the final moment of satisfaction came after more than 150 hands when
Casetta was dealt As 8s. Lichtenberger was dealt Kd 4c. Casetta moved all in pre-flop.
Lichtenberger, with about a 6 to 1 chip advantage at the time, called. The final board
showed Ks Qh 7c 5h 6c, which meant Lichtenberger’s pair of kings took down the last pot of
the night.
The tournament’s final hand can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5EWm350Vb0
First Place: Lichtenberger Lights It Up
Andrew Lichtenberger, a 22-year-old poker pro from East Northport, NY became the latest
WSOP Circuit Main Event champion. He won this year’s Caesars Palace title and collected
$190,137 for first place. He also received the WSOP Circuit gold ring, plus an entry into this
year’s WSOP Main Event. His combined poker tournament winnings now total more than
$1.1 million in just over a year of play.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Circuit Wins: 1
WSOP Cashes: 5
WSOP Final Tables: 1
A post-tournament interview with Lichtenberger can be seen at the link listed above.
Andrew Lichtenberger becomes the fifth WSOP Circuit Main Event Champion crowned at
Caesars Palace, joining the previous gallery of winners:
2010 -- Andrew Lichtenberger
2009 – Justin Bonomo
2008 – Allen Cunningham
2007 – Cory Carroll
2006 – John Spadavecchia
The WSOP Circuit at Caesars Palace has now concluded. This was the fifth year of events,
which included 14 gold ring tournaments. This was the tenth WSOP Circuit stop (of 11) of
the 2009-2010 season. Previous tournaments were held in Chicago, Southern Indiana,
Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City, Tunica, Council Bluffs, Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah’s
Rincon, and Harrah’s St. Louis. The final stop of the season runs May 7-20 at Harrah’s New
Orleans.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Jim Pedulla – Poker Room Manager
Jed Wickers – Tournament Director
Mitch Dietze -- Assistant Tournament Director
Andrew Lichtenberger
Following Close Finishes, New York Poker Pro Wins First WSOP
Circuit Gold Ring
Main Event at Caesars Palace Attracts 17 Former WSOP Gold
Bracelet Winners
Las Vegas, NV – Andrew Lichtenberger is one of poker’s least-known millionaires. The 22-
year-old professional player from East Northport, NY has already amassed in excess of $1.1
million in tournament winnings in what has been a strikingly brief poker career. He burst
upon the live tournament scene about midway through last year’s World Series of Poker,
where he finished in second place, just a whisker away from winning a gold bracelet in the
$5,000 buy-in Shootout event. A few weeks later, Lichtenberger proved once and for all he
is an up-and-coming player to watch when he finished 18th in the WSOP Main Event. The
four-week run, which included five WSOP cashes, netted a nice profit of about $700,000.
Not bad for a month of poker playing.
Lichtenberger has since enjoyed other tournament success around the country, with
several cashes in other majors. But until the most recent WSOP Circuit Main Event
Championship, which was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the quiet young poker pro
had never won a major tournament. Here at one of the Las Vegas Strip’s most famous
landmarks, Lichtenberger won not just bragging rights as the newest Caesars Palace
WSOP Circuit Main Event champion -- he also collected $190,137 in prize money for first
place, in addition to a $10,000 pre-paid seat into the 2010 WSOP Main Event to be played
in July. Lichtenberger was also presented with the coveted gold ring, which is the ultimate
symbol of achievement given for winning a WSOP Circuit championship.
“I have always like strategy-based games and computer games,” Lichtenberger explained
afterward when asked to account for his success at such a young age. “By the time I
became old enough to play poker it came somewhat naturally to me.”
The $5,000 (+150) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em competition – which capped a 19-event series of
tournaments -- was played over three days from April 27-29. There were 150 players,
which created a prize pool totaling $717,500. The top 18 finishers collected prize money.
The tournament attracted several notables who failed to cash, including Chris Bell, Burt
Boutin, Steve Brecher, Brandon Cantu, Robert Cheung, Tony Cousineau, Bryan Devonshire,
Scott Fischman, Daryll Fish, Layne Flack, Eric Froehlich, Chau Giang, Alan Goehring, Lisa
Hamilton, Dan Heimiller, Blair Hinkle, Mike Laing, Ted Lawson, Doug Lee, Tony Ma, Jeff
Madsen, George Saca, Sam Stein, Gary Solomons, David Williams, Jerry Yang, and last year’
s champion Justin Bonomo. There were 17-former WSOP gold bracelet winners who
entered, who held a combined 30 WSOP career wins.
There were 84 players eliminated on Day One. The bubble position was reached midway
through Day Two. The unfortunate victim was none other than Bryan Devonshire, who was
vying to become the first WSOP Circuit Main Event back-to-back winner in the six-year
history of the series. Devonshire, coming off a fresh WSOP Circuit victory two weeks ago at
Harrah’s Rincon (San Diego) went out in 19th place after falling victim to the losing
underside of set over set.
The final table was reached on Day Three. This was one of the youngest final tables of the
year, as eight of the nine finalists were aged in their 20s. Stephen O’Dwyer arrived at the
final table with a slight chip advantage. But four players were very close in chips – including
Diego “Mambo” Sanchez, James Carroll, Brock Parker, and Dan Casetta. This created a final
table with several chip-lead changes and momentum shifts. During most of the 12-hour
final table, Andrew Lichtenberger quietly but steadily increased his stack size up the point
where he was chip leader when play reached four-handed. But the final victory would not
come easy. In fact, this was one of the longest final tables of any Main Event held this
season, clocking in at 11 hours and 45 minutes.
The nine finalists and their starting chip counts were as follows:
Seat Player Hometown Chip Count
1 Matt Stout Las Vegas, NV 270,000
2 Diego “Mamba” Sanchez Mexico City, Mexico 477,000
3 Andrew Lichtenberger E. Northport, NY 348,000
4 Aaron Been Tallahassee, FL 198,000
5 James Carroll Henderson, NV 575,000
6 Stephen O’Dwyer Las Vegas, NV 644,000
7 Brock Parker Silver Springs, MD 465,000
8 Anthony Yeh Las Vegas, NV 101,000
9 Dan Casetta Los Gatos, CA 489,000
The final table began play at 2:15 pm and ended at 2:00 am. A short video introduction of
the finalists can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFvFI-NTVmo
Players were eliminated from the final table in the following order:
Ninth Place: A Stout Finish for Matt
Matt Stout, a 25-year-old professional poker player originally from Bayonne, NJ now residing
in Las Vegas, was the first player eliminated. Stout was the chip leader or near the top
during much of the first two days of play. But he took a few beats late on Day Two and
arrived at the final table at a decided disadvantage – ranked seventh of nine players.
Stout lasted about an hour before making his final stand with AQ, which lost a race to
pocket jackets. Stout, who won a WSOP Circuit gold ring at Caesars Atlantic City in 2008,
collected $19,371 for ninth place. He now has nearly $1 million in career live tournament
earnings.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 7
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 6
WSOP Circuit Wins: 1
WSOP Cashes: 9
Eighth Place: Aaron Has-Been
Aaron Been, a 23-year-old former University of Florida student who is now a professional
poker player, was eliminated about two hours into play and finished in eighth place. He ran
low on chips and moved all in with pocket nines, which lost to pocket tens. Been, who has
cashed three times previously at the WSOP in Las Vegas, added $23,319 to his poker
bankroll. He now has nearly $300,000 in career tournament earnings.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 3
Seventh Place: Yeh, Yeh, Yeh….Anthony Finishes Seventh
Anthony Yeh, a 27-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas went bust about two-
and-a-half hours into play. He was desperately low on chips and moved all in on his final
hand with AJ, which lost to AK after a king flopped. Yeh, who has numerous cashes in
tournaments held mostly in the Los Angeles area which add up to nearly $1 million in
earnings, added another $28,700 to his bank account.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 1
Sixth Place: No Luck for O’Dwyer
Steve O’Dwyer, a 28-year-old professional poker player from Las Vegas, expired about four
hours into Day Three. He went out in a blaze of glory, with pocket sevens up against AK
suited. O’Dwyer flopped a set when a seven appeared, but three spades on the flop also
gave his opponent the nut flush. O’Dwyer desperately needed the board to pair, which did
not happen. So, Dwyer instead ended up with his best WSOP Circuit finish ever and
collected $35,875 for sixth place.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Cashes: 6
WSOP Final Tables: 1
Fifth Place: Carroll in Wonderland
James Carroll, a 23-year-old professional poker player from Henderson, NV went out after
four hours elapsed at the final table. He took an awful beat, holding AT in an all-in situation
against A9. A nine flopped, which effectively crushed Carroll’s hopes of a first WSOP-related
victory. This was Carroll’s first time to cash in any WSOP event, although he has cashed
and final tabled several events held elsewhere. Fifth place paid $44,844.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
Fourth Place: Viva Mamba!
Diego “Mamba” Sanchez, a 26-year-old poker player from Mexico City, Mexico nearly
became the first WSOP Circuit Main Event winner in history from south of the border. He
lasted about five and a half hours before busting out with pocket 5s, which lost to Brock
Parker’s AK. The final board showed both an ace and a king, eliminating Mamba. He has
performed well in a number of events elsewhere, but this marked his best WSOP finish to
date. Fourth place paid $57,400.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 2
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 2
Third Place: Magic Man, Brock Parker Disappears
Brock Parker, a 28-year-old Magic-turned professional poker player from Silver Spring, MD
busted out six hours into play. He became short-stacked and tried to steal a round of
blinds and antes with QJ. But Andrew Lichtenberger woke up in the blind holding AK. An
ace came, which knocked out the two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner. Parker, winner of
two events, both Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em at last year’s World Series, collected another
$73,544 in prize money, which catapults his WSOP earnings close to $1 million. Parker has
numerous previous cashes at the WSOP and WSOP Circuit.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 3
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 2
WSOP Cashes: 13
WSOP Final Tables: 3
WSOP Wins: 2
Second Place: Casetta Ejected
Dan Casetta, a 39-year-old businessman from Los Gatos, CA was the runner up. Casetta
had previously enjoyed an astounding number of wins and cashes, almost all of which have
taken place at casinos in the San Francisco Bay area. Casetta has entered about 200
tournaments to date in what he describes as a serious part-time vocation, and has cashed
in more than one-third of his tries. He has 19 wins in that span, arguably as good a record
as anyone in tournament poker. Yet despite his success in many lower buy-in tourneys, he
had not made the final table of a major tournament until this finish, which was admirable
both for the amount he won which was $114,800 and the noble fight he put up against a
proven short-handed specialist. Casetta, who has co-written a book on sales and
motivation and conducts business seminars around the country, enjoyed his best WSOP-
related cash with this second place finish. Perhaps just as important, Casetta earned a lot
of respect by those who watched hi over three days and demonstrated he’s a player who
can play as well as anyone.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
When heads-up play began, Andrew Lichtenberger enjoyed about a 2 to 1 advantage over
Dan Casetta. The duo battled for a near epic five hours, during which Casetta reversed the
count in his favor two times. But the momentum swung back in Lichtenberger’s direction
when he doubled up with pocket tens versus pocket fours in an all-in situation, which gave
him about a 3 to 1 chip edge. Closing the victory proved to be the most difficult task for
Lichtenberger. But the final moment of satisfaction came after more than 150 hands when
Casetta was dealt As 8s. Lichtenberger was dealt Kd 4c. Casetta moved all in pre-flop.
Lichtenberger, with about a 6 to 1 chip advantage at the time, called. The final board
showed Ks Qh 7c 5h 6c, which meant Lichtenberger’s pair of kings took down the last pot of
the night.
The tournament’s final hand can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5EWm350Vb0
First Place: Lichtenberger Lights It Up
Andrew Lichtenberger, a 22-year-old poker pro from East Northport, NY became the latest
WSOP Circuit Main Event champion. He won this year’s Caesars Palace title and collected
$190,137 for first place. He also received the WSOP Circuit gold ring, plus an entry into this
year’s WSOP Main Event. His combined poker tournament winnings now total more than
$1.1 million in just over a year of play.
WSOP Circuit Cashes: 1
WSOP Circuit Final Tables: 1
WSOP Circuit Wins: 1
WSOP Cashes: 5
WSOP Final Tables: 1
A post-tournament interview with Lichtenberger can be seen at the link listed above.
Andrew Lichtenberger becomes the fifth WSOP Circuit Main Event Champion crowned at
Caesars Palace, joining the previous gallery of winners:
2010 -- Andrew Lichtenberger
2009 – Justin Bonomo
2008 – Allen Cunningham
2007 – Cory Carroll
2006 – John Spadavecchia
The WSOP Circuit at Caesars Palace has now concluded. This was the fifth year of events,
which included 14 gold ring tournaments. This was the tenth WSOP Circuit stop (of 11) of
the 2009-2010 season. Previous tournaments were held in Chicago, Southern Indiana,
Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City, Tunica, Council Bluffs, Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah’s
Rincon, and Harrah’s St. Louis. The final stop of the season runs May 7-20 at Harrah’s New
Orleans.
Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Jim Pedulla – Poker Room Manager
Jed Wickers – Tournament Director
Mitch Dietze -- Assistant Tournament Director
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010 Caesars Palace Las Vegas WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:
2010 WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace Schedule and Results
2010 WSOP Circuit Caesars Palace Schedule and Results
