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2010 Harrah's New Orleans
Event 13 - $300 Buy-in No Limit Holdem Final Results. 2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Events.

2010 Harrah's New Orleans
World Series of Poker Circuit Events
Official Results
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Results
2010 Harrah's New Orleans Event #13 Results
2009/2010 World Series of Poker Circuit
Harrah’s New Orleans
Bayou Poker Challenge
Event #13
No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $300 (+40)
Total Entries:  498
Total Prize Pool:  $139,768
May 14-15, 2010
“Big Pappa” Solomon
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
“Big Pappa” Solomon
Huey Hulin
Daniel Walsh
Hengli “Henry” Tang
John McNeal
Linda C. Kennedy
Seneca Easley
David Dao
William Ford
Janice Randall
John Thompson
Christopher Chandler
William Spangler
Michael Hebert
Jeffrey Wyatt
Ryan Zachary
David Billings
Jonathan Hart
Brenda Clayton
Ludak Sisek
Michael McGuire
Kevin Kaylor
Kelly Webb
George Hosek
Matthew Lawrence
Jesse Nzuela
James Martin
Felix Beene
Randall Keating
Lacy Wills
Angie Sanders
Travis Smith
Robert Thornhill
Andrew Mathis
Christopher Dupuy
Gregory Benoit
Stephen Danos
Richard Guthrie
James Huddleston
Christopher Harris
Kent Landry
Stanley Hart
Donald Casey
Robert March
Richard Farrar
Hamilton, GA
St. Martinville, LA
Powder Springs, GA
Tallahassee, FL
Franklinton, LA
Thomaston, AL
Ft. Worth, TX
Elizabethtown, KY
Albuquerque, NM
Metairie, LA
NA
Houston, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Denham Springs, LA
Bossier City, LA
Concord, NC
Glenmora, LA
Jackson, MS
Caroline, TX
NA
Fresno, CA
NA
Knoxville, TN
Mandeville, LA
Tulsa, OK
Brian, TX
Denham Springs, LA
NA
NA
Port St. Lucy, FL
New Orleans, LA
Mt. Herman, LA
New Orleans, LA
Fairfax, VA
Baton, Rouge, LA
Lake Charles, LA
Maurero, LA
New Orleans, LA
San Antonio, TX
Kenner, LA
Patterson, LA
Biloxi, MS
Metairie, LA
Boulder, CO
Lanett, AL
$32,775
$20,266
$12,579
$10,133
$8,246
$6,499
$5,101
$4,053
$3,005
$1,956
$1,956
$1,956
$1,607
$1,607
$1,607
$1,257
$1,257
$1,257
$978
$978
$978
$978
$978
$978
$978
$978
$978
$838
$838
$838
$838
$838
$838
$838
$838
$838
$698
$698
$698
$698
$698
$698
$698
$698
$698
Saturday Night Special in the Big Easy

“Big Pappa” Earns First Major Tournament Victory at Harrah’s
New Orleans

New Orleans, LA – “Big Pappa” made an astounding comeback in the most recent World
Series of Poker Circuit tournament, part of this year’s Bayou Poker Challenge series being
played in The Big Easy.  The Georgia senior not only overcome a massive chip disadvantage
when the final table started – ranked eighth out of nine players – he ended up destroying
his final two adversaries when play was at three handed and the tournament seemed all
but over.

Indeed, when “Big Pappa” was locked into a three-handed match against the eventual
runner up Huey Hulin and Dan Walsh (who would end up taking third), it appeared Huey
Hulin would win his first major tournament victory.  He had a massive stack size, in stark
contrast to the other two players who were hanging on for dear life, seemingly with hopes
of moving into second place.  However, once Dan Walsh was eliminated, “Big Pappa” would
end up catching every break possible en route to a head-shaking victory.  Even those who
watched and witnessed appeared dumbfounded that Hulinl did not win.

The beneficiary of a monster rush of good fortune late in the tournament was “Big Pappa,”
a mystery man from Georgia who prefers to stay anonymous.  The cagey winner pocketed
$32,755 for first place, plus a WSOP Circuit gold ring.  Meanwhile, Hulin was left wondering
what went wrong while Dan Walsh was last scene muttering expletives to himself for yet
another WSOP Circuit final table appearance, but non-win.

This was the 13th gold ring event of 19 on this year’s WSOP Circuit schedule at Harrah’s
New Orleans.  The $340 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament was played over two
consecutive days during May 14th and 15th.  The tournament attracted 498 entries, which
was the second-biggest turnout so far at this year’s Bayou series.  The top 45 finishers
carved up a prize pool totaling $139,768.  After 489 players were eliminated over the first
16 hours of competition, final table play began on a Saturday afternoon.  There were no
prior WSOP Circuit gold ring event winners among the final nine players, which guaranteed
a first-time champion.

Four players arrived at the final table with a decisive advantage over the remaining five
short stacks.  Hengli Tang, Dan Walsh, Huey Hulin, and Linda C. Kennedy each had the rest
of the field outchipped by nearly 2 to 1 or more.  But the massive number of chips in play
and low blinds and antes meant that everyone had a chance to make a move – especially
the player in the Three Seat nicknamed “Big Pappa.”  It took more than 90 minutes for the
first player to be eliminated.

When Final Table play began at 6:00 pm, the nine finalists and their starting chip counts
were as follows:

Seat    Player                                                Hometown                     Chip Count
1          Willie “Big Gravy” Ford                        Albuquerque, NM            463,000
2          David Dao                                           Elizabethtown, KY           239,000
3          Seneca “Six of Spades” Easley           Ft. Worth, TX                   210,000
4          “Big Pappa” Solomon                          Hamilton, GA                   155,000
5          Hengli Tang                                        Tallahassee, FL                810,000
6          Dan Walsh                                          Powder Springs, GA         897,000
7          Huey Hulin                                          St. Martinville, LA             795,000
8          Mike McNeal                                        Franklinton, LA                 119,000
9          Linda C. Kennedy                               Thomaston, AL                 790,000
                               
Final table play lasted nearly six hours and ended at 11:45 pm.  Players sung the blues in
the following order:

Ninth Place:  Willie “Big Gravy” Ford Goes “Boom, Boom”
Willie Ford, a.k.a. “Big Gravy” lasted about 90 minutes.  He suffered the unfortunate trap
feared by all Hold’em players of holding an over pair on an innocent-looking board, only to
watch in horror when his all-in post-flop bet was snap called by a player holding a set.  “Big
Gravy’s” pocket nines ended up losing to pocket sevens when a seven came on board,
leaving the player from Albuquerque, NM in ninth place, with $3,005.

Eighth Place:  “The Thrill is Gone” for Dao
David Dao, a physician from Kentucky, was diagnosed with an eighth-place finish when his
AJ ended up losing to pocket queens.  This marked Dao’s 12th time to cash in a WSOP
Circuit event.  He has finished second three times, but has yet to win a gold ring.  Dao was
prescribed a payout amounting to $4,053, with some side effects of depression, for failing
to win.

Seventh Place:  “Six of Spades” is “Born Under a Bad Sign”
Seneca “Six of Spades” Easley, from Ft. Worth, TX earned his interesting moniker from
riding in a motorcycle gang.  His nickname seemed tailor-made for an aspiring WSOP Circuit
champion, but the cards had no literary appreciation.  Easley went out about two hours into
play and settled for $5,101 in prize money.  He previously cashed twice in tournaments held
in Las Vegas, but this was his first WSOP-related in-the-money finish.

Sixth Place:  “Lady Sings the Blues”
Linda C. Kennedy, a retired air traffic controller who now lives in Thomaston, AL started out
the final table with a decent number of chips.  She lasted about three hours during which
she became short-stacked.  Finally, Kennedy moved all in with A9 on what turned out to be
her final hand.  She was thrilled to get a call from one of the big stacks, who showed the
dog hand 74 offsuit.  But the puppy hand barked when a seven flopped, ending up biting
Kennedy, who left the table with mixed feelings.  Given her early stack size, she hoped to
finish higher.  But the $6,499 in prize money she received helped to soften the blow.  
Kennedy previously finished in second place in one of the WSOP Circuit tournaments held
earlier this year at Harrah’s Tunica.

Fifth Place:  “It’s a Cryin’ Shame,” Says Mike McNeal
Mike McNeal cold not have picked a worse time to try and make a move with a marginal
hand.  He was dealt KT and moved all in hoping to steal some chips.  But he got called
down by pocket aces.  A ten flopped, giving the financial consultant from Franklinton, LA
some hope.  But that’s as far as McNeal improved, which resulted in his fifth place finish,
worth $8,246.

Fourth Place:  For Hengli Tang, “Out Goes the Light”
Hengli (Henry) Tang, from Tallahassee, FL began play with a healthy stack size.  But he ran
low on chips late in the competition.  Tang moved all-in pre-flop with a tiny pair hoping to
either steal a round of blinds and antes, or double up in a possible race.  Unfortunately,
Tang moved in with pocket deuces and got a call from a rival holding pocket sixes.  Tang
failed to hit a set or improve and ultimately went out in fourth place with $10,133.

Third Place:  “They Sky is Crying” for Dan Walsh
Poor Dan Walsh.  He can’t catch a break.  Despite unquestionable dedication to the game,
tons of hors spent playing poker, and obvious talent, Walsh can’t get a breakthrough
victory.  He lost three races early, which cut his stack size in half.  Then, he held on for dear
life for nearly three hours before finally taking a bad beat with A5 against Q7.  A seven
came, provoking a colorful filament of commentary from the occasionally-bombastic Georgia
poker pro.  Walsh ended up losing the pot and collected $12,579 for third place.  
Nevertheless, Walsh has enjoyed a good series, with a second place finish four days earlier
in the No-Limit heads-Up tournament.

Second Place:  Huey Hulin “Can’t Be Satisfied”
It’s hard to imagine what must have been going through Huey Hulin’s head after watching
his chips magically disappear during the last 20 minutes of the tournament.  It was as if the
poker gods flipped a switch somewhere, cutting off all energy to the contractor from St.
Martinsville, LA.  First, Hulin watched helplessly when he was just one card away from
victory, and “Big Pappa” ended up rivering a full-house.  On the key hand, Hulin and “Big
Pappa” both had flopped trip nines.  Hulin had the better kicker.  But “Big Pappa” brought
down the hammer on the final card and spiked his miracle.  After a few hands during which
Hulin lost the chip lead, “Big Pappa” had his adversary all-in and ended up winning the
tournament with king high.  For his effort, Hulin received $20,266, which seemed about as
satisfying as missing the lottery jackpot by one number.  This was Hulin’s first time to cash
in a WSOP Circuit event.

The two key heads-up hands can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie10nKn80dw
    
First Place: “Big Pappa” Says -- “Lets the Good Times Roll”
A Georgia man who goes by the nickname “Big Pappa” won $32,775.  He also received a
WSOP Circuit gold ring.  He did not wish to have any publicity.  Hence, the most mystifying
of all tournaments that have taken place at this year’s Bayou Poker Challenge ended on a
most fitting note -- with the eventual champion just as enigmatic a figure as his win was
inexplicable.

The WSOP Circuit at Harrah’s New Orleans continues through May 19th.  This year’s
schedule includes 19 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 Harrah’s New Orleans Poker Room.  This marks the sixth straight year Harrah’s New
Orleans has been a part of the WSOP Circuit.  This is the 11th and final WSOP Circuit stop
of the 2009-2010 season following previous tournaments held in Chicago, Southern
Indiana, Lake Tahoe, Harrah’s Atlantic City, Tunica, Council Bluffs, Caesars Atlantic City,
Harrah’s Rincon, Harrah’s St. Louis, and Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

Executive Staff, World Series of Poker Circuit – Harrah’s New Orleans

Tournament Director – Steve Frezer

General Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans -- Jim Hoskins
Vice President of Marketing – Sandie McNamara
Director of Table Games – Tosha Skipper
Shift Manager of Harrah’s New Orleans – Larry Barrett
Special Events Coordinator – Gretchen Holzhauser
To view the complete schedule and results for the 2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Events, click on the link below:

2010 WSOP Circuit Harrah's New Orleans Schedule and Results
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2010 Harrah's New Orleans WSOP Circuit Event #13 Winner Big Pappa Solomon